# The Raine Group

> The Raine Group is a VC fund in New York backing Gaming and Software. See 96 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 96
- Last investment: May 2026
- Lead investor: 39%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-raine-group
- Website: http://www.raine.com/

The Raine Group is a VC fund in New York focused on Gaming and Software. An integrated merchant bank advising and investing in high growth sectors of technology, media and telecom. Offices in New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Hong Kong, London, Mumbai, Paris, Shanghai and Singapore.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $2.8M–$20M |
| Series A | $5M–$80M |
| Series C | $35M–$555M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Gaming | 13 | 14% |
| Software | 11 | 11% |
| Music | 9 | 9% |
| Mobile | 8 | 8% |
| Mobile Apps | 8 | 8% |

124 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 21 | 22% |
| Seed | 17 | 18% |
| Series C | 10 | 10% |
| Funding Round | 8 | 8% |
| Series B | 7 | 7% |

13 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 53 | 55% |
| United Kingdom | 7 | 7% |
| Sweden | 2 | 2% |
| India | 1 | 1% |
| Brazil | 1 | 1% |

10 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Brandon Gardner | Partner, Co-Founder President & COO | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brandon-gardner |
| Fred Davis | Partner | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fred-davis-3 |
| Jason Schretter | Partner / Head of EMEA | 5 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jason-schretter |
| Kevin Linker | Managing Partner, Raine Next-Gen Communications | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kevin-linker |
| Todd Rosoff | Partner | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/todd-rosoff |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Kohort | Ramp Growth provides forecasting analytics software. They provide run scenarios and forecasts in less time and predict customer behaviour, future revenue, and the annual growth of a firm at the press of a button, enabling financial planners and finance teams to reduce the consequences of incorrect resource allocation. | $7M | Series A | May 07, 2026 |  |
| AfterQuery | AfterQuery provides high-quality human-generated datasets which are further used to finetune AI systems. | $30M | Series A | Apr 09, 2026 |  |
| Packz | Packz is a gamified collectibles platform that offers trading cards with fun animations and images. | $10.7M | Seed | Apr 07, 2026 |  |
| Hook | Hook operates as a music expression platform that harnesses the power of AI. | $15.8M | Series A | Feb 18, 2026 |  |
| Duetti | Duetti is a music fintech company that offers financial solutions. The company works with independent musicians to purchase catalog rights and then monetizes them using data and social media marketing. It aims to get a wide range of artists quick access to catalog sales and unlock new investment opportunities. It also provides data-driven pricesfor established tracks, allowing artists to sell individual tracks or even parts thereof, then markets those tracks going forward using ROI-focused techniques. | $50M | Series C | Jan 21, 2026 |  |
| Duetti | Duetti is a music fintech company that offers financial solutions. The company works with independent musicians to purchase catalog rights and then monetizes them using data and social media marketing. It aims to get a wide range of artists quick access to catalog sales and unlock new investment opportunities. It also provides data-driven pricesfor established tracks, allowing artists to sell individual tracks or even parts thereof, then markets those tracks going forward using ROI-focused techniques. | $50M | Series C | Jan 21, 2026 |  |
| Midnite | Building the future of esports betting | $35M | Series C | Jan 15, 2026 |  |
| Midnite | Building the future of esports betting | $35M | Series C | Jan 15, 2026 |  |
| General Intuition | General Intuition is a frontier research lab focused on teaching machines to learn and adapt through play, aiming to build artificial intelligence that can perceive, anticipate, and improvise in real-world dynamics, with gaming as a central domain for testing and innovation. | $133.7M | Seed | Oct 16, 2025 |  |
| Cypher Games | Cypher Games is a mobile gaming company that develops casual games for users and players. The company focuses on the next generation mobile puzzle games. It aims to shape the future of mobile gaming together with its colleagues, investors, and thought partners. | $30M | Series A | Oct 01, 2025 |  |

10 of 96 investments shown.

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## FAQ

### What does The Raine Group invest in?

The Raine Group invests primarily in Gaming, Software and Music startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 96 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 The Raine Group's check size?

The Raine Group typically joins rounds of $2.8M–$20M at Seed, $5M–$80M at Series A and $35M–$555M at Series C. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds The Raine Group participates in.

### How do I contact The Raine Group?

Public channels for The Raine Group include LinkedIn and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at The Raine Group?

The team at The Raine Group includes Brandon Gardner (Partner, Co-Founder President & COO), Fred Davis (Partner) and Jason Schretter (Partner / Head of EMEA), among 18 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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