# Observatory Capital

> Observatory Capital is a VC fund in London backing Software, Video and Mobile. See 2 investments, round sizes, portfolio. Updated Oct 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Jul 2015
- Lead investor: 50%
- Last updated: Oct 2026
- Website: http://www.obcap.com

Observatory Capital is a VC fund in London focused on Software and Video. Observatory Capital is privately-owned hedge fund that finances public equity and fixed income markets across the globe.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 2 | 100% |
| Video | 1 | 50% |
| Mobile | 1 | 50% |
| Internet | 1 | 50% |
| Analytics | 1 | 50% |

9 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 1 | 50% |
| Series C | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Round size | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Dynamite Labs | Dynamite is the mobile video service platform for users to share their stories. It was founded in 2014 and is based in New York, NY, United States. | $1.6M | Seed | Jul 28, 2015 | http://dynamiteapp.com/ |
| MediaMath | MediaMath develops and delivers digital advertising media and data management technology solutions to advertisers worldwide. Its TerminalOne platform activates data, automates execution, and optimizes advertising interactions across addressable media. The company's technology determines in real-time how to best support marketers' goals todeliver better outcomes for their business.MediaMath's Omnichannel programmatic marketing platform activates predictive audience to enhance one-to-one customer conversations, accesses Omnichannel media at scale to deliver relevance of context and message, closes the loop between measurement and optimization with machine learning, and leverages people in the business. It also provides professional services in the areas of programmatic strategy and optimization, analytics, technology support, and advertising operations; and training and certification programs focusing on digital marketing. Erich Wasserman, Greg Williams, and Joe Zawadzki founded MediaMath in August 2007. Its headquarters is in New York City in New York State in the United States with additional offices in San Francisco and Santa Monica in California, Boston in Massachusetts, Chicago in Illinois, Miami in Florida, Durham in North Carolina, London in United Kingdom, Madrid in Spain, Berlin in Germany, Singapore, Tokyo in Japan, Sao Paulo in Brazil, Sydney and Melbourne in Australia, and Bengaluru in India. | $73.5M | Series C | May 04, 2014 | http://www.mediamath.com |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Akamai](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/akamai-technologies) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Blue Collective](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/blue-collective) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Catalyst Investors](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/catalyst-investors) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Safeguard Scientifics](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/safeguard-scientifics) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Spring Lake Equity Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/spring-lake-equity-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Observatory Capital invest in?

Observatory Capital invests primarily in Software, Video and Mobile startups, most often at Seed and Series C stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Observatory Capital last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Observatory Capital closed in Jul 2015. Shizune tracks 2 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 Oct 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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