# Clayton Bryan > Clayton Bryan is a pre-seed investor at 500 Global backing FinTech and Cryptocurrency. See 8 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026. - Type: Angel Investor - Fund: [500 Global](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/500-startups) - Location: San Francisco, United States - Total investments: 8 - Last investment: Mar 2024 - Lead investor: 38% - Last updated: Aug 2026 - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/claytonbryan/ - X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/claytyclay - Website: https://x.com/claytyclay Clayton Bryan is a pre-seed investor at 500 Global in San Francisco focused on FinTech and Cryptocurrency. Clayton Bryan serves as a Partner and Head of Accelerator for Global Accelerator Fund at 500 startups and Co-Founder of Transparent Collective. Prior to that, he was a Partner at Dorm Room Fund. Bryan attended NYU Stern School of Business and the University of California, Berkeley. ## Investment focus ### Industry | Industry | Investments | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | FinTech | 4 | 50% | | Cryptocurrency | 3 | 38% | | Financial Services | 3 | 38% | | Software | 2 | 25% | | Blockchain | 2 | 25% | 22 industries tracked in total. ### Stage | Stage | Investments | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | Pre-Seed | 3 | 38% | | Seed | 2 | 25% | | Angel | 1 | 13% | | Funding Round | 1 | 13% | | Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 13% | ### Country | Country | Investments | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | United States | 7 | 88% | | United Kingdom | 1 | 13% | ## Investments | Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Upshift | Upshift is a personalized car membership experience: On-demand, hassle-free access to your car on your terms for a fraction of the cost of overall ownership. Choose your plan, and our concierge service will do the rest. Reserve a car whenever you need it. And never worry when you don’t. | $150K | Seed | Mar 06, 2024 | | | Kiira Health | Kiira Health is an advanced AI care coordinator and women's health clinic for young women. Kiira is connecting users to trusted health experts including primary care providers, ObGyn's, nurse practitioners, mental health experts, and more via phone, chat, and video. Kiira is available 24/7, 365 days a year.It was founded in 2018and is headquartered in Los Angeles, California. | $4M | Seed | Dec 21, 2021 | | | Emerging Impact | Emerging Impact modernizes financial services in emerging markets through blockchain technology. It is a benefit corporation that supports NGOs and government agencies leverage blockchain technology as a tool for humanitarian programming. The Oakland, California-headquartered company was established in 2020. | $1.5M | | Dec 06, 2021 | | | Umoja Labs | Backed by the likes of Coinbase, Mercy Corps, 500 Global, and Norrsken, Umoja Labs provides crypto-enabled payments infrastructure purpose-built for informal markets. We provide mobile money-to-digital currency on/off-ramps, feature-phone enabled digital wallets, and protocol-based infrastructure to accelerate digital financial inclusionacross Africa and the world. | $1.5M | Venture - Series Unknown | Dec 06, 2021 | | | Crypcentra | Crypcentra delivers end-to-end digital asset investment tools to help institutional investors maximise returns and develop, test and execute investment strategies ten times faster. Crypcentra was co-founded by Alpha Kargbo and Ayoola Oluwanusin and is based in London, England. | $305K | Angel | May 13, 2021 | | | Neon For Life | Neon offers Buy Now Pay Later for essential bills | $150K | Pre-Seed | Mar 03, 2021 | | | EcoCart | EcoCart is a climate and sustainability-focused eCommerce enablement startup pitching consumers on ways to offset their carbon emissions for free at select merchants. The company offers two core carbon offsetting products: an eCommerce plugin for merchants to offer a carbon neutral order option at checkout and a free-to-use Google Chrome extensionthat calculates the carbon footprint of users' orders at over 10,000 stores and automatically offsets that impact by donating to independently verified carbon offsetting projects. | | Pre-Seed | Oct 15, 2020 | | | Silk and Sonder | Silk and Sonder is a provider of handcrafted monthly subscription used to help in mental wellness. It is a self-investment subscription service centered around authenticity, wellness, and productivity. The company hand-curates new planners, highlighting the best of planning and productivity, introspection and mindfulness, and lifestyle content, anddeliver it straight to the client's doorstep, every month.Silk and Sonder was established in 2017 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California. | $600K | Pre-Seed | Oct 01, 2019 | | 8 of 8 investments shown. ## Co-investors - [Mercy Corps Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mercy-corps) — VC Fund, 2 deals together - [Script Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/122-west-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together - [California HealthCare Foundation](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/california-healthcare-foundation) — VC Fund, 1 deal together - [Coinbase Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/coinbase-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together - [Forum Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/forumventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together - [LongShot Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/longshot-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together ## About 500 Global VC Fund · San Francisco, United States 500 Global offers an accelerator program designed to provide mentorship and resources to startup founders. It facilitates educational programs for investors and operates networking platforms to connect entrepreneurs with mentors and operators. The firm's activities include managing investment strategies focused on diverse geographic regionsand sectors. Through its infrastructure, the company supports the development of innovation ecosystems by providing access to capital and industry expertise. 5 contacts available at 500 Global. | Name | Title | Profile | | --- | --- | --- | | Agahuseyn Ahmadov | Program Coordinator | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/agahuseyn-ahmadov | | Arın Ozkula | General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ar%C4%B1n-%C3%B6zkula | | Cecilia Ezquerro | Associate | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cecilia-ezquerro | | Clayton Bryan | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/clayton-bryan | | Didier Quiroz Ceballos | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/didier-quiroz-ceballos | ## Similar investors ### Similar stage - [Antler](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/antler-be9c) — VC Fund - [Right Side Capital Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/right-side-capital-management) — VC Fund - [Everywhere Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/everywhere-ventures) — VC Fund ## FAQ ### What does Clayton Bryan invest in? Clayton Bryan invests primarily in FinTech, Cryptocurrency and Financial Services startups, most often at Pre-Seed and Seed 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 Clayton Bryan last invest? The most recent investment recorded for Clayton Bryan closed in Mar 2024. 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. # About Shizune Shizune.co is an investor database. 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