# Mark Cuban

> Mark Cuban is a seed investor at Fireside (Dallas) backing Software and Artificial Intelligence. See 214 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Fireside](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fireside-chat)
- Location: Dallas, United States
- Total investments: 214
- Last investment: Jul 2026
- Lead investor: 22%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-cuban-06a0755b
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/mcuban
- Website: https://x.com/mcuban
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/markcuban

Mark Cuban is a seed investor at Fireside in Dallas focused on Software and Artificial Intelligence. Mark Cuban is the founder of Fireside, Chairman and Founding Partner of AXS TV, and the Owner of Dallas Mavericks. He previously worked at Broadcast.com as a Co-Founder. Mark Cuban attended the Indiana University Bloomington.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $600k–$9M |
| Series A | $3.2M–$23M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 30 | 14% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 24 | 11% |
| Blockchain | 21 | 10% |
| Internet | 16 | 7% |
| E-Commerce | 15 | 7% |

238 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 82 | 38% |
| Series A | 36 | 17% |
| Funding Round | 20 | 9% |
| Angel | 18 | 8% |
| Pre-Seed | 17 | 8% |

14 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 140 | 65% |
| United Kingdom | 4 | 2% |
| Canada | 3 | 1% |
| Singapore | 2 | 1% |
| China | 1 | 0% |

9 countries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| The Athletics | The Athletics franchise is a professional spectator sports organization that operates a Major League Baseball club. The company manages athletic team rosters, player scouting, talent development, and medical staff for its baseball operations. It coordinates live event production, stadium technology, corporate sponsorships, and ticket saleslogistics for professional games. Additionally, the business oversees regional television, radio, and streaming broadcast infrastructure to distribute sports media content. |  |  | Jul 23, 2026 |  |
| Kind Designs | Kind Design uses 3D Printing technology to print living seawalls that mimic coral reefs and mangroves, hosting biodiversity and improving the quality of water. | $10M | Seed | Jul 16, 2026 |  |
| Payam Music | Payam Music is a provider of piano education services intended to serve students seeking intuitive and engaging music instruction. |  |  | May 26, 2026 |  |
| Bluprynt | Bluprynt is a company that provides digital asset declaration services to improve compliance and safety in the process. The company provides disclosure infrastructure and compliance technologies, as well as identifying and guiding government trends and market expectations, allowing businesses to save time and focus on core activities. | $4.3M | Seed | Feb 26, 2026 |  |
| Burwoodland | Burwoodland operates as a nightlife and event production company focusing on themed music dance parties. |  |  | Jan 14, 2026 |  |
| Campus Ink - NIL Store | Campus Ink is a merch platform designed specifically for students and athletes. It is a licensed, open platform where college athletes can finally earn the money they deserve. | $3M | Seed | Jan 12, 2026 |  |
| Orreco | Orreco Their mission is to deliver a cutting edge biomarker program to optimise player performance, recovery and welfare. A tailored biomarker program can optimise player health and welfare and use sports science resources to target key or “at risk” players which will lead to increased player availability. Tailoring of recovery and playermanagement strategies to individuals’ own biomarker profiles backs up decision making processes with data giving your team an informed recovery strategy. | $4M |  | Dec 15, 2025 |  |
| Clipbook | Clipbook is an AI-powered research and analysis platform designed for public relations, communications, and public affairs teams. It monitors over 1 million sources including news, social media, policy documents, broadcasts, podcasts, and newsletters to deliver actionable media intelligence. | $3.3M | Seed | Dec 01, 2025 |  |
| The Renatural | The Renatural is a manufacturing company that focuses on providing wigs. The Renatural was founded in 2019 and was headquartered in New York, United States. | $4.2M | Seed | Oct 22, 2025 |  |
| Yendo | Yendo provides a credit card product that utilizes vehicle equity to offer consumers credit limits at various rates. The company's service works like a regular card, is accepted anywhere, and includes features like cash access and credit building options. Yendo offers a simple application process that results in a virtual card before thephysical card arrives. | $50M | Series B | Oct 09, 2025 |  |

10 of 214 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Sound Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sound-ventures) — VC Fund, 11 deals together
- [Lightspeed Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lightspeed-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 8 deals together
- [Alumni Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alumni-ventures-group) — VC Fund, 7 deals together
- [Founders Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/founders-fund) — VC Fund, 7 deals together
- [Great Oaks Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/great-oaks-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [New Enterprise Associates](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/new-enterprise-associates) — VC Fund, 6 deals together

## About Fireside

VC Fund · San Francisco, United States

Fireside is the next evolution of Storytelling. It is where the world's greatest creators go to bring the audience into the story through live, interactive, virtual shows. Co-founded by Mark Cuban and Falon Fatemi, Fireside gives creators the unprecedented power to distribute shows everywhere with the click of a button, understand what theiraudiences want more of with sophisticated analytics and connect with those audiences in real time. The next media empires are emerging on Fireside...all through the power of Story.

3 contacts available at Fireside.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Falon Fatemi | Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/falon-fatemi |
| Mark Cuban | Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mark-cuban |
| Mark Cuban | Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mark-cuban-a922 |

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## FAQ

### What does Mark Cuban invest in?

Mark Cuban invests primarily in Software, Artificial Intelligence and Blockchain startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 214 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's check size?

Mark Cuban typically joins rounds of $600k–$9M at Seed and $3.2M–$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 participates in.

### When did Mark Cuban last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Mark Cuban closed in Jul 2026. Shizune tracks 214 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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