# Princeton Taylor

> Princeton Taylor is a seed investor at The Aspen Institute backing Software. See 26 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [The Aspen Institute](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/the-aspen-institute)
- Location: Washington, United States
- Total investments: 26
- Last investment: Feb 2022
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/haroonmokhtarzada/
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/haroon
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/haroonm
- AngelList: http://angel.co/haroon

Princeton Taylor is a seed investor at The Aspen Institute in Washington focused on Software and Information Technology. Princeton Taylor attended the University of Stanford.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1M–$6.3M |
| Series A | $5.1M–$6.1M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 6 | 23% |
| Information Technology | 5 | 19% |
| Internet | 4 | 15% |
| SaaS | 3 | 12% |
| Mobile | 3 | 12% |

57 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 18 | 69% |
| Funding Round | 3 | 12% |
| Series A | 2 | 8% |
| Angel | 1 | 4% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 4% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Method Financial | Method Financial is a financial connectivity API for consumer liability data + payments. Method provides connectivity to consumer credit and liability accounts, enabling end-to-end refinance experiences, real-time account data access, and one-click checkout. | $2.5M | Pre-Seed | Feb 02, 2022 |  |
| Method Financial | Method Financial is a financial connectivity API for consumer liability data + payments. Method provides connectivity to consumer credit and liability accounts, enabling end-to-end refinance experiences, real-time account data access, and one-click checkout. | $2.5M | Pre-Seed | Feb 02, 2022 |  |
| Grow Credit | Grow Credit helps consumers with no credit or thin credit files establish or build credit for free using their existing subscription accounts, including Netflix, Disney Plus, Spotify, and many more. Grow is also the first platform to allow consumers to build credit with their cell phone bills. The company was founded in 2018 and is based in SantaMonica, California. | $6.3M | Seed | Sep 14, 2021 |  |
| Trustworthy - The Family Operating System® | The Family Operating System® by Trustworthy® The safe, easy, modern way to store, access, and share important family information with loved ones and trusted advisors — IDs, Finances, Property, Passwords, Insurance, Taxes, Legal, Business, Contacts, Family Resources, and more. With Trustworthy, families save time and money and enjoy peace of mindacross all of life's moments. |  | Seed | Jun 29, 2021 |  |
| Lovd.com | Chums offer a new way of shopping where users can save products from any website and organize it into collections. It also enables friends to share, recommend, and discover new products and services together. The New York, New York-based company was established by Dick Fickling and Noah Elion in 2019. | $4.5M | Seed | Mar 01, 2021 |  |
| Amplemarket | Amplemarket develops a sales intelligence platform to help businesses reach their revenue goals. Amplemarket assists clients with everything from lead generation to prospect engagement, allowing them to focus solely on selling. With Amplemarket, clients can easily find the data that helps them close deals. |  | Seed | Jul 31, 2020 |  |
| Mars Reel | Founded in 2010, Mars Reel is a global lifestyle brand focused on high school sports and youth culture. Mars Reel has built one of the largest high school sports platforms in the United States reaching a community of more than 30M viewers per month across basketball and soccer. The company produces original shows, highlights, web series,experiential activations, and luxury apparel through it's apparel brand, The Future is on Mars®. The company is based in Los Angeles and is backed by some of the most well-known and respected investors and advisors across the sports, media, entertainment, and technology sectors including Warner Media, LeBron James, Maverick Carter, Dwyane Wade, Drake, Nas, Jean Pigozzi, Brian Lee, Jason Robins, and others. | $4.7M | Seed | Aug 01, 2018 |  |
| Proof | Jarvis helps marketing teams write great copy and content using AI. | $2.1M | Seed | Mar 01, 2018 |  |
| Ink | The new way to create and get things done. The print shop, reborn. Celebrating empathy, love, passion, and creativity. | $6.7M | Seed | Apr 12, 2017 |  |
| Cue | Cue puts you, your interests, and your friends at the heart of the experience. Cue works with other apps and services to help you find fun things to do, and gives you the tools to easily share ideas and create events with friends. | $2M | Seed | Jan 01, 2017 |  |

10 of 26 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Y Combinator](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/y-combinator) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Hack VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hack-vc) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Wefunder](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/wefunder) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Alumni Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alumni-ventures-group) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Ardent Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ardent-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Cameron Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cameron-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About The Aspen Institute

VC Fund · Washington, United States

The Aspen Institute is an educational and policy studies organization based in Washington, DC. Its mission is to foster leadership based on enduring values and to provide a nonpartisan venue for dealing with critical issues. The Institute has campuses in Aspen, Colorado, and on the Wye River on Maryland’s Eastern Shore. It also maintainsoffices in New York City and has an international network of partners.

5 contacts available at The Aspen Institute.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Dan Glickman | Vice President | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dan-glickman-2 |
| Elias Torres | Henry Crown Fellow | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/elias-torres |
| J. Joseph Kim | Fellow | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/j-joseph-kim |
| Kim Vender Moffat | Executive Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kim-vender-moffat |
| Renske Lynde | Food Leaders Fellow | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/renske-lynde |

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## FAQ

### What does Princeton Taylor invest in?

Princeton Taylor invests primarily in Software, Information Technology and Internet startups, most often at Seed and Funding Round 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.

### What is Princeton Taylor's check size?

Princeton Taylor typically joins rounds of $1M–$6.3M at Seed and $5.1M–$6.1M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Princeton Taylor participates in.

### When did Princeton Taylor last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Princeton Taylor closed in Feb 2022. Shizune tracks 26 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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