RB

Richard Burton

Retired

San Francisco, California

Investor
Angel

Invests in

Stages:

Pre-seed

  • Min Investment:

    $5,000.00

  • Max Investment:

    $50,000.00

  • Target Investment:

    $25,000.00

Skills

Softcare
Ruby on Rails
Google Analytics
Web Design
Web Project Management
Sales
CRM
New Business Development
E-commerce
Business Development
Investments
Entrepreneurship
Start-ups
Online Marketing
Objective-C
Mobile Applications
Ruby
SEO
APIs
Mobile Marketing

Education

  • Hacker School

    (2013 - 2013)

  • Certificate

    UCSB

    (2010 - 2011)

  • Dropped out

    The University of Edinburgh

    (2008 - 2009)

  • GCSEs & A-Levels

    Norwich School

    (2001 - 2007)

Investments

Ramp

Pre Seed

Total Funding: $1.3B

RealSelf

Series C

Total Funding: $42M

Work Experience

2024

  • Retired

    2024

Balance.io

2021 - 2024

  • Software Artist

    2023 - 2024

    Balance is being restored ⚖️

  • Community Encouragement Organiser

    2021 - 2023

Back on My Feet

2020 - 2021

  • San Francisco Board Member

    2020 - 2021

Fei Protocol

2021 - 2021

  • Design

    2021 - 2021

    Helping the Fei team launch the protocol

Self-employed

2015 - 2020

  • Designer

    2019 - 2020

  • CEO

    2015 - 2020

    We are building interfaces for the open source financial system.

Brightec

2014 - 2015

  • Freelance iOS & Android App Designer

    2014 - 2015

    I had a fascinating insight into what happens when the Gillian Tans, the CEO of Booking.com, wants to murder your company.

Ethereum

2014 - 2014

  • Designer

    2014 - 2014

    I designed some of the early concepts for a blockchain browser and dapp store.

Blurtit Limited

2014 - 2014

  • Freelance iOS Designer

    2014 - 2014

    Worked on Blurtit's iPhone app.

Sourcing.io

2013 - 2014

  • Cofounder

    2013 - 2014

    Working with customers to help them source talented software engineers.

Sidebench Studios

2013 - 2013

  • Freelance Ruby Developer

    2013 - 2013

    I worked on a soon-to-be-released iPhone app for one of Sidebench's clients.