# Tariq Trotter

> Tariq Trotter is a seed investor at Impellent Ventures (Philadelphia) backing B2B and B2C. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Impellent Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/impellent-ventures)
- Location: Philadelphia, United States
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Mar 2024
- Lead investor: 67%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/blackthought?lang=en
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tariq.trotter

Tariq Trotter is a seed investor at Impellent Ventures in Philadelphia focused on B2B and B2C. Tariq Trotter

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| B2B | 1 | 33% |
| B2C | 1 | 33% |
| Baby | 1 | 33% |
| Video | 1 | 33% |
| Events | 1 | 33% |

11 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 67% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Kidsy | Kidsy is an e-commerce platform that offers new and open-box discounted baby and kid clothing and other products. | $1M | Pre-Seed | Mar 28, 2024 |  |
| Employee Cycle | Employee Cycle is an automated, centralized, and real-time standalone HR Metrics Dashboard. We transform your HR data silos and turn them into HR data stories. | $2.5M | Seed | Sep 27, 2022 |  |
| Looped | Looped is a virtual events platform, powering the future of live entertainment. | $7.7M | Seed | Mar 02, 2021 |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Everywhere Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/everywhere-ventures) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Predictive](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/predictive-vc) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Alpaca VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alpaca-vc) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Bluespout LLC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bluespout-llc) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Collab Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/collab-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Converge](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/converge-vc) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Impellent Ventures

VC Fund · Rochester, United States

Impellent Ventures is a generalist fund providing pre-seed and seed funding.

3 contacts available at Impellent Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| David Brown | Founding Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/david-brown-0225 |
| Philip H. Beauregard | Managing General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/philip-h-beauregard |
| Tariq Trotter | General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tariq-trotter |

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## FAQ

### What does Tariq Trotter invest in?

Tariq Trotter invests primarily in B2B, B2C and Baby startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 3 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 Tariq Trotter last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Tariq Trotter closed in Mar 2024. Shizune tracks 3 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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