# Courtney Favreau > Courtney Favreau is a seed investor at Raine Ventures (San Francisco) backing Gaming and Messaging. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026. - Type: Angel Investor - Fund: [Raine Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/raine-ventures) - Location: San Francisco, United States - Total investments: 2 - Last investment: Aug 2018 - Lead investor: 100% - Last updated: Aug 2026 - LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/pattersoncourtney - Website: http://about.me/courtneypatterson Courtney Favreau is a Partner at Raine Ventures. He attended the University of Virginia. ## Investment focus ### Industry | Industry | Investments | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | Gaming | 1 | 50% | | Messaging | 1 | 50% | | E-Commerce | 1 | 50% | | Home Decor | 1 | 50% | | Mobile Apps | 1 | 50% | 9 industries tracked in total. ### Stage | Stage | Investments | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | Seed | 1 | 50% | | Series A | 1 | 50% | ## Investments | Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | The Sill | The Sill offers ceramic planters potted with houseplants. It was created with a simple ambition, to inspire people to bring more of the outdoors in.Their mission is to make the experience of discovering the perfect potted plants as wonderful as the plants themselves. The Sill is the source that bridges the gap between plants and people - offeringproducts and services that fit with your personal style, your lifestyle, and your budget. | $5M | Series A | Aug 16, 2018 | | | Knock Knock | Knock Knock is a developer of frictionless games and technologies. We are a passionate team of game makers who believe that rapidly-developing frictionless technologies such as HTML5 and 5G will be a force of change in the gaming industry - leading to more viral user acquisition and new, instant social gameplay mechanics created by bypassingtraditional app stores.Knock Knock is headquartered in San Francisco with a studio in Toronto. The team was founded by folks from Zynga, Jam City, Glu Mobile, N3twork, and MZ.We’ve raised a total of $6 million in funding, with March Capital Partners leading the Series A in August of 2019. Investors also include games specialists London Venture Partners, Raine Ventures, and Ludlow Ventures. Development is extremely fast-paced, independent and agile. Instead of shipping new products in years, we're doing it in weeks or months, and pushing features faster than ever with maximum autonomy to contributors. Even though these games are lighter, and developed faster, we are thoughtful about the systems and polish of our games to ensure we reach our goal: maximize player retention and virality.Our Values: - Stay small, and move fast. - Be weird. - Grow and learn by shipping. - Learn from mistakes, and don't get sad about failure. - Minimize BS, and focus on building great games. | $2M | Seed | Jul 25, 2018 | | 2 of 2 investments shown. ## Co-investors - [Brand Foundry Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brand-foundry-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together - [Color Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/color) — VC Fund, 1 deal together - [Five Four Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/five-four-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together - [Hawke Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hawke-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together - [LVP](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/london-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together - [Ludlow Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ludlow-ventures-llc) — VC Fund, 1 deal together ## About Raine Ventures VC Fund · San Francisco, United States Raine Ventures is an early stage fund managed by The Raine Group. The firm has offices in San Francisco, New York, Los Angeles, London and Shanghai. With a global reach, Raine focuses on investment and advisory opportunities where its deep industry experience and unique network of strategic relationships can create value for portfolio companies andclients. 5 contacts available at Raine Ventures. | Name | Title | Profile | | --- | --- | --- | | Blair Ford | Venture Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/blair-ford | | Courtney Favreau | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/courtney-patterson | | Jeffrey Sine | Co-Founder / Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jeff-sine | | Mika Salmi | Senior Advisor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mika-salmi | | Brandon Gardner | COO / Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brandon-gardner | ## Similar investors ### Similar stage - [Antler](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/antler-be9c) — VC Fund - [Alumni Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alumni-ventures-group) — VC Fund - [Right Side Capital Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/right-side-capital-management) — VC Fund ## FAQ ### What does Courtney Favreau invest in? Courtney Favreau invests primarily in Gaming, Messaging and E-Commerce startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 2 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 Courtney Favreau last invest? The most recent investment recorded for Courtney Favreau closed in Aug 2018. Shizune tracks 2 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. # About Shizune Shizune.co is an investor database. 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