# Richard Titus

> Richard Titus is a seed investor at Ark VC backing Software and Automotive. See 10 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: Ark VC
- Total investments: 10
- Last investment: Jul 2018
- Lead investor: 20%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/rxdxt
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/richardtitus
- Website: https://about.me/richardtitus
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/richarddtitus

Richard Titus is a seed investor at Ark VC focused on Software and Automotive. Richard Titus currently works as an Advisor to global founders and firms for Andronik Ltd. He previously worked at AIKON as a Chairman of the Board of Directors. Richard Titus attended UCLA Anderson School of Management.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $100k–$6.6M |
| Pre-Seed | $20k–$180k |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 3 | 30% |
| Automotive | 2 | 20% |
| Blockchain | 2 | 20% |
| E-Commerce | 2 | 20% |
| Energy Storage | 2 | 20% |

27 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 4 | 40% |
| Pre-Seed | 2 | 20% |
| Series A | 1 | 10% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 10% |
| Debt Financing | 1 | 10% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 6 | 60% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 20% |
| Canada | 1 | 10% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| MetaCert | MetaCert's patent-pending Security API checks the reputation of http requests in real time, warning consumers of potential threats before allowing known malicious web pages (or other resources) from loading inside the app. MetaCert also offers a content-based filtering service for developers that want to block pornography inside their apps. | $150K | Seed | Jul 01, 2018 |  |
| MetaCert | MetaCert's patent-pending Security API checks the reputation of http requests in real time, warning consumers of potential threats before allowing known malicious web pages (or other resources) from loading inside the app. MetaCert also offers a content-based filtering service for developers that want to block pornography inside their apps. | $100K | Seed | Jun 01, 2018 |  |
| 22X Fund | 22X Ltd. (“22X”) is issuing tokens (“22X Tokens”) that gives qualified investors exposure to equity in up to 30 global startups, that are all alumni of the 500 Startups Global Seed Accelerator program. In connection with this issuance, 22X is seeking to turn venture capital on its head by pre-selecting a diverse group of companies that areexpected to be fast- growth, and providing investors with an opportunity to indirectly invest in these companies without paying the high minimums and large fees associated with venture capital investment, by purchasing 22X Tokens. | $180K | Pre-Seed | Feb 01, 2018 |  |
| Securrency | Securrency delivers financial technology products for the tokenized issuance and trading of securities. The company’s protocol can be utilized on the Ethereum, Stellar, Ripple, EOS, and other distributed ledgers, as well as on legacy systems, allowing for seamless on-chain and off-chain movement of tokens. Securrency makes financial services moresecure, transparent, efficient, and accessible by integrating legacy financial services with recent advances in distributed ledger technologies, payment gateways, and security frameworks. Built from the ground up with security and compliance at its core, Securrency enables an efficient market, bringing together investors seeking yield with value creators, such as asset owners, startups or fund managers requiring capital. | $6.6M | Seed | Jan 01, 2018 |  |
| GBatteries | Our technology enables dramatic improvements to battery charge time and cycle life, enabling Electric Vehicles to charge as fast as it takes to fill up a tank of gas. |  | Seed | Jun 01, 2017 |  |
| Guardian Circle | Guardian Circle is a new worldwide public utility offering global, decentralized 911 emergency response. ​It is the first blockchain-based emergency response system to crowdsource safety, enabling users to access a decentralized pool of pre-selected citizen-rescuers who are alerted in the event of an emergency, dispatching aid closest to thesituation. These guardians are then rewarded in cryptocurrency with Guardium, a token that can be redeemed for more services or sold for fiat currency within the platform. Guardian Circle is headquartered in Marina del Rey, CA and backed by Magnus Capital, Distributed Network Advisors (DNA), and prominent investors including Jason Calacanis (LAUNCH, Inside.com), Peter Diamandis (XPRIZE Foundation), Falkora, Michael Terpin (CoinAgenda, BitAngels), Eric Pulier (Digital Evolution, US Interactive, Akana, Desktone, ServiceMesh), and John Valenti. Guardian Circle is currently available worldwide on iOS, Android and Amazon Alexa. | $20K | Pre-Seed | Mar 02, 2017 |  |
| LOOKK | LOOKK (formerly Garmz) is a curated social platform, connecting the best of today's contemporary fashion brands directly with the customers that matter. A new way to DISCOVER and SHOP the best and newest fashion brands. Fashion is changing. Join in. |  | Seed | Aug 11, 2011 |  |
| ConsumerBell | ConsumerBell helps ecommerce sites not sell or ship recalled items. | $300K | Debt Financing | Jul 30, 2011 |  |
| Videoplaza | Our mission is to empower broadcasters and video publishers to build profitable and sustainable businesses in the internet-delivered TV world. More than 50% of the broadcasters in Europe run their advertising businesses on Karbon. Our technology, built for video, is device agnostic and empowers publishers to trade across sales channels,maximising the value of their audiences. Due to our belief in valuing service equally to technology, we have local teams in London (HQ), Stockholm (R&D), Berlin, Cologne, Madrid, Paris, and Singapore. | $3.7M | Series A | Mar 18, 2010 |  |
| Mission Motors | The company designs and supplies high-performance EV powertrains,including energy storage systems, drive systems and software, to the vehicle manufacturers, targeting a wide range of applications—including battery-electric, plug-in hybrid electric and hybrid-electric vehicles. | $20K |  | Feb 01, 2010 |  |

10 of 10 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [10x Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/10xgroup) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Airbus Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/airbus-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Creandum](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/creandum) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Ark VC

VC Fund



1 contacts available at Ark VC.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Richard Titus | Founder & Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/richard-titus |

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## FAQ

### What does Richard Titus invest in?

Richard Titus invests primarily in Software, Automotive and Blockchain startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 10 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 Titus's check size?

Richard Titus typically joins rounds of $100k–$6.6M at Seed and $20k–$180k 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 Titus participates in.

### How do I contact Richard Titus?

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### When did Richard Titus last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Richard Titus closed in Jul 2018. Shizune tracks 10 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?

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