# Frederick Blackford

> Frederick Blackford is a Series A investor at Future Positive backing Artificial Intelligence. See 9 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Future Positive](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/future-positive)
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 9
- Last investment: Apr 2025
- Lead investor: 22%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/frederick-blackford-bb59bb126

Frederick Blackford is a Series A investor at Future Positive in New York focused on Artificial Intelligence and Banking. Fred Blackford is Founder and Managing Partner of Future Positive.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Artificial Intelligence | 2 | 22% |
| Banking | 1 | 11% |
| FinTech | 1 | 11% |
| Finance | 1 | 11% |
| Delivery | 1 | 11% |

24 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 2 | 22% |
| Series B | 2 | 22% |
| Seed | 1 | 11% |
| Series C | 1 | 11% |
| Series D | 1 | 11% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 3 | 33% |
| Chile | 1 | 11% |
| Mexico | 1 | 11% |
| Pakistan | 1 | 11% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Belvo | Belvo is the open finance API platform that enables users to connect their accounts to an app. The platform lets financial innovators to access and interpret data from their end-users in an easy and scalable way. The company was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in Mexico City. | $15M | Venture - Series Unknown | Apr 16, 2025 |  |
| Config | Config combines engineering, operations, and manufacturing to simplify the large-scale shipment of high-quality hardware. | $5M | Seed | Jun 06, 2023 |  |
| NotCo | NotCo is a food industry. They use technology to recreate the same products. They create food systems. They produce plant-based meat and dairy substitutes. They used artificial intelligence to make plant-based food that functions and animal-based tastes. | $70M | Series D | Dec 12, 2022 |  |
| Prolific Machines | Prolific Machines is a biotech company developing cell technologies to redefine how cells are produced for a sustainable and healthy future. It combines cutting-edge technologies to enable cell production at a new scale. The company was founded in 2020 and is based in San Francisco, California. | $42M | Series A | Sep 14, 2022 |  |
| Pachama | Pachama harnesses AI and satellite data to empower companies to confidently invest in nature. Using the latest technological advances, Pachama delivers continuous insight into how forests sequester carbon, protect wildlife and benefit local communities. These insights enable leading companies to find the world’s best projects and track their impactover time while also helping land stewards earn an income with tools to develop carbon projects and secure funds. | $55M | Series B | May 05, 2022 |  |
| Airlift Technologies | Founded in 2019, Airlift is on a mission to build a world of self-empowerment using technology-backed logistics solutions that enable safe, reliable and affordable access to necessities. Airlift scaled Pakistan's largest decentralized transportation network to change the way people move, shifting away from private vehicles towards sharedmobility and affordable mass transport. In 2020, Airlift diversified into last-mile delivery through Airlift Express, delivering essentials across households in 30 minutes across Lahore, Karachi, Islamabad and Rawalpindi. Airlift Express spans across food supplies, household supplies, pharmacy, stationery, pet food, fresh fruits and vegetables, small electronics and more. On this mission to enable self-empowerment in the region, Airlift is backed by First Round Capital and has recently raised over $24m in financing. | $85M | Series B | Aug 18, 2021 |  |
| NotCo | NotCo is a food industry. They use technology to recreate the same products. They create food systems. They produce plant-based meat and dairy substitutes. They used artificial intelligence to make plant-based food that functions and animal-based tastes. | $235M | Series D | Jul 26, 2021 |  |
| Belvo | Belvo is the open finance API platform that enables users to connect their accounts to an app. The platform lets financial innovators to access and interpret data from their end-users in an easy and scalable way. The company was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in Mexico City. | $43M | Series A | Jun 01, 2021 |  |
| NotCo | NotCo is a food industry. They use technology to recreate the same products. They create food systems. They produce plant-based meat and dairy substitutes. They used artificial intelligence to make plant-based food that functions and animal-based tastes. | $85M | Series C | Sep 09, 2020 |  |

9 of 9 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Kaszek](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kaszek-ventures) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Tiger Global Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tiger-global) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Bezos Expeditions](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bezos-expeditions) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [L Catterton](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lcatterton) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [The Craftory](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/the-craftory) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Breakthrough Energy Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/breakthrough-energy-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About Future Positive

VC Fund · San Francisco, United States

Future Positive is a venture capital investment firm.

2 contacts available at Future Positive.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Frederick Blackford | Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fred-blackford |
| Alex Yagoda | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alex-yagoda |

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## FAQ

### What does Frederick Blackford invest in?

Frederick Blackford invests primarily in Artificial Intelligence, Banking and FinTech startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 9 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 Frederick Blackford last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Frederick Blackford closed in Apr 2025. Shizune tracks 9 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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