# Michael Vaughan

> Michael Vaughan is a seed investor at Vera Equity backing FinTech and Financial Services. See 28 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Vera Equity](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/vera-equity)
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 28
- Last investment: May 2025
- Lead investor: 4%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelvaughan
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/michael_vaughan
- Website: https://x.com/michael_vaughan

Michael Vaughan is a seed investor at Vera Equity in New York focused on FinTech and Financial Services. Michael Vaughan is based out of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and is the Chief Executive Officer of North America of IG Group. Michael Vaughan previously worked at Stem Disintermedia as a Board Member. Michael Vaughan attended The Wharton School.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $4M–$10M |
| Series A | $12M–$100M |
| Series B | $28M–$61M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FinTech | 17 | 61% |
| Financial Services | 14 | 50% |
| Software | 11 | 39% |
| Information Technology | 5 | 18% |
| SaaS | 4 | 14% |

49 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 10 | 36% |
| Series A | 7 | 25% |
| Series B | 4 | 14% |
| Funding Round | 3 | 11% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2 | 7% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 19 | 68% |
| Brazil | 1 | 4% |
| Germany | 1 | 4% |
| Nigeria | 1 | 4% |
| Indonesia | 1 | 4% |

7 countries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SimpleClosure | SimpleClosure operates as a company aiming to simplify the complex task of shutting down a business. | $15M | Series A | May 07, 2025 |  |
| Kick | Accounting software that does the work for you | $9M | Seed | Oct 17, 2024 |  |
| Nomad | Nomad is providing financial services. | $60.7M | Series B | Aug 22, 2023 |  |
| Maplerad | Maplerad is a fast, safe and easy way to send and receive money with friends, family or others you trust. You can receive and send money directly into any Nigerian bank account in minutes using Bitcoin, US Dollars, and Naira. | $6M | Seed | Oct 17, 2022 |  |
| Flip | Flip operates as a platform that allows users to send money securely without a transaction fee. The company was founded by Rafi Putra Arriyan, Ginanjar Ibnu Solikhin, and Luqman Sungkar in 2015 and is headquartered in Depok, Jawa Barat, Indonesia. | $55M | Series B | Jun 14, 2022 |  |
| Nomad | Nomad is providing financial services. | $31.6M | Series B | May 16, 2022 |  |
| Trust Software | The corporate card, made social. Trust is the only corporate card that helps startups grow smarter, together. Learn more at trust.co | $5M |  | Apr 19, 2022 |  |
| Market | Trust Software builds payment products for the marketing ecosystem. We are backed by Lerer Hippeau, Lightspeed, Manta Ray, Sapphire Sport, Upfront, and Upper90. You can learn more about our products at trustsoftware.co | $5M |  | Apr 19, 2022 |  |
| Market AI | Market AI has been acquired by Verishop Group! Learn more about Verishop Group: https://www.verishopgroup.com/ | $5M | Venture - Series Unknown | Apr 19, 2022 |  |
| Whym | Whym is a mobile wallet for messaging. We make it easy to build carts and pay without leaving the conversation. Merchants use Whym along with ANY messaging provider (bulk SMS, CRM, chat, DM, etc). Orders seamlessly sync to your commerce platform, ready to ship. We reduce friction and increase conversion by letting shoppers use their mobile numberto pay for stuff. Simply, reply to buy. Shoppers have one, unified account to use across all brands.Whym was built by ex-Snapchatters who share experience in payments, emerging mobile tech, ecom and telco. We're based in Los Angeles. | $1.4M |  | Jun 28, 2021 |  |

10 of 28 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Inspired Capital Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/inspired-capital-partners) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Abstract](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/abstract) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Album VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/album) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [ANIMO Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/animo-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Coatue](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/coatue) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Comma Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/comma-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About Vera Equity

VC Fund · New York, United States

Vera Equity is a pre-seed and seed stage venture capital firm that invests in amazing entrepreneurs and innovative ideas. Vera provides founders with not only capital but also operations advice and connections to transformative talent. The firm's first fund will follow a US-only, fintech-focused strategy that will serve as a playbook for othersectors in the long run.

1 contacts available at Vera Equity.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Michael Vaughan | Co-Founder and General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/michael-vaughan |

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## FAQ

### What does Michael Vaughan invest in?

Michael Vaughan invests primarily in FinTech, Financial Services and Software startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 28 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 Vaughan's check size?

Michael Vaughan typically joins rounds of $4M–$10M at Seed, $12M–$100M at Series A and $28M–$61M at Series B. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Michael Vaughan participates in.

### When did Michael Vaughan last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Michael Vaughan closed in May 2025. Shizune tracks 28 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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