# Cole Rotman

> Cole Rotman is a Series B investor at Interplay backing E-Commerce, Retail and Eyewear. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Interplay](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/interplay-ventures)
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: Dec 2021
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cole-rotman

Cole Rotman is a Series B investor at Interplay focused on E-Commerce and Retail. Cole Rotman

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| E-Commerce | 2 | 50% |
| Retail | 1 | 25% |
| Eyewear | 1 | 25% |
| Fashion | 1 | 25% |
| Big Data | 1 | 25% |

18 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

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

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Pair Eyewear | Pair Eyewear makes wearing prescription and nonprescription glasses and sunglasses exciting for children. Pair believes glasses for children can be more than a static medical device. Glasses can be a canvas on which children express their evolving interests and growing personalities. Through an e-commerce platform, Pair is redesigning the glassesexperience, making it engaging for children and painless for parents.Pair Eyewear was founded in 2017 by Nathan Kondamuri and Sophia Edelstein and is based in New York, United States. | $60M | Series B | Dec 14, 2021 |  |
| Arch | Arch manages private investment operations for leading investors and investment advisors, reinventing private portfolio management through a digital solution that replaces traditionally paper based processes. | $5.5M | Seed | Dec 08, 2021 |  |
| Holler | Holler is a Conversational Media company, focused on the creation and delivery of content that helps peer-to-peer messages be more engaging and effective. Powered by the company’s Suggestion AI Technology, relevant content is provided to users at just the right moment in time. With a diverse team of technologists, digital animators, and mediaindustry veterans, Holler services upwards of 1 billion messages each day. For more information on Holler, please visit holler.io. | $36M | Series B | Apr 01, 2021 |  |
| Bolt | Bolt is on a mission to democratize commerce. Bolt strengthens retailers’ relationships with their customers by unlocking secure, logged-in, lightning-fast checkouts. The company’s rapidly growing network of one-click-checkout-ready shoppers visits Bolt merchants as if they are return customers. Hundreds of retailers including, REVOLVE, Casper,Badgley Mischka, and LVMH brand Benefit Cosmetics leverage Bolt to offer their shoppers the seamless checkout experiences they’ve come to expect across the internet.Bolt was established in 2014 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California. | $22M | Series B | Jun 01, 2018 |  |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Alumni Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alumni-ventures-group) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Animal Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/animal-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [CityRock Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cityrock-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Connect Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/connect-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Craft Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/craft-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Blockchain Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/crypto-currency-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Interplay

VC Fund · New York, United States

Interplay is a startup ecosystem where ideas scale. Our mission is to accelerate humankind’s potential by streamlining the journey of the entrepreneur. Our ecosystem consists of five business lines that fall under three divisions: Capital, Studio, and Platform.Capital: Our venture capital arm invests in early stage, technology-enabledbusinesses in North America. We back startups that have demonstrated quantifiable financial and operational fundamentals, including a scaling customer base, early product-market fit and real revenue growth. Separately, our family office provides members full-service portfolio construction and investment management, with an emphasis on alternative assets via direct and fund investments. Additionally, members receive advisory-services for estate planning, philanthropic engagement, emergency planning, and tax optimization.Studio: We cofound and incubate companies. When we cofound a company, we’re typically starting from scratch – taking our own ideas and building them out of our foundry. Through our incubator, we support the growth of other teams by providing mentorship, enabling them to scale their company.Platform: Our platform consists of five service companies that provide core operating business solutions, including accounting, marketing, legal, professional development and outsourcing. In addition to the above services, we create educational content to help founders turn their vision into reality. Our two flagship pieces of content are a podcast that focuses on integral startup lessons for founders and a book about the rules of fundraising. We also manage a number of startup communities, including the largest entrepreneurship community associated with Columbia University called the Columbia Venture Community.To learn more visit our website and engage with us at interplay.vc/engage.

5 contacts available at Interplay.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Benji Markoff | Operating Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/benji-markoff |
| Cole Rotman | Principal | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cole-rotman |
| Kevin W. Tung | Senior Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kevin-tung |
| Mark Peter Davis | Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mark-davis |
| Mike Rogers | Partner, Venture Capital | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mike-rogers-7 |

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## FAQ

### What does Cole Rotman invest in?

Cole Rotman invests primarily in E-Commerce, Retail and Eyewear startups, most often at Series B and Seed 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.

### When did Cole Rotman last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Cole Rotman closed in Dec 2021. 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 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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