Mark Blandford
Angel Investor
Hereford, United Kingdom
Mark Blandford is a angel investor in Hereford focused on Software and Mobile. Mark Blandford is the Founder of Sportingbet. He became a bookmaker on 4 July 1984 and successfully built up two betting shop chains in the following decade. However, the emergence of the internet triggered the venture that became Sportingbet. As a result of organic growth and strategic acquisitions, Sportingbet posted operating profit of £105m in 2006. Blandford is now a venture capital investor and the Chairman of FSB Technology.
- Total investments:
- 5
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 20%
Last updated:
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Industries Mark Blandford invests in
Stages Mark Blandford invests in
Countries Mark Blandford invests in
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Contacts
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Round size
- Angel
- $2.3M–$4.3M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 3 (60%)
- Mobile 2 (40%)
- Information Technology 2 (40%)
- Casino 1 (20%)
- Sports 1 (20%)
Stage
- Angel 2 (40%)
- Seed 1 (20%)
- Series A 1 (20%)
- Post-IPO Debt 1 (20%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| Yetipay offers card machines and digital payment tools for small businesses, including pay-at-table and tipping features. | $2.3M / Angel / Jul 17, 2025 | ||
| We build software for card machines that solves real world problems. | $2.3M / Seed / Jul 17, 2025 | ||
| B90 Holdings is a marketing company. They provide services for online sportsbooks and casino. They offer services for sporting goods. | $2.2M / Post-IPO Debt / Jun 30, 2023 | ||
| Scout, created by Synalogik, is a one-of-a-kind data aggregation platform capable of automating complicated fraud and enhanced due diligence investigations across Synalogik, third-party, internal, and open-source datasets. Log in once, then configure automated, unified search, risk assessment, and reporting across all of your selected data sources,allowing your analysts to be significantly more productive, efficient, and make better judgments. | $4M / Series A / Jan 24, 2022 | ||
| FSB is one of the fastest growing, multi-award winning global sports betting and iGaming suppliers. With a significant footprint in regulated markets across Europe, Africa and North America, we work hand in hand with ambitious operators to assemble their ultimate, curated gaming experiences whilst fulfilling the needs of their markets and players.Proprietary in nature, powerful in practice, our Tier 1 tech stack of sportsbook, casino, retail and PAM is powered by a single, scalable, empowering back office platform. A recipient of the 2022 EGR Multi-Channel Supplier of the Year award, we're passionate about operator strategy driving our supplier technology. | $4.3M / Angel / Jan 14, 2014 |
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FAQ
What does Mark Blandford invest in?
Mark Blandford invests primarily in Software, Mobile and Information Technology startups, most often at Angel and Seed stage. Most of the 5 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United Kingdom. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does Mark Blandford invest in?
Mark Blandford typically joins rounds of $2.3M–$4.3M at Angel. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Mark Blandford's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Mark Blandford took part in.
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When did Mark Blandford last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Mark Blandford closed in Jul 2025. Shizune tracks 5 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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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 Oct 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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