# Mark Cuban Companies

> Mark Cuban Companies is a VC fund in Dallas backing Software and Internet. See 15 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Dallas, United States
- Total investments: 15
- Last investment: Feb 2023
- Lead investor: 27%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/mark-cuban-companies/mycompany/
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/aminkara
- Website: http://www.markcubancompanies.com
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/markcubanpresents

Mark Cuban Companies is a VC fund in Dallas focused on Software and Internet. In 1995, Mark and long-time friend Todd Wagner came up with an internet based solution to not being able to listen to Hoosiers Basketball games out in Texas. That solution was Broadcast.com - streaming audio over the internet. In just four short years, Broadcast.com (then Audionet) would be sold to Yahoo for $5.6 billion dollars.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Series A | $10M–$23M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 5 | 33% |
| Internet | 2 | 13% |
| Blockchain | 2 | 13% |
| Food and Beverage | 2 | 13% |
| Information Technology | 2 | 13% |

45 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 4 | 27% |
| Seed | 3 | 20% |
| Pre-Seed | 2 | 13% |
| Series B | 2 | 13% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 7% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 11 | 73% |
| Taiwan | 1 | 7% |
| Australia | 1 | 7% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| John Simon | Director - Consumer | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/john-simon-320f |
| Mark Cuban | Entrepreneur | 214 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mark-cuban |
| Mark Cuban | Entrepreneur | 160 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mark-cuban-a922 |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| portto / Blocto | portto aims to make blockchain simple for users and developers. With its most user-friendly blockchain application browser and wallet SDKs, portto has pushed it steps forward for blockchain to be used in real life scenarios. |  | Series A | Feb 23, 2023 |  |
| SparkCharge | SparkCharge is an automotive company that manufactures and develops charging stations for electric vehicles. The company's product offerings include mobile battery charging units, off-grid power hubs, and permanent EV infrastructure solutions. These services cater to a diverse clientele, including fleets, delivery services, events, autooriginal equipment manufacturers (OEMs), ports, transportation sectors, autonomous vehicles, and rideshare companies. By providing rapid deployment and flexible service levels, SparkCharge aims to eliminate common barriers to EV adoption, such as infrastructure costs and deployment delays. | $23M | Series A | May 24, 2022 |  |
| SparkCharge | SparkCharge is an automotive company that manufactures and develops charging stations for electric vehicles. The company's product offerings include mobile battery charging units, off-grid power hubs, and permanent EV infrastructure solutions. These services cater to a diverse clientele, including fleets, delivery services, events, autooriginal equipment manufacturers (OEMs), ports, transportation sectors, autonomous vehicles, and rideshare companies. By providing rapid deployment and flexible service levels, SparkCharge aims to eliminate common barriers to EV adoption, such as infrastructure costs and deployment delays. | $23M | Series A | May 24, 2022 |  |
| TransCrypts | TransCrypts is a tool for Human Resource Departments to automate the issuance of employment and income verification documents using the blockchain. Our proprietary process not only saves HRs time, money, and headache in dealing with compliance but also gives employees total control over how their work information is being shared. | $2.2M | Pre-Seed | May 01, 2022 |  |
| Chapul Farms | Chapul Farms is a development service that recovers nutrients with a nature-based solution that improves efficiency, reduces emissions, and improves domestic supply. They are black soldier fly larvae microbiology to close agricultural production loops. | $2.5M | Seed | Jan 27, 2022 |  |
| World 1 League | World 1 League is on a mission to inspire, celebrate and reward the best athletes on the planet. Through Olympic-style sports challenges on social media, and first-of-its-kind live stadium events, W1 is transforming the way athletes, fans and brands engage.Founded by nine Olympians and backed by Mark Cuban and Jim Swartz, W1 is the firstprofessional sports league built specifically for social media. Our W1 Rankings system will finally answer the question of who’s the fastest, strongest and greatest in the world -- today rather than yesterday. Built by athletes for athletes, W1 aims to drive economic parity and celebrate open freedoms of expression. It’s time to reinvent the world of sport for a New Generation. |  | Pre-Seed | Nov 05, 2021 |  |
| PadSplit | PadSplit is an affordable housing tech startup that provides a house-sharing service for the workforce. It offers a platform that aligns incentives among residents, property owners, and communities to make affordable housing possible for the private market. The company uses shared living to make housing more affordable for low-income, empoweringthem to build savings and transform their lives. Atticus LeBlanc established the company in Atlanta, Georgia in 2017. | $20.5M | Series B | Nov 03, 2021 |  |
| Neutral | Neutral is a carbon-neutral food company that builds a sustainable carbon-neutral food ecosystem starting with milk and a half and half.The company was founded in 2018 and is based in Portland, OR. | $4M | Seed | Oct 27, 2021 |  |
| TokenScript | TokenScript is a new tokenization standard that will deliver a more integrated web. A token-centric middleware that connects the scale of Web2 with the promise of Web3. | $6M | Initial Coin Offering | Jul 01, 2021 |  |
| Upstract / Popurls | Upstract encapsulates up-to-the-minute headlines from the most popular sites on the Internet. It aggregates feeds from sites such as Digg, del.icio.us, Reddit, Flickr, Stumbleupon, Slashdot, Google News, ifilm, BoingBoing, and more. |  | Series A | Feb 19, 2021 |  |

10 of 15 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Cleveland Avenue](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cleveland-avenue) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Pendulum Holdings](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pendulum-opportunities) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
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- [Tale Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tale-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [2Shares](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/2shares) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Mark Cuban Companies invest in?

Mark Cuban Companies invests primarily in Software, Internet and Blockchain startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 15 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 Mark Cuban Companies's check size?

Mark Cuban Companies typically joins rounds of $10M–$23M 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 Mark Cuban Companies participates in.

### How do I contact Mark Cuban Companies?

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### Who are the partners at Mark Cuban Companies?

The team at Mark Cuban Companies includes John Simon (Director - Consumer), Mark Cuban (Entrepreneur) and Mark Cuban (Entrepreneur). 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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