# Kevin Taylor

> Kevin Taylor is a seed investor at FetchFind (Orlando) backing NFC, PaaS and Retail. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [FetchFind](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fetchfind)
- Location: Orlando, United States
- Total investments: 2
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/kevinptaylor
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/ktaylor
- Website: https://x.com/ktaylor

Kevin Taylor is a coder turned entrepreneur who lives in the Chicagoland area, where he makes things out of words, bytes or flour, depending on his mood.Kevin has suffered from a lifelong obsession with entrepreneurship and is an angel investor and advisor for early-stage start-ups. He has a current interest in brick-and-mortar or otherold-school business models that are ripe to receive exponential boosts by leveraging technology.He consults on how to start up and successfully grow professional services businesses, such as software development, web design, headhunting and recruiting, etc. He also works as CTO-for-Hire to help startups without technical co-founders successfully get their product development off the ground.Career highlights:Former Co-Owner of EventWax, LLC, an online event registration company.Former Lecturer in Technology Entrepreneurship at DePaul University, where he designed and taught courses for both undergraduate and graduate students.Former Director of Engineering at Groupon.Former President and Founder of Obtiva Corporation, an Agile and Ruby on Rails development shop acquired by Groupon in 2011. Co-Founder of the Software Craftsmanship North America conference.Early promoter and adherent to Software Craftsmanship values and practices and practitioner, trainer, and coach in the areas of Agile Project Management, Extreme Programming, and software development.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $672k–$904k |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| NFC | 1 | 50% |
| PaaS | 1 | 50% |
| Retail | 1 | 50% |
| FinTech | 1 | 50% |
| Payments | 1 | 50% |

10 industries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Ensygnia | Ensygnia's solutions sit at the heart of shopper interaction. The Ensygnia platform delivers integration Platform as a Service for large payment companies and corporations who value speed and simplicity for customer journeys as much as regulatory compliance and security. This provides the simplest, fastest and most secure omnichannelinteraction and purchasing experience. The platform enables market leading companies to rapidly deliver Value Added Services for omnichannel. This is a full-service, integrated suite of best of breed third-party services. It includes integration with over 350 different payment providers and methods global. But capabilities extend well beyond payments into: identity validation, KYC, AML, Authentication, Biometrics, PSD2, SCA, GDPR, Data Validation, Data Enrichment, POS, PED, eCommerce and other systems.Ensygnia's flagship product Onescan enables any call-to-action to become an instant action. This delivers beautiful simplicity, allowing consumers to interact securely online, in-store, or on-the-go. Whatever you need to do, you can with Onescan.All flows, automations and CX / UX are fully customisable and dynamically brandable in real-time. The company holds a globally granted patent portfolio forming the definitive standard for secure QR code payment & login. This includes two patents granted in China. | $904K | Seed |  |  |
| Ensygnia | Ensygnia's solutions sit at the heart of shopper interaction. The Ensygnia platform delivers integration Platform as a Service for large payment companies and corporations who value speed and simplicity for customer journeys as much as regulatory compliance and security. This provides the simplest, fastest and most secure omnichannelinteraction and purchasing experience. The platform enables market leading companies to rapidly deliver Value Added Services for omnichannel. This is a full-service, integrated suite of best of breed third-party services. It includes integration with over 350 different payment providers and methods global. But capabilities extend well beyond payments into: identity validation, KYC, AML, Authentication, Biometrics, PSD2, SCA, GDPR, Data Validation, Data Enrichment, POS, PED, eCommerce and other systems.Ensygnia's flagship product Onescan enables any call-to-action to become an instant action. This delivers beautiful simplicity, allowing consumers to interact securely online, in-store, or on-the-go. Whatever you need to do, you can with Onescan.All flows, automations and CX / UX are fully customisable and dynamically brandable in real-time. The company holds a globally granted patent portfolio forming the definitive standard for secure QR code payment & login. This includes two patents granted in China. | $672K | Seed |  |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## About FetchFind

VC Fund · Chicago, United States

FetchFind, an established leader in professional pet education, provides pet care businesses with a robust e-learning platform subscription, resulting in increased staff retention and higher margins. 125,000 US pet care service businesses capture a U.S. market share of $23 Billion per year, yet, are plagued with 125% staff turnover due toantiquated hiring and training solutions. FetchFind finally gives pet care businesses what they need to grow and sustain a team of qualified pet professionals.Investor information: https://www.fetchfindinvestors.com | Watch our demo here: https://youtu.be/142T6fCxcg0

2 contacts available at FetchFind.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kevin Taylor | Board of Directors | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kevin-taylor |
| Melanie Jansen | Web and Media Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/melanie-jansen |

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## FAQ

### What does Kevin Taylor invest in?

Kevin Taylor invests primarily in NFC, PaaS and Retail startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United Kingdom. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

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

Kevin Taylor typically joins rounds of $672k–$904k at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Kevin Taylor participates in.

### 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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