# Athena Technology Investors

> Athena Technology Investors is a VC fund backing Mobile, Publishing and Digital Entertainment. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Oct 2013
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026

Athena Technology Investors is a VC fund focused on Mobile and Publishing. Primarily Seed Stage fund

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Mobile | 1 | 100% |
| Publishing | 1 | 100% |
| Digital Entertainment | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Applauze | Applauze, formerly 955Dreams Inc., is a new age publishing company. They publish magical titles on mobile devices. Their latest product, called Applauze launched in March of 2013, is an iOS app that presents users with thousands of events happening every day, from concerts and theater productions to sports games and community events. Theservice is available across 41 U.S. cities and 5 Canadian cities.Applauze finds tickets from primary sellers, as well as secondary markets like StubHub, and uses data analytics and machine learning to recommend relevant events to users, who can easily purchase tickets via the app and also share their event with friends.Applauze is a small group of hackers and designers who are working on mobile products that will engage and excite you. They love what they do and their users love the products they've built. Their designs are executed at a very high standard and their apps are educational and highly immersive at the same time. Applauze has raised money from Mitch Kapor and 500 Startups. | $7.2M | Series A | Oct 23, 2013 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Great Oaks Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/great-oaks-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [m8 Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/m8-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [True Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/true-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Vayner/RSE](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/vayner-rse) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## Similar investors

### Similar stage
- [Antler](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/antler-be9c) — VC Fund
- [Alumni Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alumni-ventures-group) — VC Fund
- [General Catalyst](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/general-catalyst-partners) — VC Fund

## FAQ

### What does Athena Technology Investors invest in?

Athena Technology Investors invests primarily in Mobile, Publishing and Digital Entertainment startups, most often at Series A stage. Most of the 1 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 Athena Technology Investors last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Athena Technology Investors closed in Oct 2013. Shizune tracks 1 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

# About Shizune
Shizune.co is an investor database. Core features:
- 48,091 startup investors (angels, VCs, accelerators, and others)
- Email, phone, LinkedIn (for intros), socials, and other contact data
- Updated daily from public funding news
- CSV and Excel export

The User can access the full database FOR FREE after signing up: shizune.co