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.
36% of their portfolio is in Fintech. They made 1 investment in the last 12 months. Their most common stage is seed (45% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $10.0M (across 9 rounds with reported amounts).
Portfolio
10
Fund Size
$40M
Top Stage
Seed
Last 12 Mo
1
Team
Portfolio Breakdown
Stage Distribution
Sector Distribution
Investment Activity
DealsAvg Round Size
Portfolio
11 investments
| Company | Round | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
 TaxWire | Series A | $25M | Jul 2026 |
 Blue Onion | Series A | $10M | Jan 2025 |
 Gordian Software | Series A | — | Jul 2022 |
 Paylode | Seed | $5.5M | Jan 2022 |
 Intelligems | Seed | — | — |
| TaxWire | Seed | $25M | — |
 Factored Quality | Unknown | $1.5M | — |
 Chooose | Unknown | $15M | — |
 Peel | Seed | $5.2M | — |
 Factored | Unknown | $1.5M | — |
 Xeno | Seed | $1.6M | — |
Top Co-Investors
NOMO Ventures2 shared
Expansion VC2 shared
Recall Capital2 shared
Headline2 shared
Y Combinator2 shared
Matchstick Ventures1 shared
Techstars1 shared
Superangel1 shared
Analog Ventures1 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
Angel Invest1 shared
Vibe Capital1 shared
Last updated: 20 October 2026