# Edward Bishop

> Edward Bishop is a seed investor at Tessian (London) backing Information Technology and Software. See 7 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Tessian](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tessian)
- Location: London, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 7
- Last investment: Nov 2024
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/edward-bishop-a456113b/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/tedtalkstoo
- Website: https://x.com/tedtalkstoo

Edward Bishop is a seed investor at Tessian in London focused on Information Technology and Software. Edward Bishop - Co-Founder & CTO @ Tessian

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Information Technology | 3 | 43% |
| Software | 2 | 29% |
| Analytics | 2 | 29% |
| Open Source | 2 | 29% |
| Data Visualization | 2 | 29% |

20 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 5 | 71% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 14% |
| Series A | 1 | 14% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United Kingdom | 4 | 57% |
| United States | 3 | 43% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Civic Marketplace | Civic Marketplace is a platform that simplifies purchasing decisions, helps agencies make efficient, informed choices, and boosts local economic growth by providing access and opportunities to historically underutilized businesses. | $3.2M | Seed | Nov 20, 2024 |  |
| Tracebit | Tracebit is a cloud-native method to intrusion detection, using decoys to identify and respond to intrusions. | $5M | Seed | Jul 09, 2024 |  |
| Maze | Maze a platform that uses AI agents to investigate and resolve cloud security vulnerabilities. |  | Pre-Seed | Dec 01, 2023 |  |
| Surfboard | Surfboard provides scheduling and building workforce management through customer service software. | $4.9M | Seed | Nov 21, 2022 |  |
| Lightdash | Open source BI for your whole team | $8.4M | Seed | Oct 06, 2022 |  |
| Lightdash | Lightdash is the future of BI - an AI-first, open-source analytics platform that gives modern data teams the fastest path to true self-serve analytics. We integrate seamlessly with dbt and your existing stack, combining an open semantic layer, AI-powered analytics, and the best developer experience in BI.Lightdash is trusted by fast-growing,data-driven companies worldwide to cut reporting bottlenecks, reduce BI costs, and ship analytics users actually adopt. | $6M | Seed | Oct 06, 2022 |  |
| Thirdfort | Thirdfort is an app-based solution that lets conveyancers verify client ID and source of funds in minutes. Combining ID scanning technology to check a client’s identity with open banking to prove money is from a legitimate source, Thirdfort is being used by award winning conveyancers around the UK. Thirdfort is backed by Alex Chesterman (Founderof Zoopla), Mishcon de Reya, Lawyer Checker and HM Land Registry. | $19.7M | Series A | Mar 07, 2022 |  |

7 of 7 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Accel](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/accel) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Moonfire Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/moonfire-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Speedinvest](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/speedinvest) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [20SALES](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/20sales) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Accel](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/accel-india) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Angel Invest](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/angel-invest-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Tessian

VC Fund · London, United Kingdom

Tessian’s mission is to secure the human layer. Using machine learning technology, Tessian automatically stops data breaches and security threats caused by human error - like data exfiltration, accidental data loss, business email compromise, and phishing attacks - with minimal disruption to employees' workflow. As a result, employees areempowered to do their best work, without security getting in their way. Founded in 2013, Tessian is backed by renowned investors like Sequoia, Accel, March Capital, and Balderton, and has offices in San Francisco and London.

5 contacts available at Tessian.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Ayush Kumar | Product | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ayush-kumar-76c7 |
| Edward Bishop | Co-Founder & CTO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/edward-bishop-2 |
| Elaine Mao | Head of Biz Ops | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/elaine-mao |
| Henry Trevelyan Thomas | Head of Client Development | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/henry-trevelyan-thomas |
| Martine Ehrlich | Engineering Manager | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/martine-ehrlich |

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## FAQ

### What does Edward Bishop invest in?

Edward Bishop invests primarily in Information Technology, Software and Analytics startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 7 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United Kingdom. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Edward Bishop last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Edward Bishop closed in Nov 2024. 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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