Investing Profile

Michael Vaughan(391)

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

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 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: Rex Salisbury (Cambrian Ventures), Jeremy Jonker (Infinity Ventures)
Kick	SeedOct 2024$9M	$12M
Co-investors: Lachy Groom (LGF), Joshua Browder (Browder Capital), Nick Davidov (Davidovs VC), Alex Tong (Seguin Ventures), Nitesh Banta (Stellar Capital), Terrence Rohan (Otherwise Fund), Ankur Nagpal (Vibe Capital), Sahil Lavingia, Youcef Es-skouri, Tikhon Bernstam, Scott Belsky, Bartek Pucek, Ron Pragides, Karim Atiyeh
Nomad	Series BAug 2023$61M Series BMay 2022$32M	$160M
Co-investors: Alex Cook (Tiger Global Management), Eric Acher (monashees), 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	$380M $.300M
Co-investors: Ullas Naik (Streamlined Ventures), Deven Parekh (Insight Partners), Matthias Müller (Global Founders Capital), Jos White (Notion Capital), Nils Seele (LEA Partners), Dr. Christian Saller (HV Capital), Laurence A. Tosi (WestCap), Rona Segev-Gal (TLV Partners), Yaniv Golan (lool ventures), Bernhard Janke (468 Capital), Samir Chaibi (Insignia Ventures Partners), Ruby Lu (Atypical Ventures), Konstantin von Unger, Louis Beryl, Roland Berger, Gokul Rajaram
Market AI	Series UnknownApr 2022$5M	$14M
Co-investors: Chloe Steinberg (Sapphire Ventures), Andrea Hippeau (Lerer Hippeau)
Keep Technologies	SeedNov 2021
Whym	Series UnknownJun 2021$1M	$8.3M
Co-investors: Charles Hudson (Precursor Ventures), Jeffrey Lu (Flex Capital), Josh Kuzon (Reciprocal Ventures), Anna Palmer (Flybridge Capital Partners), Mitch Kitamura (DNX Ventures), Greg McAdoo (Bolt), Kate McAndrew (Baukunst), Peter Bordes (Trajectory Ventures), Neeraj Berry (Tet Ventures), Sandhya Hegde (Unusual Ventures), Justin Smith (Recharge Capital), Michael Steinberg (Reciprocal Ventures), Thomas Chen (MAGIC Fund), Ishan Sachdev (Deciens Capital), Mark Ghermezian, Charles Delingpole