David Blake

David is a qualified financial professional and technologist with a broad experience having worked across numerous sectors, including; power generation, ad-tech, medical devices and defence/aerospace.

As Investment Director at a UK leading investment fund Deepbridge Capital, David’s role is to support the commercialisation and growth of a number of Deepbridge’s portfolio companies, whilst also working on a number of future funding opportunities. He specialises in technology investments into early stage companies and currently works with a number of investees ranging from fintech, software, space tech to quantum computing.

David previously worked as an Investment Executive at the Development Bank of Wales’ Technology Venture Investments fund allowing him to work specifically within the Welsh technology ecosystem.

David is a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants and holds a distinction in a MSc in Computing, bringing with him a combination of practical skills and experiences from finance and technology for early stage technology companies and has been involved with the Blockchain Connected steering committee since September 2020.

Although based in Wales, David works with clients across the UK and is delighted to be playing a role within the early stage technology ecosystem.