# Castlegate Investments

> Castlegate Investments is a VC fund backing Mobile, Sports and Apparel. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Mar 2023
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Aug 2026

Castlegate Investments is a private equity and family office firm.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Mobile | 1 | 33% |
| Sports | 1 | 33% |
| Apparel | 1 | 33% |
| Fashion | 1 | 33% |
| Fitness | 1 | 33% |

11 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 1 | 33% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 33% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Danu | Danu is a wearable sports socks that offers health assessment and tracking services. Danu innovative and accurate tool to reduce injury occurrence, reduce rehabilitation times and maximise athletic ability. Danu Smart Socks act as a force plate on your feet to empower athletes and coaches with scientifically validated gait analysis in anyenvironment, at any time. | $3.7M | Series A | Mar 05, 2023 |  |
| Gym+Coffee | Gym+Coffee is an Irish-owned and Irish-designed athleisure clothing company. It aims to create a brand that inspires people to Make Life Richer, as well as a community centered on this passion. It aspires to be a brand that represents this movement, creates new opportunities for people to socialize and exercise, and further promotes this way oflife. | $17.4M | Venture - Series Unknown | Jul 21, 2022 |  |
| CWSI | CWSI is developing scalable solutions and delivering Managed Services for enterprise and government clients. | $23M |  | Apr 07, 2022 |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [West](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/west-sf-ny) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Castlegate Investments invest in?

Castlegate Investments invests primarily in Mobile, Sports and Apparel startups, most often at Series A and Funding Round stage. Most of the 3 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Ireland. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Castlegate Investments last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Castlegate Investments closed in Mar 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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