# Brad Flora

> Brad Flora is a pre-seed investor at Y Combinator backing Software and Artificial Intelligence. See 223 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Y Combinator](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/y-combinator)
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 223
- Last investment: Jun 2026
- Lead investor: 51%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/bradflora
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/bradflora
- Website: https://bradflora.com/

Brad Flora is a Visiting Partner at Y Combinator. He is a former Co-Founder and CEO of Perfect Audience. Mr. Flora received a BA from Princeton University in English and an MS in Journalism from Northwestern.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $500k–$4.4M |
| Pre-Seed | $500k–$500k |
| Series A | $1M–$30M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 54 | 24% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 44 | 20% |
| SaaS | 26 | 12% |
| FinTech | 24 | 11% |
| Information Technology | 23 | 10% |

205 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Pre-Seed | 82 | 37% |
| Seed | 77 | 35% |
| Series A | 9 | 4% |
| Funding Round | 3 | 1% |
| Angel | 1 | 0% |

7 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 122 | 55% |
| United Kingdom | 7 | 3% |
| Mexico | 5 | 2% |
| India | 4 | 2% |
| Nigeria | 4 | 2% |

15 countries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| OpenRelay.inc | OpenRelay Incorporation is a YC Backed (S26) start up. OpenRelay is a one stop platform for hardware agnostic inference and compute platform from Open GPU network. |  | Pre-Seed | Jun 21, 2026 |  |
| Corvera.ai | Corvera.ai is an autonomous operations layer that automates supply chain and operational tasks for consumer packaged goods companies. | $4.2M | Seed | May 05, 2026 |  |
| Lexius | Problem: U.S. retailers lose $120B annually to theft, a figure that has doubled since 2020. Existing solutions are outdated, hardware-heavy, and ineffective. Solution: Lexius plugs directly into existing cameras — no new hardware — to detect and prevent shoplifting in real time using AI. | $500K | Pre-Seed | Mar 26, 2026 |  |
| ZeroSettle | Zerosettle offers a merchant web checkout software for iOS apps to process payments, manage tax, and handle compliance and disputes. | $500K | Pre-Seed | Mar 24, 2026 |  |
| Asimov | Asimov collects and labels real-world human activity data to train AI models for robots to operate in physical environments. | $500K | Pre-Seed | Mar 24, 2026 |  |
| Grade | Grade is a platform that manages performance-based payouts, invoices, and global payments for freelancers and contractors. | $500K | Pre-Seed | Mar 24, 2026 |  |
| End Close | End Close offers software that automates payment reconciliation, exception handling, and compliance reporting. | $500K | Pre-Seed | Mar 24, 2026 |  |
| Palus Finance | Palus Finance offers a platform that enables companies to invest reserve cash in mortgage-backed securities and earn yield. | $500K | Pre-Seed | Mar 24, 2026 |  |
| Unifold | Unifold offers payment infrastructure for multi-chain crypto deposits, handling wallets, routing, compliance, and settlement. | $500K | Pre-Seed | Mar 24, 2026 |  |
| Carrot Labs | Carrot Labs develops AI software that generates and tests code changes to help developers build and modify software applications. | $500K | Pre-Seed | Mar 24, 2026 |  |

10 of 223 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Pioneer Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pioneer-fund) — VC Fund, 26 deals together
- [Y Combinator](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/y-combinator) — VC Fund, 18 deals together
- [FundersClub](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fundersclub) — VC Fund, 14 deals together
- [Liquid 2 Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/liquid2-ventures) — VC Fund, 10 deals together
- [Rebel Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rebel-fund) — VC Fund, 9 deals together
- [Goodwater Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/goodwater-capital) — VC Fund, 8 deals together

## About Y Combinator

VC Fund · Mountain View, United States

Y Combinator is a startup accelerator that provides funding and mentorship to early-stage companies. It offers a program where startups receive guidance from experienced entrepreneurs and investors. The organization helps founders in their business models and develop their products. Y Combinator serves industries such as technology, healthcare, andfinance.

5 contacts available at Y Combinator.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Boris Jabes | Visiting Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/boris-jabes |
| Luther Lowe | Head of Public Policy | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/luther-lowe |
| Max Kolysh | Visiting Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/max-kolysh |
| Brad Flora | Group Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brad-flora |
| Calvin French-Owen | Visiting Group Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/calvin-french-owen |

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## FAQ

### What does Brad Flora invest in?

Brad Flora invests primarily in Software, Artificial Intelligence and SaaS startups, most often at Pre-Seed and Seed stage. Most of the 223 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 Brad Flora's check size?

Brad Flora typically joins rounds of $500k–$4.4M at Seed, $500k–$500k at Pre-Seed and $1M–$30M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Brad Flora participates in.

### When did Brad Flora last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Brad Flora closed in Jun 2026. Shizune tracks 223 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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