Investing Profile

Michael Vaughan(393)

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Co-founder & GP at Vera Equity | Operating Partner at Stripes

veraequity.comPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania

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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 of The University of Pennsylvania Network

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Current Investing Position

Vera Equity General Partner

Investment Range

$250K - $1M

Sweet Spot

$500K

Investments On Record

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Michael Vaughan's Investments On Record (25)

Company	StageDateRound Size	Total Raised
SimpleClosure	Series AMay 2025$15M Pre SeedSep 2023$2M	$21M
Co-investors: Jeremy Jonker (Infinity Ventures), Rex Salisbury (Cambrian Ventures)
Kick	SeedOct 2024$9M	$12M
Co-investors: Lachy Groom (LGF), Alex Tong (Seguin Ventures), Nitesh Banta (Stellar Capital), Ankur Nagpal (Vibe Capital), Joshua Browder (Browder Capital), Nick Davidov (Davidovs VC), Sahil Lavingia, Scott Belsky, Bartek Pucek, Karim Atiyeh, Youcef Es-skouri, Ron Pragides
Nomad	Series BAug 2023$61M Series BMay 2022$32M	$160M
Co-investors: Alex Cook (Tiger Global Management), Eric Acher (monashees), David Roebuck (Wave Financial), Gavin Christensen (Kickstart Fund), Gregory Waldorf, Guilherme Bonifacio
Maplerad	SeedOct 2022$6M	$6M
Co-investors: James Fitzgerald (Valar Ventures)
Flip	Series BJun 2022$55M	$380M $.300M
Co-investors: Deven Parekh (Insight Partners), Matthias Müller (Global Founders Capital), Rona Segev-Gal (TLV Partners), Yaniv Golan (lool ventures), Samir Chaibi (Insignia Ventures Partners), Laurence A. Tosi (WestCap), Bernhard Janke (468 Capital), Ruby Lu (Atypical Ventures), Jos White (Notion Capital), Nils Seele (LEA Partners), Dr. Christian Saller (HV Capital), Konstantin von Unger, Louis Beryl, Roland Berger
Market AI	Series UnknownApr 2022$5M	$14M
Co-investors: Andrea Hippeau (Lerer Hippeau), Chloe Steinberg (Sapphire Ventures)
Keep Technologies	SeedNov 2021
Whym	Series UnknownJun 2021$1M	$7.5M
Co-investors: Jeffrey Lu (Flex Capital), Kate McAndrew (Baukunst), 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), Peter Bordes (Trajectory Ventures), Neeraj Berry (Tet Ventures), Justin Smith (Recharge Capital), Greg McAdoo (Bolt), Mark Ghermezian, Charles Delingpole