Encore Consumer Capital

Foundry Group is a Colorado-based venture firm that invests in early-stage and growth-stage companies headquartered in the US and Canada. Foundry Group also invests in select, newly-formed venture capital fund managers. Foundry Group formed in 2007 and originally focused on Seed and Series A investments. It raised a growth-stage fund in 2014 (Foundry Group Next), and a fund dedicated to investing in other venture funds (Foundry Group Next) in 2016. Regardless of the size of our initial investment, the size and structure of our funds allow us to continue to fund portfolio companies through their entire financing lifecycles. In addition, our venture capital fund investments give us insight and access to a large number of venture-backed companies at varying stages while extending the reach of our overall network. In addition to providing capital, we leverage our experience in starting and growing companies, our expertise in the technology industry, and our network of relationships to help outstanding entrepreneurs and venture capital fund managers turn great ideas into great companies.

Venrock is a venture capital firm headquartered in Palo Alto that focuses on disruptive early-stage technology startups. Venrock partners with entrepreneurs who have grand ambitions and want to tackle big, hard problems that most think impossible. Venrock today consists of two separate programs: a traditional venture capital program, focused on early stage investing in healthcare and technology companies; and a later-stage healthcare program, which implements a venture capital-like long-term approach to investment opportunities in small capitalization public companies and late-stage private healthcare companies. Venrock was formed in 1969 as a venture arm of the Rockefeller family (the name Venrock being a compound of Venture and Rockefeller), who have a long history of venture-style investing dating back to the early 20th century.

Bruin Capital, formerly Bruin Sports Capital, is a global sports and entertainment company launched in 2015 by George Pyne. It builds, acquires and invests in sports, entertainment and media companies, backed by private equity and family investors that have committed over $1 billion.

Spark Capital is a US venture capital firm that partners with visionary entrepreneurs who are driven to move people with the products and experiences they create. We invest in companies at all stages of their life cycle, and have invested in some of the most successful global startups including Twitter, Tumblr, Oculus, Cruise and Slack. Spark Capital has raised seven funds since its founding in 2005, including its two most recent funds, a $400 million early-stage venture fund and a $600 million venture growth fund. Spark Capital primarily focuses on technology startups in the media, entertainment, and mobile sectors, and frequently co-invests with Union Square Ventures.

Bryant Stibel is a venture capital and growth equity firm combining the unique experience and networks of Kobe Bryant, one of the world's most well known sports icons, and Jeff Stibel, a proven entrepreneur and investor. Bryant Stibel is focused on technology, media and data where the team has extensive experience operating technology and data-driven businesses. Bryant Stibel has two arms: Venture and Growth. Bryant Stibel Venture is focused on early stage businesses. Typically, these businesses have a proven product, established business model, and a clear path to scalable revenues and profitability growth. The firm rarely invests at the seed level and most portfolio companies have already received at least one substantial round of funding from a top-tier venture firm. Leveraging our proven playbook, the Bryant Stibel team typically serves as a strategic partner to these companies and their investors. Bryant Stibel Growth partners with leading growth equity and private equity investors to add value to later stage companies through strategic, financial, and operational support.

Marbruck Investments was formed in 2013 to take advantage of a multitude of investment opportunities primarily in the technology sector. The team is primarily based in Sydney but has a global focus and prides themselves on being on the cutting edge of the internet. As a private company Marbruck has the ability to work quickly, and typically invests in early stage private companies with the aim of providing both investment capital and guidance.