# LRMR Ventures

> LRMR Ventures is a VC fund in Akron backing News, Events and Retail. See 5 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Akron, United States
- Total investments: 5
- Last investment: Nov 2025
- Lead investor: 80%
- Last updated: Aug 2026

LRMR Ventures is a VC fund in Akron focused on News and Events. LRMR Ventures facilitates all facets of business from branding, marketing and communications to human resources, finance, and other backend services for its internal companies.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| News | 1 | 20% |
| Events | 1 | 20% |
| Retail | 1 | 20% |
| Leisure | 1 | 20% |
| Basketball | 1 | 20% |

9 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 1 | 20% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 20% |
| Private Equity | 1 | 20% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 2 | 40% |
| Germany | 1 | 20% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| MADE Hoops | MADE Hoops is a middle school basketball events company that conducts various matches as well as offers online shopping. |  |  | Nov 12, 2025 |  |
| Fantasy Life | FL Newsletter provides football information delivered directly to customers' inboxes every morning for free. The company was founded by Matthew Berry in 2022 and is headquartered in New York, United States. | $8.1M | Seed | Jul 07, 2025 |  |
| Fantasy Life | FL Newsletter provides football information delivered directly to customers' inboxes every morning for free. The company was founded by Matthew Berry in 2022 and is headquartered in New York, United States. | $2M | Seed | Aug 17, 2023 |  |
| Canyon Bicycles | Canyon Bicycles is a direct-to-consumer bicycle retailer and manufacturer of some of the world’s highest-quality road, mountain, and urban bikes. Canyon Bicycles provides components, such as brake pads, cassettes, chain devices and protections, chainrings, chains, derailleur hangers, grips, luggage racks, pedals, and protection products;accessories, including back packs, bike care products, bike locks and theft protection products. | $30M | Private Equity | Jul 29, 2022 |  |
| Canyon Bicycles | Canyon Bicycles is a direct-to-consumer bicycle retailer and manufacturer of some of the world’s highest-quality road, mountain, and urban bikes. Canyon Bicycles provides components, such as brake pads, cassettes, chain devices and protections, chainrings, chains, derailleur hangers, grips, luggage racks, pedals, and protection products;accessories, including back packs, bike care products, bike locks and theft protection products. | $30M | Private Equity | Jul 29, 2022 |  |

5 of 5 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [SC.Holdings](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sc-holdings) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Boardroom](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/boardroom-1bbe) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Eberg Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/eberg-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Sum Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sum-ventures-1a50) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [THE·TEAM](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/the-team-marketing) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Wasserman](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/wasserman-media-group) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does LRMR Ventures invest in?

LRMR Ventures invests primarily in News, Events and Retail startups, most often at Seed and Funding Round 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 LRMR Ventures last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for LRMR Ventures closed in Nov 2025. 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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