Innovation Meets Investments

Castleberry focuses on Technology, Media, and Lifestyle investments. To date, we have been involved in four acquisitions and co-invested alongside Google Ventures, Tiger Global, Guggenheim, TPG, Wellington, and Lower Case Capital.

INVESTMENTS

Global turn-key eSports platform for publishers, video gamers, and brands to scale and manage tournaments, leagues, world championships, and content. Tencent Details $15 Billion Esports Investment Plan.

Hyphen automates meal production which increases profitability and efficiency in food service. Co-investors Tiger Global & Chipotle.

Time Magazine’s Best Inventions of 2023. Investors include Samsung, GM Ventures, the US Government and others. Patented technology creates the world’s first rare earth-free permanent magnets. Used in EVs, Wind Turbines, Consumer Electronics and multiple other industries (2035 TAM est. $130B)

Acquired By: FIRST DATA

Digital gift card platform that enables consumers to manage gift cards from their mobile device: store, send and redeem cards. Gyft creates a new, meaningful distribution channel for retailers to drive customer acquisition, social engagement and increase shopper interaction

Formerly Speakaboos – BEGiN is an award-winning education technology platform that creates effective and engaging learning products for kids 2-8 years old. Recently closed a $50M equity round with an additional $75M growth based LOC. Investors include LEGO Ventures, Sesame Workshop, 3One4 Capital, Interlock Partners, Trustbridge Partners , Liquidity Capital

Acquired By: BUZZFEED in all stock deal

New form of interactive communication that shifts user focus from consumption to creation via mobile device. Pair still images with video (user created or public gifs) to create a new story telling tool. By combining two things, Pop makes it possible to show what you see and how you feel about it

Dials is a new way to look at the mobile calendar. Providing a productivity platform from the enterprise level to the social ‘peer to peer’ users. Co-investor Tony Robbins

Acquired By: SIZMEK

The first real time mobile demand-side platform (DSP) that permits consumer brands and their advertising agencies to plan, execute and evaluate mobile advertising

Leverages personal social networks (Snapchat, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest) to reach targeted consumers for brand extension campaigns. Clients include Omnicom, Condé Nast, iHeart, Microsoft, Lionsgate, Samsung, Disney, Nissan, Comcast-NBCUniversal, Ford, Best Buy, Dr. Pepper, Time Inc.

Fuisz Media enables object-level interactivity in online video, making products, people, and other objects sharable and shoppable. Fuisz is backed by top-tier VCs and investors, including Lerer Ventures, Metamorphic Ventures, Mike Lazerow, Dennis Phelps, Brian Lee, Science, Mesa+, United Talent Agency

Acquired By: SEACHANGE

Timeline Labs is a platform for media companies and brands to discover, display, and measure social interaction. Clients include NBC, CBS, ABC, Fox, Yahoo, Sinclair Broadcasting, Media General, 120 Sports. Co-investors Guggenheim, Chicago Sun Times, Union Tribune, and Todd Wagner

listed on NASDAQ

Digital Brands Group is a curated group of lifestyle digital first brands that is redefining retail and the customer experience.

Immersive Virtual & Augmented Reality platform for Real Estate, Hospitality, Education, Entertainment, Healthcare. Clients: Regency Christies, Highgate Hotels, Eastern Consolidated (ADVISOR)