# Walter Cruttenden

> Walter Cruttenden is a seed investor at Ant Money backing Financial Services. See 5 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: Ant Money
- Location: Orange, United States
- Total investments: 5
- Last investment: Feb 2022
- Lead investor: 20%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/walter-cruttenden-58097b34

Walter Cruttenden is a seed investor at Ant Money in Orange focused on Financial Services and Music. Walter Cruttenden is the Co-Founder and Chairman of Ant Money. He previously worked at Acorns as a Chairman.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $2M–$4M |
| Series A | $17M–$20M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Financial Services | 2 | 40% |
| Music | 1 | 20% |
| FinTech | 1 | 20% |
| Finance | 1 | 20% |
| PC Games | 1 | 20% |

13 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 3 | 60% |
| Series A | 2 | 40% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 3 | 60% |
| Norway | 1 | 20% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Aside | Aside is the company that builds cloud-based platforms. Daffy Charitable is its first not-for-profit community platform. | $17.1M | Series A | Feb 08, 2022 |  |
| Ant Money | AntMoney is an Embedded finance platform. Ant Money helps people open investment accounts with its embedded finance functionality with Robo-Bumpers™ through Ant Money Advisors, LLC. | $20M | Series A | Dec 22, 2021 |  |
| PlayPulse | Playpulse is an in-home fitness company providing entertainment-based workouts for anyone that wants to be more active, but doesn't like old-school boring workouts. The faster you pedal, the faster you move, and with handlebar controllers you play online multiplayer video games - forgetting about the workout as you focus on the game. Based onscientific evidence and tested with thousands of players, we guarantee you'll be looking forward to the next workout. | $2M | Seed | Sep 17, 2021 |  |
| Trubify | Trubify is a livestreaming music platform that allows artists to monetize their live and recorded performances. The application is available on iOS, Android, and web. Trubify connects artists and music superfans so everyone can experience the music together. Trubify provides discrete modular revenue features with higher payouts to artists than anyother platform, and enables musicians, producers, and content creators to earn a living doing what they love – MAKING MUSIC! | $4M | Seed | Feb 27, 2021 |  |
| Crush Capital | Crush Capital is a fintech company democratizing access to investment opportunities. It empowers retail investors by providing access to IPOs and other financial products that were previously reserved for the wealthy and connected. Crush Capital's groundbreaking series "Going Public" allows anyone globally over 18 years old toinvest in featured companies. In 2020, Darren Marble and Todd Goldberg co-founded Crush Capital in Beverly Hills, California. | $3.3M | Seed | Feb 03, 2021 |  |

5 of 5 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Arrive](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/arrive-361a) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Coinbase Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/coinbase-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Cooley](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cooley-llp) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Core Innovation Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/core-innovation-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Courtside Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/courtside-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Cove Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cove-fund-ii-llc) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Ant Money

VC Fund · Newport Beach, United States

AntMoney is an Embedded finance platform. Ant Money helps people open investment accounts with its embedded finance functionality with Robo-Bumpers™ through Ant Money Advisors, LLC.

2 contacts available at Ant Money.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Walter Cruttenden | Co-Founder, Chairman | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/walter-cruttenden |
| Michael Gleason | CEO & Co-founder | — |

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## FAQ

### What does Walter Cruttenden invest in?

Walter Cruttenden invests primarily in Financial Services, Music and FinTech startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 5 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 Walter Cruttenden's check size?

Walter Cruttenden typically joins rounds of $2M–$4M at Seed and $17M–$20M 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 Walter Cruttenden participates in.

### How do I contact Walter Cruttenden?

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### When did Walter Cruttenden last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Walter Cruttenden closed in Feb 2022. Shizune tracks 5 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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