# Richard Brennan

> Richard Brennan is a angel investor backing Mobile, Software and Social Media. See 7 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Total investments: 7
- Last investment: Jul 2014
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026

Richard Brennan is a seasoned Senior Executive in the Telecommunications industry with significant strengths in Global Marketing and Branding. He joined Hutchison Whampoa in 1993 in the UK as part of the Founding Executive Management Team for Orange plc. He has held Board positions with Mobistar, GSMA CEO Board, and was Chairman of the Board forWildfire, Inc. He now works around the globe with innovative, energetic, and fast moving companies. He also serves as an Executive Consultant for HTC, specifically assisting them break into the competitive world of consumer branded smartphones. Richard is a keen cyclist and runner, and fundamentally believes the intelligence being built into smartphones will revolutionise the way mobiles are used for recreational outdoor activities.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Angel | $500k–$929k |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Mobile | 3 | 43% |
| Software | 2 | 29% |
| Social Media | 2 | 29% |
| iOS | 1 | 14% |
| Apps | 1 | 14% |

20 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Angel | 3 | 43% |
| Series A | 2 | 29% |
| Series B | 1 | 14% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Zynstra | Zynstra is transforming edge computing at the retail edge. Its Intelligent Infrastructure is specifically designed and built for the retail edge, not the datacenter. It leverages intelligent automation to transform the way thousands of distributed sites are managed. By choosing Zynstra, the retail edge becomes the source of your competitiveadvantage in an era where superior customer experience is not only a great-to-have, but a must-have. You establish a lasting platform where new innovative apps and services are tested and launched to delight consumers at the retail edge, all while driving down operational costs and better managing risk, With its DNA deeply rooted in edge software products, Zynstra provides purpose-built edge infrastructure for the world’s largest, most distributed, innovation-driven enterprises. Zynstra is a strategic partner of HPE in delivering intelligence infrastructure – under the HPE Proliant Easy Connect brand – and is based in the United Kingdom. | $8.4M | Series B | Jul 09, 2014 |  |
| Zynstra | Zynstra is transforming edge computing at the retail edge. Its Intelligent Infrastructure is specifically designed and built for the retail edge, not the datacenter. It leverages intelligent automation to transform the way thousands of distributed sites are managed. By choosing Zynstra, the retail edge becomes the source of your competitiveadvantage in an era where superior customer experience is not only a great-to-have, but a must-have. You establish a lasting platform where new innovative apps and services are tested and launched to delight consumers at the retail edge, all while driving down operational costs and better managing risk, With its DNA deeply rooted in edge software products, Zynstra provides purpose-built edge infrastructure for the world’s largest, most distributed, innovation-driven enterprises. Zynstra is a strategic partner of HPE in delivering intelligence infrastructure – under the HPE Proliant Easy Connect brand – and is based in the United Kingdom. | $3.8M | Series A | Sep 12, 2013 |  |
| Samba Networks | Samba re-defines advertising for mobile, delivering better engagement stats for brands, better yields for publishers and more choice for viewers of brand advertising.Samba 'hyper-targets' smartphone users by age, gender, device type, and operating system. They encourage social feedback, sharing and clicks, driving earned media. Theyuse a selector model to drive consumer engagement, empowering viewers.An empowered viewer is an engaged viewer. Clicks and shares on Samba's network are well in excess of industry norms | $929K | Angel | Oct 08, 2012 |  |
| SwiftKey | SwiftKey is a technology company that aims to enhance interaction between keyboards and people. It upgrades smartphone keyboards to make typing faster, by utilizing artificial intelligence to learn from each user in order to autocorrect and predict their next word. The SwiftKey Keyboard for Android supports more than 80 languages.SwiftKey wasfounded by Ben Medlock and Jon Reynolds in 2008 and is based in London, United Kingdom. |  | Series A | Dec 07, 2011 |  |
| Samba Networks | Samba re-defines advertising for mobile, delivering better engagement stats for brands, better yields for publishers and more choice for viewers of brand advertising.Samba 'hyper-targets' smartphone users by age, gender, device type, and operating system. They encourage social feedback, sharing and clicks, driving earned media. Theyuse a selector model to drive consumer engagement, empowering viewers.An empowered viewer is an engaged viewer. Clicks and shares on Samba's network are well in excess of industry norms | $500K | Angel | Nov 01, 2011 |  |
| Augmentra | ViewRanger is a GPS navigation and augmented reality that helps millions of active people to plan, navigate, record, and share their adventures. It's designed for walking, hiking, biking, and more. It was founded in 2006 and headquartered in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire. | $500K | Angel | Jul 01, 2009 |  |
| Zygo Communications | Zygo is a mobile service for groups of people in the real world, and a mobile media platform for the brands that want to reach them. Zygo's patented service assigns a unique new number to any group of people through which anyone in that group can contact the whole group on their mobiles instantly. |  | Angel | Nov 19, 2007 |  |

7 of 7 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Cambridge Capital Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cambridge-capital-group) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Octopus Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/octopus-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Thames Valley Investment Network](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/thames-valley-investment-network) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Richard Brennan invest in?

Richard Brennan invests primarily in Mobile, Software and Social Media startups, most often at Angel and Series A 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.

### What is Richard Brennan's check size?

Richard Brennan typically joins rounds of $500k–$929k at Angel. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Richard Brennan participates in.

### When did Richard Brennan last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Richard Brennan closed in Jul 2014. 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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