# Pete Cashmore

> Pete Cashmore is a seed investor at Masterverse backing Apps and Music. See 7 investments, round sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: Masterverse
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 7
- Last investment: Nov 2020
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/mashable
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/petecashmore
- Website: http://mashable.com/author/pete-cashmore
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/petecashmore

Pete Cashmore is a seed investor at Masterverse in New York focused on Apps and Music. Pete Cashmore is the founder and CEO of Mashable, the leading source of news, information & resources for the Connected Generation. Pete founded Mashable in 2005 in Aberdeenshire, Scotland when he was 19. His passion for sharing how web tools and social networks were transforming human interactions and reshaping cultures drove him to createMashable. Always an entrepreneur, Pete has continued to push Mashable to evolve from a tech blog to a global media company built around technology. He leads Mashable’s strategy and his innate sense of the web and its community, are core to the company’s operations and future growth. He has been described as the “Sage of Media” and considered one of the most influential voices of his generation-- on and offline. Pete was named one of Time Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People in 2012. He was featured on Forbes 30 under 30 list, named one of Ad Age’s 2011 influencers, and was named a Young Global Leader by The World Economic Forum.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.2M–$2.1M |
| Series A | $8.5M–$8.6M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Apps | 2 | 29% |
| Music | 2 | 29% |
| Video | 2 | 29% |
| Social Media | 2 | 29% |
| Mobile | 1 | 14% |

15 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 3 | 43% |
| Series A | 2 | 29% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 14% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 5 | 71% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 14% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Round size | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| FLOWN | Flown is a “deep work-as-a-service” that offers ideal mental and physical spaces for individuals and teams to think and work more creatively and productively. | $1.6M | Pre-Seed | Nov 19, 2020 |  |
| Shots Podcast Network | Created by Shots Studios is a premier digital media company for a new world of creators. Shots collaborates with top-tier talents like Lele Pons and Rudy Mancuso to produce premium comedy and music videos for Millennials and GenZ. Shots’ content gets watched over 1.2 billion minutes per month by a youthful audience between 13-34. | $8.5M | Series A | Apr 21, 2015 |  |
| Yo | Yo is a simple and efficient single-tap zero character communication tool. | $1.5M | Seed | Jul 15, 2014 |  |
| The Last Guide Company | The Last Guide Company provides products that make it easier and more fun to go out and explore. | $2.1M | Seed | Apr 10, 2014 |  |
| Secret | Secret offers an online platform that enables users to share their personal secrets with other users anonymously. It owns and operates a mobile application that helps users to share and connect with friends. The company was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California. | $8.6M | Series A | Mar 14, 2014 |  |
| Secret | Secret offers an online platform that enables users to share their personal secrets with other users anonymously. It owns and operates a mobile application that helps users to share and connect with friends. The company was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California. | $8.6M | Series A | Feb 28, 2014 |  |
| Mindie | Mindie is a new way to share life through music video, in seconds. Choose the track of your choice and record video while the music is playing! Any video gets insanely better with music. | $1.2M | Seed | Jan 16, 2014 |  |

7 of 7 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Fuel Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fuel-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Google Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/google-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Slow Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/slow-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [SV Angel](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sv-angel) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [A-Grade Investments](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/a-grade-investments) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Kleiner Perkins](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kleiner-perkins-caufield-byers) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About Masterverse

VC Fund



1 contacts available at Masterverse.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Pete Cashmore | Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pete-cashmore |

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## FAQ

### What does Pete Cashmore invest in?

Pete Cashmore invests primarily in Apps, Music and Video startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 7 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What round sizes does Pete Cashmore invest in?

Pete Cashmore typically joins rounds of $1.2M–$2.1M at Seed and $8.5M–$8.6M at Series A. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Pete Cashmore's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Pete Cashmore took part in.

### How do I contact Pete Cashmore?

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### When did Pete Cashmore last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Pete Cashmore closed in Nov 2020. Shizune tracks 7 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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