# Andrew Craissati

> Andrew Craissati is a seed investor at Brick Capital Ventures (Palm Beach) backing SaaS and Sports. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Brick Capital Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/the-bricks)
- Location: Palm Beach, United States
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: Mar 2022
- Lead investor: 25%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/andrew-craissati/0/a82/7a

Andrew Craissati is a seed investor at Brick Capital Ventures in Palm Beach focused on SaaS and Sports. Andrew is highly experienced in Seed and Series A financings for clients, M&A activities for National Geographic Society and the financing of both intellectual property royalties and of consumer-friendly anti-piracy initiatives.Andrew Craissati was the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Group across theAsia Pacific region, 2000 - 2004. During this time, he served as a director of numerous Virgin companies, such as Virgin Radio Asia, Virgin Mobile Asia, Virgin Mobile Australia. Through his regional oversight, he also had involvement in Virgin Cinemas Japan, Virgin Money, Virgin Megastores, Virgin Blue, Virgin Active, Virgin Cosmetics, Virgin Drinks and other regional initiatives. He developed and managed a China-focused telecom investment joint venture with Japan's NTT DoCoMo. In addition, he led over $1.5bn of transactions for the Group.In 2007, he published the first ever comprehensive guide to and profile of all 110 media companies then listed on the London Stock Exchange's AIM. He has worked on numerous IPOs.Andrew served on the International Advisory Board of the Singapore Government's Media Development Authority and currently serves as a board member for the UK's Open University Business School. Andrew was Chairman of the Singapore MDA Mentorship Programme, supervising a number of mentors. He was a member of the Turnaround Management Association. Andrew has been a frequent speaker at conferences around the world and has regularly appeared on Reuters, BBC-TV, CNN and CNBC

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| SaaS | 1 | 25% |
| Sports | 1 | 25% |
| Software | 1 | 25% |
| Marketplace | 1 | 25% |
| Sporting Goods | 1 | 25% |

6 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 50% |
| Series A | 1 | 25% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 25% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| ASM Scholarships | ASM Scholarships is a sports-based firm that connects student-athletes with U.S. universities in the NCAA, NAIA & NJCAA. | $200K | Seed | Mar 10, 2022 |  |
| Instant Teams | Instant Teams is a remote-first, tech-enabled solution building high-quality customer support and operational teams. Our remote teams are built with military spouses and underserved talent communities enabling 24/7 support around the globe.Our technology platform, Arti, solves two major problems in the customer support industry - gettinghigh-quality talent and retaining talent after they are onboarded with built-in workforce development. With remote work and people first best practices and HR automation, Instant Teams is a plug-and-play B2B enterprise solution for scaling and managing support operations. Customers include Walmart, Amazon, CrowdStrike, Assurance, SeeSaw, and more. | $13M | Series A | Mar 09, 2022 |  |
| Instant Teams | Instant Teams is a remote-first, tech-enabled solution building high-quality customer support and operational teams. Our remote teams are built with military spouses and underserved talent communities enabling 24/7 support around the globe.Our technology platform, Arti, solves two major problems in the customer support industry - gettinghigh-quality talent and retaining talent after they are onboarded with built-in workforce development. With remote work and people first best practices and HR automation, Instant Teams is a plug-and-play B2B enterprise solution for scaling and managing support operations. Customers include Walmart, Amazon, CrowdStrike, Assurance, SeeSaw, and more. | $1.5M |  | Feb 11, 2020 |  |
| Instant Teams | Instant Teams is a remote-first, tech-enabled solution building high-quality customer support and operational teams. Our remote teams are built with military spouses and underserved talent communities enabling 24/7 support around the globe.Our technology platform, Arti, solves two major problems in the customer support industry - gettinghigh-quality talent and retaining talent after they are onboarded with built-in workforce development. With remote work and people first best practices and HR automation, Instant Teams is a plug-and-play B2B enterprise solution for scaling and managing support operations. Customers include Walmart, Amazon, CrowdStrike, Assurance, SeeSaw, and more. | $1.5M | Seed | Feb 11, 2020 |  |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Squadra Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/squadra-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [BlueTree Venture Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bluetree-venture-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Frontier Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jiangyu-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Plug and Play](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/plug-and-play-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [The Veteran Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/the-veteran-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Tiger Global Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tiger-global) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Brick Capital Ventures

VC Fund · West Palm Beach, United States

Brick Capital funds pre-seed, seed and late seed investments, both in North America and elsewhere. Investing since 2019, its portfolio has gone on to create 675 jobs, of which 84% are female and 45% are non-white. Its funding comprises the capital of its founding partners, UHNW families and a co-investment fund under management.Andrew Craissati,founding partner, comprises senior investment and operational roles at Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Group, National Geographic Society and NBC/Universal Studios. He also co-led, with billionaire David de Rothschild, David's family office, Integritas (focused on environmental and materials-based investment theses).Bill Brandt, co-founder, is also an entrepreneur, having built American Woodmark into a large and highly successful NYSE-registered business. Today he invests, coaches, writes and is an active philanthropist.

3 contacts available at Brick Capital Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Andrew Craissati | Founding Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andrew-craissati |
| Bill Brandt | Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bill-brandt |
| Craig Ferrier | Director of Business Development | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/craig-ferrier-ed6e |

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## FAQ

### What does Andrew Craissati invest in?

Andrew Craissati invests primarily in SaaS, Sports and Software startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 4 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Andrew Craissati last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Andrew Craissati closed in Mar 2022. Shizune tracks 4 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

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