# Drew Taylor

> Drew Taylor is a Series A investor at Digitalis Ventures (Los Angeles) backing Pet and Finance. See 5 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Digitalis Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/digitalis-ventures)
- Location: Los Angeles, United States
- Total investments: 5
- Last investment: Jan 2025
- Lead investor: 40%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drew-taylor-2165597

Drew Taylor is a Series A investor at Digitalis Ventures in Los Angeles focused on Pet and Finance. Mr. Drew Taylor serves as Partner at Digitalis Ventures. Previously, Drew was the Head of New Ventures at Taylor Farms, the world’s largest processor of fresh-cut fruits and vegetables. During this time he led the creation and investment activity of Taylor Ventures, which invests in early-stage food and ag technology companies. Drew representsTaylor Ventures on the Board of Directors at HarvestPort and served in a variety of operational roles with Taylor Farms. He also served on the board of the “Let’s Move Salad Bars to Schools” campaign in partnership with Michelle Obama’s “Let’s Move” initiative. Drew received his BA from Stanford University and MBA from Harvard Business School.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Pet | 2 | 40% |
| Finance | 1 | 20% |
| Fitness | 1 | 20% |
| mHealth | 1 | 20% |
| Payments | 1 | 20% |

16 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 3 | 60% |
| Series B | 1 | 20% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 2 | 40% |
| Austria | 1 | 20% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| HelloBello | HelloBello offers freshly cooked and cooled delivered human-grade food tailored to each dog’s nutritional needs. HelloBello is a PetTech company with a strong focus on the German speaking markets (for now). HelloBello’s personalized meals are free of any by-products and are portioned, packaged, and delivered directly to your door. By working with aspecialized veterinarian, HelloBello is able to derive each dog’s exact nutritional needs based on a proprietary algorithm. The recipes are made of natural sources like millet and seaweed, instead of heavy use of supplements, which makes it easier for the dog to absorb and get true nutritional benefits.Our credo in German is " ... Frisch. Individuell. Geliefert. - Frischfutter ist einfach besser ..." | $4.1M | Series A | Jan 09, 2025 |  |
| Scratch | Scratch Financial is the nation's largest provider of simple, pet-friendly payment plans for veterinary care. Scratch Financial partners with veterinary clinics and provides pet owners with simple, friendly payment plans. Pet owners can apply, review, and accept a scratchpay.com payment plan in 90 seconds. | $15M | Series B | Oct 28, 2019 |  |
| Scratch | Scratch Financial is the nation's largest provider of simple, pet-friendly payment plans for veterinary care. Scratch Financial partners with veterinary clinics and provides pet owners with simple, friendly payment plans. Pet owners can apply, review, and accept a scratchpay.com payment plan in 90 seconds. |  | Series B | Aug 01, 2019 |  |
| Scratch | Scratch Financial is the nation's largest provider of simple, pet-friendly payment plans for veterinary care. Scratch Financial partners with veterinary clinics and provides pet owners with simple, friendly payment plans. Pet owners can apply, review, and accept a scratchpay.com payment plan in 90 seconds. | $6.4M | Series A | May 31, 2018 |  |
| Somatix | Somatix is a software platform developer of wearable-enabled RPM (Remote Patient Monitoring) solutions for healthcare. This cost-effective platform uses patented gesture detection technology, artificial intelligence, and machine learning algorithms to analyze users' gesture data in real-time. The algorithms remotely and passively detectphysical and emotional indicators such as risk factors for adverse events, poor medical compliance, inactivity, falls, and dehydration. This data delivers important clinical insights to healthcare providers and organizations helping them maintain continuous contact with and improve the wellbeing of those under their care.The Somatix software platform generates insights using existing sensors embedded in commercial, off-the-shelf smartwatches, smart bands, and IoT devices, as well as Somatix’s own branded smartband. | $5.5M | Series A |  |  |

5 of 5 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Hansmen Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hansmen-group) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Struck Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/struck-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [SWS Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sws-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [TTV Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ttv-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [aws Gründungsfonds](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aws-grnderfonds) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Companion Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/companion-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Digitalis Ventures

VC Fund · New York, United States

Digitalis is a venture capital firm that that invests in solutions to complex problems in human and animal health. Digitalis partners with entrepreneurs, inventors, and scientists across all stages of venture investing, and our investments span the full continuum of the healthcare ecosystem. It was founded in 2016 and is Headquartered in New York,New York with regional offices in Boston, Los Angeles, and San Francisco.

5 contacts available at Digitalis Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Amit Bansal | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/amit-bansal-6 |
| Cindy Cole | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cindy-cole |
| Dac Nguye | Technical Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dac-nguye |
| Drew Taylor | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/drew-taylor-2 |
| Geoffrey W. Smith | founder and managing partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/geoffrey-w-smith |

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## FAQ

### What does Drew Taylor invest in?

Drew Taylor invests primarily in Pet, Finance and Fitness startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 5 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 Drew Taylor last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Drew Taylor closed in Jan 2025. Shizune tracks 5 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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