Scooter Braun
Co-Founder @ TQ Ventures
Los Angeles, United States
Scooter Braun is a seed investor at TQ Ventures in Los Angeles focused on E-Commerce and Internet. Scooter Braun is one of the entertainment industry’s biggest entrepreneurs and innovators and the founder of SB Projects, a diversified entertainment and media company with ventures at the intersection of music, film, television, technology, brands, culture, and social good. Braun has a roster of the top pop culture icons under his management,record label, and publishing companies that include Justin Bieber, Ariana Grande, Zac Brown Band, and Karlie Kloss.Braun has broken more new artists than any other music executive in the last decade and has expanded his reach by establishing a fund, which invests in some of the largest management, media, and rights companies in the industry. SB Projects houses a film and television production division and also continues to impact new verticals under its tech incubator, Silent Labs, which holds investments in Uber, Spotify, Songza, Casper, Waze, and Pinterest.Braun also leads Ithaca Holdings LLC., a fully integrated holding company with interests across multiple verticals. The company has built an elite portfolio of acquisitions and partnerships including the acquisition of Scott Borchetta's Big Machine Label Group, Mythos Studios with Marvel Founding Chairman David Maisel, the acquisition of Atlas Publishing, and partnerships with management companies.Braun remains committed to SB Projects’ founding philosophy of giving back by serving on the boards of Pencils of Promise and Fuck Cancer, and he, his clients, and his companies have – together – granted more wishes for Make-A-Wish than any other organization in the history of the foundation.
- Total investments:
- 58
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 2%
Last updated:
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Industries Scooter Braun invests in
Stages Scooter Braun invests in
Countries Scooter Braun invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
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Round size
- Seed
- $2M–$10M
- Series A
- $6M–$60M
- Series B
- $5M–$70M
Investment Focus
Industry
- E-Commerce 10 (17%)
- Internet 7 (12%)
- Wellness 7 (12%)
- Apps 5 (9%)
- Music 5 (9%)
Stage
- Seed 27 (47%)
- Series A 11 (19%)
- Series B 10 (17%)
- Funding Round 3 (5%)
- Series E 1 (2%)
Country
- United States 41 (71%)
- Egypt 1 (2%)
- Norway 1 (2%)
- Germany 1 (2%)
- Ukraine 1 (2%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| Swsh is a social app that aims to strengthen true friendships rather than superficial relationships with followers. | $4M / Seed / Jun 16, 2026 | ||
| SLAY is a social gaming company. | $5M / Seed / Feb 25, 2024 | ||
| Kindo elevates the workforce by providing the only truly open AI platform for all businesses. | $7M / Seed / Sep 05, 2023 | ||
| Spatial Labs exists to simplify and enhance people's lives by bridging the digital and physical worlds.We develop products and services that enable anyone to build and engage with experiences that inspire moments of joy, guided by our principles of sustainable innovation, self-expression, and cultural impact.Our mission is to maketechnology a natural extension of the human experience and empower people to create the world they wish to see.Spatial Labs is venture-backed and supported by notable VC’s such as Blockchain Capital, JAY-Z’s Marcy Venture Partners, and more.Spatial Labs has collaborated with and powered experiences for brands such as Adidas x Ivy Park, Tidal, Pantone, IKEA / Space10, Crocs, and more. | $10M / Seed / Jan 26, 2023 | ||
| Mitchell & Ness Nostalgia manufactures and retails apparel and accessories for men and women. It focuses on offering consumers a range of licensed apparel from the NFL, NBA, NHL, and AFL; and non-licensed active wear. The company offers adjustables, banners and pennants, bottoms, buckets, fitted products, fleece products, jerseys, outerwear,shirts, slouch products, snapback products, and strapback products; and headwear, duffle bags, gloves, scarves, and socks. | Secondary Market / Oct 25, 2022 | ||
| MoonPay is a financial technology company that provides payment solutions for cryptocurrency. Its on-and-off-ramp suite of products provides a seamless experience for converting between fiat currencies and cryptocurrencies using all major payment methods including debit and credit cards, local bank transfers, Apple Pay, Google Pay, and Samsung Pay. | $87M / Series A / Apr 13, 2022 | ||
| PortalOne is a pioneering startup in the videogames industry, taking the best parts of games and the best parts of TV and merging them together to create an immersive entertainment experience unlike anything that's been seen before. PortalOne's business model is centered around the concept of 'hybrid games', a novel categorythat combines elements of traditional gaming with interactive TV shows.Currently accessible only via mobile devices, the company hosts daily 24-hour tournaments every day where players can compete in a variety of games across different genres, including Atari games, for which the company has the exclusive global distribution rights for many of its titles like 'Pong', 'Breakout' and 'Centipede'. These games are not just standalone experiences, but are integrated with TV shows broadcasted within the games themselves. Players play throughout the day with the goal of climbing the Leaderboards for each game, with the opportunity to win real prizes such as cash and holidays.PortalOne's first show format, the 'Arcade Show' -- the TV component of hybrid games -- is hosted every single day in the PortalOne app. The show sees special guests come into the PortalOne universe and become immersed inside the game worlds as real characters. They play a round of a PortalOne game, and then players play against them on their mobile device at home. Previous guests on the Arcade Show include Justin Bieber, Demi Lovato, Tori Kelly, and Atari founder Nolan Bushnell. The company has been operational since 2018 and has been steadfast in its mission to merge the best aspects of the gaming and TV industries. PortalOne's vision is to be the ultimate destination for hybrid games, in the same way that Spotify is for music and podcasts, and Netflix is for TV and film. PortalOne will host hundreds of games across all genres on its platform, with multiple show formats in its universe. The company also intends to become cross-platform. Currently operating in the US & Canada and Norway, PortalOne aims to be available worldwide with studios around the world producing localized TV shows for different geographies. | $59.8M / Series A / Jan 27, 2022 | ||
| Supergreat is a beauty community of real people reviewing the beauty products that work for them. The company was founded in 2018 and is based in New York. | $20M / Series B / Dec 15, 2021 | ||
| Superplastic is a character-based product and entertainment company. It creates limited edition art toys, apparel, games, and animation based on characters created in collaboration with some of the greatest artists in the world. Superplastic is founded on the principle that effort and scarcity are intrinsic components of value. The companyappropriates the tools of mass media and mass production to create limited edition works of art for a limited audience. It was established in 2017 and is based in Burlington, Vermont. | $20M / Series A / Oct 20, 2021 | ||
| June Homes is a proptech company that's using technology to fix the antiquated apartment rental experience for both everyday consumers and mom-and-pop landlords. | $27M / Series B / Sep 22, 2021 | ||
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Co-Investors
About TQ Ventures
TQ Ventures is an early-stage venture firm based in New York City and San Francisco, led by Schuster Tanger and Andrew Marks. We manage over $1 billion in assets and are currently investing out of our third fund.We’re industry-agnostic with a focus on backing exceptional founders building category-defining businesses.Since our founding in2018, we’ve made more than 80 investments globally and built a reputation for using our exceptional network to make enterprise customer introductions that drive significant revenue growth. We invest from first principles and build deep relationship with our founders based on trust and long-termism.
TQ Ventures Contacts
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Schuster Tanger
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Scooter Braun
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FAQ
What does Scooter Braun invest in?
Scooter Braun invests primarily in E-Commerce, Internet and Wellness startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 58 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 Scooter Braun's check size?
Scooter Braun typically joins rounds of $2M–$10M at Seed, $6M–$60M at Series A and $5M–$70M 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 Scooter Braun participates in.
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When did Scooter Braun last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Scooter Braun closed in Jun 2026. Shizune tracks 58 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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