Cato Sælid
Head of Partnerships and Financing @ PortalOne
Oslo, Norway
Cato Sælid is a seed investor at PortalOne in Oslo focused on TV and Film. Cato Saelid is an Oslo and Monaco based angel investor, originally from Oslo, Norway.
- Total investments:
- 5
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 0%
Last updated:
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Industries Cato Sælid invests in
Stages Cato Sælid invests in
Countries Cato Sælid invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
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Round size
- Seed
- $500k–$102M
Investment Focus
Industry
- TV 1 (20%)
- Film 1 (20%)
- Events 1 (20%)
- Gaming 1 (20%)
- Content 1 (20%)
Stage
- Seed 3 (60%)
- Series B 1 (20%)
- Equity Crowdfunding 1 (20%)
Country
- United Kingdom 2 (40%)
- Norway 1 (20%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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Secret Cinema
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Secret Cinema specializes in "live cinema" experiences, combining film screenings with interactive performances in purpose-built sets. Fabien Riggall founded it on December 16, 2007 as a subsidiary of Future Shorts, with its headquarters in London in the United Kingdom. | $6.2M / Series B / Jun 07, 2021 | |
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Secret Cinema
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Secret Cinema specializes in "live cinema" experiences, combining film screenings with interactive performances in purpose-built sets. Fabien Riggall founded it on December 16, 2007 as a subsidiary of Future Shorts, with its headquarters in London in the United Kingdom. | $6.7M / Equity Crowdfunding / Jun 07, 2021 | |
Seedcamp
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Seedcamp is Europe's seed fund, identifying and investing early in world-class founders attacking large, global markets and solving real problems using technology. The Seedcamp Nation includes over 400 startups building breakout businesses that change the way people live, interact and buy and includes publicly listed UiPath, Wise, and unicornsRevolut, Hopin, Sorare, Pleo, and wefox along with fast-growing businesses such as Grover, viz.ai and Ezra. Seedcamp fast-tracks a founder's vision and creates value through immediate access to smart capital, a lifelong community of support and a global network built upon more than a decade's experience backing exceptional talent.Seedcamp fast-tracks a founder's vision and creates value through immediate access to smart capital, a lifelong community of support, and a global network built upon more than a decade's experience backing exceptional talent. | $102.1M / Seed / Dec 01, 2020 | |
PortalOne
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PortalOne is a pioneering startup in the videogames industry, taking the best parts of games and the best parts of TV and merging them together to create an immersive entertainment experience unlike anything that's been seen before. PortalOne's business model is centered around the concept of 'hybrid games', a novel categorythat combines elements of traditional gaming with interactive TV shows.Currently accessible only via mobile devices, the company hosts daily 24-hour tournaments every day where players can compete in a variety of games across different genres, including Atari games, for which the company has the exclusive global distribution rights for many of its titles like 'Pong', 'Breakout' and 'Centipede'. These games are not just standalone experiences, but are integrated with TV shows broadcasted within the games themselves. Players play throughout the day with the goal of climbing the Leaderboards for each game, with the opportunity to win real prizes such as cash and holidays.PortalOne's first show format, the 'Arcade Show' -- the TV component of hybrid games -- is hosted every single day in the PortalOne app. The show sees special guests come into the PortalOne universe and become immersed inside the game worlds as real characters. They play a round of a PortalOne game, and then players play against them on their mobile device at home. Previous guests on the Arcade Show include Justin Bieber, Demi Lovato, Tori Kelly, and Atari founder Nolan Bushnell. The company has been operational since 2018 and has been steadfast in its mission to merge the best aspects of the gaming and TV industries. PortalOne's vision is to be the ultimate destination for hybrid games, in the same way that Spotify is for music and podcasts, and Netflix is for TV and film. PortalOne will host hundreds of games across all genres on its platform, with multiple show formats in its universe. The company also intends to become cross-platform. Currently operating in the US & Canada and Norway, PortalOne aims to be available worldwide with studios around the world producing localized TV shows for different geographies. | $500K / Seed / Aug 01, 2018 | |
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Listnerd
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$550K / Seed / Aug 15, 2013 |
Co-Investors
About PortalOne
PortalOne is a pioneering startup in the videogames industry, taking the best parts of games and the best parts of TV and merging them together to create an immersive entertainment experience unlike anything that's been seen before. PortalOne's business model is centered around the concept of 'hybrid games', a novel categorythat combines elements of traditional gaming with interactive TV shows.Currently accessible only via mobile devices, the company hosts daily 24-hour tournaments every day where players can compete in a variety of games across different genres, including Atari games, for which the company has the exclusive global distribution rights for many of its titles like 'Pong', 'Breakout' and 'Centipede'. These games are not just standalone experiences, but are integrated with TV shows broadcasted within the games themselves. Players play throughout the day with the goal of climbing the Leaderboards for each game, with the opportunity to win real prizes such as cash and holidays.PortalOne's first show format, the 'Arcade Show' -- the TV component of hybrid games -- is hosted every single day in the PortalOne app. The show sees special guests come into the PortalOne universe and become immersed inside the game worlds as real characters. They play a round of a PortalOne game, and then players play against them on their mobile device at home. Previous guests on the Arcade Show include Justin Bieber, Demi Lovato, Tori Kelly, and Atari founder Nolan Bushnell. The company has been operational since 2018 and has been steadfast in its mission to merge the best aspects of the gaming and TV industries. PortalOne's vision is to be the ultimate destination for hybrid games, in the same way that Spotify is for music and podcasts, and Netflix is for TV and film. PortalOne will host hundreds of games across all genres on its platform, with multiple show formats in its universe. The company also intends to become cross-platform. Currently operating in the US & Canada and Norway, PortalOne aims to be available worldwide with studios around the world producing localized TV shows for different geographies.
PortalOne Contacts
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Bård Anders Kasin
co-founder and CEO
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Cato Sælid
Head of Partnerships and Financing
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Ellie Crocker
Communications Director
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Ingrid Williams
Head of Brand & Communications
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Per Jørgen Østby
Head of Entertainment
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FAQ
What does Cato Sælid invest in?
Cato Sælid invests primarily in TV, Film and Events startups, most often at Seed and Series B stage. Most of the 5 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United Kingdom. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is Cato Sælid's check size?
Cato Sælid typically joins rounds of $500k–$102M at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Cato Sælid participates in.
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When did Cato Sælid last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Cato Sælid closed in Jun 2021. Shizune tracks 5 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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