# Brickyard

> Brickyard is a VC fund in Chattanooga backing Software and Apps. See 26 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Chattanooga, United States
- Total investments: 26
- Last investment: Apr 2026
- Lead investor: 27%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: https://www.justlaybrick.com/

Brickyard is an early-stage capital and founder outpost backing builders.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Brickyard. Shizune tracks 1 team members at Brickyard. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/brickyard?utm_source=investor_profile

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 8 | 31% |
| Apps | 3 | 12% |
| SaaS | 3 | 12% |
| Internet | 3 | 12% |
| Education | 3 | 12% |

44 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Pre-Seed | 15 | 58% |
| Seed | 8 | 31% |
| Angel | 1 | 4% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 4% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 15 | 58% |
| Canada | 2 | 8% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Barry Large | Co-Founder and Partner | 3 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/barry-large |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Askari Defense | Askari Defense creates affordable intelligent kinetic defenses for the era of robotic warfare. |  | Pre-Seed | Apr 02, 2026 |  |
| SpatialGen | SpatialGen provides a cloud infrastructure platform for the spatial computing industry |  | Seed | Dec 22, 2025 |  |
| Harmony (tryharmony.ai) | Harmony AI, an early-stage startup that is now building out of Chattanooga, Tennessee. | $1.6M | Pre-Seed | Jun 30, 2025 |  |
| Clockout | Clockout is an embedded Earned Wage Access (EWA) platform tailored to financial institutions. Designed to be seamlessly integrated, Clockout enables banks and credit unions to give account holders real-time access to earned wages within their existing mobile and online banking applications. | $2M | Seed | Jun 18, 2025 |  |
| ElectroKare | Electrokare is a continuous, non-invasive blood biomarker platform that turns ECG signals into real-time physiological insights. Our AI models translate existing wearable and clinical ECG data into estimates of key biomarkers like potassium and sodium, enabling earlier intervention, better decision-making, and proactive care.We’re building theintelligence layer that makes the human body continuously measurable. |  | Pre-Seed | Apr 24, 2025 |  |
| Warrant | We believe the most creative marketing happens when you play by the rules. Warrant automates the entire marketing compliance & stakeholder review process so you can get back to what you do best — marketing. | $720K | Pre-Seed | Apr 09, 2025 |  |
| Station | Station is a media monetization platform | $1.1M | Pre-Seed | Jul 10, 2024 |  |
| Krepling | Krepling is a centralized frictionless, cloud-based digital commerce and hosting platform designed for entrepreneurs, business owners, and large enterprises. The platform enables its userbase to build, launch, and set up a fully functional backend and frontend facing business utilizing multiple forms of commerce models such as subscriptions,digital product based selling, retail, and more.Krepling offers aspiring entrepreneurs and business owners with a platform of services and applications that range from omnichannel marketing, customer and staff management, payment system management, and shipping/order processing tools to enable the process of selling physical and digital products, services, tickets, food and beverage and more. Krepling currently powers a vast array of businesses across six different continents, enabling their userbase to sell in over 200+ countries and is trusted across multiple industries including retail, SaaS, services, food and beverage, health and beauty, cosmetics, and more. | $3.3M | Seed | Jan 25, 2024 |  |
| Prosal | Prosal leverages AI to transform and vet business opportunities. | $1.6M | Seed | Dec 11, 2023 |  |
| Zest | Zest is a consumer subscription app that teaches people how to cook. The company was founded by Jacob Gutstein in 2021 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, United States | $100K | Pre-Seed | Oct 01, 2023 |  |

10 of 26 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [LAUNCH](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/launch-co) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Y Combinator](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/y-combinator) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Front Porch Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/front-porch-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Team Ignite Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/team-ignite-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [AngelList Quant Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/angellist-quant-fund) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [CSVE Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/csve-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Brickyard invest in?

Brickyard invests primarily in Software, Apps and SaaS startups, most often at Pre-Seed and Seed stage. Most of the 26 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Brickyard?

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### Who are the partners at Brickyard?

The team at Brickyard includes Barry Large (Co-Founder and Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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