# Brian Friedman

> Brian Friedman is a venture - series unknown investor at Jefferies Financial Group backing FinTech. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Jefferies Financial Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/leucadia-national)
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Sep 2021
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brian-friedman-456a9810

Brian Friedman is a venture - series unknown investor at Jefferies Financial Group in New York focused on FinTech and Finance. Brian Friedman is President and a member of the Board of Directors of Jefferies, which he joined in 2001. Distinguished by its partnership culture and consistency of leadership and strategy, today Jefferies is one of the world’s leading investment banking and capital markets firms. Brian received both a B.S. in Economics and an M.S. in Accountingfrom the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, and a J.D. from Columbia University School of Law. He is a C.P.A. and a member of the New York State Bar.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FinTech | 1 | 100% |
| Finance | 1 | 100% |
| Marketplace | 1 | 100% |
| Venture Capital | 1 | 100% |
| Financial Services | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| InvestX Capital | InvestX is the private equity marketplace for registered dealers to provide access to retail accredited investors. Their goal is to democratize private equity investing to provide every investor with access to highly vetted, top-quality private companies at significantly lower minimums.InvestX Members can invest in any of the private equity dealson its platform at minimum investment sizes as low as $2500. To meet the steep minimums required by private equity firms, InvestX aggregates all of their members’ smaller checks and writes the multi-million-dollar check to the PE firm.InvestX provides access to the same high-quality private company deals that institutional investors and the ultra-wealthy are investing in. InvestX members are always assured that a professional Private Equity firm has taken the investment through its thorough, institutional quality due diligence process.InvestX partners with private equity firms that have a strong track record of success. Additionally, members are assured that the private equity firms’ interests are aligned with theirs because the PE firm will always co-invest alongside the members in the investment. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Sep 22, 2021 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Canaccord Genuity Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/canaccord-genuity-corp) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Virtu Financial](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/virtu-financial) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Jefferies Financial Group

VC Fund · New York, United States

Jefferies is a diversified financial services company engaged in investment banking and capital markets, asset management and direct investing. Jefferies Group offers a full range of investment banking, equities, fixed income, asset and wealth management products and services.

4 contacts available at Jefferies Financial Group.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Brian Friedman | President | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brian-p-friedman |
| Joe Steinberg | Co-founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/joe-steinberg |
| Richard Handler | CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/richard-handler |
| Boyd Jefferies | Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/boyd-jefferies |

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## FAQ

### What does Brian Friedman invest in?

Brian Friedman invests primarily in FinTech, Finance and Marketplace startups, most often at Venture - Series Unknown stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Canada. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Brian Friedman last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Brian Friedman closed in Sep 2021. Shizune tracks 1 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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