# Tony VanBrackle

> Tony VanBrackle is a pre-seed investor at Payment Ventures backing Software. See 8 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Oct 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Payment Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/payment-ventures)
- Location: Baltimore, United States
- Total investments: 8
- Last investment: Jan 2024
- Lead investor: 63%
- Last updated: Oct 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tony-vanbrackle-59a833
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/VanBrackleTony

Tony VanBrackle is a pre-seed investor at Payment Ventures in Baltimore focused on Software and SaaS. Tony VanBrackle - Contributor @ Vesta

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 3 | 38% |
| SaaS | 1 | 13% |
| Mobile | 1 | 13% |
| Banking | 1 | 13% |
| FinTech | 1 | 13% |

13 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Pre-Seed | 2 | 25% |
| Seed | 1 | 13% |
| Angel | 1 | 13% |
| Convertible Note | 1 | 13% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Legalyze.ai | Legalyze.ai is an AI toolkit for lawyers to chat with their case documents, generate legal documents, and search for case law | $100K | Angel | Jan 24, 2024 | https://legalyze.ai |
| Legalyze.ai | Legalyze.ai is an AI toolkit for lawyers to chat with their case documents, generate legal documents, and search for case law |  | Pre-Seed | Sep 14, 2023 | https://legalyze.ai |
| Legalyze.ai | Legalyze.ai is an AI toolkit for lawyers to chat with their case documents, generate legal documents, and search for case law |  | Pre-Seed | Jun 26, 2023 | https://legalyze.ai |
| Alpharank | Alpharank is a bank technology company that develops a behavioral commerce platform.The platform identifies and ranks customers, profiles consumers based on their purchasing patterns, and detects customer influences and preferences, enabling businesses and enterprises to influence and retain their customers. It uses social contagion science,generating insights from historical transaction/purchase data.In 2015, Brian Ley founded the company in Redwood City, California. |  | Convertible Note | Jul 02, 2015 | http://www.alpharank.io |
| Alpharank | Alpharank is a bank technology company that develops a behavioral commerce platform.The platform identifies and ranks customers, profiles consumers based on their purchasing patterns, and detects customer influences and preferences, enabling businesses and enterprises to influence and retain their customers. It uses social contagion science,generating insights from historical transaction/purchase data.In 2015, Brian Ley founded the company in Redwood City, California. | $100K | Pre-Seed | Jul 02, 2015 | http://www.alpharank.io |
| CardFlight | CardFlight is committed to making payment acceptance easy for business owners. SwipeSimple, our signature product, is used by more than 50,000 small business across the US. Ten of the top 30 merchant acquirers in the US recommend SwipeSimple because the products easy for businesses to use. CardFlight takes pride in building SaaS solutions that areahead of the curve in technology, reliability, and user experience. Delivering simple payment solutions and quick response to industry shifts, has made us one of the fastest growing companies in America. To learn more about our company and team, visit www.cardflight.comFrom iOS and Android apps to a Virtual Terminal to EMV and NFC contactless card readers, SwipeSimple products offer just what small businesses need. CardFlight is a PCI Level 1 compliant service provider supporting all major US processors.CardFlight takes pride in building and maintaining solutions that are a step ahead of the curve in technology, reliability, and user experience. As the US leader in EMV Quick Chip enablement, CardFlight makes it easy, accessible, and secure for partners and merchants to accept payments. | $1.6M | Seed | Oct 02, 2013 | https://cardflight.com |
| Legalyze.ai | Legalyze.ai is an AI toolkit for lawyers to chat with their case documents, generate legal documents, and search for case law |  | Angel |  | https://legalyze.ai |

7 of 8 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Payment Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/payment-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [500 Global](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/500-startups) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Atlas Venture](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/atlas-venture) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [(ERA) Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/er-accelerator) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [ff Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ff-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Forum Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/forumventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Payment Ventures

VC Fund · Washington, United States

Payment Ventures is a Washington, D.C.-based seed fund focused on investments in small and medium businesses.

1 contacts available at Payment Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Tony VanBrackle | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tony-vanbrackle |

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## FAQ

### What does Tony VanBrackle invest in?

Tony VanBrackle invests primarily in Software, SaaS and Mobile startups, most often at Pre-Seed and Seed stage. Most of the 8 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

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### When did Tony VanBrackle last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Tony VanBrackle closed in Jan 2024. Shizune tracks 8 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

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