# Russell Westbrook

> Russell Westbrook is a Series A investor at Russell Westbrook Enterprises backing Apps. See 13 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Russell Westbrook Enterprises](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/russell-westbrook)
- Location: Los Angeles, United States
- Total investments: 13
- Last investment: Sep 2025
- Lead investor: 23%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/russell-westbrook-357131204
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/russwest44
- Website: https://x.com/russwest44
- Facebook: https://web.facebook.com/russellwestbrook

Russell Westbrook is a Series A investor at Russell Westbrook Enterprises in Los Angeles focused on Apps and Health Care. Russell Westbrook is based out of Los Angeles, California, and is the Founder and CEO of Russell Westbrook Enterprises. Russell attended UCLA.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Series A | $14M–$48M |
| Series B | $24M–$106M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Apps | 3 | 23% |
| Health Care | 3 | 23% |
| Food and Beverage | 3 | 23% |
| Banking | 2 | 15% |
| FinTech | 2 | 15% |

29 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 4 | 31% |
| Series B | 2 | 15% |
| Funding Round | 2 | 15% |
| Corporate Round | 2 | 15% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 8% |

6 stages tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| N4XT Experiences | N4XT Experiences is a live events platform that operates in fashion, beauty, gaming, and entertainment.Launched in 2022 by brand guru Ciarra Pardo, former Chief Creative Officer of Fenty, Imad Izemrane, President and co-founder of Spring Place, entertainment industry veteran Marcus Ticotin, and financial industry veterans Keith Abell and JackieTrebilcock. |  |  | Sep 10, 2025 |  |
| Eazewell | Eazewell is an AI-powered funeral planning and facilitation platform founded by Donnell Beverly Jr., Russell Westbrook, and Kemba Walker. Driven by personal experiences of loss, Eazewell combines AI and autonomous agents with a human touch to guide families through end-of-life arrangements. From negotiating fair pricing and securing loans toautomating paperwork, Eazewell’s technology saves time and spares emotional strain. The platform offers dynamic checklists, 24/7 support, and compassionate human specialists who ensure nothing is overlooked. By modernizing a traditionally complex process, Eazewell enables families to focus on remembrance instead of red tape. Eazewell is proudly backed by an accomplished group of investors, including Tru Skye Ventures, co-founded by serial entrepreneur Stephen Stokols and former NBA All-Star Metta World Peace, alongside Chad Brownstein, Founder and Chairman of Rocky Mountain Resources and Co-Founder of Banc of California; Jeron Smith, former White House Strategist under President Obama, Nike executive, and Founder of Incubation Lab; Will Smith, former Chief Marketing Officer at PetSmart and Abercrombie & Fitch; and Echo Investment Capital. |  | Pre-Seed | May 07, 2025 |  |
| OP3N | Founded in 2021 as a subsidiary of EST Media Holdings, OP3N is the global Web3 superapp that serves as a one-stop-shop for all communication, connection and commerce with on-chain interactions in a simple unified interface. With a mission to create a more frictionless, decentralized and democratized creator economy on a global scale, OP3Nconsolidates the tools needed to mint, share and engage with digital goods and digital tokens into one vertical stack. OP3N’s leadership team leverages its cross-industry expertise from the entertainment, gaming and tech ecosystems, to lay the foundations for a new era of community-driven, inclusive entertainment while bringing everyone together on a journey into Web3. OP3N is co-led by media executive, artist, and serial entrepreneur Jaeson Ma, who has a successful track record launching companies including EST Studios, Stampede Ventures, East West Ventures, and 88rising, and who’s raised capital and advised on transactions totaling over $1 billion; and Eric Tu, an award-winning development executive who’s worked with major brands including Nike, Beats by Dre and Google, and as an Executive Producer with Bjork, Radiohead, Kendrick Lamar and more. The company is headquartered in Los Angeles. For more information, please visit: https://op3n.world.OP3N’s portfolio of projects includes a partnership with Tokyo fashion label AMBUSH; an intergalactic children’s book from Grimes; a partnership with entertainment icon Simon Fuller to produce an innovative musical film with the global pop group Now United; and the “Maybe You’re the Problem” music video from the singer-songwriter Ava Max, directed by the celebrated music video director Joseph Kahn. | $28M | Series A | Mar 21, 2023 |  |
| Shef | Shef is a homemade food marketplace that helps local cooks to make a meaningful income from home by selling authentic, homemade dishes to their neighbors. The company was founded by Alvin Salehi and Joey Grassia in 2019 and operates in seven markets, including San Francisco, New York, Seattle, Chicago, and Los Angeles. | $7M | Debt Financing | Mar 01, 2023 |  |
| BlocPower | BlocPower is an energy technology startup that develops healthier, greener, and smarter buildings.It leverages advanced technologies, innovative electrification equipment, and structured finance to provide green heating and cooling to urban buildings. The company also connects government agencies, utilities, building owners, and smart equipmentproviders to identify unhealthy, energy-wasting buildings to retrofit. Its proprietary machine learning platform then determines which retrofits will produce the most energy savings at scale and uses the cloud and IoT to gather data and remotely monitor energy consumption. Since its founding, BlocPower has completed energy projects in nearly 1,000 buildings and delivered results ahead of schedule and under budget. It utilizes its proprietary software for analysis, leasing, project management, and monitoring of urban clean energy projects, and its customers are saving 20–40% on their energy bills each year. The company is backed by top investors, including Kapor Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, the American Family Insurance Institute for Corporate and Social Impact, AccelR8, the Goldman Sachs Urban Investment Group, Elemental Excelerator, CityRock Venture Partners, the Schmidt Family Foundation, and Salesforce Ventures.Donnel Baird and Morris Cox co-founded the company in Brooklyn, New York in 2014. | $24M | Series B | Feb 28, 2023 |  |
| Magic Spoon | Magic Spoon is a food company that provides childlike, low-carbohydrate cereal foods for adult customers. The cereal is keto-friendly and non-GMO and free from gluten, grain, wheat, soy, and artificial sweeteners. It gets its taste from allulose, a natural sweetener found in figs and maple syrup that has zero glycemic impact.The company wasestablished in 2019 and has its main office in Brooklyn, New York. | $106.3M | Series B | Jun 13, 2022 |  |
| Poppi | Poppi manufactures prebiotic soda that combines real fruit juice with apple cider vinegar. It was founded in 2015 and is based in Dallas, Texas. | $13.5M |  | Aug 30, 2021 |  |
| Poppi | Poppi manufactures prebiotic soda that combines real fruit juice with apple cider vinegar. It was founded in 2015 and is based in Dallas, Texas. | $13.8M | Series A | Aug 30, 2021 |  |
| Poppi | Poppi manufactures prebiotic soda that combines real fruit juice with apple cider vinegar. It was founded in 2015 and is based in Dallas, Texas. | $13.8M |  | Jul 14, 2021 |  |
| Varo Money | Varo Money is driven by a mission to redefine banking so it’s easy for everyone to make smart choices with their money. In one mobile app, Varo offers customers no-cost premium bank accounts and high-interest savings accounts offered through The Bancorp Bank, and tech-first features to help people manage their money more easily.The company wasfounded in 2015 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California. | $63M | Corporate Round | Feb 18, 2021 |  |

10 of 13 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [The Chainsmokers](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/the-chainsmokers) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [CAVU Consumer Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cavu-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Halsey](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/halsey-f8c2) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [32 Equity](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/32-equity) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Alumni Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alumni-ventures-group) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Animoca Brands](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/animoca-brands-corporation) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Russell Westbrook Enterprises

VC Fund

Russell Westbrook Enterprises supports global communities through investments and strategic partnerships.

2 contacts available at Russell Westbrook Enterprises.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Russell Westbrook | Founder and CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/russell-westbrook-78eb |
| Donnell Beverly, Jr. | President | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/donnell-beverly-jr-e497 |

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## FAQ

### What does Russell Westbrook invest in?

Russell Westbrook invests primarily in Apps, Health Care and Food and Beverage startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 13 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Russell Westbrook's check size?

Russell Westbrook typically joins rounds of $14M–$48M at Series A and $24M–$106M at Series B. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Russell Westbrook participates in.

### When did Russell Westbrook last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Russell Westbrook closed in Sep 2025. Shizune tracks 13 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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