Lakeside Capital
Family officeTampa · Pre-Seed–Late Stage · 1 people tracked
Investment thesis
Lakeside Capital invests in founders and operators across early-stage ventures to lower middle-market private equity, prioritizing value creation through capital, strategic guidance, and access to a proprietary network cultivated over nearly twenty years in sports, media, and consumer sectors. The firm leverages relationships spanning top athletes, entertainers, media figures, and senior executives to help portfolio companies gain traction, secure partnerships, and scale. The investment approach emphasizes long-term partnership, business-building expertise, and collaborative support to unlock enduring value and meaningful growth.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 6, 2026.
Team · 1 people
from public directories
What they invest in
from 15 of 22 portfolio companiesConsumer ×5Sports Tech ×5Direct to Consumer ×3Media & Entertainment ×3AI & Machine Learning ×2Enterprise Software ×2FoodTech ×2Hardware ×2
HQs:United States×10Italy×1
Investments · 22 tracked
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Anthropic is an AI safety research company that builds reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US
Dario Amodei(Co-founder & Chief Executive Officer)Daniela Amodei(Co-founder & President)inTom Brown(Co-founder)inJack Clark(Co-founder & Head of Policy)inJared Kaplan(Co-founder & Chief Science Officer)Chris Olah(Co-founder & Interpretability Research Lead)
Co-investors3Comma Capital7BC Venture CapitalA.Capital VenturesAccelAlkeon InnovationAllen Institute for AI (AI2) Incubator+84 more
Black Sheep Coffee is a specialty coffee chain operating coffee shops that serve specialty-grade Robusta and 100% arabica blends, Norwegian waffles, and signature drinks like ceremonial-grade matcha.
ConsumerFoodTechChicago, US
Atish Doshi(Director and Chief Executive Officer)Kevin Van Eekeran(Director)Stuart Baum(Director)Kathleen Manilla(Director)Douglas Schaaf(Director)
Cary, US
Co-investorsAdvaita Capitalalphabet angelsAltra VentureBLN CapitalBreyer CapitalBryant Stibel+23 more
Co-investorsAntiArctic DigitalBalerion Space VenturesCastle Island VenturesIneffable VenturesLux Capital+5 more
Michael Rubin(Founder)in
Co-investorsAndreessen HorowitzDarco CapitalG SquaredPrysm CapitalSoftBank Vision FundTrue North Cos.
Fetch operates a rewards platform that provides consumer loyalty data to brands and offers consumers points redeemable for gift cards and rewards based on shopping, dining, and gaming activities.
ConsumerDirect to ConsumerMarketing TechRetail TechMadison, US
Wes Schroll(Executive Officer, Director)in
BoardChris Nohl(Director)Andrew Boszhardt(Director)inFrank Azzolino(Director)Ken Harris(Director)
Co-investorsArcher Capital GroupArcher Venture CapitalConvivialité VenturesFUSEG SquaredGreat Oaks Venture Capital+7 more
GameDay Custom Cleats (formerly Gridiron Cleats) designs and sells hand-crafted custom football, baseball, and soccer cleats, including sneaker-inspired designs and personalized made-to-order pairs.
Direct to ConsumerE-commerceSports Tech
Happy Dad produces alcoholic beverages including hard seltzer, hard lemonade, and hard tea, sold in cans that are gluten-free with 100 calories, 1g sugar, and no artificial sweeteners.
ConsumerDirect to ConsumerFoodTech
Co-investorsAntiEntrepreneur VenturesMidnightThe Family Fund
Intro is an online marketplace that enables users to book video consultations with in-demand experts across various fields such as interior design and entrepreneurship.
B2B MarketplacesConsumerMarketplaces
Raad Mobrem(Founder)
Co-investorsAndreessen HorowitzCrosscut VenturesJ17 CapitalNomad Venture Partners, LlcParade VenturesRachel Zoe Ventures+7 more
Matternet develops drone-based logistics systems for autonomous transport and delivery.
HardwareLogistics & Supply ChainRoboticsMountain View, US
Andreas Raptopoulos(Founder & CEO)inAlexander Norman-Elvenich(Executive Officer)Jason Secore(CFO)inAlex Norman(COO)
BoardSaurabh Ranjan(Director)Chris Dawson(Director)in
Co-investorsBoeing HorizonX VenturesHemisphere Ventures LLCMcKesson VenturesWinklevoss Capital
The National Basketball Association (NBA) is a professional basketball league whose official website publishes news, game coverage, and content about its teams, players, and events such as Summer League and free agency.
Media & EntertainmentSports Tech
Co-investorsA-Rod CorpHelios Digital VenturesNew VoicesRaptor Group
Oakland, US
DAVID MATTHEW LESTER(Director)CHARLES BENNETT GOODWIN(Executive Officer, Director)Ben Goodwin(Founder)inMELVIN LANDIS(Executive Officer)TRACY HART(Executive Officer)
BoardCHRISTOPHER DAWE(Director)
Co-investorsAntiBarrel VenturesCollaborative FundLeft Lane CapitalMelitas Ventures LlcMidnight+2 more
OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company focused on developing artificial general intelligence (AGI) with emphasis on safety and beneficial outcomes for humanity.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US
Sam Altman(Co-founder & CEO)Elon Musk(Co-founder & former Co-chair / board member)Greg Brockman(Co-founder & President (CEO of Applications as of 2026))inIlya Sutskever(Co-founder & former Chief Scientist)inWojciech Zaremba(Co-founder)inJohn Schulman(Co-founder (departed 2024))
Co-investorsA.Capital VenturesA'Z AngelsAdvent InternationalAlpha Wave GlobalAndreessen HorowitzAnti+53 more
Puttshack operates tech-infused indoor mini golf venues that combine interactive games with food and drink for a leisure entertainment experience.
ConsumerGamingSports Tech
Co-investorsActive PartnersBlackRock
Ridgeview Contractor Holdings owns and operates a portfolio of businesses providing industrial and home services across the Midwest.
Construction Tech
Robot delivers autonomous robots designed for real-world tasks, operating at Level 4 autonomy and deployed across 10 countries and 5 continents.
HardwareLogistics & Supply ChainRobotics
Felipe Chavez(CEO and Founder)
Co-investorsAsimov Ventures
Revolutionizing space technology to make life multi-planetary
Hawthorne, US
Co-investors1/1 Capital137 Ventures4DX VenturesA*Abstract VenturesAccess Technology Ventures+108 more
Turo is a peer-to-peer car sharing platform that allows individuals to rent vehicles from local car owners for trips and travel needs.
MarketplacesMobility & TransportationSan Francisco, US
Shelby Clark(Founder)Andre Haddad(CEO)
Co-investors137 VenturesAllied Venture PartnersAugust CapitalAurumCanaan PartnersCross Creek Advisors+13 more
Unrivaled is a professional women's basketball league featuring WNBA players across multiple clubs, offering games, player content, standings, and merchandise.
Media & EntertainmentSports Tech
Co-investorsBessemer Venture Partners
Venezia FC is an Italian professional football club, offering match tickets and official merchandise through its web store.
Media & EntertainmentSports TechVenice, IT
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesSpaceX · businessinsider.com · Aug 16, 2026
Anthropic · Reuters · Aug 15, 2026
OpenAI · techcrunch.com · Aug 12, 2026
Matternet · dronedj.com · Jun 8, 2026
Puttshack · fsrmagazine.com · Apr 16, 2025
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Lakeside Capital made?
- Lakeside Capital has 22 tracked investments, 1 of which have exited via acquisition or IPO.
- What stage does Lakeside Capital invest at?
- Lakeside Capital invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A, Series B, Growth, Late Stage stages.
- What is Lakeside Capital's typical check size?
- Lakeside Capital typically writes checks of $100K – $250K.
- What sectors does Lakeside Capital focus on?
- Lakeside Capital focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Consumer, Fintech, Future of Work, Media & Entertainment, Robotics, Sector Agnostic.
- Where is Lakeside Capital located?
- Lakeside Capital is headquartered in Tampa, US.
- Does Lakeside Capital lead rounds?
- Yes, Lakeside Capital leads investment rounds.
- Who does Lakeside Capital co-invest with?
- Lakeside Capital most often shares deals with Anti, Andreessen Horowitz, G Squared, among 95 tracked co-investors.
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Co-investors · 10
Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) is a venture capital firm founded in 2009 by Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz, known for pioneering the platform model with a large team of operators supporting founders across stages.
Sound Ventures is a venture capital firm that seeks to invest in the technology sector.
Insight Partners is an investment firm focused on accelerating revenue and profit growth in software companies, providing capital and operational support through its Insight Onsite team.
BITKRAFT Ventures is a global investment platform focused on gaming, interactive media, and related technologies, investing at the intersection of physical and digital worlds it calls 'Synthetic Reality.'
Northzone is a technology-focused venture capital firm investing across AI and deep tech on both sides of the Atlantic, backing companies from early stage through growth.
23andMe Research Institute is a genetic research organization that unites a community of 11 million members to advance health discoveries and deepen understanding of human DNA through collaborative research. The institute operates a cycle where members contribute genetic data that fuels research, which produces insights and breakthroughs that flow back to members and society.
E1 Ventures is a venture capital firm that uses a proprietary AI-driven platform, E/Quant, to analyze startup and market data for investment decisions.
FirsthandVC is an early-stage venture firm that partners with experienced founders building autonomous, agentic AI systems from inception.
Sony Innovation Fund is split into several separate funds instead of one, including an early-stage fund run directly by Sony, a growth-stage fund with Daiwa, a climate-focused fund, an Africa entertainment fund, and later-stage funds through Sony Ventures, with investment decisions made by a committee that includes corporate executives and business division heads; it doesn't require startups to work with Sony, though about 40% end up collaborating with the company in some way across areas like gaming, semiconductors, electronics, music, film, and finance. The fund has backed unusual, frontier-type companies like an odor digitization startup, a sampling-rights marketplace, an AR display company, and a heart-failure regenerative medicine company, and its leaders describe the work as end-to-end business incubation covering sourcing, diligence, execution, value enhancement, monitoring, and exit rather than just providing capital.
Firms observed investing alongside Lakeside Capital, from public investor directories. Shared companies are the overlap with Lakeside Capital's recorded portfolio.
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