Vinyl Capital is an early-stage venture capital firm founded in 2021 by TJ Mahony, focused on commerce infrastructure—the systems and solutions that power tomorrow's economy. The firm invests at the formation stage (pre-revenue, pre-product) in areas including e-commerce, fintech, logistics, and consumer technology.
38% of their portfolio is in Fintech. Their most common stage is seed (50% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $11.2M (across 7 rounds with reported amounts).
Portfolio
7
Fund Size
$40M
Top Stage
Seed
Last 12 Mo
1
Team
Portfolio Breakdown
Stage Distribution
Sector Distribution
Investment Activity
DealsAvg Round Size
Portfolio
8 investments
| Company | Round | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
 TaxWire | Series A | $25M | Jul 2026 |
 Paylode | Seed | $5.5M | Jan 2022 |
 Intelligems | Seed | — | — |
| TaxWire | Seed | $25M | — |
 Factored Quality | Unknown | $1.5M | — |
 Chooose | Unknown | $15M | — |
 Peel Insights | Seed | $5.2M | — |
 Factored | Unknown | $1.5M | — |
Top Co-Investors
NOMO Ventures2 shared
Expansion VC2 shared
Recall Capital2 shared
Headline2 shared
Matchstick Ventures1 shared
Techstars1 shared
Superangel1 shared
Analog Ventures1 shared
Y Combinator1 shared
Struck Capital1 shared
Day One Ventures1 shared
Susa Ventures1 shared
Shell Ventures1 shared
SOUNDWaves1 shared
GenZero1 shared
Eniac Ventures1 shared
Lerer Hippeau1 shared
SFC Capital1 shared
Last updated: 8 September 2026