# Richard Burston

> Richard Burston is a angel investor at KORE Wireless backing Art and Apps. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Sep 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: KORE Wireless
- Location: London, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Feb 2016
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Sep 2026
- LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/richard-burston-1b725485

Richard Burston is a angel investor at KORE Wireless in London focused on Art and Apps. Richard Burston, a successful entrepreneur and private equity investor, founded Regency Capital International Limited, a London-based merchant bank in 1991. From 2002 to 2004, He was the CEO of Bostream AB, following Regency Capital's purchase of a majority interest in the company. He built Bostream into Sweden's leading independentbroadband ISP, prior to selling the company in late 2004. Before founding Regency Capital in 1991, he was employed by Morgan Stanley. Mr Burston, a Canadian citizen, has a B.A. in Economics from Yale University and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Angel | $725k–$2M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Art | 1 | 33% |
| Apps | 1 | 33% |
| Video | 1 | 33% |
| Retail | 1 | 33% |
| Software | 1 | 33% |

13 industries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Vastari | Vastari provides networking tools to connect museums and private sector directly to share information and organize exhibitions worldwide.Its online platform, Vastari Collections, connects private collectors and museums for temporary exhibition loans. It also enable private collectors access curators at major museums worldwide who are constantlyon the lookout for new works to include in their upcoming shows.Since 2013, Vastari has facilitated dozens of loans to museums worldwide and currently has over 900 collectors among its members and provides access to hundreds of thousands of works of art, antiques, and artefacts.Vastari was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in London. | $725.1K | Angel | Feb 05, 2016 |  |
| Rockpack | Rockpack is an app that allows people to curate videos from around the web and create highly visual and personalized channels. You can follow channels created by friends or experts to discover the videos you find interesting. | $2M | Angel | Sep 01, 2012 |  |
| Brisqq | Brisqq is the leading provider of local logistics for businesses. Its unique technology connects businesses to a crowdsourced delivery fleet, enabling delivery in 1-hour timeslots within metropolitan cities. Brisqq is proud to count 750+ brands (including some of the largest names in retail) as its customers. |  | Angel |  |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Qualcomm](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/qualcomm) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About KORE Wireless

VC Fund · Alpharetta, United States

KORE is the provider of machine-to-machine (M2M) network services - offering truly global connectivity over GSM, CDMA & Satellite technologies. We deliver network services to application solution providers and enterprises supported by a wireless operator grade, distributed and highly scalable business management platform that presents allnetwork services and technologies through a single, unified interface.

5 contacts available at KORE Wireless.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Richard Burston | Vice Chairman | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/richard-burston |
| Chris Francosky | IT | — |
| Hong Long | VP Technology, Advanced Application | — |
| Jared Deith | EVP, Chief Revenue Officer | — |
| Ken Connor | Vice President Enterprise Sales | — |

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## FAQ

### What does Richard Burston invest in?

Richard Burston invests primarily in Art, Apps and Video startups, most often at Angel stage. Most of the 3 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 Burston's check size?

Richard Burston typically joins rounds of $725k–$2M 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 Burston participates in.

### How do I contact Richard Burston?

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### When did Richard Burston last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Richard Burston closed in Feb 2016. Shizune tracks 3 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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