# Tim O'Shea

> Tim O'Shea is a seed investor in Norwich backing News and Web3. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Location: Norwich, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: Feb 2022
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/timothyjoshea
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/timothyoshea
- Website: https://x.com/timothyoshea

Tim O'Shea is a seed investor in Norwich focused on News and Web3. Tim O'Shea is the Co-Founder and CEO of Sapling. He is a former Chairperson of Scribe. He attended the University of Oxford.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| News | 1 | 25% |
| Web3 | 1 | 25% |
| Mobile | 1 | 25% |
| Travel | 1 | 25% |
| Bitcoin | 1 | 25% |

21 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 50% |
| Pre-Seed | 2 | 50% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 3 | 75% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 25% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Hito | Human friendly hardware crypto wallet, open source, made in USA | $750K | Pre-Seed | Feb 15, 2022 | https://x.com/hito_xyz |
| GuruHotel | With GuruHotel, hotels can build a real e-commerce website in less than 10 minutes and directly sell their rooms. | $240K | Pre-Seed | Mar 01, 2021 | https://guruhotel.com/ |
| XtGem | XtGem provides an all-in-one solution for anyone looking to build a mobile site - from personal blogs to businesses wanting to grow and represent their brand in the mobile market. In addition to intuitive WYSIWYG-based tools, customers gain access to powerful developer features, including full source code editing support, cloud hosting and customdomain support. | $250K | Seed | Jun 01, 2014 | http://xtgem.com |
| Tech.eu | Tech.eu is the premier online publication dedicated to the growing European technology ecosystem(s), delivering a range of editorial products with a clear focus on curated news, actionable information and educational interviews with movers and shakers from across Europe, combined with insightful market intelligence reports based on our proprietarydatabase, events, a jobs platform and a variety of other services. | $159K | Seed | Apr 23, 2014 | http://tech.eu |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [500 Global](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/500-startups) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [BootstrapLabs](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bootstraplabs) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Fine Structure Venture](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fine-structure-venture) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Karman Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/karman-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Mexamerica Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mexamerica-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [The Ark Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/the-arkfund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Tim O'Shea invest in?

Tim O'Shea invests primarily in News, Web3 and Mobile startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 4 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Tim O'Shea?

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### When did Tim O'Shea last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Tim O'Shea closed in Feb 2022. Shizune tracks 4 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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