# Michael Girdley

> Michael Girdley is a seed investor at Codeup (San Antonio) backing SaaS and Software. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Codeup](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/codeup)
- Location: San Antonio, United States
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Apr 2015
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelgirdley
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/mgirdley

Michael Girdley is a seed investor at Codeup in San Antonio focused on SaaS and Software. Michael Girdley is the current Partner and Cofounder of Dry Line Partners. He previously worked at Alamo Angels as a Board Member and Co-founder. Michael Girdley attended Lafayette College.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| SaaS | 2 | 100% |
| Software | 2 | 100% |
| B2B | 1 | 50% |
| IaaS | 1 | 50% |
| Finance | 1 | 50% |

10 industries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Virtkick | Virtkick lets independent hosting companies increase conversion rates, simplify server management and take on the biggest players. Virtkick is a SaaS cloud management panel that offers simplicity and great user experience for our customers - hosting companies - and their end customers - software developers, software houses, designers etc. | $882K | Seed | Apr 01, 2015 |  |
| ParLevel Systems | ParLevel develops hardware and software to provide intelligent solutions to the vending industry.The company's first product, ParLevel Box, retrofits both dinosaur-old vending machines as well as newer machines, and gives them a voice. This device, can connect almost any vending machine in the U.S. This has never been possible before.Allof the vending machines' activity is reported to a cloud-based, easy-to-use, and real-time vending management system where vendors can get full insight into their business, reduce operational costs, and maximize profits. |  | Seed | Oct 31, 2012 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Geekdom Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/geekdom-fund-l-p) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Graph Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/graph-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Sahra Growth Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sahra-growth-capital-8445) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Sinovation Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sinovation-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Zillionize](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/zillionize) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Codeup

VC Fund



1 contacts available at Codeup.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Michael Girdley | Chair of the Board of Directors & Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/michael-girdley |

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## FAQ

### What does Michael Girdley invest in?

Michael Girdley invests primarily in SaaS, Software and B2B startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 2 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 Michael Girdley last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Michael Girdley closed in Apr 2015. Shizune tracks 2 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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