# Troy Carter

> Troy Carter is a seed investor at Q&A (Culver City) backing Software and Social Media. See 49 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Q&A](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/q-a-7078)
- Location: Culver City, United States
- Total investments: 49
- Last investment: Sep 2025
- Lead investor: 4%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/troy-carter-20928774
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/justcallmetroy
- Website: https://x.com/justcallmetroy
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/troy.carter.758

Troy Carter is a seed investor at Q&A in Culver City focused on Software and Social Media. Troy Carter is the Founder and CEO of Venice Music. He previously worked at Atom Factory as a Founder and CEO. Troy Carter attended Fairfield University.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1M–$6.6M |
| Series A | $4M–$30M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 9 | 18% |
| Social Media | 9 | 18% |
| Music | 6 | 12% |
| Mobile | 6 | 12% |
| Apps | 5 | 10% |

92 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 19 | 39% |
| Series A | 14 | 29% |
| Funding Round | 6 | 12% |
| Series B | 4 | 8% |
| Debt Financing | 2 | 4% |

8 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 37 | 76% |
| Canada | 1 | 2% |
| Israel | 1 | 2% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 2% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Belong Entertainment | Belong Entertainment Inc. is a FanTech company creating the financial layer of fandom. Belong empowers artists and brands to connect directly with truly verified fans through proprietary features like FanScore™, KYF™ (Know Your Fan), and Dropblock™. Fans earn rewards, exclusive access, and unique experiences by engaging, spending, and proving theirfandom.The team consists of experienced entrepreneurs who have held senior leadership positions in global entertainment and fintech companies such as Spotify., Belong is launching first in the U.S. with a college and influencer-focused rollout. Its flagship product, the Belong Card, gives fans access to rewards, exclusive drops, and artist-branded experiences while providing artists and brands with verified engagement and transaction insights.Belong’s mission is to transform how culture is monetized by shifting from customers to fans—unlocking the next generation of loyalty, payments, and pop culture engagement. | $1.5M | Pre-Seed | Sep 10, 2025 |  |
| NOVA | NOVA is a first-of-its-kind platform for artists to grow their network, display work, and easily access job opportunities. | $1.8M | Seed | Mar 14, 2024 |  |
| Audioshake | Audioshake makes sound more usable for both humans and machines by separating sound into its component parts. Used by some the world's largest media, entertainment, and tech companies, AudioShake is used in audio editing workflows, Voice AI, and multimodal training. | $2M | Seed | Oct 18, 2021 |  |
| Sentz Global | MobileCoin is a cryptocurrency platform that develops P2P payment tokens and digital payment systems for mobile. It combines privacy, security, and distributed trust with a great user experience. MobileCoin is designed so that a mobile messaging application like WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, or Signal could integrate with a MobileCoin wallet. | $66M | Series B | Aug 18, 2021 |  |
| Lobus | Lobus is aiming to commoditize blockchain tech with an asset management platform that they hope can bring creator-friendly mechanisms from NFT marketplaces like SuperRare to the physical art world as well, allowing art owners to maintain partial ownership of the works they sell so that they can benefit from secondary transactions down the line. | $6M |  | Apr 29, 2021 |  |
| Lobus | Lobus is aiming to commoditize blockchain tech with an asset management platform that they hope can bring creator-friendly mechanisms from NFT marketplaces like SuperRare to the physical art world as well, allowing art owners to maintain partial ownership of the works they sell so that they can benefit from secondary transactions down the line. | $6M | Seed | Apr 29, 2021 |  |
| Therabody | Therabody is a developer of medical devices for targeted vibration therapy and pain relief. The company is the maker of the massaging device Theragun. Therabody is headquartered in Dallas, Texas. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Feb 17, 2021 |  |
| Moment House | Social live media platform for creators. | $1.5M | Seed | Oct 06, 2020 |  |
| Prodoscore | Prodoscore’s software simplifies management of employees both in-office and remote, delivering powerful business intelligence and offering deep insights into employee productivity. The tool helps companies measure, understand, and improve employee productivity across the entire organization. |  | Series A | May 13, 2020 |  |
| FaZe Clan | FaZe Clan is a gaming organization known for its original content and hyper-engaged global fanbase of 215 million combined across all social platforms. | $40M | Series A | Apr 09, 2020 |  |

10 of 49 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [AFSquare](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/afsquare) — VC Fund, 9 deals together
- [Lowercase Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lowercase-capital) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Menlo Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/menlo-ventures) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [First Round Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/first-round-capital) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Tuesday Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tuesday-capital) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [A-Grade Investments](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/a-grade-investments) — VC Fund, 3 deals together

## About Q&A

VC Fund

Q&A is a music technology company that empowers the next generation of artists through teams, technology, tools, and services.

2 contacts available at Q&A.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Suzy Ryoo | Co-Founder & President | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/suzy-ryoo |
| Troy Carter | CEO and Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/troy-carter |

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## FAQ

### What does Troy Carter invest in?

Troy Carter invests primarily in Software, Social Media and Music startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 49 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 Troy Carter's check size?

Troy Carter typically joins rounds of $1M–$6.6M at Seed and $4M–$30M 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 Troy Carter participates in.

### When did Troy Carter last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Troy Carter closed in Sep 2025. Shizune tracks 49 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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