Investing Profile

Michael Vaughan(403)

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Co-founder & GP at Vera Equity | Operating Partner at Stripes

veraequity.comPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania

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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 of The University of Pennsylvania 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	$21M
Co-investors: Rex Salisbury (Cambrian Ventures), Jeremy Jonker (Infinity Ventures)
Kick	SeedOct 2024$9M	$12M
Co-investors: Marc Bhargava (General Catalyst), Lachy Groom (LGF), Joshua Browder (Browder Capital), Nick Davidov (Davidovs VC), Alex Tong (Seguin Ventures), Nitesh Banta (Stellar Capital), Ankur Nagpal (Vibe Capital), Bartek Pucek, Ron Pragides, Karim Atiyeh, Sahil Lavingia, Youcef Es-skouri
Nomad	Series BAug 2023$61M Series BMay 2022$32M	$140M
Co-investors: Alex Cook (Tiger Global Management), Eric Acher (monashees), Gavin Christensen (Kickstart Fund), Gregory Waldorf, Guilherme Bonifacio
Maplerad	SeedOct 2022$6M	$6M
Co-investors: James Fitzgerald (Valar Ventures)
Flip	Series BJun 2022$55M	$400M $.300M
Co-investors: Matthias Müller (Global Founders Capital), Nils Seele (LEA Partners), Dr. Christian Saller (HV Capital), Laurence A. Tosi (WestCap), Rona Segev-Gal (TLV Partners), Samir Chaibi (Insignia Ventures Partners), Ruby Lu (Atypical Ventures), Jos White (Notion Capital), Louis Beryl, Roland Berger, Konstantin von Unger
Market AI	Series UnknownApr 2022$5M	$5M
Co-investors: Chloe Steinberg (Sapphire Ventures)
Keep Technologies	SeedNov 2021
Whym	Series UnknownJun 2021$1M	$7.5M
Co-investors: Michael Steinberg (Reciprocal Ventures), Justin Smith (Recharge Capital), Thomas Chen (MAGIC Fund), Ishan Sachdev (Deciens Capital), Sandhya Hegde (Unusual Ventures), Josh Kuzon (Reciprocal Ventures), Anna Palmer (Flybridge Capital Partners), Mitch Kitamura (DNX Ventures), Greg McAdoo (Bolt), Kate McAndrew (Baukunst), Charles Delingpole