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Vinyl Equity: Funding, Investors & Team (Oct 2026)

Vinyl Equity provides a transfer agency platform designed for public companies that is cloud-native and API-first. The platform offers services like managing share registries, administering dividend plans, handling proxy voting, and ensuring compliance. With digital tools like immutable ledgers, electronic KYC, and e-signatures, Vinyl Equity streamlines processes such as releasing restricted securities and maintaining shareholder records. The platform also includes features like automated equity plan integrations, real-time reporting, and managing the proxy voting lifecycle.

www.vinylequity.com LinkedIn Chicago, United States 11-50 employees
Business Process Automation (BPA) FinTech Professional Services B2B
Total raised
$31.5M
Rounds
2
Latest
Series A
Jun 2026

Vinyl Equity has raised $31.5M across 2 funding rounds on record, the most recent a Series A of $20.0M announced in Jun 2026.

That round is above the $15M median round size for Financial Services companies tracked on FundedIQ over the last two years.

Vinyl Equity Company Profile and Key Stats

Total funding raised
$31.5M
across 2 rounds on record
Funding rounds on record
2
Latest funding round
Series A
$20.0M in Jun 2026
Employees
11-50
reported band
Headquarters
Chicago, United States

Latest funding round on record: Jun 2026.

Vinyl Equity Funding Rounds

Date
Round
Amount
Series A
$20.0M
Seed
$11.5M

Vinyl Equity raised $11.5M in a Seed announced in Apr 2025.

1.2 years later, a Series A of $20.0M was announced in Jun 2026.

Vinyl Equity Founders and Leadership Team

Name
Role
Contact
Poornaprajna Udupi
Founder
—
Rob Schoder
Founder
Locked

Contact details for the Vinyl Equity team: 1 of 2 have an email address on file.

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Vinyl Equity Funding Compared to Other Financial Services Startups

Segment
Companies
Median round
30,234
$7.6M
8,558
$15M

Vinyl Equity's latest round of $20.0M is above the median round in Financial Services. Medians cover the last 24 months of disclosed rounds.

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Vinyl Equity Funding FAQs

What does Vinyl Equity do?

Vinyl Equity provides a transfer agency platform designed for public companies that is cloud-native and API-first. The platform offers services like managing share registries, administering dividend plans, handling proxy voting, and ensuring compliance. With digital tools like immutable ledgers, electronic KYC, and e-signatures, Vinyl Equity streamlines processes such as releasing restricted securities and maintaining shareholder records. The platform also includes features like automated equity plan integrations, real-time reporting, and managing the proxy voting lifecycle.

How much funding has Vinyl Equity raised?

Vinyl Equity has raised $31.5M across 2 rounds on record. The most recent is a Series A of $20.0M announced in Jun 2026.

When did Vinyl Equity last raise funding?

Vinyl Equity's most recent funding round on record is a Series A of $20.0M, announced in Jun 2026.

Who founded Vinyl Equity?

FundedIQ lists Poornaprajna Udupi (Founder), Rob Schoder (Founder) at Vinyl Equity.

Where is Vinyl Equity headquartered?

Vinyl Equity is based in Chicago, Illinois, United States.

How many employees does Vinyl Equity have?

Vinyl Equity is in the 11-50 employee band.

How does Vinyl Equity's funding compare to other Financial Services startups?

Vinyl Equity's latest round of $20.0M is above the $15M median round size for Financial Services companies on FundedIQ across 5,751 tracked companies over the last two years.

About FundedIQ's Vinyl Equity Funding Data

FundedIQ tracks announced funding rounds and refreshes this profile every week. Round dates, stages and amounts are normalised to a single format, converted to US dollars, and de-duplicated: two records of the same round announced days apart are merged, and two genuinely different rounds are kept apart on the amounts they disclose. Amounts shown are the disclosed figures only — a round announced without a number is listed and excluded from the total rather than estimated.

Employee counts are reported bands, not exact headcounts. Founder and executive names carry the job title on record. Anything we do not hold for Vinyl Equity is left off this page rather than filled in.

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