# Tom Brown

> Tom Brown is a seed investor at Nyca Partners (San Francisco) backing FinTech and Internet. See 10 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Nyca Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nycapartners)
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 10
- Last investment: Feb 2025
- Lead investor: 50%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tpbrown5

Tom Brown is a consultant for Camp One Ventures, LLC. He has more than fifteen years experience in the payment industry, including a stint at Visa U.S.A. Inc., where he worked on the company’s reorganization and eventual IPO (NYSE: V). Tom has counseled a number of the market leaders in the payment industry and has been described by the FinancialTimes as charting the future of mobile payments. He is a partner at a global law firm with offices in, among other places, San Francisco, Palo Alto, Hong Kong, Seoul and Bejing, and serves as co-chair of the firm’s global payment systems practice. He serves as a non-lawyer advisor to a number of companies, including Zooz, LevelMoney, and Upstart. Thomas Brown holds a B.A. from Columbia College and a J.D. from the University of Chicago.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $4M–$20M |
| Series A | $7.9M–$22M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FinTech | 4 | 40% |
| Internet | 3 | 30% |
| Payments | 3 | 30% |
| Financial Services | 3 | 30% |
| Transaction Processing | 3 | 30% |

21 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 4 | 40% |
| Series A | 4 | 40% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 10% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 7 | 70% |
| Israel | 1 | 10% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Kontigo | We help underbanked gig workers in Latam build credit and access group financing where small groups of family or friends lend and save money together. Users can validate their income from multiple sources such as gig apps, catalog sales, and open finance (Uber, Rappi, Didi, Indriver, Avon, and all major banks). After verifying the income wedirectly offer them group savings and group loans, without leaving WhatsApp, their primary messaging app. | $20M | Seed | Sep 01, 2025 |  |
| FairPlay24 | The world's first Fairness-as-a-Service company, offering tools that embed fairness into AI decision-making and reducing algorithmic bias. | $10M |  | Feb 28, 2025 |  |
| BlueQubit | BlueQubit is a company that focuses on quantum computing technologies and solutions. They aim to leverage the power of quantum mechanics to solve complex problems that are beyond the capabilities of classical computers. BlueQubit develops software and algorithms that can run on quantum computers, aiming to optimize processes and solve problems invarious industries such as finance, pharmaceuticals, logistics, and materials science. | $10M | Seed | Dec 11, 2024 |  |
| Forage | Forage is a third-party payment processor (TPP) and a pin provider that authenticates and processes EBT recipients and transactions. Forage makes it easier for grocers to accept SNAP EBT payments online. Forage guides merchants through the USDA application process and tech integration for merchants, taking most of the burden off retailers.Foragedemocratizes access to government benefits and helps underserved Americans easily access their benefits online. Forage works with multiple grocers and platforms such as Shopify and Flashfood to accept SNAP EBT payments online. | $22M | Series A | Aug 08, 2022 |  |
| FairPlay24 | The world's first Fairness-as-a-Service company, offering tools that embed fairness into AI decision-making and reducing algorithmic bias. | $10M | Series A | Jul 18, 2022 |  |
| LÜK Network | LÜK is a talent marketplace for the fashion and entertainment industries (models, photographers, stylists, hair and makeup artists, etc.). LÜK has assembled the top talent agencies into one location for clients to easily book talent for photo/video shoots. Think Expedia, but for professional talent. Now, LÜK is becoming the payments platformfor the entire industry. Currently, it takes talent agencies 60-150 days to get paid. LÜK is factoring the receivables of the 150 talent agencies in their network to get them paid out same day. | $4M | Seed | Nov 01, 2021 |  |
| TenureX | Tenure is a pioneering technology and enablement service provider for correspondent banking services. It sets out to bring banks and financial institutions together in a collaborative, technology-based, business-oriented fashion. | $5M | Seed | Aug 02, 2021 |  |
| EarnUp | EarnUp is a consumer-first fintech platform that intelligently automates loan payments for the more than 200 million Americans with debt. They help you put a few dollars aside for your loans when you can afford it – then they make your loan payments for you, allocating funds in the way that gets you out of debt faster. They are dedicated to givingcontrol back to everyone who is frustrated managing their finances |  | Series A | Dec 01, 2017 |  |
| EarnUp | EarnUp is a consumer-first fintech platform that intelligently automates loan payments for the more than 200 million Americans with debt. They help you put a few dollars aside for your loans when you can afford it – then they make your loan payments for you, allocating funds in the way that gets you out of debt faster. They are dedicated to givingcontrol back to everyone who is frustrated managing their finances |  | Series A | Dec 01, 2017 |  |
| Rally | RallyPay and Rally.org use innovative payments and data technology to connect donors to causes and companies with their clients. It is an easy to use storytelling platform that's designed to empower technical and non-technical users to fundraise and build social awareness on a large scale. To date, Rally has enabled millions of individuals andorganizations to share, connect to, and broadcast their passions, provide solutions to problems, leverage social networks, and mobilize communities. Rally's users vary in size and scope and address a wide range of topics. The site has been used by everyone from political candidates for campaign fundraising to Jon Bon Jovi's non-profit foundation to help raise money for Hurricane Sandy relief. Others have created Rally campaigns to help cover the cost of medical expenses, pay for tuition, start companies, fund films and everything in-between. | $7.9M | Series A | Jun 26, 2012 |  |

10 of 10 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Blumberg Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/blumberg-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Correlation Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/correlation-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Deciens Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/deciens-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Fenway Summer Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fenway-summer-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Restive](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/financial-venture-studio) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Kapor Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kapor-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About Nyca Partners

VC Fund · New York, United States

Nyca Partners is a venture capital and advisory firm that focuses on the fintech sector. The firm connects innovative companies to financial institutions and technology companies as well as expert individuals as investors and advisors. Nyca Partners was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in New York, United States.

5 contacts available at Nyca Partners.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Chris Clark | Limited Partner and Advisor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chris-clark-4a56 |
| Jasleen Kaur | Principal and Investor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jasleen-kaur-c483 |
| Max Liebeskind | Senior Investment Associate | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/max-liebeskind |
| Thomas Miglis | Investment Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tom-miglis |
| Greta Sacre | Senior Associate | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/greta-sacre |

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## FAQ

### What does Tom Brown invest in?

Tom Brown invests primarily in FinTech, Internet and Payments startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 10 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Tom Brown's check size?

Tom Brown typically joins rounds of $4M–$20M at Seed and $7.9M–$22M 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 Tom Brown participates in.

### When did Tom Brown last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Tom Brown closed in Feb 2025. Shizune tracks 10 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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