# Dan Plashkes > Dan Plashkes is a seed investor at OwnersBox (Del Mar) backing Fantasy Sports. See 5 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026. - Type: Angel Investor - Fund: [OwnersBox](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ownersbox) - Location: Del Mar, United States - Total investments: 5 - Last investment: Mar 2022 - Lead investor: 0% - Last updated: Aug 2026 - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/plashkesdan Dan Plashkes is a seed investor at OwnersBox in Del Mar focused on Fantasy Sports. Dan Plashkes is the Chairperson / Early Stage Investor at OwnersBox. Dan Plashkes attended Schulich School of Business - York University. ## Round sizes | Stage | Round size | | --- | --- | | Seed | $950k–$3M | ## Investment focus ### Stage | Stage | Investments | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | Seed | 1 | 20% | | Angel | 1 | 20% | ## Investments | Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | OwnersBox | OwnersBox is an innovative sports-tech company disrupting the way consumers play Fantasy Sports. ‍The company building a best-in-class Fantasy Sports platform that will provide a superior experience to millions of sports fans worldwide.With the rising popularity of fantasy sports showing no signs of slowing down combined with the fact that sportsleagues seem like they're returning sooner than later, the OwnersBox team has a major opportunity to take advantage of our positioning. Their vision is to create a socially driven hybrid-product that will appeal to the 60+ million fantasy sports users in North America. | $3M | Seed | Mar 19, 2022 | | | OwnersBox | OwnersBox is an innovative sports-tech company disrupting the way consumers play Fantasy Sports. ‍The company building a best-in-class Fantasy Sports platform that will provide a superior experience to millions of sports fans worldwide.With the rising popularity of fantasy sports showing no signs of slowing down combined with the fact that sportsleagues seem like they're returning sooner than later, the OwnersBox team has a major opportunity to take advantage of our positioning. Their vision is to create a socially driven hybrid-product that will appeal to the 60+ million fantasy sports users in North America. | $3M | Angel | Sep 19, 2021 | | | OwnersBox | OwnersBox is an innovative sports-tech company disrupting the way consumers play Fantasy Sports. ‍The company building a best-in-class Fantasy Sports platform that will provide a superior experience to millions of sports fans worldwide.With the rising popularity of fantasy sports showing no signs of slowing down combined with the fact that sportsleagues seem like they're returning sooner than later, the OwnersBox team has a major opportunity to take advantage of our positioning. Their vision is to create a socially driven hybrid-product that will appeal to the 60+ million fantasy sports users in North America. | $950K | Seed | Jul 21, 2021 | | | OwnersBox | OwnersBox is an innovative sports-tech company disrupting the way consumers play Fantasy Sports. ‍The company building a best-in-class Fantasy Sports platform that will provide a superior experience to millions of sports fans worldwide.With the rising popularity of fantasy sports showing no signs of slowing down combined with the fact that sportsleagues seem like they're returning sooner than later, the OwnersBox team has a major opportunity to take advantage of our positioning. Their vision is to create a socially driven hybrid-product that will appeal to the 60+ million fantasy sports users in North America. | $1.2M | Seed | Sep 02, 2020 | | | OwnersBox | OwnersBox is an innovative sports-tech company disrupting the way consumers play Fantasy Sports. ‍The company building a best-in-class Fantasy Sports platform that will provide a superior experience to millions of sports fans worldwide.With the rising popularity of fantasy sports showing no signs of slowing down combined with the fact that sportsleagues seem like they're returning sooner than later, the OwnersBox team has a major opportunity to take advantage of our positioning. Their vision is to create a socially driven hybrid-product that will appeal to the 60+ million fantasy sports users in North America. | $1.7M | Seed | Aug 01, 2019 | | 5 of 5 investments shown. ## Co-investors - [Hawthorn Equity Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/genuity-capital-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together - [Payne Capital Corporation](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/payne-capital-corporation) — VC Fund, 1 deal together ## About OwnersBox VC Fund · Toronto, Canada OwnersBox is an innovative sports-tech company disrupting the way consumers play Fantasy Sports. ‍The company building a best-in-class Fantasy Sports platform that will provide a superior experience to millions of sports fans worldwide.With the rising popularity of fantasy sports showing no signs of slowing down combined with the fact that sportsleagues seem like they're returning sooner than later, the OwnersBox team has a major opportunity to take advantage of our positioning. Their vision is to create a socially driven hybrid-product that will appeal to the 60+ million fantasy sports users in North America. 5 contacts available at OwnersBox. | Name | Title | Profile | | --- | --- | --- | | Bradley Turcotte | Co-Founder, VP Operations | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bradley-turcotte-d989 | | Brian Kipp | Co-Founder, Chief Executive Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brian-kipp-d490 | | Dan Plashkes | Chairperson / Early Stage Investor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dan-plashkes | | Dan Plashkes | Early Stage Investor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dan-plashkes-0aa8 | | Jason Smith | Chief Technology Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jason-smith-1e86 | ## Similar investors ### Similar industry - [SOSV](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sosv) — VC Fund - [Animoca Brands](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/animoca-brands-corporation) — VC Fund - [BITKRAFT Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bitkraft-ventures) — VC Fund ### 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 ### Similar country - [BDC Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bdc-venture-capital) — VC Fund - [Real Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/real-ventures) — VC Fund - [Anges Quebec](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/anges-quebec) — VC Fund ## Featured in investor lists - [Gaming Investors in Canada](https://shizune.co/investors/gaming-investors-canada) - [Gaming Angel Investors in Canada](https://shizune.co/investors/gaming-angel-investors-canada) - [Sports Angel Investors](https://shizune.co/investors/sports-angel-investors) - [Sports Angel Investors in Canada](https://shizune.co/investors/sports-angel-investors-canada) - [All Angel Investors in Canada](https://shizune.co/investors/angel-investors-canada) ## FAQ ### What does Dan Plashkes invest in? Dan Plashkes invests primarily in Fantasy Sports startups, most often at Seed and Angel stage. Most of the 5 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Canada. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio. ### What is Dan Plashkes's check size? Dan Plashkes typically joins rounds of $950k–$3M 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 Dan Plashkes participates in. ### When did Dan Plashkes last invest? The most recent investment recorded for Dan Plashkes closed in Mar 2022. 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. ### 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. 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