# Ty Danco

> Ty Danco is a seed investor at Techstars (Boston) backing SaaS, Mobile and Software. See 15 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Techstars](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/techstars)
- Location: Boston, United States
- Total investments: 15
- Last investment: Aug 2012
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/tydanco
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/tydanco
- Website: http://tydanco.com

Ty Danco is an entrepreneur and angel investor out of Burlington, VT and Boston, MA. He founded eSecLending in 2000, sold to TA Associates in 2006. He co-founded BuysideFX in late 2011. More on Ty can be found at http:linkedin.com/in/tydanco.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $400k–$3M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| SaaS | 6 | 40% |
| Mobile | 4 | 27% |
| Software | 4 | 27% |
| Enterprise Software | 3 | 20% |
| Sports | 2 | 13% |

54 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 14 | 93% |
| Angel | 1 | 7% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 14 | 93% |
| Canada | 1 | 7% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Brizi | We're on a mission to build the world's largest network of group memories. Brizi lets anyone tap into nearby cameras to capture group memories at iconic places. Licensed across sports and landmarks including NBA basketball, European soccer, Grand Slam tennis, and at the Washington Monument, to engage guests, offer a new type ofsponsorship asset, and collect valuable user, population, and imaging data. | $2.5M | Seed | Sep 17, 2018 |  |
| Voatz | Voatz is a mobile election voting platform, secured via smart biometrics, real time ID verification, and the blockchain for irrefutability. Voatz enables citizens to vote in all kinds of elections or voting events via a smartphone. Past attempts at internet based voting have failed or not gone mainstream due to fundamental concerns around security,auditability, and voter anonymity. With Voatz, using biometrics for security and the Blockchain for irrefutability, it is able to tackle all challenges and significantly streamline the process of voting and identity verification.Voatz was a part of the Techstars Boston 2017 and Masschallenge Boston 2017 cohorts.The company was founded on 2015 and is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. | $2.2M | Seed | Jan 08, 2018 |  |
| OffGridBox | OffGridBox is a modular and compact unit that provides renewable energy and clean water in remote areas and developing countries. Their OffGridBox™, an all-in-one system, fits entirely inside a 6x6x6 feet shipping container and is equipped with all the hardware needed to produce electricity and clean water. This innovative technology is asolution for more than 2 billion people worldwide that need energy and clean water on a daily basis. One unit potentially managed by a local women co-op in a Rwandese village can impact up to 300 families (circa 1500 people) providing Tier 1 electricity and sterilized water.They deployed 38 units in 9 Countries (Italy, South Africa, Rwanda, Nigeria, Philippines, Madagascar, US and Colombia) for different segments: humanitarian, household retail, service to industry. These units have operated more than 400,000 working hours. | $705K | Angel | May 03, 2017 |  |
| Appcues | Appcues makes it easy to measure and improve product adoption—without a developer. The no-code platform empowers non-technical teams to track and analyze product usage, and publish beautiful in-app onboarding tours, announcements, and surveys, in minutes. Appcues is trusted by thousands of innovative product-led businesses around the world,including Amplitude, Yotpo, Pluralsight, MongoDB, Codepen, and SquareSpace. True to form, Appcues also makes it easy to get started. Visit appcues.com to create your free account. | $1.2M | Seed | Dec 23, 2014 |  |
| Indico Data | Indico Data transforms unstructured data into actionable insights. With the AI and ML-powered Indico Unstructured Data Platform™, enterprises of all sizes can automate, analyze, and apply unstructured data – documents, emails, images, videos and more – to a wide range of enterprise workflows. This enables them to gain rich insight and maximize thevalue of their existing software investments, including RPA, CRM, ERP, BI, by enabling these systems to work with unstructured data. | $3M | Seed | Nov 13, 2014 |  |
| ViralGains | ViralGains is a video ad journey platform that enables marketers to engage people with relevant brand stories in the contexts that people most favor. Using the platform to engage in a two-way conversation, brands discover exactly what people want and how they feel and build a unique journey that connects highly qualified consumers with relevantmessages that generate awareness, motivate intent, and impact purchase decisions. ViralGains is headquartered in Boston, with regional offices in Chicago, Detroit, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and New York. | $2.8M | Seed | Jul 31, 2014 |  |
| Stitch | Stitch helps salespeople close more deals and be more responsive. They are building the best mobile-first, sales productivity platform. Their first product is a mobile email application for salespeople. With Stitch, salespeople can communicate faster by having the right information, insights, and tools at their fingertips. In today’s highlycompetitive world, they believe it’s not only possible, it’s essential, to be as effective and responsive on the go as when sitting in front of a desk. In sales, being responsive means delivering immediate and complete answers to prospects’ questions. They enable salespeople to respond NOW, not later, to every mobile email. | $3.3M | Seed | Apr 24, 2014 |  |
| Drizly | Drizly is an alcohol marketplace that offers a variety of beer, wine and, spirits online.With the speed and convenience of on-demand delivery and shipping, Drizly partners with retailers in 235 markets to offer consumers of legal drinking age unrivaled selection and a transparent, personalized shopping experience. Backed by institutionalinvestors, Drizly partners with retailers to bring their shelves online, helping them to reach new customers, tap into key market and customer insights, and diversify their business to grow sales.The company was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. | $2.3M | Seed | Jan 22, 2014 |  |
| Codeship | Codeship's continuous integration platform operates B2D portal that delivers hosted continuous integration and deployment for web applications. It shortens the development cycles thus reducing the risk of bugs and increasing innovation. It helps software companies to develop a better product faster by taking care of the testing and releaseprocess.Codeship automates software deployment and all the necessary tasks involved with it. | $300K | Seed | Feb 25, 2013 |  |
| CoachUp | CoachUp is a website that connects athletes with private coaches. It provides thousands of vetted private coaches across the country, in everything from basketball, soccer, and football, to fitness, yoga, and dance. The website allows users to search by city and sport to easily find nearby coaches, it offers knowledgeable athlete advisors help, andcoaches provide personalized feedback after every session.The company was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in Newton Upper Falls, Massachusetts. | $2.7M | Seed | Nov 14, 2012 |  |

10 of 15 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Atlas Venture](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/atlas-venture) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Boston Seed Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/boston-seed-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [2EnablePartners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/2enable-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Bluesky Equities](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bluesky-equities-ltd) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [CVP Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/commonangels) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [E-Merge](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/emerge) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Techstars

VC Fund · Boulder, United States

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.

5 contacts available at Techstars.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Andrew Cleland | Chief Investment Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andrew-cleland |
| Artur Hasselbach | Mentor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/artur-hasselbach |
| Beata Puncevic | Chief Technology Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/beata-puncevic-e5b1 |
| Ben Liao | Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ben-liao |
| Bob Moczydlowsky | Managing Director & Founder, Techstars Music | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bob-moczydlowsky |

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## FAQ

### What does Ty Danco invest in?

Ty Danco invests primarily in SaaS, Mobile and Software startups, most often at Seed and Angel stage. Most of the 15 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 Ty Danco's check size?

Ty Danco typically joins rounds of $400k–$3M at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Ty Danco participates in.

### When did Ty Danco last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Ty Danco closed in Aug 2012. Shizune tracks 15 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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