# Michael Stafford

> Michael Stafford is a seed investor backing Manufacturing and Wine And Spirits. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Location: Greater Philadelphia Area, United States
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Feb 2024
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-stafford-16308bb

Michael Stafford is a Managing Partner at The Stafford Group PHL.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Manufacturing | 1 | 100% |
| Wine And Spirits | 1 | 100% |
| Food and Beverage | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Sugarloaf Beverage Company | Sugarloaf Beverage firm is a premium Irish spirits firm that creates, distributes, and markets premium Irish spirit products. | $420.4K | Seed | Feb 04, 2024 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [O’Driscoll’s Irish Whiskey](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/o-driscoll-s-irish-whiskey) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Michael Stafford invest in?

Michael Stafford invests primarily in Manufacturing, Wine And Spirits and Food and Beverage startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Ireland. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Michael Stafford last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Michael Stafford closed in Feb 2024. 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.

### 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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