# Bryan Johnson

> Bryan Johnson is a seed investor at Kernel (Los Angeles) backing FinTech and Machine Learning. See 8 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Kernel](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kernel-co)
- Location: Los Angeles, United States
- Total investments: 8
- Last investment: Aug 2026
- Lead investor: 13%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/bryanrjohnson
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/bryan_johnson
- Website: https://x.com/bryan_johnson

Bryan Johnson is a seed investor at Kernel in Los Angeles focused on FinTech and Machine Learning. Bryan is the Founder/CEO of Kernel, OS Fund and Braintree Venmo.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FinTech | 2 | 25% |
| Machine Learning | 2 | 25% |
| Information Technology | 2 | 25% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 2 | 25% |
| Software | 1 | 13% |

18 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 3 | 38% |
| Series A | 2 | 25% |
| Series C | 2 | 25% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 13% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 5 | 63% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 13% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| RWX | RWX is a software company that builds tools for optimizing reliability, building, test performance, and developer experience. | $12M | Series A | Aug 04, 2026 |  |
| Stable | Stable is a blockchain infrastructure designed to facilitate compliant and predictable USDT transactions. | $28M | Seed | Jul 31, 2025 |  |
| Extropic AI | Extropic AI is a hardware startup that is building a chip optimized to run large language models, or LLMs. | $14.1M | Seed | Dec 04, 2023 |  |
| Kernel | Kernel is a neuroscience company that specializes in developing brain-recording technologies. Its custom-built, non-invasive brain interface acquires neural signals similar in quality to fMRI, MEG & ECoG, as easy to use as EEG. It was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, California. | $53M | Series C | Jul 09, 2020 |  |
| Kernel | Kernel is a neuroscience company that specializes in developing brain-recording technologies. Its custom-built, non-invasive brain interface acquires neural signals similar in quality to fMRI, MEG & ECoG, as easy to use as EEG. It was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, California. | $100M |  | Oct 20, 2016 |  |
| Eat Just | Eat Just offers a plant-based egg substitute intended to provide healthy and nutritional food alternatives.It applies cutting-edge science and technology to create healthier, more sustainable foods and the key ingredient is protein from the mung bean and it is cholesterol-free, non-GMO, and packed with as much protein as many animal proteins andwhile it cooks and tastes like eggs. Its ingredients use less water, less land, and emit less CO2e than conventional animal sources, enabling customers to prepare their food items with the required nutrients and protein of an egg.It was founded by Josh Balk and Josh Tetrick in San Francisco, California in 2011. | $90M | Series C | Dec 18, 2014 |  |
| TrueML | TrueAccord is reinventing the relationship between creditors and lenders with a machine learning-driven, digital approach to debt collection. Our technology personalizes outreach to each customer across digital channels, continuously optimizing for performance while delivering a customer experience that builds long-term brand loyalty. | $5M | Series A | Sep 16, 2014 |  |
| Apollo Research | Apollo Research is an AI safety organization specialize in evaluating and auditing frontier AI systems to reduce risks from AI models. |  | Seed |  |  |

8 of 8 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Khosla Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/khosla-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Buckley Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/buckley-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Castle Island Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/castle-island-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [DV](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dv) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [eGirl Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/egirl-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Eldridge Industries](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/eldridge) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Kernel

VC Fund · Los Angeles, United States

Kernel is a neuroscience company that specializes in developing brain-recording technologies. Its custom-built, non-invasive brain interface acquires neural signals similar in quality to fMRI, MEG & ECoG, as easy to use as EEG. It was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.

4 contacts available at Kernel.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Benjamin Shapiro | Chief Scientist | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/benjamin-shapiro-2 |
| Bryan Johnson | Founder & CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bryan-johnson |
| Dakota Decker | Mechanical Engineer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dakota-decker |
| Jeff Gormley | Principal Mechanical Engineer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jeff-gormley |

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## FAQ

### What does Bryan Johnson invest in?

Bryan Johnson invests primarily in FinTech, Machine Learning and Information Technology startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 8 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Bryan Johnson last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Bryan Johnson closed in Aug 2026. Shizune tracks 8 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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