# Gracie Zaro

> Gracie Zaro is a seed investor at Stripes (New York) backing Finance and Payments. See 5 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Stripes](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/stripesco)
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 5
- Last investment: Oct 2025
- Lead investor: 40%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gracie-zaro-317683155

Gracie Zaro is an Investor/Analyst at Stripes.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Finance | 1 | 20% |
| Payments | 1 | 20% |
| Software | 1 | 20% |
| Accounting | 1 | 20% |
| Blockchain | 1 | 20% |

7 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 40% |
| Series A | 2 | 40% |
| Series B | 1 | 20% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Campfire | Campfire provides accounting software for startups and midsize businesses. It automates tedious procedures and streamlines workflows to unlock financial information and simplify the monthly close process. | $65M | Series B | Oct 15, 2025 |  |
| Brale | Combining the best of CeFi & DeFi. | $30M | Seed | Sep 18, 2025 |  |
| Campfire | Campfire provides accounting software for startups and midsize businesses. It automates tedious procedures and streamlines workflows to unlock financial information and simplify the monthly close process. | $39.1M | Series A | Jun 30, 2025 |  |
| Lumber | Lumber is an automated payroll, time-tracking, accounts payable, compliance, and onboarding platform for the construction industry. | $15.5M | Series A | Mar 24, 2025 |  |
| Campfire | Campfire provides accounting software for startups and midsize businesses. It automates tedious procedures and streamlines workflows to unlock financial information and simplify the monthly close process. | $3.5M | Seed | Feb 27, 2024 |  |

5 of 5 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Accel](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/accel) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Lightspeed Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lightspeed-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Y Combinator](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/y-combinator) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Ribbit Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ribbit-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [8VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/8vc) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Capital 49](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/capital-49) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Stripes

VC Fund · New York, United States

Stripes is a growth equity firm that invests in enterprise and consumer businesses. Stripes’ software practice invests in leading horizontal and vertical software platforms servicing customers from SMB to Enterprise.

5 contacts available at Stripes.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Bryan Gertzog | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bryan-gertzog |
| Christopher Carey | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chris-carey-2 |
| Gracie Zaro | Investor/Analyst | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gracie-zaro |
| Riadh Dridi | Operating Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/riadh-dridi |
| Ron Doornink | Co-Investor & Limited Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ron-doornink |

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## FAQ

### What does Gracie Zaro invest in?

Gracie Zaro invests primarily in Finance, Payments and Software startups, most often at Seed and Series A 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 Gracie Zaro last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Gracie Zaro closed in Oct 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?

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