# Will Young

> Will Young is a seed investor at VTF Capital (San Francisco) backing E-Commerce and Retail. See 11 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [VTF Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/vegastechfund)
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 11
- Last investment: Nov 2021
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/whatupwilly
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/whatupwilly
- Website: https://x.com/whatupwilly

Will Young is a seed investor at VTF Capital in San Francisco focused on E-Commerce and Retail. Will Young joined Wish as Director of Product Management in 2020. Will is a General Partner and has been humbled working with amazing founders in the portfolio. He loves learning about almost any industry but finds that he’s least useless when it comes to commerce, fashion, company culture and awkward questions.Will’s day job is with Zapposwhere he started and ran a @ZapposLabs R&D team out of San Francisco for 5 years and has recently gone back to playing a more hands-on product role building new shopping experiences. He’s also the reigning donut eating champion at Zappos (personal best: 23 donuts in 20 minutes).He would like to end his bio humble bragging about what a great amateur athlete he is. But he’s actually pretty mediocre at all sports but enjoys playing them nonetheless.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| E-Commerce | 3 | 27% |
| Retail | 2 | 18% |
| Fashion | 2 | 18% |
| Consumer Goods | 2 | 18% |
| B2C | 1 | 9% |

17 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 4 | 36% |
| Series A | 2 | 18% |
| Series B | 2 | 18% |
| Angel | 1 | 9% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 9% |

6 stages tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Folden Lane | Folden Lane offers a more beautiful, functional, and sustainable alternative to traditional storage and organization products. Folden Lane manufactures storage baskets with fully collapsible designs that can be shipped flat-packed, resulting in 55% less packaging and an 85% reduction in carbon emissions compared to traditional baskets. Every FoldenLane basket is crafted using world-class production techniques, time-tested materials, and stringent quality, craft, and aesthetic standards. | $835K | Seed | Nov 24, 2021 |  |
| Riff | Riff Cold Brewed Coffee is a rising star among craft beverage startups. They produce delicious cold-brewed coffee with two simple ingredients; sustainably-sourced artisanal coffee and pure Cascade mountain water. As BevNet states, Riff “has taken a unique approach to showcasing the distinct characteristics of coffee varieties by selecting specificbeans, processing techniques, and brewing methods to design their ready-to-drink flavors, rather than adding ingredients” like sweeteners, dairy, or preservatives. | $1M | Angel | Oct 17, 2018 |  |
| Print Syndicate | Print Syndicate is an apparel and home goods company that offers its consumers access to timely, curated, and well-designed products that allow them to express who they are. The company's design team interprets and converts social trends into digital designs, which are then printed on objects including apparel, phone cases, and housewares.Itwas founded in 2012 and headquartered in Columbus, Ohio. | $322K | Series B | May 08, 2017 |  |
| Mizzen+Main | Mizzen+Main creates the next great American brand and bring innovation to classic menswear. Combining advanced performance fabrics with a refined, traditional style, we have changed the way men approach this staple of their wardrobe with a shirt that is moisture-wicking, wrinkle-free, has four-way stretch and requires no ironing or dry cleaning.Our product has been on MSNBC, ESPN, NBA TV, and Good Morning America and been profiled in The New York Times, Esquire, The Wall Street Journal, Men’s Health, and many style blogs.Having started with our signature performance dress shirt, Mizzen+Main has continued to incorporate innovation in the world of menswear with a growing product collection that also includes henleys, denim, and blazers. We are committed to keeping our product American made and are proud to have kicked off our “Shirt for a Start” program to both hire veterans and give paid job training opportunities. |  |  | Sep 09, 2015 |  |
| Zirtual | Zirtual provides dedicated, U.S. based, virtual assistants for busy professionals. From managing a hectic calendar to creating travel itineraries and supporting business needs, Zirtual's relationship-based model allows each client to build lasting connections with their dedicated assistant, or ZA. Zirtual offers flat rate, monthly andannual plans that require no long-term commitment. | $2.6M | Debt Financing | Jun 16, 2015 |  |
| Print Syndicate | Print Syndicate is an apparel and home goods company that offers its consumers access to timely, curated, and well-designed products that allow them to express who they are. The company's design team interprets and converts social trends into digital designs, which are then printed on objects including apparel, phone cases, and housewares.Itwas founded in 2012 and headquartered in Columbus, Ohio. | $4.3M | Series A | Oct 30, 2014 |  |
| Walls 360 | Walls360 is a provider of an online platform used to offer wall graphic products. Its platform offers on-demand wall graphics, custom promotional products that enable artists, brands, and digital content partners to get wall murals, posters, kids walls, video game wall graphics, art, and design wall graphics. It creates on-demand wall graphicsand custom promotional products for artists, designers, photographers, and brands from around the world. | $200K | Seed | Sep 16, 2014 |  |
| Mizzen+Main | Mizzen+Main creates the next great American brand and bring innovation to classic menswear. Combining advanced performance fabrics with a refined, traditional style, we have changed the way men approach this staple of their wardrobe with a shirt that is moisture-wicking, wrinkle-free, has four-way stretch and requires no ironing or dry cleaning.Our product has been on MSNBC, ESPN, NBA TV, and Good Morning America and been profiled in The New York Times, Esquire, The Wall Street Journal, Men’s Health, and many style blogs.Having started with our signature performance dress shirt, Mizzen+Main has continued to incorporate innovation in the world of menswear with a growing product collection that also includes henleys, denim, and blazers. We are committed to keeping our product American made and are proud to have kicked off our “Shirt for a Start” program to both hire veterans and give paid job training opportunities. | $1.2M | Series A | Aug 28, 2014 |  |
| Mizzen+Main | Mizzen+Main creates the next great American brand and bring innovation to classic menswear. Combining advanced performance fabrics with a refined, traditional style, we have changed the way men approach this staple of their wardrobe with a shirt that is moisture-wicking, wrinkle-free, has four-way stretch and requires no ironing or dry cleaning.Our product has been on MSNBC, ESPN, NBA TV, and Good Morning America and been profiled in The New York Times, Esquire, The Wall Street Journal, Men’s Health, and many style blogs.Having started with our signature performance dress shirt, Mizzen+Main has continued to incorporate innovation in the world of menswear with a growing product collection that also includes henleys, denim, and blazers. We are committed to keeping our product American made and are proud to have kicked off our “Shirt for a Start” program to both hire veterans and give paid job training opportunities. | $100K | Seed | Jun 16, 2014 |  |
| Zirtual | Zirtual provides dedicated, U.S. based, virtual assistants for busy professionals. From managing a hectic calendar to creating travel itineraries and supporting business needs, Zirtual's relationship-based model allows each client to build lasting connections with their dedicated assistant, or ZA. Zirtual offers flat rate, monthly andannual plans that require no long-term commitment. | $2M | Seed | Jan 14, 2013 |  |

10 of 11 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Data Point Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/data-point-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Mayfield Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mayfield-fund) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Rev1 Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/techcolumbus-2) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Artesian VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/artesian-capital-management) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Lightbank](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lightbank) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Recruit Strategic Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/recruit-strategic-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About VTF Capital

VC Fund · Santa Monica, United States

VTF Capital is a seed stage venture fund investing in the future of commerce. We invest capital and sweat into innovative ideas transforming how products are made, distributed and accessed.

5 contacts available at VTF Capital.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Fred Mossler | General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fred-mossler |
| Patrick Olson | Portfolio Manager | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/patrick-olson |
| Will Young | General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/will-young |
| Tim Fong | Mentor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tim-fong |
| Tony Hsieh | General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tony-hsieh |

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## FAQ

### What does Will Young invest in?

Will Young invests primarily in E-Commerce, Retail and Fashion startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 11 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Will Young last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Will Young closed in Nov 2021. Shizune tracks 11 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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