# Private Ventures Group

> Private Ventures Group is a VC fund in New York backing Gaming and Blockchain. See 23 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 23
- Last investment: Aug 2023
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/74336361/admin/
- Website: https://www.privateventuresgroup.com/

Private Ventures Group is a private investment platform that offers early stage and growth equity investments.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Gaming | 4 | 17% |
| Blockchain | 3 | 13% |
| Web3 | 2 | 9% |
| Mobile | 2 | 9% |
| Sports | 2 | 9% |

58 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 5 | 22% |
| Seed | 4 | 17% |
| Series B | 4 | 17% |
| Funding Round | 3 | 13% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 3 | 13% |

8 stages tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Dennis Unrein | Founder (Venture Capital & Growth Equity) | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dennis-unrein |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| D'Amelio Brands | D'Amelio Brands operates in women’s footwear line and a skincare line. | $5M | Seed | Aug 17, 2023 |  |
| D'Amelio family | The D'Amelio family is operating as a family investment firm. | $5M | Seed | Aug 17, 2023 |  |
| Petal | Petal  is a credit card company that is built to help people financially succeed. It aims to make credit honest, simple, and accessible. The company uses machine learning to analyze a customer’s full digital financial record—not just their credit score.Petal has pioneered cash flow underwriting, as an alternative to credit scores, to make creditmore accessible, and offers a simple, modern digital experience that encourages members to build credit, avoid debt, and spend responsibly. Petal is based in New York, New York, and Richmond, Virginia. The Petal credit card is issued by WebBank, Member FDIC. | $20M | Venture - Series Unknown | Aug 03, 2023 |  |
| Mythical Games | Mythical is a next-generation game technology studio. Mythical Games believes that true ownership of digital assets, verifiable scarcity, and integrated secondary markets will spawn a new generation of games. These new economies, based on digital ownership, will bring players, developers, and content creators closer to the games they love.Mythical Games has a team of veteran game and platform developers with a passion for bringing big innovative concepts to market. Its goal is to create world-class products that drive consumer adoption of distributed ledger technology through games. | $37M | Series C | Jun 27, 2023 |  |
| Betr | Betr is a direct-to-consumer micro-betting that introduces instant gratification to sports betting. It provides tools to support responsible play and give control over their gambling. It encourages them to use these tools to keep the experience fun and within their personal limits. Betr was founded in 2022 and is based in Miami, Florida. | $35M | Series A | Jun 27, 2023 |  |
| Breakaway Group | Breakaway Music Festival is a performing arts company of pop, dance, and hip-hop music festival series. Breakaway Music Festival hosts college students and young professionals annually, touring college campuses across the US, and activating a small army of college student ambassadors. Founded by Adam Lynn in 2016 and is located in Columbus,Ohio. |  | Series A | Jun 14, 2023 |  |
| Skupos | Skupos enables smarter, more lucrative retail by bringing independent businesses, brands, and distributors together on a single platform. The company provides c-store operators with real-time inventory, automated purchasing, sales, ordering, and operational analytics. | $22.5M | Venture - Series Unknown | Mar 20, 2023 |  |
| Jackpocket | Jackpocket is creating a more convenient, fun, and responsible way to play the lottery. The first licensed third-party lottery app in the United States, Jackpocket offers players an easy, secure way to order official state lottery tickets, such as Powerball, Mega Millions, from their phone. Lottery players use Jackpocket to place ticket orders fortheir favorite games, check lottery results, join lottery pools with other Jackpocket players, and turn on Autoplay so they never miss a drawing. Jackpocket is available in Arkansas, Colorado, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Texas, and Washington, D.C. with many new markets on the horizon. |  | Series D | Feb 14, 2023 |  |
| Crosswalk Media | Crosswalk Media is an outdoor advertising company that turns delivery trucks into mobile billboards for advertisers. |  | Seed | Jan 01, 2023 |  |
| Invisible Universe | Invisible Universe is an internet-first animation studio that develops original character IP on social media and web3 platforms. Its mission is to create the next household name animated franchises faster and more economical than traditional models. We believe the next generation of animated franchises will be born on the internet. | $12M | Series A | Aug 11, 2022 |  |

10 of 23 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Gaingels](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gaing) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Anchor Capital GP](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/anchor-capital-ae68) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Andreessen Horowitz](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andreessen-horowitz) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Cosmic Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cosmic-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Eberg Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/eberg-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Good Growth Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/good-growth-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Private Ventures Group invest in?

Private Ventures Group invests primarily in Gaming, Blockchain and Web3 startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 23 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Private Ventures Group?

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### Who are the partners at Private Ventures Group?

The team at Private Ventures Group includes Dennis Unrein (Founder (Venture Capital & Growth Equity)). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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