# Tyler Scriven

> Tyler Scriven is a seed investor at Techstars (Atlanta) backing FinTech and Financial Services. See 9 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Techstars](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/techstars)
- Location: Atlanta, United States
- Total investments: 9
- Last investment: Dec 2017
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tylerscriven

Tyler Scriven is a seed investor at Techstars in Atlanta focused on FinTech and Financial Services. Tyler is an entrepreneur and early-stage technology investor. He currently serves as a Managing Director of Techstars Atlanta. Prior to joining Techstars, Tyler was a member of the senior leadership team at Palantir Technologies in Silicon Valley, where he served as Chief of Staff and Head of Operations. During his tenure with Palantir, he wasbroadly engaged in scaling the operations of the business from 100 to nearly 2,000 employees.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1M–$4M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FinTech | 3 | 33% |
| Financial Services | 3 | 33% |
| Finance | 2 | 22% |
| Internet | 2 | 22% |
| Payments | 2 | 22% |

28 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 7 | 78% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 11% |
| Convertible Note | 1 | 11% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 7 | 78% |
| Nigeria | 2 | 22% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Farmcrowdy | Farmcrowdy is an agric-tech platform that gives Nigerians the opportunity to participate in Agriculture by selecting the kind of farms they want to sponsor. They use the sponsor’s funds to secure the land, engage the farmer, plant the seeds, insure the farmers and farm produce, complete the full farming cycle, sell the harvest and then pay the farmsponsor a return on their sponsorship. While this farm process is ongoing, the farm sponsors are able to keep track of the full-cycle by getting updates in text, pictures and videos. | $1M | Seed | Dec 18, 2017 |  |
| Sequr | Sequr is automating physical security management for the modern enterprise and commercial office building. Sequr is breaking the tradeoff between security and convenience that has defined the access control industry for decades. Their combination of enterprise level security, beautiful management portal and limitless scalability means that theircustomers can access the security and features normally reserved for the Fortune 500 at an affordable price. Even more, Sequr turns everyone’s phones into their access card. No more retractable badges, no more getting locked out of the office. | $1.8M | Seed | Jan 17, 2017 |  |
| Landed | Landed helps essential professionals (including those working in education and healthcare) buy homes and build financial security near the communities they serve through financial solutions, a network of trusted agents and lenders, and homebuying education and support. | $4M | Seed | Dec 20, 2016 |  |
| Paystack | Paystack lets businesses in Africa accept payments by anyone, anywhere in the world via credit card, debit card, money transfer, and mobile money on their websites or mobile apps. It specializes in the fields of financial services, the internet, and payments. The company was founded in 2015 and headquartered in Ikeja, Lagos. | $1.3M | Seed | Dec 19, 2016 |  |
| &pizza | &pizza is a pizza and craft beverage brand. The company, which works with local producers to create innovative menu offerings that span a variety of food and beverage categories, including craft &SODA, small batch &TEA, and &WINE, has expanded to Baltimore and Philadelphia and is opening six shops in the District of Columbia,Maryland, and Virginia region, bringing the total to 21 by year end. | $25M |  | Nov 15, 2016 |  |
| AlphaFlow | AlphaFlow is a tech-driven investment company providing professionally managed portfolios of real estate loans to institutional investors. They work with the residential real estate lenders around the country and underwrite their loans across 50+ factors. AlphaFlow invests in the best deals, splitting our clients’ portfolios across 75-100 loansinto15+ states to create AlphaFlow Optimized Portfolios. They took the best practices of investment management, like diversification, rebalancing, and institutional-quality data analytics, and automated them so that investors could receive these benefits without the high fees and high minimums of traditional real estate investing. It is ultimately a simpler, more intelligent way to invest in real estate.AlphaFlow was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California, United States. | $2.2M | Seed | Aug 09, 2016 |  |
| Storj | For developers who demand ownership of their data and who want to build with confidence, Storj Decentralized Cloud Storage (DCS) is private by design and secure by default—delivering unparalleled data protection and privacy when compared to traditional centralized cloud object storage alternatives.Storj DCS offers affordable and predictablepricing, S3 compatibility, a robust library of open source technical documentation and familiar development tools—along with a vibrant community of customers—which enables developers to economically and easily learn and leverage decentralized cloud storage technology to take control of their data when building the next great application or service. | $1.8M | Seed | May 08, 2016 |  |
| RoadSync | From our beginnings in 2015, RoadSync has been on an upward trajectory, quickly becoming the chosen financial solution for some of the largest names in the logistics space. Our team is standing by, ready to help you with smart, simple, and innovative financial solutions that help you modernize your commerce. RoadSync is on a mission to automatethe financial solutions fueling the $800B logistics industry. |  | Convertible Note | Sep 28, 2015 |  |
| Kickpay | Kickpay is transforming how hardware companies finance their inventory. By leveraging a client's data, Kickpay enables them to access financing that was previously unavailable, allowing them to grow faster. |  | Seed | Dec 01, 2014 |  |

9 of 9 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [AAF Management Ltd.](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aafmanagement) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [AAF Management Ltd.](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/arabangel) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Circadian Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/circadian-group) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Cox Enterprises](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cox-enterprises) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Elefund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/elefund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Hyde Park Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hyde-park-venture-partners) — 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 Tyler Scriven invest in?

Tyler Scriven invests primarily in FinTech, Financial Services and Finance startups, most often at Seed and Funding Round stage. Most of the 9 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 Tyler Scriven's check size?

Tyler Scriven typically joins rounds of $1M–$4M 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 Tyler Scriven participates in.

### When did Tyler Scriven last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Tyler Scriven closed in Dec 2017. Shizune tracks 9 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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