# David Blood

> David Blood is a Series B investor at Generation Investment Management backing Energy and FinTech. See 7 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Generation Investment Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/generation-investment-management)
- Location: Lancaster, United States
- Total investments: 7
- Last investment: Nov 2025
- Lead investor: 57%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidoblood2000

David Blood is a Series B investor at Generation Investment Management in Lancaster focused on Energy and FinTech. David Wayland Blood is based out of London and is the Founding Partner and Senior Partner of Generation Investment Management. David previously worked at Goldman Sachs as a Partner. David Wayland Blood attended the Harvard Business School.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Energy | 1 | 14% |
| FinTech | 1 | 14% |
| Finance | 1 | 14% |
| Clean Energy | 1 | 14% |
| Renewable Energy | 1 | 14% |

7 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series B | 1 | 14% |
| Series C | 1 | 14% |
| Series D | 1 | 14% |
| Series E | 1 | 14% |
| Private Equity | 1 | 14% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 1 | 14% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 14% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| FNZ | FNZ is a FinTech firm that partners with financial institutions to enable them to provide multi-channel wealth management services to their clients across direct, intermediated, and workplace channels. FNZ develops long-term partnerships with customers to enable them to get to market with a market-leading digital proposition, transform theircustomer service offering, and grow assets under management across multiple distribution channels. | $650M | Private Equity | Nov 12, 2025 |  |
| Harvest Power | Harvest enables communities to produce renewable energy and high-value soil, mulch and organic fertilizer products from organic materials. The company harnesses the full potential of organic materials by recycling energy and nutrients back into local communities through its energy gardens and its production of nutrient-rich soils, mulches andfertilizers. Harvest owns and operates facilities throughout North America in British Columbia, Ontario, California and throughout the Mid-Atlantic, Midwest states and Northeastern US. | $20M | Series E | Nov 23, 2015 |  |
| Harvest Power | Harvest enables communities to produce renewable energy and high-value soil, mulch and organic fertilizer products from organic materials. The company harnesses the full potential of organic materials by recycling energy and nutrients back into local communities through its energy gardens and its production of nutrient-rich soils, mulches andfertilizers. Harvest owns and operates facilities throughout North America in British Columbia, Ontario, California and throughout the Mid-Atlantic, Midwest states and Northeastern US. | $20M | Series D | Oct 27, 2014 |  |
| Harvest Power | Harvest enables communities to produce renewable energy and high-value soil, mulch and organic fertilizer products from organic materials. The company harnesses the full potential of organic materials by recycling energy and nutrients back into local communities through its energy gardens and its production of nutrient-rich soils, mulches andfertilizers. Harvest owns and operates facilities throughout North America in British Columbia, Ontario, California and throughout the Mid-Atlantic, Midwest states and Northeastern US. | $110M | Series C | Apr 12, 2012 |  |
| Harvest Power | Harvest enables communities to produce renewable energy and high-value soil, mulch and organic fertilizer products from organic materials. The company harnesses the full potential of organic materials by recycling energy and nutrients back into local communities through its energy gardens and its production of nutrient-rich soils, mulches andfertilizers. Harvest owns and operates facilities throughout North America in British Columbia, Ontario, California and throughout the Mid-Atlantic, Midwest states and Northeastern US. | $6.3M | Series B | May 24, 2011 |  |
| Harvest Power | Harvest enables communities to produce renewable energy and high-value soil, mulch and organic fertilizer products from organic materials. The company harnesses the full potential of organic materials by recycling energy and nutrients back into local communities through its energy gardens and its production of nutrient-rich soils, mulches andfertilizers. Harvest owns and operates facilities throughout North America in British Columbia, Ontario, California and throughout the Mid-Atlantic, Midwest states and Northeastern US. | $51.7M | Series B |  |  |
| FNZ | FNZ is a FinTech firm that partners with financial institutions to enable them to provide multi-channel wealth management services to their clients across direct, intermediated, and workplace channels. FNZ develops long-term partnerships with customers to enable them to get to market with a market-leading digital proposition, transform theircustomer service offering, and grow assets under management across multiple distribution channels. |  | Secondary Market |  |  |

7 of 7 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [True North Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/true-north-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Kleiner Perkins](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kleiner-perkins-caufield-byers) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Aviva Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aviva-group) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [La Caisse](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/caisse-de-depot-et-placement-du-quebec) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [CPP Investments](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/canada-pension-plan-investment-board) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Cycle Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cycle-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Generation Investment Management

VC Fund · London, United Kingdom

Generation Investment Management is dedicated to investing, integrated sustainability research, and client alignment. The company believes the interests of shareholders, over time, will be best served by companies that improve financial returns by managing economic, social, and environmental performance. It also builds a global research platform tointegrate sustainability research into fundamental financial analysis. The company's investment team was founded by bringing together investment analysts with leaders from the sustainability research field. Generation's investment approach is based on the conviction that sustainability risks and opportunities directly affect long-term business profitability.

5 contacts available at Generation Investment Management.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Anthony Woolf | Growth Equity | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/anthony-woolf |
| David Blood | Founding Partner and Senior Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/david-blood |
| Hans Mehn | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hans-mehn |
| Joy Tuffield | Growth Equity | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/joy-tuffield-b0c5 |
| Kevin Diestel | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kevin-diestel |

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## FAQ

### What does David Blood invest in?

David Blood invests primarily in Energy, FinTech and Finance startups, most often at Series B and Series C stage. Most of the 7 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did David Blood last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for David Blood closed in Nov 2025. Shizune tracks 7 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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