# Mark Gillespie

> Mark Gillespie is a seed investor at Three Six Zero (Los Angeles) backing Music and Video. See 20 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Three Six Zero](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/three-six-zero-group)
- Location: Los Angeles, United States
- Total investments: 20
- Last investment: Jan 2023
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark--gillespie
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/markgillespie
- Website: http://www.threesixzero.com

Mark Gillespie is a seed investor at Three Six Zero in Los Angeles focused on Music and Video. Mark Gillespie is based out of Los Angeles, California and serves as the CEO of Three Six Zero.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $3M–$5M |
| Series B | $6M–$13M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Music | 6 | 30% |
| Video | 3 | 15% |
| Internet | 3 | 15% |
| Retail | 2 | 10% |
| Sports | 2 | 10% |

59 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 6 | 30% |
| Funding Round | 5 | 25% |
| Series B | 3 | 15% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2 | 10% |
| Series A | 1 | 5% |

8 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 16 | 80% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 10% |
| India | 1 | 5% |
| Gibraltar | 1 | 5% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Bkstg | Bkstg was founded by tech and music entrepreneurs to reinvent the way artists and fans connect by creating a new form of direct relationship that’s never existed before. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Jan 01, 2023 |  |
| Biosceptre | Biosceptre is driving innovation to bring new and progressive therapies to a wide range of cancer patients. Our focus is a multiple-targeted universal CAR T system with the potential to improve the lives of millions of patients across the world who are suffering from a wide range of malignancies. |  | Series A | Jan 01, 2023 |  |
| Custom Ink | Custom Ink is the leader in custom apparel and accessories for groups, events, and special occasions. Custom Ink helps group organizers bring together their families, friends, teammates, and colleagues with inspired designs they are proud to wear. Custom Ink makes the ordering process fun with easy-to-use design tools, caring customer service,creative design concepts, and high-quality merchandise. Custom Ink Fundraising helps people raise money and awareness for charities and personal causes. Another part of its business, Represent by Custom Ink, helps influencers like actors, athletes, musicians, and thought leaders create and sell limited-run t-shirts and merchandise to their fans. Custom Ink is based in Fairfax, Virginia with other locations that include Charlottesville, Virginia; Reno, Nevada; Dallas, Texas; and Los Angeles, California. |  | Private Equity | Jan 01, 2023 |  |
| Hyperice | HyperIce is a recovery and movement enhancement technology company specializing in vibration, percussion, and thermal technology. Its technology is used by the athletes in professional and collegiate training rooms and fitness facilities globally.The company is driven by a mission to provide everyone with the innovative technology in acceleratingrecovery time, preventing injury, and enhancing the body’s ability to move efficiently. HyperIce was founded in 2010 by Anthony Katz. |  |  | Jan 01, 2023 |  |
| Audius | Audius is creating a fully decentralized community of artists, developers, and listeners collaborating to share and defend the world’s music.Using Audius, creators can generate immutable and time-stamped records for your creative works and register your assets to the Audius network. Because the network is decentralized and secured by blockchaintechnology, the metadata attribution remains safe, verifiable and immutable.Providing a transparent network in a space traditionally controlled by third parties, Audius builds a bridge between creators and consumers. Discover new content or verify authenticity, authorized through a truly transparent system of attribution.Audius uses blockchain technology to ensure that artists get paid safely & instantly as consumers listen to content. Choose from preexisting license terms or create your own and automate the payments, transfers, and issuance of licenses. | $5M | Venture - Series Unknown | Sep 16, 2021 |  |
| Uptime | Our story began with a vision to build a platform that makes knowledge accessible, affordable, and fun, while also being free from negativity, doom-scrolling and advertising. That’s how we came to be Knowledge Hackers. Uptime is a free app featuring 5-minute Knowledge Hacks from the world’s best books, courses and documentaries. All Hacks areavailable in text, audio and our unique visual story format, distilling the key ideas and insights from thousands of sources to keep users informed and save them time and effort. And the best thing is, you can share Hacks in just a tap with anyone via socials and text. It’s time to know more in no time.It was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in London, England. | $3M | Seed | May 22, 2021 |  |
| Syntropy | Syntropy is transforming the public internet into a secure and user-centric internet through a unifying layer where the encryption and optimized performance are built-in and automatically enabled for anything and everything connected to it. | $5M | Seed | Jul 04, 2019 |  |
| Basis | Basis protocol is designed to expand and contract supply similarly to the way central banks buy and sell fiscal debt to stabilize purchasing power. For this reason, we refer to Basis as having an algorithmic central bank. | $133M | Initial Coin Offering | Apr 18, 2018 |  |
| SonicEnergy™ | SonicEnergy, Inc. is a wireless power startup that transmits power to charge electronic devices over-the-air. Its ultrasonic technology comprises a transmitter, which emits a high-frequency sound that is inaudible to users and their pets; and transmits power directly to receivers requesting power, which convert power to usable electrical energyusing energy-harvesting technology.It was founded in 2012 and headquartered in Santa Monica, California. |  | Series B | Nov 15, 2017 |  |
| Lyft | Lyft designs, markets, and operates a mobile application that matches drivers with passengers who request rides, and also allows payment through the app. It also allows riders to schedule rides up to seven days in advance.Its services are primarily focused on college, university, and corporate communities. Lyft is a fast-growing ridesharingcompany in the U.S. and is available to 95 percent of the US population.Lyft was founded in June 2012 by Logan Green and John Zimmer in San Francisco, California. | $600M | Series G | Apr 11, 2017 |  |

10 of 20 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Three Six Zero](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/three-six-zero-group) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [UTA Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/uta-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [14W](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/14-w) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [1confirmation](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/1confirmation) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Access Industries](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/access-industries) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [BAM Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bam-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Three Six Zero

VC Fund · Los Angeles, United States

Three Six Zero is an international management and entertainment company at the forefront of music, film, television and digital content. With offices in Los Angeles, London and now Tokyo after its recent acquisition of Westbrook Entertainment, Three Six Zero manages world class talent including heavy hitters Calvin Harris, Will Smith, Tiësto, andShameik Moore among other notable clients.

3 contacts available at Three Six Zero.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Mark Gillespie | CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mark-gillespie |
| Aimee Jessiman | U.K. Head of management | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aimee-jessiman |
| Milo Mitchum | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/milo-mitchum-48f2 |

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## FAQ

### What does Mark Gillespie invest in?

Mark Gillespie invests primarily in Music, Video and Internet startups, most often at Seed and Funding Round stage. Most of the 20 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 Gillespie's check size?

Mark Gillespie typically joins rounds of $3M–$5M at Seed and $6M–$13M at Series B. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Mark Gillespie participates in.

### When did Mark Gillespie last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Mark Gillespie closed in Jan 2023. Shizune tracks 20 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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