Luminari Capital
VC Fund
Palo Alto, United States
Luminari Capital is a digital media fund that invests on firms that map key technology themes to the fundamental transformations in content.
- Total investments:
- 30
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 0%
- Fund size:
- $31M
- Last fund:
Last updated:
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Industries Luminari Capital invests in
Stages Luminari Capital invests in
Countries Luminari Capital invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Round size
- Seed
- $1M–$2.3M
- Series A
- $3M–$13M
- Series E
- $20M–$47M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Video 9 (30%)
- Advertising 5 (17%)
- Software 4 (13%)
- Video Streaming 4 (13%)
- Internet 3 (10%)
Stage
- Series A 8 (27%)
- Seed 6 (20%)
- Series E 3 (10%)
- Series B 2 (7%)
- Series C 2 (7%)
Country
- United States 19 (63%)
- Canada 1 (3%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Daniel Leff
Founder & Managing Partner
|
Founder & Managing Partner | Total investments: 36 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| MikMak is the leading global platform for commerce intelligence and orchestration. Our software grows brands in real-time by enabling commerce in the places where their shoppers spend time, measuring the omnichannel outcome of those interactions, and helping them to plan and optimize future outcomes.In 2023, MikMak significantly expanded itsglobal footprint across EMEA, APAC, and LATAM through the acquisition of French eCommerce enablement company Swaven. That same year, the company further deepened its commerce insights by acquiring ChannelAdvisor’s Shoppable Media and Brand Analytics product lines from Rithum (formerly CommerceHub). In January of 2026, MikMak was acquired by SPINS, bringing together two category leaders in commerce intelligence and best-in-class data and insights. The combined entity provides brands with an unrivaled, unified view of availability, point-of-sale performance, and consumer behavior, globally and in real time. | $10M / Series A / Aug 03, 2020 | ||
| Einhorn's Epic Productions offers a full-fledged entertainment creative house that creates exciting stories for underserved fandoms with a focus on female-forward, inclusive creative teams and character rosters. The fandom experts create story worlds in both traditional and cutting-edge new media, such as audio dramas, graphic novels, Web3,webcomics, novels, and more. | Venture - Series Unknown / Jan 01, 2019 | ||
| The Athletic is an online media company that specializes in online news publishing for the sports industry. It features a web-based platform that utilizes news and updates about athletes and season updates for sports such as basketball and football. The company was founded in 2015 and headquartered in San Francisco, California. | $40M / Series C / Oct 30, 2018 | ||
| fuboTV is the world’s only sports-focused live TV streaming service with top leagues and teams, plus popular shows, movies and news for the entire household. Its base package, fubo Standard, is available for $54.99 per month and features more than 110 channels, including a growing line-up of national channels, local broadcast stations and regionalsports networks (RSNs); personal Cloud DVR storage; and two simultaneous streams – with no contract or set top box required. Get fubo.tv on the web, on popular mobile phones and tablets, and on connected and smart TVs.Headquartered in New York City, fuboTV has quickly evolved into the top independent virtual MVPD in the U.S. and a sports-first cable replacement for the entire family, after initially launching as a streaming soccer service in January 2015. With the launch of fuboTV España in 2018, it became the first U.S. virtual MVPD to enter Europe. fubo Sports Network, the live, free-to-consumer TV network for passionate sports fans, was launched in 2019 offering event coverage, news, behind-the-scenes and exclusive programming. Named to Forbes’ Next Billion Dollar Startup list in 2019, fuboTV has raised more than $250 million in funding to date. Investors include AMC Networks, DCM Ventures, Discovery, Inc., Goldman Sachs, i2bf, LionTree Partners, Luminari Capital, Microsoft, Northzone, The Walt Disney Corporation, Viacom Inc., Waverley Capital, Edgar Bronfman, Jr. (former Chairman and CEO of Warner Music Group), Chris Silbermann (founding partner, ICM Partners) and former NBA Commissioner David Stern among others. | $75M / Series D / Apr 18, 2018 | ||
| The Athletic is an online media company that specializes in online news publishing for the sports industry. It features a web-based platform that utilizes news and updates about athletes and season updates for sports such as basketball and football. The company was founded in 2015 and headquartered in San Francisco, California. | $20M / Series B / Mar 05, 2018 | ||
| Art19 provides tools for hosting, distribution, and monetization of podcasts, bringing enhanced listening metrics and ad serving technologies to publishers and advertisers. Founded by software entrepreneur Sean Carr and podcast producer Matt Belknap with input from top ad agencies, the platform solves problems with ad targeting, ad replacement, andlimited measurement in the space. Art19's technologies are helping agencies and brands leverage the increasingly popular medium and its highly engaged audiences. | $7.5M / Series A / Aug 23, 2017 | ||
| The Athletic is an online media company that specializes in online news publishing for the sports industry. It features a web-based platform that utilizes news and updates about athletes and season updates for sports such as basketball and football. The company was founded in 2015 and headquartered in San Francisco, California. | $5.4M / Series A / Jul 25, 2017 | ||
| Streamable is an internet video streaming company that powers innovative video experiences for bloggers and publishers around the world. | Seed / Mar 10, 2017 | ||
| The Athletic is an online media company that specializes in online news publishing for the sports industry. It features a web-based platform that utilizes news and updates about athletes and season updates for sports such as basketball and football. The company was founded in 2015 and headquartered in San Francisco, California. | $2.3M / Seed / Jan 09, 2017 | ||
| Pluto TV is a free streaming television service in America, offering over 100 live and original channels along with thousands of on-demand movies. The service collaborates with major TV networks, movie studios, publishers, and digital media companies. It is used by millions of viewers each month for news, TV shows, movies, sports, lifestylecontent, and digital series. Pluto TV, headquartered in Los Angeles, is accessible on mobile devices, web browsers, and connected TV streaming devices. | $30M / Series B / Oct 12, 2016 | ||
| See all 30 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does Luminari Capital invest in?
Luminari Capital invests primarily in Video, Advertising and Software startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 30 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 Luminari Capital's check size?
Luminari Capital typically joins rounds of $1M–$2.3M at Seed, $3M–$13M at Series A and $20M–$47M at Series E. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Luminari Capital participates in.
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Who are the partners at Luminari Capital?
The team at Luminari Capital includes Daniel Leff (Founder & Managing Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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