# Paul Brandon Gilpin

> Paul Brandon Gilpin is a pre-seed investor at Aptive Capital backing Retail and E-Commerce. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Aptive Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aptive-capital)
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: May 2021
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Aug 2026

Paul Brandon Gilpin is a pre-seed investor at Aptive Capital focused on Retail and E-Commerce.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Retail | 1 | 100% |
| E-Commerce | 1 | 100% |
| Mobile Apps | 1 | 100% |
| Social Media | 1 | 100% |
| E-Commerce Platforms | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Rabawa | Rabawa reseller online curated marketplace offers Social and Video Commerce opportunity in Africa. We are tackling unemployment, high cost of logistics, access to market issues, and poverty across Africa by helping housewives, students, youths, resellers and aspiring entrepreneurs become business owners at ZERO capital and holding ZERO inventory. | $163K | Pre-Seed | May 04, 2021 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## About Aptive Capital

VC Fund · Frisco, United States

Aptive Capital invests in the development, rigorous testing, and scaling of innovations. They encourage partners, investors, and co-investors to invest in companies where purpose drives profit.

2 contacts available at Aptive Capital.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Ben Peter | Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ben-peter-b8cb |
| Paul Brandon Gilpin | CFO and Managing partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/paul-brandon-gilpin |

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## FAQ

### What does Paul Brandon Gilpin invest in?

Paul Brandon Gilpin invests primarily in Retail, E-Commerce and Mobile Apps startups, most often at Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Nigeria. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Paul Brandon Gilpin last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Paul Brandon Gilpin closed in May 2021. Shizune tracks 1 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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