# Downey Ventures

> Downey Ventures is a VC fund in Beverly Hills backing Internet, Software and E-Commerce. See 5 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Beverly Hills, United States
- Total investments: 5
- Last investment: Mar 2019
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026

Downey Ventures is a VC fund in Beverly Hills focused on Internet and Software. Downey Ventures invests in digital media start-ups and incubates consumer entertainment technology companies.It is part of Team Downey, an entertainment company founded by Robert Downey Jr. and Susan Downey that produces film and television properties. The digital division of Team Downey produces online videos and games.Team Downey employsa multidisciplinary team of writers, producers, researchers, designers and engineers to create the future of entertainment.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Internet | 2 | 40% |
| Software | 2 | 40% |
| E-Commerce | 2 | 40% |
| iOS | 1 | 20% |
| Video | 1 | 20% |

17 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 40% |
| Series A | 2 | 40% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Pietra | Everything you need to turn your passion into a creative business, in one place. Connect with suppliers, design your products, and set up your e-commerce website. Pietra also provides warehousing and logistics for Creators to give them an end-to-end solution for their business. |  | Seed | Mar 27, 2019 | https://www.pietrastudio.com |
| Pietra | Everything you need to turn your passion into a creative business, in one place. Connect with suppliers, design your products, and set up your e-commerce website. Pietra also provides warehousing and logistics for Creators to give them an end-to-end solution for their business. | $5M | Seed | Jan 01, 2019 | https://www.pietrastudio.com |
| Loot Crate | Loot Crate, a fan-based commerce and community platform, sends monthly themed geek, gaming, and pop-culture collectibles and accessories to subscribers in the United States and internationally. It partners with movie studios, game companies, comic publishers, and general pop culture talent to deliver multiple lines of monthly themed mystery boxesto fans. Loot Crate sells pop culture crates, gaming crates, film and TV crates, and apparel crates such as socks, underwear, tees, women's apparel, and socks and wearable gear. It sells through various crate lines and its own ecommerce site Loot Vault. Chris Davis and Matthew Arevalo founded Loot Crate on May 1, 2012. Its headquarters is in Los Angeles in California. | $18.5M | Series A | Jun 02, 2016 | http://www.lootcrate.com/ |
| Epoxy | Epoxy.tv provides professional tools for video channel management. Epoxy's philosophy and product comes from first-hand observation of top YouTubers and video creators. Their team of engineers, designers and entertainment technologists put their learning into a suite of products to help your channel grow, engage and monetize. | $6.5M | Series A | Jun 24, 2014 | http://epoxy.tv |
| MediaSpike | MediaSpike provides a native monetization platform for applications, with a focus on social and mobile games. For application developers, integration involves using one of the MediaSpike SDKs to interact with the MediaSpike backend. Brands and agencies can then search by several parameters for appropriate placements through the MediaSpikedashboard.Placements are made by selecting an available placement, uploading the appropriate asset(s), previewing the placement and then submitting the placement to the developer through the MediaSpike dashboard.Once submitted a placement is reviewed and approved by the developer. Analytics for live placements are tracked and viewable through the MediaSpike dashboard. |  | Seed | Jul 10, 2012 | http://www.mediaspike.com |

5 of 5 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Andreessen Horowitz](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andreessen-horowitz) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [TQ Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tq-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Upfront Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/upfront-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [500 Global](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/500-startups) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Advancit Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/advancit-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Abstract](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/a-list-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Downey Ventures invest in?

Downey Ventures invests primarily in Internet, Software and E-Commerce startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 5 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 Downey Ventures last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Downey Ventures closed in Mar 2019. 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. 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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