# ZINO Society

> ZINO Society is a VC fund in Seattle backing FinTech and Finance. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Sep 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Seattle, United States
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Jan 2017
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Sep 2026
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/ZINOsociety
- Website: http://www.zinosociety.com
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/ZINOSociety

ZINO Society is a VC fund in Seattle focused on FinTech and Finance. ZINO Society's unique Accelerator program is an opportunity for early stage companies to work in parallel with Their sponsoring partners to accelerate their presentation for capitalization. By introducing companies to Their Accelerator program participants early in their development, They help reduce corporate risk prior to, and through, thecapitalization process.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Series A | $810k–$3M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FinTech | 1 | 50% |
| Finance | 1 | 50% |
| Payments | 1 | 50% |
| Shipping | 1 | 50% |
| Software | 1 | 50% |

8 industries tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| New Zealand | 1 | 50% |
| United States | 1 | 50% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Kenny Byrne | President and COO | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kenny-byrne |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| LatiPay | Latipay is a first to market, fully compliant financial technology (FinTech) New Zealand business. Our platform provides an online solution that focuses on New Zealand enterprise level merchants. The Latipay platform allows for Chinese payers to pay for goods and services with CNY (Chinese Yuan) whilst our New Zealand/Australian merchantreceives full payment for goods or service direct to their NZD/AUD bank account in NZD/AUD, at no cost to the merchant. Chinese payers can make payment through their preferred bank payment channels or their Alipay, WeChat, Baidu, Jd Pay wallets, whilst paying in their preferred currency of CNY. Our bi-lingual platform solves the significant Chinese and New Zealand/Australia payer and merchant dissatisfaction within the education, export, insurance, software and travel verticals. | $3M | Series A | Jan 31, 2017 | https://www.latipay.net/ |
| Enroute Systems | Enroute Systems Corporation provides shipment management solutions for online retailers. Its solutions offer rules-based carrier and service selection, label and manifest creation, and shipment tracking services. The company provides Enroute ShipIt!, a software-as-a-service logistics, analytics, and optimal routing system to operate intransportation vendors and systems. It also offers ShipIt! Portal with label and manifest printing, track and trace parcel, and shipping analytics solutions; and ShipIt! Platform Web services for integration with existing customer relationship management and enterprise resource planning solutions, including system applications and products, and other warehouse management solutions. The company’s ShipIt! Platform also comprise scale and scanner, wireless, printers, and third party transportation management solutions. Enroute Systems Corporation was incorporated in 2008 and is based in Bellevue, Washington. | $810K | Series A | Nov 13, 2009 | http://www.enroutecorp.com |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Alliance of Angels](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alliance-of-angels) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Jubilee Capital Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jubilee-capital-management) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Keiretsu Forum Northwest](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/keiretsu-forum-northwest) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Puget Sound Venture Club](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/puget-sound-venture-club) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Tuhua Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tuhua-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Zino Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/zino-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does ZINO Society invest in?

ZINO Society invests primarily in FinTech, Finance and Payments startups, most often at Series A stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in New Zealand. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is ZINO Society's check size?

ZINO Society typically joins rounds of $810k–$3M 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 ZINO Society participates in.

### How do I contact ZINO Society?

Public channels for ZINO Society include X (Twitter), the website linked on this profile and Facebook. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at ZINO Society?

The team at ZINO Society includes Kenny Byrne (President and COO). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### 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 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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