# David Blake

> David Blake is a Series A investor at Learn In (San Francisco) backing Software and SaaS. See 10 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Learn In](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/learn-in)
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 10
- Last investment: Aug 2022
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/davidblake
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/davidblake
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/davidblake

David Blake is a Series A investor at Learn In in San Francisco focused on Software and SaaS. David Blake is Co-Founder and Executive Chairman of Degreed, a firm that helps anyone score and validate their lifelong education from any source. He also serves as a contributor to MOOCS.com. Prior to this, Blake was a NEW.edu Launch Consultant with UniversityNow and a founding member of Zinch, a social networking site connecting students to amyriad of study and professional opportunities.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.2M–$3.2M |
| Series A | $11M–$13M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 4 | 40% |
| SaaS | 3 | 30% |
| Internet | 3 | 30% |
| Education | 3 | 30% |
| Human Resources | 3 | 30% |

21 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 4 | 40% |
| Seed | 2 | 20% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 10% |
| Series B | 1 | 10% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 10% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 5 | 50% |
| United Kingdom | 3 | 30% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Roleshare | Get full-time balance with the smart matching site for shared roles. | $1.2M | Seed | Aug 17, 2022 |  |
| Transfr | TRANSFR VR’s core technology is a dialogue system between the trainee and our virtual coach. This unique VR apprenticeship model lets trainees move at their own pace and provides strategic, specific feedback to help them learn from their mistakes and master the skills they need to successfully perform their job. | $35M | Series B | Jun 16, 2022 |  |
| Stellic | Stellic (previously known as Metis) was founded by Carnegie Mellon undergraduates after getting frustrated by the clunky, complicated tools they were given to plan their academic journey. Under the mentorship of university advisors who were equally frustrated with the existing degree planning process, the team pursued their goal of building aplanner with intelligence and interation. The project received appreciation from the campus community and won Research Awards – convincing the team to build a company with a purpose to provide student-built tools to universities worldwide. | $11M | Series A | Mar 22, 2022 |  |
| Progression | Progression is a SaaS platform for developing and managing career progression frameworks for teams. | $3.2M | Seed | Nov 01, 2021 |  |
| Finboot | Finboot is the dynamic company behind MARCO, a unique blockchain agnostic, enterprise grade SaaS product. MARCO allows enterprises to easily access and use blockchain technologies within their organizations value and supply chains. MARCO can be deployed by a wide range of sectors, including Oil & Gas, Chemicals, Consumer goods, Automotive,Travel and tourism, and Healthcare. Blockchain is the technology behind a distributed network of computers that can be used to store data securely but which, uniquely has a single memory. That means data cannot be copied to sell the same asset again. It’s why blockchain technologists refer to as the “trust platform”. Blockchain will change how businesses operate for years to come, with exponential benefits to those businesses who adopt it. Established in 2016 with operations in London and Barcelona, Finboot has established itself as a leader in the fast-growing enterprise blockchain industry. Finboot has demonstrated the capacity of MARCO to allow enterprises to rapidly experiment and validate their blockchain business cases and efficiently move them to production. From its ability to minimize complexities, to providing exceptional privacy and security to users, MARCO reduces cost and accelerates interactions to help businesses grow faster and more efficiently. Within corporate structures, there are many examples of how MARCO can be applied to dramatically improve frictions within physical and financial operations. Traceability and quality control in the downstream of Oil & Gas, certified environmental sustainability of ready-made garments, and invoice reconciliation in airport logistics are some of the business cases successfully implemented with MARCO. | $3.3M | Venture - Series Unknown | Mar 01, 2021 |  |
| Sounding Board, Inc | Sounding Board offers a full-stack software platform for enterprises to scale coaching initiatives organization-wide, overnight and a high-quality coach network to serve on-demand coaching needs. It offers a modern user experience that adapts to the learning styles of people, a comprehensive set of automation tools for easy administration, and arobust data visualization capability to view the enterprise-wide impact of coaching. Serving several global enterprises in 11 countries with an NPS score of 81. Sounding Board aims to be the first coaching experience layer for enterprises worldwide.The company was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Foster City, California. | $13.1M | Series A | Jan 22, 2021 |  |
| Transfr | TRANSFR VR’s core technology is a dialogue system between the trainee and our virtual coach. This unique VR apprenticeship model lets trainees move at their own pace and provides strategic, specific feedback to help them learn from their mistakes and master the skills they need to successfully perform their job. | $12M | Series A | Nov 19, 2020 |  |
| Podium Education | Podium Education provides a digital skill program offering learning experiences focusing on tech skills development and intercultural competency.Podium partners with colleges and universities to deliver online programs that provide soft-skilled students with the in-demand hard skills that lead to great employment outcomes. The company was foundedin 2019 and is based in Austin, Texas. | $12M | Series A | Oct 15, 2020 |  |
| Podium Education | Podium Education provides a digital skill program offering learning experiences focusing on tech skills development and intercultural competency.Podium partners with colleges and universities to deliver online programs that provide soft-skilled students with the in-demand hard skills that lead to great employment outcomes. The company was foundedin 2019 and is based in Austin, Texas. | $12M | Series A | Oct 14, 2020 |  |
| ClassCalc | Students can use their smartphones instead of using or buying a TI calculator, and teachers can ensure they only use the ClassCalc calculator app in class. We believe students and teachers should have a choice other than the same expensive, difficult to learn and use dedicated-purpose TI calculator they have been forced to use for decades.ClassCalc provides a multi-subject math calculator with scientific, graphing, and matrix functionality in an easy-to-use smartphone app. Teachers are able to lock down the student’s phone to only the ClassCalc app for class time, quizzes, tests… no cheating or outside distractions (social media, texting etc). |  | Pre-Seed | Jan 01, 2019 |  |

10 of 10 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Album VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/album) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Album VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/peak-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [137 Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/137-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Firework Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/firework-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Goldcrest Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/goldcrest-capital-2) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Learn Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/learncapital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About Learn In

VC Fund · San Francisco, United States

Learn In provides a comprehensive upskilling-as-a-service platform, which enables companies to offer employees sabbaticals, during which time they can acquire the new skills that are essential within an evolving workplace. It delivers companies and their employees online, low-cost training programs, as well as traditional degree optionsparticularly focused on digital skills and hard-to-fill roles such as data science and software engineering.

5 contacts available at Learn In.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Bill Horst | Chief Sales Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bill-horst |
| David Blake | CEO & Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/david-blake-f6dd |
| David Blake | CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/david-blake |
| Eric Sharp | CTO & Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/eric-sharp |
| Jonathan Woahn | Chief Of Staff | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jonathan-woahn |

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## FAQ

### What does David Blake invest in?

David Blake invests primarily in Software, SaaS and Internet startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 10 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is David Blake's check size?

David Blake typically joins rounds of $1.2M–$3.2M at Seed and $11M–$13M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds David Blake participates in.

### When did David Blake last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for David Blake closed in Aug 2022. Shizune tracks 10 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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