# Declan Blackwood

> Declan Blackwood is a seed investor in London backing Banking and Education. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Location: London, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Sep 2019
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/declanblackwood

Declan Blackwood is a seed investor in London focused on Banking and Education. Declan Blackwood is the Director & Co-Founder at ACG Ventures. Declan Blackwood attended at Nottingham Business School.

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Banking | 1 | 100% |
| Education | 1 | 100% |
| Service Industry | 1 | 100% |
| Financial Services | 1 | 100% |
| Information Services | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| UniZest | The 5m+ international students studying abroad suffer the same problem, opening a bank account. UniZest launched the Aspire account in the UK in 2017, which students can open online and start using BEFORE leaving their home country. Our purpose is to help students get the most from their time studying abroad by orchestrating a set of usefulproducts and services. | $375.7K | Seed | Sep 19, 2019 | http://www.unizest.co.uk/en-gb/ |

1 of 1 investments shown.

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## FAQ

### What does Declan Blackwood invest in?

Declan Blackwood invests primarily in Banking, Education and Service Industry startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United Kingdom. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

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### When did Declan Blackwood last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Declan Blackwood closed in Sep 2019. Shizune tracks 1 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

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