# Black Squirrel Partners

> Black Squirrel Partners is a VC fund backing Music and Media and Entertainment. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: May 2023
- Lead investor: 33%
- Last updated: Aug 2026

Black Squirrel Partners is an investment firm.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Music | 2 | 67% |
| Media and Entertainment | 2 | 67% |
| B2C | 1 | 33% |
| Comics | 1 | 33% |
| Digital Media | 1 | 33% |

8 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2 | 67% |
| Seed | 1 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Audioshake | Audioshake makes sound more usable for both humans and machines by separating sound into its component parts. Used by some the world's largest media, entertainment, and tech companies, AudioShake is used in audio editing workflows, Voice AI, and multimodal training. | $2.7M | Seed | May 09, 2023 |  |
| WordCollections | WordCollections is a digital radio collection for comedians and other spoken-word performers. It provides royalty services intended to enable performers to license and collect royalties earned when digital radio or AM/FM radio broadcast their recordings. It recovers all eligible past royalties and ensures all future royalties are paid.WordCollections was established in 2020 and is based in New York, NY. | $4.9M | Venture - Series Unknown | Jun 30, 2022 |  |
| Vault Comics | Vault Comics actively develops its library across a wide range of media, including film, television, audio productions, and video games. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Mar 17, 2022 |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Crush Music](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/crush-music) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Black Angel Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/black-angel-group) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Crush Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/crush-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Indicator Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/indicator-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Peermusic](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/peermusic) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Precursor Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/precursor-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Black Squirrel Partners invest in?

Black Squirrel Partners invests primarily in Music, Media and Entertainment and B2C startups, most often at Venture - Series Unknown and Seed stage. Most of the 3 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 Black Squirrel Partners last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Black Squirrel Partners closed in May 2023. Shizune tracks 3 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.

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