# Richard Burton

> Richard Burton is a pre-seed investor at Balance Software (London) backing Beauty and Energy. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Balance Software](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/balance-software)
- Location: London, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Dec 2022
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/richardjburton/

Richard Burton is a pre-seed investor at Balance Software in London focused on Beauty and Energy. Richard Burton - CEO @ Balance Software

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Pre-Seed | $1.1M–$2.2M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Beauty | 1 | 33% |
| Energy | 1 | 33% |
| FinTech | 1 | 33% |
| Internet | 1 | 33% |
| Aerospace | 1 | 33% |

11 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Pre-Seed | 2 | 67% |
| Series C | 1 | 33% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 2 | 67% |
| Poland | 1 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Reflect Orbital | Reflect sells sunlight from space. | $2.2M | Pre-Seed | Dec 15, 2022 |  |
| Ramp Network | Ramp connects blockchain with banks using open banking APIs. The company's mission is to create a meshed, easily accessible connection between the open blockchain financial system and the old, closed banking system, with no need for a trusted third party in between.Ramp was founded in 2017 by Przemek Kowalczyk and Szymon Sypniewicz and isheadquartered in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland. | $1.1M | Pre-Seed | Jul 12, 2019 |  |
| RealSelf | RealSelf brings transparency to the elective medical & aesthetic treatment market which represents a wide range of services—from a simple skin treatment to cosmetic surgery. At the heart of RealSelf is a community of people sharing personal experiences, unbiased stories, and candid advice. Thousand of medical experts also participate onRealSelf. Doctors and clinicians have posted over two million answers to questions and routinely upload educational videos, special offers, and patient before & after photos. The company is a Seattle based startup, backed by world-class investors and has achieved profitability. |  | Series C | Aug 10, 2018 |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Buckley Endeavors](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/buckley-endeavors) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Castor Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/castor-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Climate Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/climate-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Fabric Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fabric-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Firstminute Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/firstminute-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Sky](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/makerdao) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Balance Software

VC Fund · New York, United States

Balance is a simple personal finance tool for your Mac’s menubar. It is available in the U.S. Mac App Store. We make it easy to connect to and monitor your traditional financial accounts using and API from Plaid.Plaid has relationships with thousands of financial institutions and handles lots of regulatory and security issues around accessingcustomers’ financial data. Balance is a powerful, simple UI built atop their API.

1 contacts available at Balance Software.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Richard Burton | CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/richard-burton-97d1 |

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## FAQ

### What does Richard Burton invest in?

Richard Burton invests primarily in Beauty, Energy and FinTech startups, most often at Pre-Seed and Series C stage. Most of the 3 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

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

Richard Burton typically joins rounds of $1.1M–$2.2M at Pre-Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Richard Burton participates in.

### When did Richard Burton last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Richard Burton closed in Dec 2022. 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.

### 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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