Investing Profile

Michael Vaughan(394)

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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 (25)

Company	StageDateRound Size	Total Raised
SimpleClosure	Series AMay 2025$15M Pre SeedSep 2023$2M	$21M
Co-investors: Jeremy Jonker (Infinity Ventures), Rex Salisbury (Cambrian Ventures)
Kick	SeedOct 2024$9M	$12M
Co-investors: Alex Tong (Seguin Ventures), Lachy Groom (LGF), Joshua Browder (Browder Capital), Nick Davidov (Davidovs VC), Terrence Rohan (Otherwise Fund), Nitesh Banta (Stellar Capital), Ankur Nagpal (Vibe Capital), Ron Pragides, Scott Belsky, Youcef Es-skouri, Tikhon Bernstam, Sahil Lavingia, Karim Atiyeh, Bartek Pucek
Nomad	Series BAug 2023$61M Series BMay 2022$32M	$160M
Co-investors: Alex Cook (Tiger Global Management), Eric Acher (monashees), Hans Tung (Notable Capital (formerly GGV Capital)), David Roebuck (Wave Financial), Gavin Christensen (Kickstart Fund), Guilherme Bonifacio, Beau Laskey, Gregory Waldorf
Maplerad	SeedOct 2022$6M	$6M
Co-investors: James Fitzgerald (Valar Ventures)
Flip	Series BJun 2022$55M	$400M $.300M
Co-investors: Ullas Naik (Streamlined Ventures), Deven Parekh (Insight Partners), Matthias Müller (Global Founders Capital), Ruby Lu (Atypical Ventures), Jos White (Notion Capital), Nils Seele (LEA Partners), Dr. Christian Saller (HV Capital), Bernhard Janke (468 Capital), Rona Segev-Gal (TLV Partners), Yaniv Golan (lool ventures), Samir Chaibi (Insignia Ventures Partners), Laurence A. Tosi (WestCap), Roland Berger, Gokul Rajaram, Konstantin von Unger, Louis Beryl
Market AI	Series UnknownApr 2022$5M	$14M
Co-investors: Chloe Steinberg (Sapphire Ventures), Andrea Hippeau (Lerer Hippeau)
Keep Technologies	SeedNov 2021
Whym	Series UnknownJun 2021$1M	$8.3M
Co-investors: Charles Hudson (Precursor Ventures), Jeffrey Lu (Flex Capital), Sandhya Hegde (Unusual Ventures), Justin Smith (Recharge Capital), Peter Bordes (Trajectory Ventures), Greg McAdoo (Bolt), Kate McAndrew (Baukunst), Michael Steinberg (Reciprocal Ventures), Thomas Chen (MAGIC Fund), Ishan Sachdev (Deciens Capital), Josh Kuzon (Reciprocal Ventures), Anna Palmer (Flybridge Capital Partners), Mitch Kitamura (DNX Ventures), Neeraj Berry (Tet Ventures), Charles Delingpole, Mark Ghermezian