# Tiby Erdely

> Tiby Erdely is a seed investor at KEY Investment Partners backing Cannabis and Advertising. See 12 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [KEY Investment Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/key-investment-partners)
- Location: Denver, United States
- Total investments: 12
- Last investment: Sep 2023
- Lead investor: 92%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tiby-erdely-iii-ba4ab332/
- Website: https://www.keyinvestmentpartners.com/tiby-erdely-bio

Tiby Erdely is a seed investor at KEY Investment Partners in Denver focused on Cannabis and Advertising. Tiby Erdely is Founding Partner at KEY Investment Partners. Attended at The University of Texas at San Antonio.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Cannabis | 3 | 25% |
| Advertising | 3 | 25% |
| Digital Marketing | 2 | 17% |
| Affiliate Marketing | 2 | 17% |
| Business Intelligence | 2 | 17% |

12 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 3 | 25% |
| Series B | 2 | 17% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 8% |
| Series C | 1 | 8% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 8% |

6 stages tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Katalys | Katalys is a partnership marketing technology platform that provides Brands and Publishers with a better way to generate revenue in the performance marketing channel. Formed out of the recent merger between RevOffers, a ‘cookieless’ graph attribution technology, and the embedded commerce innovation of 1o.io, Katalys is set on a course to disruptthe digital marketing landscape.Katalys' disruptive innovation in the performance marketing space is an embedded commerce technology that allows consumers to transact at any point of product discovery. This includes the ability to complete an eCommerce transaction inside a display advertisement, in-app, in-video, blog post, social media platforms, and even inside a VR/AR environment. | $5.4M | Seed | Sep 21, 2023 |  |
| Botanica Seattle | Botanica Seattle specializes in the production of natural and handmade cannabis edibles. Its products include mixed fruit chews, chocolate pattie, infused cannabis oil, and cannabis mint made from an alcohol-based extraction process with multiple stages of quality control to guarantee accurate and consistent dosing during final formulation,enabling people to enjoy the taste of handmade cannabis product.The company was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Seattle, Washington. | $9M | Series B | Jul 13, 2023 |  |
| Open Book Extracts | Open Book Extracts is a cGMP certified, vertically integrated grower, processor, and manufacturer of premium plant-based products. With control of the entire supply chain, a state-of-the-art extraction campus near North Carolina’s Research Triangle, proprietary refinement and conversion methods backed by a growing IP portfolio, and a team of Ph.D.chemists and seasoned business leaders, OBX is the trusted partner for global brands seeking to enter the marketplace. OBX Asia, with its headquarters in Hong Kong, provides strategic guidance and on-the-ground support for our Asia customers.OBX’s cGMP-certified productions operations are led by a seasoned science team, including a Ph.D. food scientist from Cornell, a Ph.D. organic chemist from the University of Nevada, and two masters chemists with pharmaceutical backgrounds, including a quality control director who joined OBX after a 15-year career as an analytical chemist at GlaxoSmithKline. OBX offers one of the largest portfolios of cannabinoid isolates at 99%+ purity, including CBD, CBG, CBN, CBC, and THCV, as well as formulation services and turnkey, finished good manufacturing including edibles, soft gels, tablets, tinctures, pet products, and topical products. |  | Series C | Apr 06, 2022 |  |
| Rev Ventures | RVG is a portfolio of digital companies that brings together brands and people to solve life's challenges. Our growing portfolio of web technologies, digital properties and partnerships allow us to drive performance for our partners and quality buying experience for consumers. Our wholly-owned subsidiary and flagship company RevOffers is anadvertising network connects brands with publishers who are looking to generate advertising revenue. | $1.3M | Debt Financing | Nov 17, 2021 |  |
| Katalys | Katalys is a partnership marketing technology platform that provides Brands and Publishers with a better way to generate revenue in the performance marketing channel. Formed out of the recent merger between RevOffers, a ‘cookieless’ graph attribution technology, and the embedded commerce innovation of 1o.io, Katalys is set on a course to disruptthe digital marketing landscape.Katalys' disruptive innovation in the performance marketing space is an embedded commerce technology that allows consumers to transact at any point of product discovery. This includes the ability to complete an eCommerce transaction inside a display advertisement, in-app, in-video, blog post, social media platforms, and even inside a VR/AR environment. | $2M |  | Nov 17, 2021 |  |
| Katalys | Katalys is a partnership marketing technology platform that provides Brands and Publishers with a better way to generate revenue in the performance marketing channel. Formed out of the recent merger between RevOffers, a ‘cookieless’ graph attribution technology, and the embedded commerce innovation of 1o.io, Katalys is set on a course to disruptthe digital marketing landscape.Katalys' disruptive innovation in the performance marketing space is an embedded commerce technology that allows consumers to transact at any point of product discovery. This includes the ability to complete an eCommerce transaction inside a display advertisement, in-app, in-video, blog post, social media platforms, and even inside a VR/AR environment. | $2M |  | Nov 17, 2021 |  |
| Katalys | Katalys is a partnership marketing technology platform that provides Brands and Publishers with a better way to generate revenue in the performance marketing channel. Formed out of the recent merger between RevOffers, a ‘cookieless’ graph attribution technology, and the embedded commerce innovation of 1o.io, Katalys is set on a course to disruptthe digital marketing landscape.Katalys' disruptive innovation in the performance marketing space is an embedded commerce technology that allows consumers to transact at any point of product discovery. This includes the ability to complete an eCommerce transaction inside a display advertisement, in-app, in-video, blog post, social media platforms, and even inside a VR/AR environment. | $2M | Pre-Seed | Nov 17, 2021 |  |
| Open Book Extracts | Open Book Extracts is a cGMP certified, vertically integrated grower, processor, and manufacturer of premium plant-based products. With control of the entire supply chain, a state-of-the-art extraction campus near North Carolina’s Research Triangle, proprietary refinement and conversion methods backed by a growing IP portfolio, and a team of Ph.D.chemists and seasoned business leaders, OBX is the trusted partner for global brands seeking to enter the marketplace. OBX Asia, with its headquarters in Hong Kong, provides strategic guidance and on-the-ground support for our Asia customers.OBX’s cGMP-certified productions operations are led by a seasoned science team, including a Ph.D. food scientist from Cornell, a Ph.D. organic chemist from the University of Nevada, and two masters chemists with pharmaceutical backgrounds, including a quality control director who joined OBX after a 15-year career as an analytical chemist at GlaxoSmithKline. OBX offers one of the largest portfolios of cannabinoid isolates at 99%+ purity, including CBD, CBG, CBN, CBC, and THCV, as well as formulation services and turnkey, finished good manufacturing including edibles, soft gels, tablets, tinctures, pet products, and topical products. | $11.5M | Series B | Jun 03, 2021 |  |
| Rev Ventures | RVG is a portfolio of digital companies that brings together brands and people to solve life's challenges. Our growing portfolio of web technologies, digital properties and partnerships allow us to drive performance for our partners and quality buying experience for consumers. Our wholly-owned subsidiary and flagship company RevOffers is anadvertising network connects brands with publishers who are looking to generate advertising revenue. | $1M | Seed | Mar 03, 2021 |  |
| Rev Ventures Group | Rev Ventures brings over 20 years of branding, communications, planning, media optimization, and revenue operations experience to the table. Rev Ventures Group, is a technology driven performance marketing ecosystem. RevOffers, is a wholly-owned subsidiary and flagship company of Rev Ventures Group. RevOffers is an advertising network that connectsbrands with publishers who are looking to generate advertising revenue. | $1M | Seed | Mar 03, 2021 |  |

10 of 12 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Phyto Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/phyto-partners) — VC Fund, 7 deals together
- [GreenAxs Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/greenaxs-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [AFI Capital Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/afi-capital-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Ensemble](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ensemble-brands) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Entourage Effect Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/entourage-effect-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [NorthCapital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/northcapital-holding-aps) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About KEY Investment Partners

VC Fund · Denver, United States

KEY Investment Partners they are focused on providing equity to early-stage companies.

3 contacts available at KEY Investment Partners.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Jordan Youkilis | Founding Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jordan-youkilis |
| Pete Karabas | Founding Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pete-karabas |
| Tiby Erdely | Founding Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tiby-erdely |

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## FAQ

### What does Tiby Erdely invest in?

Tiby Erdely invests primarily in Cannabis, Advertising and Digital Marketing startups, most often at Seed and Series B stage. Most of the 12 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Tiby Erdely last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Tiby Erdely closed in Sep 2023. Shizune tracks 12 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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