The Walt Disney Company
VC Fund
Burbank, United States
The Walt Disney Company is a VC fund in Burbank focused on Non Profit and Food and Beverage. The Walt Disney Company started as a cartoon studio and evolves into sports coverage and television shows. Using the company's portfolio of brands to differentiate our content, services, and consumer products, Walt Disney seeks to develop creative, innovative, and profitable entertainment experiences and related products.
- Total investments:
- 59
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 71%
Last updated:
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Industries The Walt Disney Company invests in
Stages The Walt Disney Company invests in
Countries The Walt Disney Company invests in
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Investment Focus
Industry
- Non Profit 22 (37%)
- Food and Beverage 14 (24%)
- Charity 8 (14%)
- Video 5 (8%)
- Food Delivery 5 (8%)
Stage
- Grant 31 (53%)
- Funding Round 6 (10%)
- Series C 5 (8%)
- Series A 3 (5%)
- Corporate Round 3 (5%)
Country
- United States 50 (85%)
- China 1 (2%)
- Singapore 1 (2%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Amanda Yang
Senior Data Manager
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Senior Data Manager | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Beth Ritchie
Vice President Finance, Consumer Products
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Vice President Finance, Consumer Products | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Dana Amendola
Vice President of Operations Disney Theatricals
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Vice President of Operations Disney Theatricals | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Deepti Mutnuru
Senior Product Manager
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Senior Product Manager | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Farnaz Shoraka
Vice President, Content Planning & Analysis
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Vice President, Content Planning & Analysis | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
| See all 16 team members → | ||||
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
OpenAI
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OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company that conducts research and develops machine learning technologies. OpenAI works on projects that involve autonomous learning and task performance. It serves industries such as technology, healthcare, and education. | $1B / Corporate Round / Dec 11, 2025 | |
fuboTV
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fuboTV is the world’s only sports-focused live TV streaming service with top leagues and teams, plus popular shows, movies and news for the entire household. Its base package, fubo Standard, is available for $54.99 per month and features more than 110 channels, including a growing line-up of national channels, local broadcast stations and regionalsports networks (RSNs); personal Cloud DVR storage; and two simultaneous streams – with no contract or set top box required. Get fubo.tv on the web, on popular mobile phones and tablets, and on connected and smart TVs.Headquartered in New York City, fuboTV has quickly evolved into the top independent virtual MVPD in the U.S. and a sports-first cable replacement for the entire family, after initially launching as a streaming soccer service in January 2015. With the launch of fuboTV España in 2018, it became the first U.S. virtual MVPD to enter Europe. fubo Sports Network, the live, free-to-consumer TV network for passionate sports fans, was launched in 2019 offering event coverage, news, behind-the-scenes and exclusive programming. Named to Forbes’ Next Billion Dollar Startup list in 2019, fuboTV has raised more than $250 million in funding to date. Investors include AMC Networks, DCM Ventures, Discovery, Inc., Goldman Sachs, i2bf, LionTree Partners, Luminari Capital, Microsoft, Northzone, The Walt Disney Corporation, Viacom Inc., Waverley Capital, Edgar Bronfman, Jr. (former Chairman and CEO of Warner Music Group), Chris Silbermann (founding partner, ICM Partners) and former NBA Commissioner David Stern among others. | $145M / Post-IPO Debt / Oct 29, 2025 | |
Epic Games
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Epic Games is an American video game and software company that creates games and offers its game engine technology to other developers. It specializes in developing games and engine technology and operates a game store that empowers others to make quality games and 3D content, thereby providing game developers the ability to build high-fidelity,interactive experiences for PC, console, mobile, and virtual reality devices. | $1.5B / Corporate Round / Feb 07, 2024 | |
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Epic Games
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Epic Games is an American video game and software company that creates games and offers its game engine technology to other developers. It specializes in developing games and engine technology and operates a game store that empowers others to make quality games and 3D content, thereby providing game developers the ability to build high-fidelity,interactive experiences for PC, console, mobile, and virtual reality devices. | $1.5B / Corporate Round / Feb 07, 2024 | |
Generation Prime
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Generation Prime operates as a digital healthcare platform. | Seed / May 25, 2023 | |
Disney Streaming
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BAMTech grew out of MLBAM, the interactive media and Internet company of Major League Baseball. Since it was founded in 2000, MLBAM has been an award-winning digital business at the forefront of the digital revolution in delivering world-class experiences and distributed content through all forms of interactive media. Its proprietary technologyprovides direct-to-consumer video solutions, especially for live events with high viewership, offering viewers high-quality visuals anytime, on any device. Its video platform back-end technology provides flexibility to personalize and enhance content-viewing experiences and is capable of serving live content to tens of millions of consumers around the world. BAMTech’s growing roster of sports, news and entertainment clients includes HBO NOW, the National Hockey League, Major League Baseball, the PGA TOUR, WWE Network and Ice Network (the leading digital platform for professional figure | $900M / Secondary Market / Nov 01, 2022 | |
Exceptional Minds
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Exceptional Minds is a school and professional studio that prepares individuals with autism for careers in animation and visual effects, a unique nonprofit organization now serving a population that is underrepresented in the workforce. | $1M / Grant / Oct 23, 2022 | |
Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida
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Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida collects, stores and distributes donated foods and meals to economically challenged people. | Grant / Jul 14, 2022 | |
The Food Bank
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The Food Bank is a nonprofit company that strengthens communities by distributing wholesome food to friends and family. While developing strategies to eradicate hunger in communities, give food to those who are in need. the food system to provide families, kids, elders, and individuals with access to nourishing meals. The Food Bank equipscommunities to fight hunger via partnerships, instruction, and initiatives. | Grant / Jul 14, 2022 | |
Long Island Cares
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The mission of Long Island Cares – The Harry Chapin Food Bank is to bring together all available resources for the benefit of the hungry on Long Island. | Grant / Jul 14, 2022 | |
| See all 59 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does The Walt Disney Company invest in?
The Walt Disney Company invests primarily in Non Profit, Food and Beverage and Charity startups, most often at Grant and Funding Round stage. Most of the 59 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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Who are the partners at The Walt Disney Company?
The team at The Walt Disney Company includes Amanda Yang (Senior Data Manager), Beth Ritchie (Vice President Finance, Consumer Products) and Dana Amendola (Vice President of Operations Disney Theatricals), among 16 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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