# AJ Vaynerchuk

> AJ Vaynerchuk is a seed investor at VaynerSports (New York) backing Sports and E-Commerce. See 6 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [VaynerSports](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/vaynersports)
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 6
- Last investment: Mar 2026
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ajvaynerchuk
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/ajv
- Website: http://www.ajvaynerchuk.com

AJ Vaynerchuk is a Co-Founder of VaynerSports.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $205k–$4M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Sports | 2 | 33% |
| E-Commerce | 2 | 33% |
| Fitness | 1 | 17% |
| Consumer | 1 | 17% |
| Internet | 1 | 17% |

21 industries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Patchbay | Patchbay is an agentic AI platform tailored for the music industry. It automates administrative workflows for artist teams, managers, and labels. |  | Seed | Mar 31, 2026 |  |
| Webacy | Webacy is a digital asset risk intelligence and monitoring company that helps financial institutions, fintechs, stablecoin issuers, digital asset firms, and government agencies manage security, compliance, and asset integrity across blockchain networks.The Webacy platform provides real-time risk intelligence for wallets, tokens, transactions,smart contracts, protocols, and stablecoins through APIs, agentic integrations, and enterprise applications. Organizations use Webacy to automate digital asset due diligence, monitor onchain risk, strengthen compliance programs, and continuously assess the security and integrity of digital assets throughout their lifecycle.Webacy combines blockchain analytics, behavioral intelligence, and continuous monitoring to help institutions make better risk decisions before, during, and after digital asset activity. | $4M | Seed | Feb 07, 2023 |  |
| StarStock | StarStock is a marketplace for sports fans and card hobbyists to buy, sell, and invest in their favorite athletes. | $1.3M | Seed | Dec 07, 2020 |  |
| Recoup Fitness | Recoup Fitness provides innovative muscle recovery products trusted by professional athletes and used by everyone. Its goal is to become the leading name in muscle recovery and injury treatment and prevention.For Recoup Fitness, current products on the market lack innovation and can be out of reach financially for many consumers. It believes thatthrough its "game-changing" innovation people can finally make the highest quality tools accessible to everyone at an affordable price.Recoup Fitness was established in 2015 and is based in Denver, Colorado. | $1.4M | Seed | Mar 01, 2018 |  |
| MakeSpace | MakeSpace aims to make storage convenient and consumer-friendly, creating a tech-enabled storage experience. Customers pay only for the space they need, and schedule pickups, drop-offs, and other services through an app and digital photo inventory. The company is now available in 31 markets across North America. | $2.1M | Seed | Sep 26, 2013 |  |
| Mobilestalk | AntiTasse.com - Know in Depth about Mobile Phones, Laptops, and Chipsets | $205K | Seed | Mar 24, 2011 |  |

6 of 6 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [1916 Enterprises](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/1916-enterprises) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [500 Global](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/500-startups) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [CEAS Investments](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ceas-investments) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [DG Daiwa Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dg-daiwa-ventures-6537) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Double Down 11](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/double-down-11) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Dundee Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dundee-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About VaynerSports

VC Fund · New York, United States

VaynerSports is a talent management agency dedicated to professional athletes, co-founded by experienced NFL agents Brian McLaughlin and Mook Williams and business innovators AJ Vaynerchuk and Gary Vaynerchuk. Their vision is simple: to maximize modern athletes' potential by combining the knowledge and talent of skilled advocates withcutting-edge business innovators.

2 contacts available at VaynerSports.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| AJ Vaynerchuk | Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aj-vaynerchuk |
| Gary Vaynerchuk | Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gary-vaynerchuk |

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## FAQ

### What does AJ Vaynerchuk invest in?

AJ Vaynerchuk invests primarily in Sports, E-Commerce and Fitness startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 6 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is AJ Vaynerchuk's check size?

AJ Vaynerchuk typically joins rounds of $205k–$4M at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds AJ Vaynerchuk participates in.

### When did AJ Vaynerchuk last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for AJ Vaynerchuk closed in Mar 2026. Shizune tracks 6 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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