# David Byrd

> David Byrd is a seed investor at 1QBit (Seattle) backing Internet and Software. See 6 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [1QBit](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/1qbit)
- Location: Seattle, United States
- Total investments: 6
- Last investment: Feb 2026
- Lead investor: 83%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidmbyrd/

David Byrd is a seed investor at 1QBit in Seattle focused on Internet and Software. David Byrd is the Venture Partner at BlueYard Capital.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Internet | 1 | 17% |
| Software | 1 | 17% |
| Aerospace | 1 | 17% |
| CleanTech | 1 | 17% |
| Electronics | 1 | 17% |

18 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 33% |
| Series A | 2 | 33% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 17% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Switzerland | 2 | 33% |
| United States | 2 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Rapidata | Rapidata is a data processing platform that offers human-verified innovative data labeling and data processing services at scale. | $8.5M | Seed | Feb 19, 2026 |  |
| Corintis | Corintis develops cooling technologies for high performance semiconductors. | $24M | Series A | Sep 25, 2025 |  |
| Rapidata | Rapidata is a data processing platform that offers human-verified innovative data labeling and data processing services at scale. | $1.7M |  | Jul 17, 2023 |  |
| Visolis | Visolis, a bioengineering company, develops carbon-negative and sustainable chemicals. Its systems approach integrates innovations in synthetic biology, chemical catalysis, and process scale-up to enable new bio-based manufacturing platforms. Visolis' bio-based process helps in achieving true carbon negative chemical synthesis. It beganoperation in 2012, with its headquarters in Berkeley in California. | $8M | Seed | Jan 11, 2023 |  |
| Farcast | Unlocking satellite internet capacity through user terminal innovation | $8M | Series A | Dec 30, 2022 |  |
| Rapidata | Rapidata is a data processing platform that offers human-verified innovative data labeling and data processing services at scale. | $1.7M | Seed |  |  |

6 of 6 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Acequia Capital (AceCap)](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/acequia-capital) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [MaC Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mac-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Canaan Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/canaan-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Celsius Industries](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/celsius-industries) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Fifty Years](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fifty-years) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [First Bight Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/first-bight-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About 1QBit

VC Fund · Vancouver, Canada

1QB Information Technologies is a quantum computing software company. 1QBit solves computational challenges by recasting problems to harness the power of quantum computing.

5 contacts available at 1QBit.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Andrew Fursman | Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andrew-fursman |
| David Byrd | Software Development Lead | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/david-byrd |
| Deepak Kaura | CMO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/deepak-kaura |
| Gili Rosenberg | Lead Scientist | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gili-rosenberg |
| Helmut Katzgraber | Head of Optimization | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/helmut-g-katzgraber |

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## FAQ

### What does David Byrd invest in?

David Byrd invests primarily in Internet, Software and Aerospace startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 6 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Switzerland. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did David Byrd last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for David Byrd closed in Feb 2026. Shizune tracks 6 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?

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