Vinyl Equity

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Location Chicago, Illinois
Latest Stage Series A
Total Raised $20M+
Website https://vinylequity.com
Sector
fintech capital-markets infrastructure

Investors

Index Ventures series-a (2026)
Spark Capital series-a (2026)

Founders

Rob Schoder CEO & Co-Founder
Poornaprajna Udupi CTO & Co-Founder

About

Vinyl Equity is a Chicago-based financial technology company building modern infrastructure for capital markets and corporate transactions. The company operates as an SEC-registered transfer agent, supporting public and private companies with IPOs, mergers and acquisitions, equity plan administration, and shareholder recordkeeping 1 2. CEO Rob Schoder describes the legacy systems the company is replacing as “built for a different era,” with workarounds that “no longer scale” 1.

Note: This is a lean startup profile generated to track funding rounds. Investor and founder commentary is limited to what was available in the funding announcement.

Funding History

Date Round Amount Lead Co-investors
2026-06-09 Series A $20M Jump Capital MUFG Innovation Partners, Index Ventures, Spark Capital, Infinity Ventures, Cambrian Fintech 1 2

What Investors Say

Yelena Shkolnik of Jump Capital on the investment: “Core infrastructure in capital markets has remained largely unchanged for decades, even as the demands on those systems have grown significantly.” 1

What Founders Say

CEO Rob Schoder on the opportunity: “The systems they use to interact with the capital markets were built for a different era, and the workarounds that held things together no longer scale.” 1

Sources

  1. “Vinyl Equity Raises $20 Million Led by Jump Capital as Its Infrastructure Powers Modern Capital Markets and Corporate Transactions,” PR Newswire, June 9, 2026, accessed June 2026. https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/vinyl-equity-raises-20-million-led-by-jump-capital-as-its-infrastructure-powers-modern-capital-markets-and-corporate-transactions-302795321.html↩↩↩↩↩

  2. “Vinyl raises $20m to modernise IPO Infrastructure,” Finextra, June 9, 2026, accessed June 2026. https://www.finextra.com/newsarticle/47889/vinyl-raises-20m-to-modernise-ipo-infrastructure↩↩