# Joe Raczka

> Joe Raczka is a seed investor at York IE (Bedford) backing Software and SaaS. See 17 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [York IE](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/york-ie)
- Location: Bedford, United States
- Total investments: 17
- Last investment: Jul 2025
- Lead investor: 65%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joe-raczka/
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/JMRaczka

Joe Raczka is a seed investor at York IE in Bedford focused on Software and SaaS. Joe Raczka is co-founder, COO and managing partner at York IE where he leads the firm’s strategic advisory and investment practice and is the Chief Compliance Officer. Joe and his team lead and manage York IE’s investment pipeline, as well as produce and cultivate market intelligence and industry trend reports. Additionally, Joe works withentrepreneurs on corporate strategy, growth planning, fundraising, and monetization strategies, as well as M&A activities and strategic partnerships. Joe is an avid angel investor and startup advisor focused primarily on the SaaS and IaaS markets, bringing with him a stellar Rolodex across the investment banking, market analyst, venture capital and private equity landscape.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 8 | 47% |
| SaaS | 5 | 29% |
| Information Technology | 4 | 24% |
| Health Care | 3 | 18% |
| Machine Learning | 3 | 18% |

43 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 12 | 71% |
| Series A | 3 | 18% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 6% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 6% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 11 | 65% |
| Canada | 2 | 12% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Franzy | Franzy is the "Zillow for franchising"—a smarter, more transparent way to find, compare, and finance franchise opportunities. We match aspiring entrepreneurs with the right franchise brands based on their goals, experience, and budget, making the path to business ownership simpler, faster, and more accessible. | $2.2M | Seed | Jul 15, 2025 |  |
| Cypris | We make innovation data accessible, understandable and actionable by centralizing technology-driven research to one user-friendly, collaborative platform and providing AI-powered insights from disparate data sets. In doing so, we’re helping R&D and innovation teams accelerate their R&D strategy buildout. Cypris was founded in 2019 and isheadquartered in New York City. | $5.3M | Venture - Series Unknown | Jun 28, 2024 |  |
| PeakMetrics | PeakMetrics provides a narrative intelligence platform that helps enterprises and governments identify and combat emerging online narrative threats. Using state-of-the-art ML technology, PeakMetrics analyzes more than 1.5 million media sources and 10 different social media platforms to identify media manipulation and adversarial attacks inreal-time, before they cause damage. Organizations use PeakMetrics to discern source credibility, understand how audiences spread narratives, and quantify risk and response scenarios — without spending millions on crisis communication and manual sentiment analysis. Detect, decipher, defend at peakmetrics.com.The internet is manipulated. Narratives are engineered, accelerated by AI, and amplified by algorithms before most organizations even see them coming. PeakMetrics is an AI-powered narrative intelligence platform built to help enterprises, agencies, and public sector organizations see through it. We built AI agents that surface where threats are coming from, who is driving them, and where they are headed next, so teams can protect their brand, their reputation, and their bottom line before it reaches the headlines. | $3M | Seed | Mar 07, 2024 |  |
| Givzey | Givzey develops a pay-later system for giving donations in split payments that allows donors to donate through a simple, manageable, and interest-free installment plan. | $2.1M | Seed | Sep 06, 2023 |  |
| Cypris | We make innovation data accessible, understandable and actionable by centralizing technology-driven research to one user-friendly, collaborative platform and providing AI-powered insights from disparate data sets. In doing so, we’re helping R&D and innovation teams accelerate their R&D strategy buildout. Cypris was founded in 2019 and isheadquartered in New York City. | $4M | Series A | Jan 19, 2023 |  |
| BlueTrace | BlueTrace offers the easiest and most powerful traceability solution for shellfish growers, wholesalers, distributors, and dealers. Enabling organizations big and small to optimize their activities, comply with regulations, and keep up with their inventory. | $4.3M | Seed | Dec 21, 2022 |  |
| Ovation | Ovation develops an actionable guest feedback platform to increase revenue for multi-unit restaurants. The platform of the company tracks and identifies the enterprise's loyal customers and assists them in leaving positive online reviews, as well as providing customer feedback and increasing social media following, allowing businesses tomonitor and measure their web presence and engage more customers by improving their online marketing strategies. | $2M | Seed | Sep 27, 2022 |  |
| Lytica | Lytica is a supply chain analytics SaaS provider to electronics companies focusing on supply chain cost, security of supply, and compliance. Lytica’s flagship product is Freebenchmarking.com (FBDC); the world’s largest database of true electronic component pricing comprised of real pricing from real customers (no distribution prices, no suppliercolumn pricing, and no aggregated public data). FBDC identifies cost outliers and provides line item detail that allows for immediate action on identified savings of - typically - 6 figures or more.Additional top Lytica offerings include ComponentCostEstimator.com (CCE), and CCE Mobile with instant part pricing and component alternatives using FBDC’s real customer data. The Lytica M&A Synergy Savings Report identifies economies of scale during the ‘pre-merger’ phase and for the ‘post-merger’ integration phase.Lytica’s commitment to innovation prevailed in 2017 with the construction of our Advanced Technology Center (ATC). The focus of the ATC is to build upon Artificial Intelligence (AI) initiatives to enhance customer experience, improve productivity and maximize results. Our team of seasoned electronics professionals have a wealth of experience with top industry companies, reaching beyond Lytica’s successful 14-year history. As industry experts in the electronics supply chain, we are just a click away from helping realize your maximized supply chain opportunities. To discover more visit lytica.com | $10M | Series A | Aug 29, 2022 |  |
| Maxa AI | Maxa AI provides automated machine intelligence technology solutions. | $2.3M | Seed | Jun 28, 2022 |  |
| Klearly | Klearly helps B2B revenue teams—Sales, Marketing, and Customer Success—by giving them to power to know what has happened, is currently happening, and what to do next to grow revenue. No more vanity metrics or lagging indicators. Klearly leverages machine learning to give B2B marketing the predictive power to know which accounts to prioritize, whatactivities to focus on next, and the expected business impact. It's all about Winfluence. Get ready to see Klearly. | $4M |  | Jun 07, 2022 |  |

10 of 17 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Everywhere Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/everywhere-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Front Porch Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/front-porch-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Argon Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/argon-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [BlueTree Venture Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bluetree-venture-fund) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [IDEA Fund Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/idea-fund-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [K20 Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/k20-fund) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About York IE

VC Fund · Manchester, United States

York IE® is an advisory and investment firm that helps technology companies grow. York IE leverages a 200+ person global operating team, data and automation technology, and deep ecosystem relationships to provide advisory as a service across product, go-to-market, and finance and to selectively invest in early-stage B2B SaaS startups. Founders,operators, and investors at all stages rely on York IE to help build, scale and monetize their business. Fuel® Your Strategic Growth at York IE.

5 contacts available at York IE.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Adam Coughlin | CMO & Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/adam-coughlin |
| Janelle Gorman, CPA | Chief Financial Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/janelle-gorman |
| Joe Raczka | COO & Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/joe-raczka |
| Katelyn Campbell | Vice President, Advisory Services | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/katelyn-campbell |
| Kyle York | CEO & Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kyle-york |

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## FAQ

### What does Joe Raczka invest in?

Joe Raczka invests primarily in Software, SaaS and Information Technology startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 17 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 Joe Raczka last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Joe Raczka closed in Jul 2025. Shizune tracks 17 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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