Troy Henikoff
Managing Director @ Techstars
Chicago, United States
Troy Henikoff is a seed investor at Techstars in Chicago focused on SaaS and FinTech. Troy Henikoff is the Managing Director at MATH Venture Partners.
- Total investments:
- 43
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 37%
Last updated:
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Industries Troy Henikoff invests in
Stages Troy Henikoff invests in
Countries Troy Henikoff invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
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Round size
- Seed
- $20k–$2.5M
- Pre-Seed
- $25k–$555k
- Series A
- $2.4M–$6.8M
Investment Focus
Industry
- SaaS 5 (12%)
- FinTech 5 (12%)
- Financial Services 5 (12%)
- Mobile 4 (9%)
- Finance 4 (9%)
Stage
- Seed 23 (53%)
- Pre-Seed 6 (14%)
- Series A 6 (14%)
- Series B 2 (5%)
- Funding Round 2 (5%)
Country
- United States 30 (70%)
- United Kingdom 1 (2%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| Trainual is a software platform that helps businesses build playbooks to train and grow their team. With the Trainual app, companies can centralize knowledge, organize every process, policy and SOP, and create learning systems to streamline the onboarding and training process while making knowledge transfer simple.The company was founded in 2018and headquartered in Scottsdale, Arizona. | $27M / Series B / Jun 30, 2021 | ||
| Trainual is a software platform that helps businesses build playbooks to train and grow their team. With the Trainual app, companies can centralize knowledge, organize every process, policy and SOP, and create learning systems to streamline the onboarding and training process while making knowledge transfer simple.The company was founded in 2018and headquartered in Scottsdale, Arizona. | $6.8M / Series A / Dec 17, 2019 | ||
| Built In is a network of online communities operating as a recruitment solution for tech companies and startups in seven major tech markets. Their mission is to help talented people find their professional purpose; companies tell their stories (in a way no job post ever could), and communities connect over a shared passion for tech.The companycurrently operates seven sites in Chicago, Los Angeles, Colorado, Austin, NYC, Boston, and Seattle, and is headquartered in Chicago. It was founded in 2010. | $22M / Series C / Jul 16, 2019 | ||
| Built In is a network of online communities operating as a recruitment solution for tech companies and startups in seven major tech markets. Their mission is to help talented people find their professional purpose; companies tell their stories (in a way no job post ever could), and communities connect over a shared passion for tech.The companycurrently operates seven sites in Chicago, Los Angeles, Colorado, Austin, NYC, Boston, and Seattle, and is headquartered in Chicago. It was founded in 2010. | $3.6M / Series B / Jun 26, 2018 | ||
| First is a software company that uses artificial and predictive intelligence on when and why people move to predict sales and marketing. It brings predictive marketing to real estate. Fundamentally changing how service providers find their next customer. They discover when and why people will buy or sell a house, so they can connect realtors withnew clients at the perfect time. Thus, the company predicts who will sell by tracking 700+ signals across 214 million people nationwide. | $5M / Series A / May 22, 2018 | ||
| Hi, we're Maxwell. We’re on a mission to revolutionize the $8.5T residential mortgage market by reimagining how mortgage lenders collaborate with homebuyers and real estate agents to buy a home. We connect our hundreds of lenders onto one seamless, intuitively-designed platform, so the focus isn’t the paperwork, it’s the place to call home.Today, hundreds of lenders across the United States use Maxwell’s digital mortgage platform to originate billions in mortgage loans each month at a cycle time 45 percent faster than the national average. | $3M / Seed / Dec 04, 2017 | ||
| Music Audience Exchange develops a platform that facilitates music partnerships and provides marketing services. It is powered by an insights engine that matches brands to artists and a proprietary marketing automation system for generating and distributing brand-new music content to targeted audiences across audio, video, social, and live. Thecompany was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Frisco, Texas. | $6M / Series A / Mar 02, 2017 | ||
| Hi, we're Maxwell. We’re on a mission to revolutionize the $8.5T residential mortgage market by reimagining how mortgage lenders collaborate with homebuyers and real estate agents to buy a home. We connect our hundreds of lenders onto one seamless, intuitively-designed platform, so the focus isn’t the paperwork, it’s the place to call home.Today, hundreds of lenders across the United States use Maxwell’s digital mortgage platform to originate billions in mortgage loans each month at a cycle time 45 percent faster than the national average. | $2M / Seed / Dec 15, 2016 | ||
| Built In is a network of online communities operating as a recruitment solution for tech companies and startups in seven major tech markets. Their mission is to help talented people find their professional purpose; companies tell their stories (in a way no job post ever could), and communities connect over a shared passion for tech.The companycurrently operates seven sites in Chicago, Los Angeles, Colorado, Austin, NYC, Boston, and Seattle, and is headquartered in Chicago. It was founded in 2010. | $2.4M / Series A / Nov 14, 2016 | ||
| Jiobit is the world's smallest and longest lasting tracking solution. With a Jiobit device and smartphone app, parents (and pet parents) can find their loved ones anywhere: Indoors, outdoors, in over 120 countries and even in multi-level buildings.With weeks of battery life and a durable and discreet design, Jiobit is the world'ssmallest real-time location tracking product. The mobile app (run through a wireless subscription service) offers the most comprehensive set of monitoring and notification features available on the market. Overall, Jiobit gives parents peace of mind while allowing kids to be kids. The Jiobit team is comprised of seasoned engineers, designers, and marketers with a history of building innovative and disruptive consumer products and businesses. The team has logged a combined 150 patents from previous endeavors and developed and shipped products selling in the millions worldwide. We are proudly headquartered in Chicago, with a development center in Silicon Valley. | $1.2M / Convertible Note / Jun 27, 2016 | ||
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Co-Investors
About Techstars
Techstars provides a global platform for early-stage investment and innovation through programs that support startup growth and corporate collaboration. Its services include accelerator programs, startup education initiatives, venture capital funding, and corporate innovation partnerships.The Techstars Mentorship-Driven Accelerator Program offerssupport for startups, while Techstars Startup Programs focus on entrepreneurial education and community building. The Techstars Venture Capital Fund invests in emerging companies, and its Corporate Innovation Partnerships help established brands develop new products and services through collaboration with startups.
Techstars Contacts
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Alina Hoon
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Andrew Cleland
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Artur Hasselbach
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Atlanta Daniel
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Beata Puncevic
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FAQ
What does Troy Henikoff invest in?
Troy Henikoff invests primarily in SaaS, FinTech and Financial Services startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 43 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 Henikoff's check size?
Troy Henikoff typically joins rounds of $20k–$2.5M at Seed, $25k–$555k at Pre-Seed and $2.4M–$6.8M 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 Henikoff participates in.
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When did Troy Henikoff last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Troy Henikoff closed in Jun 2021. Shizune tracks 43 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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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 Sep 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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