# Ryan Croft

> Ryan Croft is a pre-seed investor at Pacto backing News and SaaS. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: Pacto
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: Mar 2022
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026

Ryan Croft is a pre-seed investor at Pacto focused on News and SaaS.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Pre-Seed | $2M–$2.4M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| News | 1 | 25% |
| SaaS | 1 | 25% |
| EdTech | 1 | 25% |
| Retail | 1 | 25% |
| FinTech | 1 | 25% |

19 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

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

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Mexico | 2 | 50% |
| United States | 2 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Pacto | Pacto is a B2B enterprise software and payments platform focused on small merchants in Latin America. Pacto builds tools and technology to allow banks and financial institutions to empower merchants to move beyond cash payments and accelerate growth in their digital business. Pacto is headquartered in Mexico City, Mexico. | $2M | Pre-Seed | Mar 30, 2022 |  |
| Vinco | Vinco which connects employees to online education opportunities. | $2.4M | Seed | Oct 27, 2021 |  |
| Pacaso | Pacaso modernizes the generations-old practice of co-owning a second home, creating a marketplace that makes buying and selling easy, and adding professional management and technology to make scheduling dates and owning the home seamless and simple.Buyers considering a second home can tell Pacaso where they want to buy, how much they want tospend, and how much time they expect to spend in the house. Pacaso and its real estate agent partners will help them find the perfect home and set up a professionally managed LLC uniquely designed for co-ownership. The buyer will purchase their desired share — for example, half of the home, which will guarantee them access to the home for half the year — and Pacaso will briefly purchase the remainder of the home, before reselling the remaining portion to vetted buyers. Pacaso will manage the property, and owners will use Pacaso’s mobile app to make scheduling easy and equitable. | $125M | Series C | Sep 14, 2021 |  |
| Chptr | Chptr is a mobile-first platform for memorialization that collects, shares, and preserves memories of a loved one's life for future generations. is a collection of recollections brought together to describe a loved one's entire life narrative. | $2.4M | Pre-Seed | Sep 01, 2021 |  |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Gaingels](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gaing) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [75 & Sunny](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/75-sunny) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [81 Collection](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/81-collection) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Alter Global](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alter-global) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Angel Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/angel-ventures-mexico) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Animal Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/animal-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Pacto

VC Fund · Mexico City, Mexico

Pacto is the new way to order and pay in Latin America

2 contacts available at Pacto.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Gordon Whitehouse | Cofounder and CTPO | — |
| Ryan Croft | Cofounder and CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ryan-croft |

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## FAQ

### What does Ryan Croft invest in?

Ryan Croft invests primarily in News, SaaS and EdTech startups, most often at Pre-Seed and Seed stage. Most of the 4 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Mexico. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Ryan Croft's check size?

Ryan Croft typically joins rounds of $2M–$2.4M at Pre-Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Ryan Croft participates in.

### How do I contact Ryan Croft?

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### When did Ryan Croft last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Ryan Croft closed in Mar 2022. 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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