# Simon Yencken

> Simon Yencken is a seed investor in San Francisco backing Coupons and Big Data. See 5 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 5
- Last investment: Apr 2024
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/syencken/
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/syencken
- Website: https://x.com/syencken

Simon Yencken is a seed investor in San Francisco focused on Coupons and Big Data. Simon Yencken is the CEO & Founder at Fanplayr Inc.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $500k–$2M |
| Series A | $1.9M–$6M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Coupons | 1 | 20% |
| Big Data | 1 | 20% |
| Software | 1 | 20% |
| Analytics | 1 | 20% |
| Real Time | 1 | 20% |

8 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 40% |
| Series A | 2 | 40% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Australia | 1 | 20% |
| United States | 1 | 20% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Matrak Industries | Matrak Industries is a company manufacturing, overseas procurement, and installation simple. | $1.9M | Series A | Apr 28, 2024 | https://matrak.com |
| Matrak Industries | Matrak Industries is a company manufacturing, overseas procurement, and installation simple. | $765K | Seed | May 25, 2018 | https://matrak.com |
| Fanplayr | Fanplayr is a global leader in online behavioral personalization, artificial intelligence and user privacy to enable businesses to increase conversion rates and revenue, collect more leads, and retarget visitors with personalized recommendations during and after the shopping experience.Fanplayr is headquartered in Palo Alto, California withoffices in New York, Buenos Aires, Brazil, Mexico, Milan, London, Manchester, Paris, Stockholm, Hamburg, Melbourne and Tokyo. | $6M | Series A | May 20, 2016 | http://www.fanplayr.com |
| Fanplayr | Fanplayr is a global leader in online behavioral personalization, artificial intelligence and user privacy to enable businesses to increase conversion rates and revenue, collect more leads, and retarget visitors with personalized recommendations during and after the shopping experience.Fanplayr is headquartered in Palo Alto, California withoffices in New York, Buenos Aires, Brazil, Mexico, Milan, London, Manchester, Paris, Stockholm, Hamburg, Melbourne and Tokyo. | $2M | Seed | Jan 16, 2013 | http://www.fanplayr.com |
| Fanplayr | Fanplayr is a global leader in online behavioral personalization, artificial intelligence and user privacy to enable businesses to increase conversion rates and revenue, collect more leads, and retarget visitors with personalized recommendations during and after the shopping experience.Fanplayr is headquartered in Palo Alto, California withoffices in New York, Buenos Aires, Brazil, Mexico, Milan, London, Manchester, Paris, Stockholm, Hamburg, Melbourne and Tokyo. | $500K | Seed | Nov 12, 2011 | http://www.fanplayr.com |

5 of 5 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Cawsey Superannuation Fund Pty Ltd](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cawsey-superannuation-fund-pty-ltd) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Denali Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/denali-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [G&M Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/g-m-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Kendu Partners Company](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kendu-partners-company) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Melbourne Angels](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/melbourne-angels) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [OIF Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/our-innovation-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Simon Yencken invest in?

Simon Yencken invests primarily in Coupons, Big Data and Software startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 5 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Australia. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Simon Yencken's check size?

Simon Yencken typically joins rounds of $500k–$2M at Seed and $1.9M–$6M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Simon Yencken participates in.

### How do I contact Simon Yencken?

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### When did Simon Yencken last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Simon Yencken closed in Apr 2024. Shizune tracks 5 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?

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