# Basset Investment Group

> Basset Investment Group is a VC fund in New York backing E-Commerce, Apps and Mobile. See 4 investments, round sizes, portfolio. Updated Oct 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: Jul 2016
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Oct 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/bassett-investments-limited/
- Website: http://bassetinvestmentgroup.com

Basset Investment Group is a VC fund in New York focused on E-Commerce and Apps. Respected Sir / Madam, Greetings from A & R Group. .My name is Mithun Sarkar and I am the Marketing Head of A & R Group. I am delighted to present a new project Drive-in Cinema for your funding consideration. Drive-In Cinema is a sponsored project of A & R Group. A & R Group will receive grants for the purposes of Drive-In Cinema provides oversight to ensure that grant funds are used in accordance with grant agreements and provide reports as required by the grantor. Mission Statement The purpose of this project is to change the trend of the Indian entertainment sector and hold the market share of this industry with Drive-In Cinema. This open theater will maintain the social distance as well along with shopping mall concept will help pull the crowd under one roof. It’s a cheaper mode of entertainment comparing traditional cinema hall with no parking charges as well at this pandemic situation audience will be safe and enjoy the quality time. A drive-in-cinema is a form of cinema structure consisting of a large outdoor movie screen. it is an open theatre where visitors can take his / her cars inside and watch the movie, as well as visitors who don't bring any car can also enjoy the movie seating in the garden and gallery along with a shopping mall, food court and game zone for kids under one roof. Planning to start the project in 2021 and target to operational by 2024 I am looking forward to you.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.1M–$3.3M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| E-Commerce | 2 | 50% |
| Apps | 1 | 25% |
| Mobile | 1 | 25% |
| Fashion | 1 | 25% |
| Finance | 1 | 25% |

15 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 3 | 75% |
| Series A | 1 | 25% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 3 | 75% |
| Sweden | 1 | 25% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Round size | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Quilt | Quilt is refreshingly simple renters insurance for people targeted at those who live online. | $3.3M | Seed | Jul 14, 2016 | http://getquilt.com |
| ShineOn | ShineOn is an e-commerce platform that empowers the creation and sale of jewelry. The company is building the world's largest jewelry retail network via it's 3,000 Shopify store owners who power their jewelry businesses through the ShineOn Jewelry app==> sellers.shineon.com ShineOn was founded by Eric Toczko in 2016. |  | Seed | Jan 01, 2016 | http://www.shineon.com |
| BLOGLOVIN | Bloglovin' is a platform for marketers and influencers to use influencer marketing technologies. The company offers technology to manage and track social media influencer campaigns in one place, as well as to build deep profiles of influencers, capturing their reach, topics, demographics, and retailer affinities, as well as proprietaryperformance metrics, to assist marketers in managing, measuring, and analyzing influencer collaborations across all available content platforms. | $7M | Series A | Apr 03, 2014 | https://www.bloglovin.com |
| Boxed | Boxed is an online bulk grocery retailer used to offer wholesale club experience for modern shoppers. It also offers a cutting-edge mobile app that allows consumers direct-to-their-door access to all of their favorite warehouse club products, without membership fees. It was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in New York. | $1.1M | Seed | Aug 22, 2013 | http://www.boxed.com |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## Co-investors
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## FAQ

### What does Basset Investment Group invest in?

Basset Investment Group invests primarily in E-Commerce, Apps and Mobile 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.

### What round sizes does Basset Investment Group invest in?

Basset Investment Group typically joins rounds of $1.1M–$3.3M at Seed. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Basset Investment Group's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Basset Investment Group took part in.

### When did Basset Investment Group last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Basset Investment Group closed in Jul 2016. 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.

### 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 Oct 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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