# Julius Genachowski

> Julius Genachowski is a Series A investor at The Carlyle Group backing Information Technology. See 12 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [The Carlyle Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/the-carlyle-group)
- Location: Washington, United States
- Total investments: 12
- Last investment: Feb 2025
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/julius-genachowski/13/397/2ba

Julius Genachowski is a Managing Director at The Carlyle Group, which he joined in 2014. He served as Chairman of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission from 2009 to 2013. He held senior executive positions for about eight years at IAC, which owned and operated Internet and media companies including Expedia, Ticketmaster, and USA Network.Also prior to the FCC, he was engaged with several public and private companies in the technology, media, and telecommunications sector as a board member, investor, or advisor. He is a senior fellow at the Aspen Institute, and has taught a joint class at Harvard Business and Law Schools.Earlier in his career, he was a law clerk to U.S. Supreme Court Justice David H. Souter, and worked in Congress for the Select Committee on the Iran-Contra Affair and for then-Representative Charles Schumer. He is currently a member of the President’s Intelligence Advisory Board. Mr. Genachowski currently serves as a director of Mastercard, Inc.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $560k–$6.8M |
| Series A | $8M–$60M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Information Technology | 3 | 25% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 3 | 25% |
| Legal | 2 | 17% |
| Software | 2 | 17% |
| Legal Tech | 2 | 17% |

31 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 5 | 42% |
| Seed | 4 | 33% |
| Pre-Seed | 2 | 17% |
| Series B | 1 | 8% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 8 | 67% |
| Norway | 1 | 8% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Mast Reforestation | Mast Reforestation built the only vertically integrated solution to reforest the growing pool of millions of acres that have been damaged by wildfire. The company removes the financial, procedural, and seed supply barriers that typically stand in the way of getting reforestation done, which led to a large and growing project pipeline. It recentlyacquired two legacy businesses to become the largest seed and seedling vendor in the West, which is the primary bottleneck to reforestation. Mast is now executing on the project backlog by leveraging project finance to generate high-quality carbon removal credits for corporate buyers. | $25M | Series B | Feb 11, 2025 |  |
| Garden | Garden assists lawyers and businesses in automating the creation of new patents and analyzing potential infringements. The company develops AI agents that manage routine tasks, enabling users to concentrate on patent strategy. | $6.8M | Seed | Aug 15, 2024 |  |
| Overlap | Overlap uses AI to help you extract the best moments from video content. |  | Pre-Seed | Dec 01, 2023 |  |
| Responsiv | Responsiv is an AI assitant for in house legal teams. | $3M | Seed | Nov 02, 2023 |  |
| Trustible AI | Trustible is an AI Governance management platform that integrates with existing AI/ML platforms to assist organizations in defining necessary AI policies, implementing and enforcing responsible AI practices, and generating evidence to demonstrate compliance with emerging AI regulatory frameworks and being prepared for AI audits. | $1.6M | Pre-Seed | Apr 19, 2023 |  |
| Sequel | Sequel | $8M | Series A | Aug 24, 2022 |  |
| Sequel.io | Sequel is a low-code live video platform that lets brands like Zoominfo, AMS, Apollo and G42, host webinars and events directly on their own websites—turning them into hubs for engagement. With built-in Audience Insights and Sequel AI, Sequel tracks the full customer journey and delivers rich intent data to power more personalized and effectivego-to-market strategies. | $8M | Series A | Aug 24, 2022 |  |
| PortalOne | PortalOne is a pioneering startup in the videogames industry, taking the best parts of games and the best parts of TV and merging them together to create an immersive entertainment experience unlike anything that's been seen before. PortalOne's business model is centered around the concept of 'hybrid games', a novel categorythat combines elements of traditional gaming with interactive TV shows.Currently accessible only via mobile devices, the company hosts daily 24-hour tournaments every day where players can compete in a variety of games across different genres, including Atari games, for which the company has the exclusive global distribution rights for many of its titles like 'Pong', 'Breakout' and 'Centipede'. These games are not just standalone experiences, but are integrated with TV shows broadcasted within the games themselves. Players play throughout the day with the goal of climbing the Leaderboards for each game, with the opportunity to win real prizes such as cash and holidays.PortalOne's first show format, the 'Arcade Show' -- the TV component of hybrid games -- is hosted every single day in the PortalOne app. The show sees special guests come into the PortalOne universe and become immersed inside the game worlds as real characters. They play a round of a PortalOne game, and then players play against them on their mobile device at home. Previous guests on the Arcade Show include Justin Bieber, Demi Lovato, Tori Kelly, and Atari founder Nolan Bushnell. The company has been operational since 2018 and has been steadfast in its mission to merge the best aspects of the gaming and TV industries. PortalOne's vision is to be the ultimate destination for hybrid games, in the same way that Spotify is for music and podcasts, and Netflix is for TV and film. PortalOne will host hundreds of games across all genres on its platform, with multiple show formats in its universe. The company also intends to become cross-platform. Currently operating in the US & Canada and Norway, PortalOne aims to be available worldwide with studios around the world producing localized TV shows for different geographies. | $59.8M | Series A | Jan 27, 2022 |  |
| Trellis Research | Trellis Research is a research tool for litigators. | $14.1M | Series A | Oct 27, 2021 |  |
| Trellis Research | Trellis Research is a research tool for litigators. | $2M | Seed | Mar 27, 2019 |  |

10 of 12 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Craft Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/craft-ventures) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
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- [Great Oaks Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/great-oaks-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
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- [Okapi Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/okapi-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About The Carlyle Group

VC Fund · Washington, United States

The Carlyle Group is a private equity firm that caters to early and later-stage companies. The firm operates four fund families, focusing on leveraged buyouts, venture & growth capital, real estate, and leveraged finance investments.

5 contacts available at The Carlyle Group.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Alexander Popov | Partner, Head of Credit Opportunities | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alex-popov |
| Alex Chi | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alex-chi-e4fc |
| Andrew Zimmermann | EMEA Controller(Director) | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andrew-zimmermann |
| Constantin Boye | Head of Carlyle Growth | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/constantin-a-boye |
| Glenn A. Youngkin | Chief Operating Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/glenn-a-youngkin |

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## FAQ

### What does Julius Genachowski invest in?

Julius Genachowski invests primarily in Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence and Legal startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 12 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Julius Genachowski's check size?

Julius Genachowski typically joins rounds of $560k–$6.8M at Seed and $8M–$60M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Julius Genachowski participates in.

### When did Julius Genachowski last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Julius Genachowski closed in Feb 2025. Shizune tracks 12 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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