# Brian York

> Brian York is a angel investor at Bassin Ventures (Bogotá) backing News and Publishing. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Bassin Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bassin-ventures)
- Location: Bogotá, Colombia
- Total investments: 4
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yupyork
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/yupyork
- Website: https://x.com/yupyork
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/brian.york1

Brian York is a angel investor at Bassin Ventures in Bogotá focused on News and Publishing. Investor & entrepreneur

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Angel | $70k–$500k |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| News | 1 | 25% |
| Publishing | 1 | 25% |
| Marketplace | 1 | 25% |
| Online Portals | 1 | 25% |
| Developer Tools | 1 | 25% |

9 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Angel | 2 | 50% |
| Pre-Seed | 2 | 50% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 3 | 75% |
| Colombia | 1 | 25% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Taxflow | Taxflow is an AI agent for US tax and accounting firms and eliminate tedious tasks and reduce manual errors. Our AI agent automates data collection, client communications, transaction categorization and other end to-end tax preparation tasks. | $750K | Pre-Seed | Jan 29, 2025 |  |
| hellotoken | hellotoken enables publishers to earn 10x more per visitor than ads and paywalls through a native, one-click question that serves as a micropayment. For marketers, we leverage the readership networks of online publications to instantly target and distribute survey questions to hard-to-reach demographics. We help startups and companies validatetheir ideas, products, logos, and other concepts through our platform's reach of millions of blog readers. | $500K | Angel | Aug 14, 2015 |  |
| Hackers/Founders | Hackers/Founders serves technology entrepreneurs by equipping founders, encouraging vibrant tech ecosystems and sharing Silicon Valley insights with the world. | $70K | Angel | Jul 07, 2015 |  |
| Poetri | Poetri is an on-demand auto scaling functions as a service with a serverless pay-as-you-go pricing model and marketplace |  | Pre-Seed |  |  |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [BFF](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bff-40ba) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [CRCM](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/CRCM) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Platanus](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/platanus-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Bassin Ventures

VC Fund

Bassin Ventures is a hands-on early stage seed fund investing in internet & mobile startups. Selected areas of interest include enterprise mobile, SaaS and cloud infrastructure, financial services, social/mobile platforms, and personal & business productivity.

1 contacts available at Bassin Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Brian York | Founder and General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brian-york |

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## FAQ

### What does Brian York invest in?

Brian York invests primarily in News, Publishing and Marketplace startups, most often at Angel and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 4 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 York's check size?

Brian York typically joins rounds of $70k–$500k at Angel. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Brian York participates in.

### 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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