# Richard Howard

> Richard Howard is a seed investor at Amazon Web Services backing Internet. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Amazon Web Services](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/amazon-web-services)
- Location: London, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Sep 2022
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/richhoward84/
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/RichHoward84

Richard Howard is a seed investor at Amazon Web Services in London focused on Internet and Web3. Richard Howard - Startup Business Development Manager (UK) @ Amazon Web Services

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Richard Howard: work email, personal email, work phone, personal phone and socials. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-email/richard-howard?utm_source=investor_profile

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.2M–$4.6M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Internet | 2 | 100% |
| Web3 | 1 | 50% |
| Software | 1 | 50% |
| Insurance | 1 | 50% |
| Messaging | 1 | 50% |

7 industries tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Estonia | 1 | 50% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Mailchain | Mailchain is the new communication layer for Web3. With one simple, elegant inbox, users can send and receive private messages using public blockchain addresses. Teams and individuals can receive notifications about their on-chain activity and communicate with any identity, on any protocol.  Projects, DAOs, exchanges and protocols integratingMailchain can directly communicate with their users, wallet-to-wallet. | $4.6M | Seed | Sep 08, 2022 |  |
| Cachet | Cachet is a financial services marketplace on a mission to create a better, healthier platform economy. It gives gig workers [in ride-hailing] a single insurance policy across platforms that’s fairly priced, personalised and easy to use. With services that help platform workers reduce their costs, improve their net earnings and feel empowered intheir lifestyle, we make the platform economy better for everyone. | $1.2M | Seed | Sep 03, 2020 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Acequia Capital (AceCap)](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/acequia-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Techstars Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bullet-time-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Crane Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/crane-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Eterna Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/eterna-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Icebreaker.vc](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/icebreaker-vc) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Kenetic](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kenetic-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Amazon Web Services

VC Fund · Seattle, United States

Amazon Web Services provides information technology infrastructure services to businesses in the form of web services. Its products and solutions include cloud computing, compute, networking, storage and content delivery, databases, analytics, application services, deployment and management, mobile services, applications, AWS marketplace software,startups, enterprises, partners, government and education, websites and web applications, big data and HPC, gaming, and digital media as well as backup, storage, and archive. The company also provides AWS management console, documentation, SDKs and tools, downloads, platforms, Java, JavaScript, mobile, PHP, Ruby, Python, Windows, .NET, resources, forums, tutorials and articles, whitepapers, training and certification, and AWS user groups for developers. In addition, it offers compute, storage, database, analytics, application, and deployment services; and mobile services, websites, and backup and recovery services. Amazon Web Services serves the government, education, and non-profit sectors in North America, South America, Europe, Africa, Asia Pacific, and internationally. Amazon Web Services was founded in 2006 and is based in Seattle, Washington. It has data center locations in the United States, Europe, Brazil, Singapore, Japan, and Australia. It operates as a subsidiary of Amazon.com Inc.

5 contacts available at Amazon Web Services.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Hannah Perry | Startup Accelerator Manager | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hannah-perry-2 |
| John Liu | Head of Product Amazon Managed Blockchain | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/john-liu-0644 |
| Larry Augustin | VP | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/larry-augustin |
| Adam Naor | Business Development, AWS Startups | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/adam-naor |
| Adam VanWagner | Technical Program Manager | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/adam-vanwagner |

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## FAQ

### What does Richard Howard invest in?

Richard Howard invests primarily in Internet, Web3 and Software startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Estonia. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

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

Richard Howard typically joins rounds of $1.2M–$4.6M at 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 Howard participates in.

### How do I contact Richard Howard?

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### When did Richard Howard last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Richard Howard closed in Sep 2022. 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.

### 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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