Investing Profile

Michael Vaughan(405)

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Co-founder & General Partner at Vera Equity

veraequity.comPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania

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Michael Vaughan's investing connections

30 Investors

Connected to Satya Patel (Homebrew), Gigi Levy-Weiss (NFX), Pete Flint (NFX), and 27 other investors on Signal.

Networks Michael is a member of

The Wharton School Network

427 CONNECTIONS

The Wharton School Network

427 CONNECTIONS

University of Pennsylvania Network

330 CONNECTIONS

University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School Network

239 CONNECTIONS

PayPal Network

80 CONNECTIONS

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Current Investing Position

Vera Equity General Partner

Investment Range

$250K - $1M

Sweet Spot

$500K

Investments On Record

Michael Vaughan is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

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Michael Vaughan's Investments On Record (26)

Company	StageDateRound Size	Total Raised
SimpleClosure	Series AMay 2025$15M Pre SeedSep 2023$2M	$21M
Co-investors: Jeremy Jonker (Infinity Ventures Crypto), Rex Salisbury (Cambrian Ventures)
Kick	SeedOct 2024$9M	$12M
Co-investors: Marc Bhargava (General Catalyst), Nitesh Banta (Stellar Capital), Lachy Groom (Physical Intelligence), Alex Tong (Information Venture Partners), Joshua Browder (Wander), Nick Davidov (DVC), Scott Belsky (A24), Bartek Pucek (TechTree), Youcef Es-skouri (Various), Ankur Nagpal (Vibe Capital), Terrence Rohan (Otherwise Fund), Karim Atiyeh, Tikhon Bernstam, Sahil Lavingia, Ron Pragides
Nomad	Series BAug 2023$61M Series BMay 2022$32M	$160M
Co-investors: Eric Acher (monashees), Alex Cook (Tiger Global Management), Gavin Christensen (Kickstart Fund), Hans Tung (Notable Capital (formerly GGV Capital)), David Roebuck (Wave Financial), Gregory Waldorf, Guilherme Bonifacio, Beau Laskey
Maplerad	SeedOct 2022$6M	$6M
Co-investors: James Fitzgerald (Valar Ventures)
Flip	Series BJun 2022$55M	$410M $.300M
Co-investors: Deven Parekh (Insight Partners), Ullas Naik (Streamlined Ventures), Andy Weissman (Union Square Ventures), Louis Beryl (Andreessen Horowitz), Laurence A. Tosi (WestCap), Matthias Müller (Cusp Capital Partners), Jos White (Notion Capital), Nils Seele (LEA Partners), Dr. Christian Saller (HV Capital), Claude Ritter (Cavalry Ventures), Rona Segev-Gal (TLV Partners), Yaniv Golan (lool ventures), Samir Chaibi (Insignia Ventures Partners), Bernhard Janke (468 Capital), Joanne Wilson (Gotham Gal Ventures), Scott Belsky (A24), Gokul Rajaram (gokulrajaram.com), Ruby Lu (DCM Ventures), Konstantin von Unger (Pava Partners), Roland Berger
Market AI	Series UnknownApr 2022$5M	$14M
Co-investors: Jeremy Liew (Lightspeed Venture Partners), Andrea Hippeau (Lerer Hippeau), Chloe Steinberg (Sapphire Ventures)
Keep Technologies	SeedNov 2021
Whym	Series UnknownJun 2021$1M	$8.3M
Co-investors: Charles Hudson (Precursor Ventures), Michael Steinberg (Reciprocal Ventures), Thomas Chen (MAGIC Fund), Ishan Sachdev (Deciens Capital), Sandhya Hegde (Unusual Ventures), Josh Kuzon (Reciprocal Ventures), Anna Palmer (Flybridge Capital Partners), Mitch Kitamura (DNX Ventures), Greg McAdoo (Bolt), Kate McAndrew (Bolt), Neeraj Berry (Tet Ventures), Peter Bordes (Trajectory Ventures), Justin Smith (Recharge Thematic Ventures), Jeffrey Lu (Flex Capital, LLC // Turbo Ventures, LLC), Charles Delingpole, Mark Ghermezian

most interested in

fintech, embedded finance, Vertical SaaS, mobile commerce

not interested in

Hardware, Networking, Infrastructure

Michael Vaughan's Experience

Operating Partner Stripes2022 - Present

Co-founder & General Partner Vera Equity2022 - Present

Board Member CiBO TechnologiesPresent

Vice President of Business Development & Sales TicketleapPresent

Consultant SynygyPresent

Venmo, Chief Operating Officer PayPalPresent

Venmo, COO PayPalPresent

Board Member CIBO TechnologiesPresent

Co-Founder and General Partner (GP) Vera EquityPresent

CEO, IG US Holdings, parent of tastytrade, tastylive, tastyfx and tastycrypto tastytradePresent

Chief Executive Officer, IG North America IG GroupPresent

Co-Founder and General Partner Vera EquityPresent

Senior Advisor StripesPresent

Director, Product Operations Telephia IncPresent

Managing Director, Channel Partners & Business Development JG WentworthPresent

Vice President of Business Development & Sales TicketLeapPresent

Chief Operating Officer VenmoPresent

Board Member Verse Technologies IncPresent

Mentor to Startup Founder/CEOs First Round Fast TrackPresent

Board Member VersePresent

Operating Partner Stripes Present

Managing Director, Channel Partners & Business Development J.G. WentworthPresent

Board Member CIBOPresent

Board Member Stem Disintermedia Inc.Present

Venture Partner Oak HC/FT2019 - 2022

COO Venmo2011 - 2019

VP Business Development TicketLeap2008 - 2011

Director, Product Operations Telephia1999 - 2004

Michael Vaughan's Education

University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School Bachelor of Science - BS Economics; Concentrations in Entrepreneurial Management and Operations & Information Systems

The Wharton School BS in Economics Concentrations in Entrepreneurial Management & Information Systems

University of Pennsylvania Bachelor of Science - BS Economics

The Wharton School Bachelor of Science - BS Economics; Concentrations in Entrepreneurial Management and Operations & Information Systems

The Wharton School of The University of Pennsylvania Bachelors of Science in Economics Entrepreneurship

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