# Live Nation Entertainment

> Live Nation Entertainment is a VC fund backing Media and Entertainment. See 24 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Beverly Hills, United States
- Total investments: 24
- Last investment: Dec 2025
- Lead investor: 33%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/live-nation/
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/livenation
- Website: https://www.livenationentertainment.com/
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/livenation

Live Nation Entertainment is a VC fund in Beverly Hills focused on Media and Entertainment and Social Media. Live Nation Entertainment Inc, the world’s live entertainment company, combines several entertainment brands, including Ticketmaster.com, Live Nation Concerts, the Live Nation and Live Nation Productions.Live Nation began as SFX Entertainment, a part of SFX Broadcasting, and then became a division of Clear Channel Communications. It became itsown entity in 2005 with Michael Rapino as President and CEO. Since then, Live Nation has provided live entertainment services to fans in over 40 countries around the world through promotion and hundreds of entertainment venues.Live Nation partnered with Ticketmaster, the global leader in live event ticketing, in 2010 to form Live Nation Entertainment. This relationship has allowed both companies to expand their reach to help more fans experience the power of live each year.Live Nation Concerts produces over 35,000 live music events annually in conjunction with Live Nation Entertainment’s 4,000+ touring artists. Live Nation fully acquired Front Line Management Group in 2011, giving the company access to the artists it represents, now numbering over 500, including top acts such as Chicago, Alan Jackson and Jimmy Buffett.Each of these businesses supports the Live Nation Network, the leading provider of entertainment marketing solutions. Live Nation Network connects more than 1000 advertisers to its network of consumers through Live Nation live event and digital platforms.Live Nation Entertainment has recently focused investments on profitable music festivals and initiatives associated with them. Some of the festivals Live Nation Entertainment has a controlling stake in include Lollapalooza and Bonnaroo. They also have a partnership with Insomniac who runs the Electric Daisy Carnival. Part of these investments include upgrading facilities at the festivals, including adding permanent bathrooms and running water.Live Nation Entertainment has an international presence, which has allowed them to acquire businesses around the world including the House of Blues (2006), a United States concert promoter; Union Events in Canada (2016) and Mainland Music (2018), based in Switzerland. It has also gained majority interest in AC Entertainment (2016), the Sweden Rock Festival (2016), Australia’s Secret Sounds Group (2016) and DF Entertainment (2018).

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Media and Entertainment | 5 | 21% |
| Social Media | 4 | 17% |
| Internet | 3 | 13% |
| Software | 3 | 13% |
| Event Management | 3 | 13% |

61 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 7 | 29% |
| Series A | 5 | 21% |
| Funding Round | 3 | 13% |
| Corporate Round | 2 | 8% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2 | 8% |

9 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 17 | 71% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 4% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Jordan Zachary | Chief Strategy Officer | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jordan-zachary |
| Randall Mays | Board Of Director | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/randall-mays |
| Shawn Gee | President Live Nation Urban | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/shawn-gee |
| Arthur Fogel | Chairman - Global Music; CEO -Global Touring | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/arthur-fogel |
| Bob Roux | President North American Music | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bob-roux |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| hiyo | Hiyo offers a non-alcoholic functional seltzer that aims to provide a healthy alternative to alcohol while helping people unwind. The drink is crafted with organic ingredients, including adaptogens and nootropics, designed to elevate mood and provide stress relief similar to what customers seek from alcohol. |  | Corporate Round | Dec 01, 2025 |  |
| GRITTY IN PINK, INC. | Gritty In Pink is a community of diverse female creators working in the music industry. | $500K | Seed | Jun 06, 2024 |  |
| Liquid Death | Liquid Death is the first bold, hilarious beverage focused on health and sustainability, and it is one of the fastest-growing non-alcoholic beverage brands of all time. They take the healthiest beverage available (water) and package it in infinitely recyclable tallboy cans that can compete with the fun marketing of unhealthy brands in energydrinks, beer, and junk food. In addition, Liquid Death donates 10% of its profits from each can sold to nonprofits that work to eliminate plastic pollution and provide clean drinking water to those in need. | $67M | Venture - Series Unknown | Mar 11, 2024 |  |
| Komi | Komi is a personalized website page builder tool that connects influencers and celebrities. It provides a central hub or "home on the internet" for content creators, musicians, athletes, celebrities, and other creative talent and personalities to customize a landing page that promotes their latest podcast episode, YouTube video, musicalbum, merch drops, tour dates, meet-and-greet opportunities, social media accounts, and so on. A Komi-powered landing page enables creators of all levels to natively consolidate all of their offerings into a beautiful, fully-personalized hub. | $12M | Series A | Jul 18, 2023 |  |
| R.e.m. Beauty | R e m beauty is established to provide the resources which need to bring most vivid, unlimited, and creative aspirations to reality. |  |  | May 23, 2023 |  |
| R.e.m. Beauty | R e m beauty is established to provide the resources which need to bring most vivid, unlimited, and creative aspirations to reality. |  | Seed | May 23, 2023 |  |
| Liquid Death | Liquid Death is the first bold, hilarious beverage focused on health and sustainability, and it is one of the fastest-growing non-alcoholic beverage brands of all time. They take the healthiest beverage available (water) and package it in infinitely recyclable tallboy cans that can compete with the fun marketing of unhealthy brands in energydrinks, beer, and junk food. In addition, Liquid Death donates 10% of its profits from each can sold to nonprofits that work to eliminate plastic pollution and provide clean drinking water to those in need. | $70M | Series D | Oct 03, 2022 |  |
| Turn | TURN (formerly Globelet)- We gamify recycling & reuse. Turn's capture-and-reuse technology started in Australia and New Zealand in 2012 becoming one of the world's first reuse providers. Turn eliminates single-use plastic cups at large-scale events across Australia, US, and Europe. The TURN system includes reusable productssuch as cups, reverse vending bins that collect all products post-consumer use through a customizable incentive system, and fully autonomous and mobile washing systems engineered specifically to wash, rinse, and sanitize reusable products on-site or in close proximity. As you can imagine, there is a huge customer acquisition data play available here, as the TURN system encompasses both software and hardware offerings. | $5M | Corporate Round | Sep 01, 2022 |  |
| Liquid Death | Liquid Death is the first bold, hilarious beverage focused on health and sustainability, and it is one of the fastest-growing non-alcoholic beverage brands of all time. They take the healthiest beverage available (water) and package it in infinitely recyclable tallboy cans that can compete with the fun marketing of unhealthy brands in energydrinks, beer, and junk food. In addition, Liquid Death donates 10% of its profits from each can sold to nonprofits that work to eliminate plastic pollution and provide clean drinking water to those in need. | $75M | Series C | Jan 03, 2022 |  |
| Liquid Death | Liquid Death is the first bold, hilarious beverage focused on health and sustainability, and it is one of the fastest-growing non-alcoholic beverage brands of all time. They take the healthiest beverage available (water) and package it in infinitely recyclable tallboy cans that can compete with the fun marketing of unhealthy brands in energydrinks, beer, and junk food. In addition, Liquid Death donates 10% of its profits from each can sold to nonprofits that work to eliminate plastic pollution and provide clean drinking water to those in need. | $15M | Series C | May 13, 2021 |  |

10 of 24 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Science](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/science) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Universal Music Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/universal-music-group) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [HYBE America](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hybe-america) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Sandbridge Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sandbridge-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Sound Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sound-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Strand Equity Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/strand-equity-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Live Nation Entertainment invest in?

Live Nation Entertainment invests primarily in Media and Entertainment, Social Media and Internet startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 24 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 Live Nation Entertainment?

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### Who are the partners at Live Nation Entertainment?

The team at Live Nation Entertainment includes Jordan Zachary (Chief Strategy Officer), Randall Mays (Board Of Director) and Shawn Gee (President Live Nation Urban), among 13 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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