# Brian Payne

> Brian Payne is a seed investor in Parker backing Financial Services and Fashion. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Location: Parker, United States
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Oct 2024
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brian-payne-1a1986122
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/brian.payne.12935

Brian Payne is a seed investor in Parker focused on Financial Services and Fashion. Brian Payne is the Co-Founder, Advisory Board Member, and Shareholder of Furnished Finder. He previously worked at KeyCheck as a Co-Founder. Brian Payne attended San Diego State University.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $2.5M–$4.1M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Financial Services | 2 | 67% |
| Fashion | 1 | 33% |
| FinTech | 1 | 33% |
| Finance | 1 | 33% |
| Internet | 1 | 33% |

15 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 67% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| FutureMoney | FutureMoney is your ally in investing for the children you love, empowering you to build generational wealth through our automated, tax-advantaged, parent-led platform. We invented the Junior Roth IRA to allow funds for minors to grow tax free. | $2.5M | Pre-Seed | Oct 09, 2024 |  |
| FranShares | FranShares will soon let you invest in a diversified portfolio of franchise locations for as little as $500. By adding franchise ownership to your investments, your equity will increase in value over time while you earn passive income from franchise cash flows. FranShares was founded by Kenny Rose, a world renowned franchise expert with a mediareach exceeding 300 million people. He has been featured in Business Insider, Forbes, ABC, and other leading publications. FranShares is partnered with over 500 franchise brands and backed by Chicago Ventures. Join the waitlist today at www.franshares.com. | $4.1M | Seed | Jul 30, 2024 |  |
| LOCKER | LOCKER is the first consumer empowered platform that supports consumers on their path to purchase journey from idea to checkout allowing users to browse, save, share and recommend favorites across thousands of brand websites. Using the Chrome extension and web platform, users can build their virtual wishlist, share it with friends and follow otherusers to be inspired by what they are shopping for. | $2.5M | Seed | Feb 22, 2024 |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Capacity Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/capacity-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Chicago Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chicago-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Flybridge](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/flybridge-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Harvest Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/harvest-ventures-2) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Hustle Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hustle-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Litquidity Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/litquidity-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Brian Payne invest in?

Brian Payne invests primarily in Financial Services, Fashion and FinTech startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 3 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 Brian Payne's check size?

Brian Payne typically joins rounds of $2.5M–$4.1M 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 Brian Payne participates in.

### When did Brian Payne last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Brian Payne closed in Oct 2024. Shizune tracks 3 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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