Peter Guber
Angel Investor
Los Angeles, United States
Peter Guber is a seed investor in Los Angeles focused on Video Games and Digital Entertainment. Peter Guber is the founder, Chairman & CEO at Mandalay Entertainment Group .
- Total investments:
- 9
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 0%
Last updated:
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Industries Peter Guber invests in
Video GamesDigital EntertainmentTVDIYNews
Stages Peter Guber invests in
SeedSeries ASeries BSeries CSeries D
Countries Peter Guber invests in
United States
Contacts
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Investment Focus
Industry
- Video Games 2 (22%)
- Digital Entertainment 2 (22%)
- TV 1 (11%)
- DIY 1 (11%)
- News 1 (11%)
Stage
- Seed 2 (22%)
- Series A 2 (22%)
- Series B 2 (22%)
- Series C 1 (11%)
- Series D 1 (11%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Back to the Roots offers gardening kits to grow organic and gourmet mushrooms at homes. Founded in 2009 by Alejandro Velez and Nikhil Arora as a 100% sustainable urban mushroom farm, BTTR has transformed into a company focused on bringing sustainable grow-at-home products into households. Their Grow-at-Home Mushroom Garden is completely indoors andcan grow up to 1lb of oyster mushrooms in as little as 10 days. They provide a simple, eco-friendly, and quick way to have fresh oyster mushrooms right in the kitchen. | $15M / Series D / Nov 23, 2021 | ||
| Social Bartering System is a platform for community connection and the trade of goods and services. Social Bartering System was founded in 2020 and was headquartered in New York, United States. | $2.5M / Seed / Mar 01, 2021 | ||
| Scopely is an interactive entertainment and video game company, home to many top-grossing, award-winning franchises including “Star Trek™ Fleet Command,” “MARVEL Strike Force,” “Stumble Guys”, and “Yahtzee With Buddies,” among others.Scopely creates, publishes, and live-operates immersive games that empower a directed-by-consumer™ experience.Scopely is fueled by a world-class team and a proprietary technology platform Playgami™ that supports one of the diversified portfolios in the mobile games industry. Recognized multiple times as Company’s “World’s Most Innovative Companies,” Scopely is a multi-billion-dollar business due to its ability to create long-lasting game experiences that players enjoy for years. Scopely has operations in more than a dozen markets across Asia-Pacific, including Bangalore and Shanghai, among others; EMEA, including Barcelona and Dublin, among others; and North America, including Boulder, Colorado, and Culver City, California, among others, with additional game studio partners across four continents. | $100M / Series C / Jun 19, 2018 | ||
| NextVR enables the transmission of live, long-form virtual reality content in broadcast quality – leading the way for live and on-demand VR to become a mainstream experience for sporting events, concerts, cinematic productions and more. Launched in 2009, NextVR has more than 26 patents granted or pending for the capture, compression, transmission,and display of virtual reality content. NextVR's platform allows the fully immersive content to be streamed with pristine quality using current home and mobile Internet connections. NextVR was founded by veterans in stereoscopic imaging technology, software development and an award-winning filmmaker | $80M / Series B / Aug 09, 2016 | ||
| NextVR enables the transmission of live, long-form virtual reality content in broadcast quality – leading the way for live and on-demand VR to become a mainstream experience for sporting events, concerts, cinematic productions and more. Launched in 2009, NextVR has more than 26 patents granted or pending for the capture, compression, transmission,and display of virtual reality content. NextVR's platform allows the fully immersive content to be streamed with pristine quality using current home and mobile Internet connections. NextVR was founded by veterans in stereoscopic imaging technology, software development and an award-winning filmmaker | $30.5M / Series A / Nov 11, 2015 | ||
| Whip Media is transforming the global content licensing ecosystem with a market-leading enterprise software platform that centrally connects data, processes and teams throughout the digital distribution journey. Powered by proprietary data and predictive insights, we enable the world’s top entertainment organizations including Disney, Warner Bros.,Hulu, NBCU, Paramount, Sony, Lionsgate, BBC, HBO, AT&T, T-Mobile, Liberty Global, Discovery, and Pluto TV to efficiently distribute, control and monetize their TV and movie content to drive revenue and direct-to-consumer growth. The company’s newest innovation, the Whip Media Exchange is a next-generation content marketplace that makes global film and TV content licensing faster and more efficient. | $20M / Series B / Dec 03, 2014 | ||
| Jukin Media has spent more than 10 years making it easy for amateur video creators to monetize their content. The company markets their videos to media companies and advertisers looking for authentic content with a proven ability to engage audiences. Jukin Media’s library of more than 50,000 pieces of carefully curated, user-generated content (UGC)is available for rates starting at just $49.Media outlets ranging from Wired to The New York Times to The Wall Street Journal have noted Jukin Media’s rise to lead the viral video licensing industry. The company already works with more than 1,000 of the largest corporate media and advertising brands— including Disney, Paramount, CBS, and many others—eager to leverage the inspiration, entertainment, and humor in its highly clickable, shareable UGC. Collectively, the videos in Jukin's library have amassed more than 110 billion lifetime views. Jukin Media adds new content on trending topics daily, ensuring an always-fresh supply of content to help its partners keep up with breaking news and popular demand.The company believes that the future of storytelling is both global and viral, and rests in the hands of everyday users creating an inexhaustible stream of content. One of the value-added propositions the company brings to any partnership is its ability to identify, source, and efficiently package and deliver the best of this content. The Jukin Media team brings a depth of experience and industry understanding to their work. This experience helps the company save its corporate partners time, money, and frustration through its ability to quickly establish copyright ownership and handle licensing and payment requirements to creators. Jukin Media’s popular brands include The Pet Collective, FailArmy, This Is Happening, People Are Awesome, and more. Together, they have garnered more than 200 million fans. The company also produces and sells its own long-form content based on its wide-ranging UGC library. Jukin content has been featured on FOX, MTV Networks, Facebook Watch, Viacom International Media Networks, and several other TV and streaming networks. | $1.2M / Oct 09, 2014 | ||
| Agency of Trillions (AoT) is a hybrid hardware accelerator and innovation agency. It was founded in 2013 and is based in New York, United States. | $1M / Seed / Jan 01, 2013 | ||
| GeekChicDaily another daily newsletter and site focused on everything from video games and toys, to apps, movies and comic books? A trio of media and entertainment industry execs is hoping so, betting that loyal fans of comic industry staple Wizard Magazine will eat up this new property called GeekChicDaily. | $1M / Series A / Oct 01, 2009 |
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FAQ
What does Peter Guber invest in?
Peter Guber invests primarily in Video Games, Digital Entertainment and TV startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 9 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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When did Peter Guber last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Peter Guber closed in Nov 2021. Shizune tracks 9 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
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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 Sep 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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