# Taylor Merritt

> Taylor Merritt is a Series A investor backing FinTech, Finance and Lending. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Apr 2015
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026

Taylor Merritt is a Series A investor focused on FinTech and Finance. Taylor Merritt

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FinTech | 1 | 100% |
| Finance | 1 | 100% |
| Lending | 1 | 100% |
| Internet | 1 | 100% |
| Real Estate | 1 | 100% |

6 industries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Patch of Land | Patch of Land is a real estate crowdfunding site that brings together borrowers and investors through a simple online interface. It is a real estate marketplace lender that uses proprietary technology and data to provide transparent, scalable, and efficient lending solutions. The company also offers borrowers access to reliable capital forresidential and commercial real estate projects while providing investors easy diversification into real estate with low minimums and a best-in-class secured loan structure.Patch of Land mission is to solve the problem of slow, inefficient, fragmented, and obscure private real estate lending by using the latest technology, data, and process efficiency to more accurately assign risk profiles and project viability, while greatly reducing the time and cost of loan underwriting for borrowers with real estate projects that are overlooked or rejected by banks and traditional lenders.It was founded in 2013 and is based in Los Angeles, California. | $23.6M | Series A | Apr 08, 2015 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Catalus Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/catalus-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [SeedInvest](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/seedinvest) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [SF Capital Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sf-capital-group) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Taylor Merritt invest in?

Taylor Merritt invests primarily in FinTech, Finance and Lending startups, most often at Series A stage. Most of the 1 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 Taylor Merritt last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Taylor Merritt closed in Apr 2015. 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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