# Luminari Capital

> Luminari Capital is a VC fund in Palo Alto backing Video and Software. See 28 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Palo Alto, United States
- Total investments: 28
- Last investment: Aug 2020
- Lead investor: 0%
- Fund size: $31M
- Last fund: Jan 2015
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/luminari-capital
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/luminaricapital
- Website: http://www.luminaricapital.com

Luminari Capital is a digital media fund that invests on firms that map key technology themes to the fundamental transformations in content.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1M–$2.2M |
| Series A | $3M–$13M |
| Series E | $20M–$47M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Video | 9 | 32% |
| Software | 3 | 11% |
| Video Streaming | 3 | 11% |
| Digital Entertainment | 3 | 11% |
| Information Technology | 3 | 11% |

44 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 7 | 25% |
| Seed | 5 | 18% |
| Series E | 3 | 11% |
| Funding Round | 3 | 11% |
| Series B | 2 | 7% |

8 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 16 | 57% |
| Canada | 1 | 4% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Daniel Leff | Founder & Managing Partner | 35 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/daniel-leff |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| MikMak | MikMak helps brands better understand consumers by connecting digital investments to online retailer insights. It offers a dashboard that aggregates the eCommerce customer journey across any number of digital channels and retailers. Brands get standardized reporting and benchmarks, so users can act on unbiased insights in real-time.It was foundedin 2014 and headquartered in Brooklyn, New York. | $10M | Series A | Aug 03, 2020 |  |
| The Athletic | 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. |  | Series C | Oct 30, 2018 |  |
| fuboTV | 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 | 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 |  |
| The Athletic | 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 | 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 | 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. |  | Seed | Jan 09, 2017 |  |
| Pluto TV | Pluto TV is the leading free streaming television service in America, delivering 100+ live and original channels and thousands of on-demand movies in partnership with major TV networks, movie studios, publishers, and digital media companies. Millions of viewers tune in each month to watch premium news, TV shows, movies, sports, lifestyle, andtrending digital series. Headquartered in Los Angeles, Pluto TV is a top free app and available on all mobile, web and connected TV streaming devices.Ilya Pozin and Thomas Ryan founded Pluto TV in 2013. It has its headquarters in Los Angeles in California. | $30M | Series B | Oct 12, 2016 |  |
| Matterport | Matterport is a spatial data firm dedicated to digitizing and indexing the built environment. Its all-in-one 3D data platform allows anyone to transform a location into an exact and immersive digital twin that can be used to design, develop, operate, promote, and comprehend any environment. |  |  | Aug 09, 2016 |  |
| Naritiv | Naritiv is a mobile media company born on Snapchat. We are building ongoing programming and large audiences on Snapchat for brands as well as our owned and operated channels all involving our creators who see over 20 billion views per month. Our partners have access to our unique technology and reporting capabilities on both Snapchat as well as theother platforms our content spreads to (such as Twitter and Instagram). | $3M | Series A | Jan 28, 2016 |  |

10 of 28 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [1745 Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bertelsmann-digital-media-investments) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Advancit Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/advancit-capital) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Courtside Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/courtside-ventures) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Great Oaks Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/great-oaks-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Amasia](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/amasia) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Evolution Media](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/evolution-media-6b5f) — VC Fund, 3 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Luminari Capital invest in?

Luminari Capital invests primarily in Video, Software and Video Streaming startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 28 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–$2.2M 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.

### How do I contact Luminari Capital?

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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.

### 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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