# RedBird Capital Partners

> RedBird Capital Partners is a VC fund backing Sports. See 54 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 54
- Last investment: Jul 2025
- Lead investor: 44%
- Last fund: May 2018
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/9298002?trk=tyah&trkInfo=clickedVertical%3Acompany%2Cidx%3A2-1-2%2CtarId%3A1427591711734%2Ctas%3Aredbird+ca
- Website: http://www.redbirdcap.com/

RedBird Capital Partners is a private investment firm that builds high-growth companies and provides strategic capital solutions to founders and entrepreneurs. Founded in 2014 by Gerry Cardinale, RedBird integrates sophisticated private equity investing with a hands-on business building mandate that focuses on three core industry verticals – Media& Entertainment, Sports and Experiential Consumer, and Financial Services. Throughout his 30-year investment career, Cardinale has partnered with founders and entrepreneurs to build some of the most iconic growth companies in their respective industries. The firm currently manages approximately $9 billion in assets on behalf of a global group of blue chip institutional and family office investors. For more information, please go to www.redbirdcap.com.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Sports | 8 | 15% |
| Information Technology | 5 | 9% |
| Fantasy Sports | 4 | 7% |
| Financial Services | 4 | 7% |
| Media and Entertainment | 3 | 6% |

59 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Funding Round | 15 | 28% |
| Private Equity | 12 | 22% |
| Series A | 4 | 7% |
| Series B | 3 | 6% |
| Series D | 3 | 6% |

10 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 33 | 61% |
| India | 2 | 4% |
| France | 1 | 2% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 2% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| David Grochow | Chief Financial Officer and Chief Compliance Officer | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/david-grochow |
| Hunter Carpenter | Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hunter-carpenter |
| Mike Zabik | Partner | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mike-zabik-bf5e |
| Gerry Cardinale | Founder and Managing Partner | 8 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gerry-cardinale |
| Gerry Cardinale | Founder and Managing Partner | 7 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gerry-cardinale-f04a |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Willow Wealth | Willow Wealth enables you to build a complete private markets portfolio across real estate, private credit, private equity, and more. Our platform provides access to differentiated individual investments and diversified funds, as well as an automated investing solution that handles everything for you. No matter your goals, our platform aims to makeprivate markets investing simple and accessible. Join more than 500,000 members and start investing in private markets today at willowwealth.com. | $77M | Series D | Jul 22, 2025 |  |
| iCreditWorks | iCreditWorks offers a simple, seamless, and secure mobile loan application process. | $60M | Private Equity | Apr 14, 2025 |  |
| New Pluto Global | New Pluto Global offers a premium, creative-first destination for storytellers, committed to producing high-quality content, and will be positioned to increase profitability, nurture creator stability and independence, and allow for additional investment in growth areas. | $2.4B | Private Equity | Jul 07, 2024 |  |
| Build A Rocket Boy | Build A Rocket Boy provides Gaming services based in Edinburgh and Budapest. | $110M | Series D | Jan 16, 2024 |  |
| Zelus Analytics | Zelus Analytics provides a world-leading sports intelligence platform for the professional teams in our exclusive partner network. | $3.6M | Series A | Oct 17, 2023 |  |
| Parade | Parade is the leading capacity management platform for freight brokerages. | $17M |  | Sep 14, 2023 |  |
| Alpine | The Societe des Automobiles Alpine is a French manufacturing company. The company provides of racing and sports cars. Alpine competition department had various racing programs. Alpine also launched GT4's touring car and rallying programs for its A110. | $218.2M | Secondary Market | Jun 26, 2023 |  |
| RED 6 | RED 6 is a creator of ATARS, which allows real pilots in real airplanes to fly and visually maneuver against any synthetically generated enemy in real time. With Red 6’s augmented reality visor, AI-driven multi-player network, and biometric feedback loops, it can deliver an optimized experience in countless industries such as entertainment, sports,and medicine. | $70M | Series B | Jun 02, 2023 |  |
| EquipmentShare | EquipmentShare is a construction solutions provider dedicated to solving industry pain points through smart jobsite technology and equipment rental, retail, and service centers. EquipmentShare’s cloud-connected platform, T3, is powered by telematics and machine hardware to give construction and industrial companies a real-time view of their jobsiteand operations. EquipmentShare’s enterprise suite of apps is OEM-agnostic and can track and manage any piece of equipment, regardless of brand, to help fleet managers monitor assets, prevent theft and machine misuse, track employee hours and shifts, increase machine utilization, streamline maintenance and prevent unplanned downtime. Founded in 2015, EquipmentShare operates 153 facilities as of year-end and employs approximately 4,000 team members of diverse perspectives who push the boundaries of possibilities to create unparalleled customer value, support their communities and empower construction professionals to work more efficiently. EquipmentShare’s growing presence of locations, which includes equipment and service yards, research and development sites, dealerships for major brands, administrative offices, and specialty solutions locations, serves the rising demand for the company’s equipment and digital solutions. | $290M | Series E | Apr 19, 2023 |  |
| EverPass Media | EverPass Media offers rights to distribute NFL Sunday Ticket to bars, restaurants, hotels and other commercial venues in the United States. |  | Private Equity | Mar 28, 2023 |  |

10 of 54 investments shown.

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## FAQ

### What does RedBird Capital Partners invest in?

RedBird Capital Partners invests primarily in Sports, Information Technology and Fantasy Sports startups, most often at Funding Round and Private Equity stage. Most of the 54 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 RedBird Capital Partners?

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### Who are the partners at RedBird Capital Partners?

The team at RedBird Capital Partners includes David Grochow (Chief Financial Officer and Chief Compliance Officer), Hunter Carpenter (Partner) and Mike Zabik (Partner), among 8 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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