# Tim Griffin

> Tim Griffin is a seed investor at Craftwork (Charlotte) backing Software and FinTech. See 37 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Craftwork](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/craftwork-be22)
- Location: Charlotte, United States
- Total investments: 37
- Last investment: Mar 2026
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/griffintimothy/
- X (Twitter): http://www.twitter.com/timgriffin77
- Website: https://www.mpgfund.com

Tim Griffin is a seed investor at Craftwork in Charlotte focused on Software and FinTech. I'm a founder and angel investor, backing early stage startups across the U.S. and Canada. I founded Cloosiv (acquired by Odeko in 2020) and most recently co-founded Craftwork, a full-service home painting company that uses software to dramatically improve the homeowner and operator experience.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $500k–$8M |
| Pre-Seed | $703k–$4M |
| Series A | $8.3M–$13M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 5 | 14% |
| FinTech | 4 | 11% |
| E-Commerce | 4 | 11% |
| Financial Services | 4 | 11% |
| SaaS | 3 | 8% |

53 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 16 | 43% |
| Pre-Seed | 9 | 24% |
| Series A | 3 | 8% |
| Series B | 1 | 3% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 3% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 22 | 59% |
| Canada | 2 | 5% |
| Colombia | 1 | 3% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Causiq | Causiq builds a living digital twin of your business — so you can test pricing, hiring, and strategy changes before committing in the real world. | $1M | Pre-Seed | Mar 08, 2026 |  |
| Studdy | Studdy is a tutoring platform leveraging artificial intelligence to help students grasp diverse subjects within the school curriculum. The platform operates as a multilingual tutor that uses AI, as well as advanced speech, text, and image recognition technology to enhance students' ability to learn new subjects. | $2.3M | Pre-Seed | Aug 07, 2023 |  |
| Craftwork | Craftwork is a modern general contracting company that uses technology to simplify repair and renovation projects for homeowners. | $4M | Pre-Seed | Jul 16, 2023 |  |
| Packsmith | Packsmith is a developer of a managed marketplace platform. They distribute e-commerce and offer delivery services. The platform involves the distribution, decarbonization, and delivery of the e-commerce market. They enable clients to create scalable fulfillment nodes. They are involved in sales reports, trend analysis, and intelligent forecasting. |  | Seed | Mar 27, 2023 |  |
| Craftwork | Craftwork is a modern general contracting company that uses technology to simplify repair and renovation projects for homeowners. | $3.5M | Seed | Jan 01, 2023 |  |
| Craftwork | Craftwork is a modern general contracting company that uses technology to simplify repair and renovation projects for homeowners. | $4M |  | Jan 01, 2023 |  |
| Mobot | Mobot is an end-to-end mobile QA solution that uses supervised, mechanical robots to test native mobile and mobile web apps on actual iOS/Android devices.Mobot's blackbox testing approach combines the best of automated and manual QA, addressing scenarios and bugs that often slip through the cracks of emulators and testing frameworks.This includes test cases like push notifications/deep linking, multi-phone interactions, Bluetooth connectivity, camera testing, iOS 14 widgets and more.Our robot fleet tests on 100+ iOS/Android devices, with no setup or maintenance required. | $12.5M | Series A | Aug 15, 2022 |  |
| Immigo | 1.5B English learners around the world struggle to find effective yet affordable ways to practice and improve their English. One-on-one classes are expensive, one-to-many classes don’t give you enough time to speak and self-learning apps like Duolingo don’t really hold you accountable. So we founded Immigo -- where learners can quickly find theright cohort of peers to practice with by enrolling in a structured English course that works. Using a peer-to-peer approach, learners hold each other accountable and learn effectively at a much lower cost. | $1.1M | Pre-Seed | Aug 01, 2022 |  |
| EvaBot | Eva is the easiest way to send personalized corporate gifts at scale. Never worry about preferences or delivery details again. Just cc Eva in an email or chat on Slack.Eva's machine intelligence matches hip product companies with the unique interests and attributes of the gift recipient. The result is a perfect automated gift from acurated list of vendors. | $8.3M | Series A | Jul 28, 2022 |  |
| SureBright | SureBright is an insurance-as-a-Service platform that enables any company to embed insurance and warranty products on their website. |  | Seed | Jul 01, 2022 |  |

10 of 37 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Y Combinator](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/y-combinator) — VC Fund, 9 deals together
- [Four Cities Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fourcities-capital) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [MPG Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mpg-fund) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Alumni Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alumni-ventures-group) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Costanoa Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/costanoaventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Everywhere Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/everywhere-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together

## About Craftwork

VC Fund · Charlotte, United States

Craftwork is a modern general contracting company that uses technology to simplify repair and renovation projects for homeowners.

4 contacts available at Craftwork.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Mike Bifulco | CTO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mike-bifulco |
| Samantha Smith | Business Development Representative | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/samantha-smith-d126 |
| Suzanne Griffin | COO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/suzanne-griffin-90ed |
| Tim Griffin | CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tim-griffin-3 |

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## FAQ

### What does Tim Griffin invest in?

Tim Griffin invests primarily in Software, FinTech and E-Commerce startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 37 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 Tim Griffin's check size?

Tim Griffin typically joins rounds of $500k–$8M at Seed, $703k–$4M at Pre-Seed and $8.3M–$13M 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 Tim Griffin participates in.

### When did Tim Griffin last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Tim Griffin closed in Mar 2026. Shizune tracks 37 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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