Investing Profile

Michael Vaughan(405)

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Co-founder & General Partner at Vera Equity

veraequity.comPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania

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Michael Vaughan's investing connections

30 Investors

Connected to Satya Patel (Homebrew), Gigi Levy-Weiss (NFX), Pete Flint (NFX), and 27 other investors on Signal.

Networks Michael is a member of

The Wharton School Network

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The Wharton School Network

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University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School Network

226 CONNECTIONS

University of Pennsylvania Network

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PayPal Network

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Current Investing Position

Vera Equity General Partner

Investment Range

$250K - $1M

Sweet Spot

$500K

Investments On Record

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Michael Vaughan's Investments On Record (26)

Company	StageDateRound Size	Total Raised
SimpleClosure	Series AMay 2025$15M Pre SeedSep 2023$2M	$17M
Co-investors: Rex Salisbury (Cambrian Ventures)
Kick	SeedOct 2024$9M	$12M
Co-investors: Marc Bhargava (General Catalyst), Nitesh Banta (Stellar Capital), Terrence Rohan (Robinhood), Lachy Groom (Stripe), Alex Tong (Information Venture Partners), Joshua Browder (Wander), Nick Davidov (Davidovs VC), Scott Belsky (A24), Bartek Pucek (TechTree), Ron Pragides, Tikhon Bernstam, Sahil Lavingia
Nomad	Series BAug 2023$61M Series BMay 2022$32M	$140M
Co-investors: Gavin Christensen (Kickstart Fund), Hans Tung (Notable Capital (formerly GGV Capital)), David Roebuck (Wave Financial), Beau Laskey
Maplerad	SeedOct 2022$6M	$6M
Flip	Series BJun 2022$55M	$410M $.300M
Co-investors: Deven Parekh (Insight Partners), Ullas Naik (Streamlined Ventures), Louis Beryl (Andreessen Horowitz), Andy Weissman (Union Square Ventures), Nils Seele (LEA Partners), Dr. Christian Saller (HV Capital), Yaniv Golan (lool ventures), Samir Chaibi (Insignia Ventures Partners), Bernhard Janke (468 Capital), Joanne Wilson (Gotham Gal Ventures), Scott Belsky (A24), Gokul Rajaram (gokulrajaram.com)
Market AI	Series UnknownApr 2022$5M	$14M
Co-investors: Jeremy Liew (Lightspeed Venture Partners), Andrea Hippeau (Lerer Hippeau), Chloe Steinberg (Sapphire Ventures)
Keep Technologies	SeedNov 2021
Whym	Series UnknownJun 2021$1M	$8.3M
Co-investors: Charles Hudson (Precursor Ventures), Sandhya Hegde (Unusual Ventures), Justin Smith (Recharge Thematic Ventures), Jeffrey Lu (Flex Capital, LLC // Turbo Ventures, LLC), Peter Bordes (Trajectory Ventures), Josh Kuzon (Reciprocal Ventures), Anna Palmer (Flybridge Capital Partners), Mitch Kitamura (DNX Ventures), Kate McAndrew (Bolt), Mark Ghermezian

most interested in

fintech, embedded finance, Vertical SaaS, mobile commerce

not interested in

Hardware, Networking, Infrastructure

Michael Vaughan's Experience

Operating Partner Stripes2022 - Present

Co-founder & General Partner Vera Equity2022 - Present

Board Member Stem Disintermedia Inc.Present

Board Member CIBOPresent

Managing Director, Channel Partners & Business Development J.G. WentworthPresent

Operating Partner Stripes Present

Board Member VersePresent

Mentor to Startup Founder/CEOs First Round Fast TrackPresent

Board Member Verse Technologies IncPresent

Chief Operating Officer VenmoPresent

Vice President of Business Development & Sales TicketLeapPresent

Managing Director, Channel Partners & Business Development JG WentworthPresent

Director, Product Operations Telephia IncPresent

Senior Advisor StripesPresent

Co-Founder and General Partner Vera EquityPresent

Chief Executive Officer, IG North America IG GroupPresent

CEO, IG US Holdings, parent of tastytrade, tastylive, tastyfx and tastycrypto tastytradePresent

Co-Founder and General Partner (GP) Vera EquityPresent

Board Member CIBO TechnologiesPresent

Venmo, COO PayPalPresent

Venmo, Chief Operating Officer PayPalPresent

Consultant SynygyPresent

Vice President of Business Development & Sales TicketleapPresent

Board Member CiBO TechnologiesPresent

Venture Partner Oak HC/FT2019 - 2022

COO Venmo2011 - 2019

VP Business Development TicketLeap2008 - 2011

Director, Product Operations Telephia1999 - 2004

Michael Vaughan's Education

University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School Bachelor of Science - BS Economics; Concentrations in Entrepreneurial Management and Operations & Information Systems

The Wharton School BS in Economics Concentrations in Entrepreneurial Management & Information Systems

University of Pennsylvania Bachelor of Science - BS Economics

The Wharton School Bachelor of Science - BS Economics; Concentrations in Entrepreneurial Management and Operations & Information Systems

The Wharton School of The University of Pennsylvania Bachelors of Science in Economics Entrepreneurship

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