# Digital Entertainment Ventures (DEV)

> Digital Entertainment Ventures (DEV) is a VC fund backing Apps and Mobile. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: Aug 2013
- Lead investor: 25%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/dev
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/dev
- Website: http://devny.vc
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/dev

Digital Entertainment Ventures (DEV) is a VC fund in New York focused on Apps and Mobile. DEV (Digital Entertainment Ventures) fuels the companies that transform media and entertainment. Our portfolio of investments and advisory clients span music, TV/film, games, publishing and social media. We also operate the DEV Korea Discovery Fund that makes investments in Korean start-ups through our office in Seoul, and we are a partner inan Accelerator Fund that is building a highly diversified portfolio of companies that have been admitted to top accelerators.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Apps | 2 | 50% |
| Mobile | 2 | 50% |
| iOS | 1 | 25% |
| SaaS | 1 | 25% |
| Audio | 1 | 25% |

22 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 2 | 50% |
| Seed | 1 | 25% |
| Angel | 1 | 25% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Alan McGlade | Managing Director | 1 | — |
| Damian Manning | Venture Partner | 3 | — |
| Michael Yang | Managing Director | 0 | — |
| Peter Sung | Associate, DEV & Director, DEV Korea Discovery | 0 | — |
| Swatick Majumdar | Venture Partner | 0 | — |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Boxed | Boxed is an online bulk grocery retailer used to offer wholesale club experience for modern shoppers. It also offers a cutting-edge mobile app that allows consumers direct-to-their-door access to all of their favorite warehouse club products, without membership fees. It was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in New York. | $1.1M | Seed | Aug 22, 2013 |  |
| Human Demand | Founded February 2012, Human Demand is the leading independent mobile Demand Side Platform (DSP) & Data Management Platform (DMP) company providing mobile audience solutions to advertisers.As a Demand Side Platform (DSP), Human Demand offers agencies and trading desks the industry’s most robust real-time bidding (RTB) self serve platformfor mobile ads. The Company leverages its proprietary technology platform to bid on and serve advertisements across all Mobile Ad Exchanges.As a Data Management Platform (DMP), the Company enriches the typical undifferentiated mobile display and video inventory in real time and makes it intensely more valuable. The Company delivers targeted mobile audiences at scale through its proprietary "AppAudience" data, superior location insights, campaign optimization, and visual analytics. Human Demand has a team of 18 and is headquartered in New York City. | $900K | Series A | Mar 20, 2013 |  |
| Signal360 (formerly Sonic Notify) | Signal360 is the leading in-venue mobile notification platform for real-time user engagement. Signal360's platform uses cross-platform patented inaudible-sound mobile notification technologies as well as the emerging BLE standard (full support for iBeacon and Android BLE) to wirelessly enable retail locations to interact with customersthrough existing consumer mobile apps, retailer-specific mobile apps, and/or custom created apps. | $4.3M | Series A | Jul 16, 2012 |  |
| Open Air Publishing | Open Air Publishing produces original, how-to e-books designed exclusively for touchscreen devices like the iPad and iPhone. Its books allow readers to master new skills through touch, sight, and sound, guided by our extensive network of experts. Each title in its growing library is crafted to provide a high-quality, comprehensive experience thatenhances the depth of a traditional book with premium multimedia elements. Open Air Publishing was founded in May 2011 and is based in New York City. www.openairpub.comFull Titles of Open Air Publishing's iPad, iPhone & iPod touch Books:Speakeasy Cocktails: Learn from the Modern MixologistsBy Rob Willey, Jim Meehan (founder of PDT) and Joseph Schwartz (founder of Little Branch)Released: August 11, 2011Holiday Recipes & Party Planning Guide by FOOD52By FOOD52 co-founders Amanda Hesser and Merrill StubbsReleased: November 17, 2011Master Your DSLR Camera: A Better Way to Learn Digital PhotographyBy David Becker and Mary F. Calvert (photojournalist and Pulitzer finalist) Released: December 16, 2011The Better Bacon Book: Make, Cook, and Eat Your Way to Cured Pork GreatnessBy Tom Mylan (co-owner and executive butcher of The Meat Hook), Ari Weinzweig (CEO and co-founder of Zingerman’s), and Rob WilleyReleased: March 8, 2012 | $800K | Angel | Jul 12, 2012 |  |

4 of 4 investments shown.

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## FAQ

### What does Digital Entertainment Ventures (DEV) invest in?

Digital Entertainment Ventures (DEV) invests primarily in Apps, Mobile and iOS startups, most often at Series A 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.

### How do I contact Digital Entertainment Ventures (DEV)?

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### Who are the partners at Digital Entertainment Ventures (DEV)?

The team at Digital Entertainment Ventures (DEV) includes Alan McGlade (Managing Director), Damian Manning (Venture Partner) and Michael Yang (Managing Director). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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