# Richard Avery-Wright

> Richard Avery-Wright is a funding round investor at Wealthify backing SaaS and Banking. See 5 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Wealthify](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/wealthify-com)
- Total investments: 5
- Last investment: Dec 2022
- Lead investor: 40%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/richard-avery-wright-90bba833

Richard Avery-Wright is a funding round investor at Wealthify focused on SaaS and Banking. Richard Avery-Wright is the Co-Founder, Director, and Non Executive Chairman at Wealthify.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| SaaS | 1 | 20% |
| Banking | 1 | 20% |
| FinTech | 1 | 20% |
| Finance | 1 | 20% |
| Payments | 1 | 20% |

10 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Funding Round | 2 | 40% |
| Seed | 1 | 20% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 20% |
| Series A | 1 | 20% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Willo | Willo is a human-first candidate assessment platform that equips the world’s fastest-growing organizations with the top-tier hiring infrastructure they need. By optimizing hiring efficiency, Willo streamlines the process and offers a comprehensive assessment of candidate skill sets, ensuring they meet both hard and soft skill requirements. Withversatile assessment formats designed to accommodate diverse needs, the platform fosters a more inclusive, accessible, and equitable experience for all. | $1.8M | Seed | Dec 12, 2022 |  |
| Currensea | Currensea is a FinTech company that offers a direct debit travel card that allows users to make transactions in multiple currencies.The company's product links to any UK bank account and reduces exchange rates and transaction fees abroad without setting up and managing a new bank account to get better rates. It also allows users to top upprepaid cards, allowing them to make payments while traveling without opening a new bank account and at a lower cost. | $3.1M |  | Sep 30, 2022 |  |
| Currensea | Currensea is a FinTech company that offers a direct debit travel card that allows users to make transactions in multiple currencies.The company's product links to any UK bank account and reduces exchange rates and transaction fees abroad without setting up and managing a new bank account to get better rates. It also allows users to top upprepaid cards, allowing them to make payments while traveling without opening a new bank account and at a lower cost. | $2.7M | Series A | Sep 30, 2022 |  |
| Willo | Willo is a human-first candidate assessment platform that equips the world’s fastest-growing organizations with the top-tier hiring infrastructure they need. By optimizing hiring efficiency, Willo streamlines the process and offers a comprehensive assessment of candidate skill sets, ensuring they meet both hard and soft skill requirements. Withversatile assessment formats designed to accommodate diverse needs, the platform fosters a more inclusive, accessible, and equitable experience for all. | $319.9K | Pre-Seed | Sep 11, 2020 |  |
| WatchMyCompetitor | WatchMyCompetitor (WMC) is a leading competitor intelligence platform that enables organisations to make smarter decisions faster. It uses AI to track the global digital footprint of an organisation’s competitors in real-time and market analysts to curate the data. Clients get a continuous flow of the most relevant, actionable insights into theirorganisation. They use these insights to validate and optimise strategies, gain a competitive advantage and protect and grow revenue. |  |  |  |  |

5 of 5 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Blackfinch Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/blackfinch-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Unbundled VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/unbundled-vc) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Wealthify

VC Fund · Penarth, United Kingdom

Wealthify is a new way for Britons to invest and grow their money. It’s effortless, transparent and affordable investing for everyone. With Wealthify, you don’t need to be a market expert or have any experience to put your money to work. They are a Cardiff-based Fintech company. Launching in early 2016.

5 contacts available at Wealthify.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Andy Russell | Chief Executive Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andy-russell-12f9 |
| David Semmens | Chief Investment Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/david-semmens |
| Lee Gainer | Chief Financial Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lee-gainer |
| Michael Ashford | Chief Technology Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/michael-ashford-2 |
| Michelle Pearce-Burke | Co-founder & Chief Investment Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/michelle-pearce |

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## FAQ

### What does Richard Avery-Wright invest in?

Richard Avery-Wright invests primarily in SaaS, Banking and FinTech startups, most often at Funding Round 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.

### When did Richard Avery-Wright last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Richard Avery-Wright closed in Dec 2022. 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.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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