# Richard Francis

> Richard Francis is a seed investor in Waimarama backing Software and SaaS. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Sep 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Location: Waimarama, New Zealand
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Aug 2016
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Sep 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/richardfranciswgtnnz
- Website: https://x.com/spotlightrep

Richard Francis is a seed investor in Waimarama focused on Software and SaaS. 25 years of working with businesses and other organisations with strategy, finance, management, governance, reporting, accounting, tax, projects...Founded in 2011 an innovative software company - Spotlight Reporting - that provides award-winning performance-focussed SaaS products for business advisors and business owners in the Xero, QuickBooks,MYOB and Sage networks. Advanced reporting, consolidation, cashflow forecasting, and multi-entity goodness to (mainly) US, UK, NZ, Canada, South Africa and Australia businesses and progressive accounting firms.I am also GM of Spotlight Workpapers, an online compliance solution for accounting firms, acquired by Xero in 2012. Xero provide the world-leading cloud accounting product.I was also founder and Director of Francis Consulting, a boutique advisory, VCFO and Chartered Accounting practice based in Wellington. Am also Director/Shareholder of Silverstripe - leading CMS software.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 2 | 100% |
| SaaS | 1 | 50% |
| Franchise | 1 | 50% |
| Accounting | 1 | 50% |
| Business Intelligence | 1 | 50% |

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 1 | 50% |
| Series A | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Spotlight Reporting | Cloud based Reporting, Consolidation and Forecasting software for Accountants, Advisors and CFO's. | $3.6M | Series A | Aug 29, 2016 | http://www.spotlightreporting.com |
| Runn | Runn is a provider of real-time resource management and forecasting software for the modern workforce. It allows company project managers to plan, track, and forecast staffing capacity and capability. The company's cloud-based interface includes features that make dealing with complexity and change simple. A convenient scenario planningfeature enables users to quickly see how winning or losing new work will affect resourcing and the company's bottom line, or what skill sets a company may need to hire based on their future sales pipeline.Runn assists employers in understanding demand and available capacity, as well as the impact of project and milestone changes on their most valuable asset - their people. They can optimize individual and team workloads and avoid bottlenecks and delays that prevent them from doing better work. |  | Seed |  | https://www.runn.io |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [GD1 (Global From Day One)](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/global-from-day-one-fund-ii) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Global from Day One](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/global-from-day-one-gd1) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [New Zealand Growth Capital Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/new-zealand-growth-capital-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Richard Francis invest in?

Richard Francis invests primarily in Software, SaaS and Franchise startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in New Zealand. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

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### When did Richard Francis last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Richard Francis closed in Aug 2016. Shizune tracks 2 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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