# Kyle Brown

> Kyle Brown is a post-ipo debt investor at Trinity Capital (Phoenix) backing FinTech and Aerospace. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Trinity Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/trinity-capital-investment)
- Location: Phoenix, United States
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: Feb 2024
- Lead investor: 75%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/trincapinvestment

Kyle Brown is a post-ipo debt investor at Trinity Capital in Phoenix focused on FinTech and Aerospace. Kyle Brown is the CEO of Trinity Capital. He previously worked at Carnegie First as a Senior Managing Director. Kyle Brown attended Arizona State University.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FinTech | 1 | 25% |
| Aerospace | 1 | 25% |
| Electronics | 1 | 25% |
| Credit Cards | 1 | 25% |
| Machine Learning | 1 | 25% |

7 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Post-IPO Debt | 1 | 25% |
| Debt Financing | 1 | 25% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 25% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Rocket Lab | Rocket Lab is a space, building rockets and spacecraft that make it easier to get to orbit and to do amazing things there. Rocket Lab provides end-to-end mission services that provide frequent and reliable access to space for civil, defense, and commercial markets. Headquartered in Long Beach, California, Rocket Lab designs and manufactures theElectron launch vehicles and Photon satellite platform and is developing the Neutron launch vehicle. Since its first orbital launch in January 2018, Rocket Lab’s Electron launch vehicle has become the second most frequently launched U.S. rocket annually and has delivered 105 satellites to orbit for private and public sector organizations, enabling operations in national security, scientific research, space debris mitigation, Earth observation, climate monitoring, and communications. Rocket Lab has two launch sites, including a private orbital launch site located in New Zealand, and a second launch site in Virginia, USA expected to be operational by the end of 2021. Rocket Lab’s Photon spacecraft platform has been selected to support NASA missions to the Moon and Mars, as well as the first private commercial mission to Venus. | $120M | Post-IPO Debt | Feb 20, 2024 |  |
| Petal | Petal  is a credit card company that is built to help people financially succeed. It aims to make credit honest, simple, and accessible. The company uses machine learning to analyze a customer’s full digital financial record—not just their credit score.Petal has pioneered cash flow underwriting, as an alternative to credit scores, to make creditmore accessible, and offers a simple, modern digital experience that encourages members to build credit, avoid debt, and spend responsibly. Petal is based in New York, New York, and Richmond, Virginia. The Petal credit card is issued by WebBank, Member FDIC. | $220M | Debt Financing | Aug 03, 2023 |  |
| Petal | Petal  is a credit card company that is built to help people financially succeed. It aims to make credit honest, simple, and accessible. The company uses machine learning to analyze a customer’s full digital financial record—not just their credit score.Petal has pioneered cash flow underwriting, as an alternative to credit scores, to make creditmore accessible, and offers a simple, modern digital experience that encourages members to build credit, avoid debt, and spend responsibly. Petal is based in New York, New York, and Richmond, Virginia. The Petal credit card is issued by WebBank, Member FDIC. | $20M | Venture - Series Unknown | Aug 03, 2023 |  |
| Petal | Petal  is a credit card company that is built to help people financially succeed. It aims to make credit honest, simple, and accessible. The company uses machine learning to analyze a customer’s full digital financial record—not just their credit score.Petal has pioneered cash flow underwriting, as an alternative to credit scores, to make creditmore accessible, and offers a simple, modern digital experience that encourages members to build credit, avoid debt, and spend responsibly. Petal is based in New York, New York, and Richmond, Virginia. The Petal credit card is issued by WebBank, Member FDIC. | $126.6M | Debt Financing | Feb 24, 2021 |  |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Private Ventures Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/private-ventures-group-pvg) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Silicon Valley Bank](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/silicon-valley-bank) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Unbound Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/unbound-vc) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Victory Park Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/victory-park-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Trinity Capital

VC Fund · Phoenix, United States

Trinity Capital is a provider of venture debt and equipment financings to emerging growth-stage companies. They work closely with venture capital firms, tech banks, and their respective portfolio companies to provide insightful and competitive venture debt financing solutions to address their customers’ specific needs. Having funded some of theworld’s most innovative start-up companies, they are the partner of choice for venture-backed technology start-ups seeking access to capital while preserving equity.

5 contacts available at Trinity Capital.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Jason Hamlin | Director of Finance and Tax | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jason-hamlin |
| Kevin Zeidan | Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kevin-zeidan |
| Kyle Brown | Chief Investment Officer and President | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kyle-brown-4 |
| Robert Lake | Senior Managing Director, Life Sciences | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/robert-l-lake |
| Trin Coleman | Associate, Finance & Investor Relations | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/trin-coleman |

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## FAQ

### What does Kyle Brown invest in?

Kyle Brown invests primarily in FinTech, Aerospace and Electronics startups, most often at Post-IPO Debt and Debt Financing stage. Most of the 4 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 Kyle Brown last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Kyle Brown closed in Feb 2024. Shizune tracks 4 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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