# Michael Carter

> Michael Carter is a seed investor at Playco (San Francisco) backing Apps and Music. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Playco](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/playco)
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: Nov 2023
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelmxcarter
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cartermichael

Michael Carter is a seed investor at Playco in San Francisco focused on Apps and Music. Michael Carter is the Board Member and Founder of Playco. He previously worked at Orbited as a Founder and Lead Developer. Michael Carter attended Pomona College.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $850k–$1M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Apps | 1 | 25% |
| Music | 1 | 25% |
| Dating | 1 | 25% |
| Social | 1 | 25% |
| Software | 1 | 25% |

13 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 50% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 25% |
| Series A | 1 | 25% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 2 | 50% |
| Japan | 1 | 25% |
| South Korea | 1 | 25% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Modhaus | Modhaus is an open architecture K-Pop agency dedicated to leading the global music industry. The firm is committed to establishing a fan-centered entertainment system. It strives to work diligently to ensure that our fans are involved in significant stages of production through encouragement and proactive communication. The company focuses oncontent and entertainment that encourages fan participation. | $7.9M | Series A | Nov 13, 2023 |  |
| Callback | Callback is building a next-generation loyalty platform for independent stores | $1M | Seed | Mar 29, 2022 |  |
| Dandy | Dandy is a live dating app that builts to solve the problem of immense time and effort required by existing online dating experiences. It allows USC students to virtually connect through instant messages, without needing to meet in person. The live dating app emulates raw human behavior, as it gives students a convenient way to connect, byaddressing issues of unreliability and privacy on current dating apps | $850K | Seed | Aug 01, 2018 |  |
| Koji | Koji is the world’s most powerful Link in Bio platform. With hundreds of free apps created by Koji and its community of independent developers, the Koji Link in Bio gives leading Creators on TikTok, Instagram, Twitch, and other social media platforms new ways to engage audiences, connect with supporters, and monetize. | $3M | Pre-Seed | Oct 31, 2016 |  |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [KSK Angel Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ksk-angel-fund) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Digital Garage](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/digital-ga) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Exponential Creativity Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/exponential-creativity-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Foresight Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/foresight-ventures-e03b) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Global Brain Corporation](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/global-brain-corporation) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Gmjp](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gmjp) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Playco

VC Fund · Tokyo, Japan

Playco is an instant-play gaming company that develops games that billions of people can play together. The company works closely with a vast network of partners from global tech and social media giants to new startups developing innovative technologies.

5 contacts available at Playco.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Michael Carter | CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/michael-carter-01dc |
| Michael Carter | CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/michael-carter-2 |
| Alex Churchill | Director Talent Acquisition | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alex-churchill |
| Darwin Ling | Investor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/darwin-ling |
| Deyan Vitanov | CMO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/deyan-vitanov |

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## FAQ

### What does Michael Carter invest in?

Michael Carter invests primarily in Apps, Music and Dating startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed 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.

### What is Michael Carter's check size?

Michael Carter typically joins rounds of $850k–$1M 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 Michael Carter participates in.

### When did Michael Carter last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Michael Carter closed in Nov 2023. 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?

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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