# Aaron Frank

> Aaron Frank is a seed investor backing FinTech and Financial Services. See 20 investments, round sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Location: Oakland, United States
- Total investments: 20
- Last investment: Jun 2026
- Lead investor: 40%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/arfrank
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/arfrank
- Website: http://www.arfrank.com

Aaron Frank is a seed investor in Oakland focused on FinTech and Financial Services. As a born-again fintech evangelist, Aaron manages Final's relationships with partners and investors, and explores the effects of new technology on personal payments. As a former IBM’er and then employee #1 of Techstars company Simple Energy, Aaron built the engineering team and architecture to deliver utility data to millions of users aroundthe country. He holds BAs from the University of Maryland in Math and Physics.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FinTech | 6 | 30% |
| Financial Services | 5 | 25% |
| Information Technology | 5 | 25% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 5 | 25% |
| Software | 4 | 20% |

27 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 9 | 45% |
| Series A | 8 | 40% |
| Series B | 2 | 10% |
| Series C | 1 | 5% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Round size | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Pie | Pie is an AI technology company that provides an agentic growth platform for small businesses. Its platform automates local marketing by managing business visibility across Google Maps, Yelp, Nextdoor, and AI search platforms such as ChatGPT and Gemini. Pie also uses AI to optimize marketing performance in real time and handle customer phone calls,enabling business owners to focus on daily operations. | $19.5M | Series A | Jun 30, 2026 |  |
| Axiom Trust | Axiom Trust is an AI-powered trust startup that modernises professional trust administration during the "Great Wealth Transfer" of over $100 trillion in assets. | $11.8M | Seed | Mar 09, 2026 |  |
| Plug | Plug is a wholesale auction that facilitates online buying and selling of used EVs. | $20M | Series A | Feb 02, 2026 |  |
| Rain | Rain provides infrastructure for stablecoin-powered payments and financial products for businesses. The company builds APIs and tools that let partners create and manage digital wallets, embed stablecoin accounts, and issue payment cards that connect blockchain settlement with traditional payment networks like Visa. Its platform supports money-inand money-out flows, fiat-to-stablecoin conversion, and compliance features so enterprises and financial platforms can integrate digital money use cases directly into their products. Rain’s technology is modular, enabling firms to pick components such as card issuance, wallet services, and cross-border payouts based on their needs. | $250M | Series C | Jan 09, 2026 |  |
| Standard Economics | Standard Economics is a fintech startup that creates a payments and USD-stablecoin platform to assist unbanked and underbanked people. | $9M | Seed | Oct 28, 2025 |  |
| Truthsystems | Truth Systems offers real-time compliance agents that prevent human error by embedding behavioral guardrails into AI interactions. | $4M | Seed | Oct 28, 2025 |  |
| DualEntry | DualEntry develops AI-based accounting software for handling transactions for mid-market enterprises. The product includes a unified general ledger, automation of repetitive workflows, multi-entity and multi-currency support, and integrations with many existing financial and operations-adjacent tools. DualEntry also offers what it calls “NextDayMigration,” which enables moving historical financial data from legacy accounting or ERP systems into its platform within ~24 hours, reducing implementation friction. | $90M | Series A | Oct 02, 2025 |  |
| Brale | Combining the best of CeFi & DeFi. | $30M | Seed | Sep 18, 2025 |  |
| Tabs | Tabs provides AI-powered accounts receivable software to save time analyzing contracts, improve cash flow, and avoid billing errors. | $55M | Series B | Sep 16, 2025 |  |
| Rain | Rain provides infrastructure for stablecoin-powered payments and financial products for businesses. The company builds APIs and tools that let partners create and manage digital wallets, embed stablecoin accounts, and issue payment cards that connect blockchain settlement with traditional payment networks like Visa. Its platform supports money-inand money-out flows, fiat-to-stablecoin conversion, and compliance features so enterprises and financial platforms can integrate digital money use cases directly into their products. Rain’s technology is modular, enabling firms to pick components such as card issuance, wallet services, and cross-border payouts based on their needs. | $58M | Series B | Aug 28, 2025 |  |

10 of 20 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Gradient](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gradient-ventures) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Primary Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/primary-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Autotech Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/autotech-ventures) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Commerce Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/commerce-ventures) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [General Catalyst](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/general-catalyst-partners) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Pear VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pejman-mar-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Aaron Frank invest in?

Aaron Frank invests primarily in FinTech, Financial Services and Information Technology startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 20 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

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### When did Aaron Frank last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Aaron Frank closed in Jun 2026. Shizune tracks 20 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

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