Lakeside Capital

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Updated: Jan 6, 2026 ·

About

Lakeside Capital is a private investment office with a multi-strategy approach across venture capital and private equity, investing in technology startups, consumer brands, industrial businesses, and professional sports teams.

Financial History

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Investments Made

Date	Company	Round	Lead Investor(s)	Co-Investor(s)
Feb 5, 2026	ArrayPatch	$2.2M Seed	Lakeside Capital	Boole Investment Syndicate, DeepIE Ventures Management Co., Enterprise Ireland
Aug 1, 2025	FORT Robotics	$19.0M Series B	—	1435 Capital Management, Aglae Ventures, Somesh Surapureddi, DFJ, E1 Ventures, Family Office, Future Ventures, Gigafund, GoAhead Ventures, Highland Capital Partners, Litquidity Ventures, Long Journey Ventures, Malex Enterprises, Mana Ventures, Outliers Fund, Partners Resolute, Social Capital, Space Capital, Starbridge Venture Capital, TCV, Tiger Global Management, Upfront Ventures, UpHonest Capital, Adeel Hussain, Fanny Surjana, Ishani Patel, Louis Beryl, Mark Cuban, Mattia Astori, Priyank Chandra, Rashaun Williams, Richard Cooperstein, Scott Banister, Shane Neman, Siddharth Singhal, Tim Ringel, Vikas Sabnani
Mar 1, 2025	Pro Padel League	$10.0M Seed	—	Bessemer Venture Partners, Comcast Ventures, Sound Ventures, Vayner RSE, Carmelo Anthony (Melo7 Tech Partners), Daniel Rosensweig, Marc Lasry
Jan 1, 2025	Men In Blazers	$15.0M Series A	—	Bessemer Venture Partners, Comcast Ventures, Sound Ventures, Vayner RSE, Carmelo Anthony (Melo7 Tech Partners), Daniel Rosensweig
Dec 1, 2024	axem	$120K Seed	—	BDev Ventures, Independent
Oct 1, 2024	Best Day Brewing	$10.0M Series B	—	Arrive, Beckett Layne Ventures, BITKRAFT Ventures, E1 Ventures, Griffin Gaming Partners, Insight Partners, Koch Fund, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Partners Resolute, Predictive VC, Henry Fertik, Kevin Colas, Rashaun Williams
Sep 1, 2024	Agree.com	$3.0M Seed	—	Alex, AngelList, Better Tomorrow Ventures, Cambrian Ventures, Cedar Capital Group, E1 Ventures, Jenny Fielding, Scott Hartley, Everywhere Ventures (The Fund), Expedite Ventures, Matchstick Ventures, Mucker Capital, NFX, SparkLabs Group, Sterling Equity, Summit Partners, Adeel Hussain, Alex Alpert, David S., Gokul Rajaram, Mattia Astori, Mengxi Lu, Richard Cooperstein, Ron Pragides, Russ Heddleston, Will Szczerbiak
Sep 1, 2024	World Labs	$230.0M Venture Round	—	8VC, ARCH Venture Partners, Bessemer Venture Partners, Chapter One Ventures, Comcast Ventures, First Round Capital, Gradient Ventures, Greycroft, Greylock, Innovation Endeavors, Insight Partners, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Colin Bryant, NXTP Ventures, O'Shaughnessy Ventures, Sherpalo Ventures, Sound Ventures, Summit Partners, SV Angel, Third Point Ventures, Vayner RSE, Alex Sok, Andrew McKinzie, Anne Wojcicki, Carmelo Anthony (Melo7 Tech Partners), Daniel Rosensweig, Evan Williams, Jeff Morris, Marc Benioff, Marc Lasry, Mark Pincus, Mei Z., Sahin Boydas
Mar 1, 2024	Tierra Biosciences	$11.0M Series A	—	1435 Capital Management, Aglae Ventures, Somesh Surapureddi, DFJ, E1 Ventures, Family Office, Future Ventures, Gigafund, GoAhead Ventures, Litquidity Ventures, Long Journey Ventures, Malex Enterprises, Outliers Fund, Partners Resolute, Social Capital, Space Capital, Starbridge Venture Capital, UpHonest Capital, Adeel Hussain, Fanny Surjana, Ishani Patel, Louis Beryl, Mattia Astori, Priyank Chandra, Rashaun Williams, Richard Cooperstein, Scott Banister, Shane Neman, Siddharth Singhal, Tim Ringel, Vikas Sabnani
Jan 1, 2024	Qdrant	$28.0M Series A	—	7GC & Co, Builders, Friedom Partners, FTX Ventures, GoAhead Ventures, Innovation Endeavors, Scalebridge Capital, Spark Capital, SparkLabs Group, Adeel Hussain, Dustin Moskovitz, Elia Montanari, Ishani Patel, Jaan Tallinn, Jason Haider, Preetha Parthasarathy, Siddharth Singhal, Vikas Sabnani
Nov 1, 2023	AppFlowy	$6.0M Seed	—	7GC & Co, Acrew Capital, Alumni Ventures, Audrey Capital, Builders, C2 Investment, DGF Investimentos, Embedded Ventures, Friedom Partners, FTX Ventures, GoAhead Ventures, Greycroft, Jett Fein, Innovation Endeavors, monashees, Vanessa Larco, Preston-Werner Ventures, REMUS Capital, Scalebridge Capital, SignalFire, Spark Capital, SparkLabs Group, Union Square Ventures, Valor Capital Group, Adeel Hussain, Amr Awadallah, Biz Stone, Bob Young, Dustin Moskovitz, Elia Montanari, Ishani Patel, Jaan Tallinn, Jared Leto, Jason Haider, Justin David Blau, Kelvin Beachum Jr., Kevin Lin, Peter Sonsini, Preetha Parthasarathy, Siddharth Singhal, Steve Chen, Vikas Sabnani
Oct 1, 2023	Giga	$4.0M Seed	—	Ahead VC, Cedar Capital Group, E1 Ventures, Expedite Ventures, Nexus Venture Partners, SparkLabs Group, Sterling Equity, Summit Partners, The General Partnership, Y Combinator, Adeel Hussain, David S., Mattia Astori, Richard Cooperstein
Jun 1, 2023	BIOS	$20.0M Series A	—	7GC & Co, Ada Ventures, Builders, Friedom Partners, FTX Ventures, GoAhead Ventures, Human Augmentation Syndicate, Innovation Endeavors, Scalebridge Capital, Spark Capital, SparkLabs Group, Adeel Hussain, Alan MacIntosh, Charlie Songhurst, Dustin Moskovitz, Elia Montanari, Evan Cheng, Ishani Patel, Jaan Tallinn, Jason Haider, Preetha Parthasarathy, Siddharth Singhal, Vikas Sabnani
May 1, 2023	Anthropic	$450.0M Series C	—	7GC & Co, AI4ALL, AIX Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, Builders, C2 Investment, Cambrian Ventures, Cedar Capital Group, Coatue, DTCP, E1 Ventures, Electric Capital, Entrée Capital Ventures, Founders Fund, Franklin Templeton Investments, Friedom Partners, FTX Ventures, General Catalyst, GoAhead Ventures, Gradient Ventures, Green Bay Ventures, Hanabi Capital, Incisive Ventures, Innovation Endeavors, iNovia Capital, LGF, Point72 Ventures, Ribbit Capital, Roosh Ventures, Scalebridge Capital, Seven Seven Six, Spark Capital, SparkLabs Group, Supercharge.vc, Thomvest Ventures, Todd and Rahul's Angel Fund, Y Combinator, Adeel Hussain, Alexandre Scialom, Ben Lang, Brad Bitler, Dustin Moskovitz, Elad Gil, Elia Montanari, Ishani Patel, Jaan Tallinn, Jason Haider, Jeffrey Wilke, Jennifer Wolf, Justin Mateen, Nimit Maru, Preetha Parthasarathy, Siddharth Singhal, Vikas Sabnani, Vinay Hiremath, William Hockey
Oct 1, 2022	Solestial	$10.0M Seed	—	Afore Capital, Airbus Ventures, Locus Ventures, Sony Innovation Fund, Techstars, Ultratech Capital Partners, UpHonest Capital, What If Ventures, Aaron Peterman, Adam Pisoni, Sahin Boydas, Scott Banister
May 1, 2022	TENYX	$15.0M Seed	—	7GC & Co, AI4ALL, Alumni Ventures, AME Cloud Ventures, Angel investor, Builders, Coelius Capital, Converge Venture Partners, Friedom Partners, FTX Ventures, GoAhead Ventures, Greylock, GSR Ventures, Innovation Endeavors, Lightspeed Venture Partners, MizMaa Ventures, Morado Venture Partners, Liza Landsman, Sheila Lirio Marcelo, Outsized Ventures, Point72 Ventures, Possible Ventures, Scalebridge Capital, Signia Venture Partners, Spark Capital, SparkLabs Group, StageOne Ventures, Sunfish Partners, The General Partnership, True North Cos., Visionaire Ventures, XYZ Venture Capital, Adeel Hussain, Dustin Moskovitz, Dylan Field, Elia Montanari, Gwyneth Paltrow, Ishani Patel, Jason Haider, Mike Vernal, Othman Laraki, Preetha Parthasarathy, Siddharth Singhal, Vikas Sabnani
May 1, 2022	Hugging Face	$100.0M Series C	—	A Capital, Accel, Act One Ventures, Addition, Adjacent, Anthemis Group, Arrive, Battery Ventures, Beckett Layne Ventures, Benchmark, Betaworks Ventures, BITKRAFT Ventures, Bonfire Ventures, Boost VC, BoxGroup, Browder Capital, Buckley Ventures, CapitalX, Coelius Capital, Composite Ventures, Contrary Capital, Crosscut Ventures, Cyberstarts VC, Kevin Ding, Dreamers VC, Drive Capital, E1 Ventures, Eight Roads Ventures, Factorial, Felicis Ventures, FirstMark Capital, Founders Fund, Future Shape, Gaingels, General Atlantic, GoAhead Ventures, Graph Ventures, Great Oaks Venture Capital, Griffin Gaming Partners, Highbury Group, Hustle Fund, Insight Partners, IVP, Koch Fund, KRM Interests LLC, Lead Edge Capital, Leadout Capital, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Liquid 2 Ventures, Long Ventures Partners, Lytical Ventures, Matchstick Ventures, Merus Capital, Metaplanet, Scott Sandell, NFX, Offline Ventures, Paradigm, Pareto Holdings, Partners Resolute, Predictive VC, Revolution Growth, Round One Capital, SCOR Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Shrug Capital, SignalFire, Splash Capital, Springdale Ventures, Henry Fertik, SV Angel, Marco DeMeireles, The Hit Forge, Thirty Five Ventures, Torch Capital, Ulu Ventures, Alex Rodriguez, Abrahami Avishai, Charlie Cheever, Clark Landry, Daren Cotter, Derrick Li, Eric Ries, Frederic Kerrest, Immad Akhund, Jaan Tallinn, Jennifer Lopez, Jiake Liu, Joe Greenstein, Karen King, Kevin Colas, Lev Ekster, Mark Cuban, Mark Pincus, Matthew Dellavedova, Michael Ma, Rashaun Williams, Ronny Conway, Ron Pragides, Ryan Carlson, Ryan Wyatt, Sahil Lavingia, Scott Belsky, Sheila Vashee, Tim Kendall, Todd Corenson
Mar 1, 2022	The Expert	$12.0M Series A	—	Backstage Capital, Barrel Ventures, Construct Capital, Encomenda Smart Capital, Jenny Fielding, Scott Hartley, First Round Capital, Forerunner Ventures, Forum Ventures, Gaingels, Hyperplane, Lightspeed Venture Partners, MaC Venture Capital, Northzone, Pareto Holdings, Point Nine Capital, Precursor Ventures, Ravelin Capital, Republic Records, Ribbit Capital, Rocana Venture Partners, Seven Seven Six, Social Capital, Sweet Capital, TenOneTen Ventures, Tet Ventures, Volition Capital, YLEM, Andy Katz - Mayfield, Anjula Acharia Bath, Brandon Shainfeld, Gwyneth Paltrow, Harry Hurst, Ian Hogarth, Immad Akhund, Luke Sherwin, Michael Lynton, Neil Parikh, Nick Hunley, Nick Jonas, Rob Solomon, Sanket Parekh
Jan 1, 2022	Olipop	$30.0M Series B	—	Abstract Ventures, Alabaster, American Express Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, Angel investor, Jana Messerschmidt, Banana Capital, Barrel Ventures, BoxGroup, Canaan Partners, Cavalry Ventures, Craft Ventures, First Round Capital, G2VP, Glencrest Group, Grace Beauty Capital, Joe Kraus, HV Capital, Inspired Capital, Khosla Ventures, Kleiner Perkins, Lobby Capital, Moving Capital, NCT Ventures, Scott Sandell, Pareto Holdings, Pioneer Fund, Polychain Capital, QueensBridge Venture Partners, Redalpine Venture Partners, Republic Records, Shasta Ventures, Speedinvest, Starbridge Venture Capital, Trinity Ventures, YLEM, Aaron Harris, Angela Merkel, Brandon Shainfeld, Christian Vollmann, Demetrios Christofidis Jr, Erik Bovee, Gwyneth Paltrow, Henry Kravis, Josh Mohrer, Kevin Colas, Kristian Segerstrale, Lisa Gansky, Michael Lynton, Nick Jonas, oliver holle, Rashaun Williams, Steve Aoki, Steve Chen, Sven Fund, Thomas Tull
Nov 1, 2021	Peek	$80.0M Series C	—	7GC & Co, Builders, Cantos Ventures, Cathay Innovation, Draper Associates, Embedded Ventures, EVE Atlas, Flucas Ventures, Fontinalis Partners, Friedom Partners, FTX Ventures, GoAhead Ventures, Infinite Capital, Innovation Endeavors, LAUNCH, Scalebridge Capital, Spark Capital, SparkLabs Group, Venrock, WestCap, Adeel Hussain, Dustin Moskovitz, Elia Montanari, Ishani Patel, Jaan Tallinn, Jason Haider, Jonathan Chizick, Kurt Bilafer, Preetha Parthasarathy, Ron Pragides, Siddharth Singhal, Stephen Garden, Vikas Sabnani
Oct 1, 2021	MoonPay	$560.0M Series A	—	7percent Ventures, Anorak Ventures, Highbury Group, 01 Ventures, 305 Ventures, 9Yards Capital, Aaron VanDevender, Activant Capital, Album VC, Alumni Ventures, Ambridge Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Andrus Purde, Angel investor, Anthony Pompliano, Arrive, Ballistic Ventures, Beckett Layne Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners, Bill Ackman, BITKRAFT Ventures, Bombas, Builders VC, Casa Verde Capital, Coelius Capital, CP Ventures, Craft Ventures, CRV, E1 Ventures, E-Merge, Evan Lee, Formic Ventures, Foundation Capital, Founders Fund, Foundry Group, General Atlantic, General Catalyst, Greenfield One, Griffin Gaming Partners, Haun Ventures, Henry Fertik, Indrek Kasela, Insight Partners, IVP, K2 Global, Kevin Colas, Khaled Helioui, Koch Fund, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Liza Landsman, Long Ventures Partners, Martin Villig, Märt Kelder, Mechanism Capital, Oak HC/FT, One Way Ventures, Othman Laraki, Paradigm, Pario Ventures, Partners Resolute, Pioneer Fund, Predictive VC, Preetha Parthasarathy, Rashaun Williams, Ribbit Capital, Russell Cook, Ryan Duranso, Sebastien Borget, Sequoia Capital, Sheila Lirio Marcelo, Soma Capital, Sound Ventures, Streamlined Ventures, Sung ho Choi, Team Ignite Ventures, The General Partnership, The Hit Forge, Trevor McFedries, Tribe Capital, TTV Capital, UpHonest Capital, Vera Equity, Wave Financial, WestCap, Winklevoss Capital
Sep 1, 2021	NOVOS	$3.0M Seed	—	Arkitekt Ventures, Arrive, Beckett Layne Ventures, BITKRAFT Ventures, Curie.Bio, E1 Ventures, Griffin Gaming Partners, Insight Partners, Khosla Ventures, Koch Fund, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Operator Partners, Partners Resolute, Predictive VC, Henry Fertik, Assaf Wand, Kevin Colas, Oded Hermoni, Rashaun Williams
Apr 1, 2021	The Expert	$3.0M Seed	—	Backstage Capital, Barrel Ventures, Construct Capital, Encomenda Smart Capital, Jenny Fielding, Scott Hartley, Forerunner Ventures, Forum Ventures, Gaingels, Hyperplane, Lightspeed Venture Partners, MaC Venture Capital, Northzone, Pareto Holdings, Point Nine Capital, Precursor Ventures, Ravelin Capital, Republic Records, Ribbit Capital, Social Capital, Sweet Capital, TenOneTen Ventures, Tet Ventures, YLEM, Anjula Acharia Bath, Brandon Shainfeld, Ian Hogarth, Immad Akhund, Michael Lynton, Nick Hunley, Nick Jonas, Rob Solomon
Apr 1, 2021	Outlier	$30.0M Series B	—	Addition, Arrive, Beckett Layne Ventures, BITKRAFT Ventures, Curie.Bio, E1 Ventures, Griffin Gaming Partners, GV, Insight Partners, Koch Fund, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Operator Partners, Partners Resolute, Predictive VC, Henry Fertik, Tusk Venture Partners, Kevin Colas, Rashaun Williams
Feb 1, 2021	Gentem	$10.0M Series A	—	1435 Capital Management, 20VC, 645 Ventures, Aglae Ventures, Alumni Ventures, Somesh Surapureddi, Anorak Ventures, Better Tomorrow Ventures, Cantos Ventures, DFJ, E1 Ventures, Family Office, Future Ventures, Gigafund, GoAhead Ventures, Humba Ventures, Litquidity Ventures, Long Journey Ventures, Malex Enterprises, Nyca Partners, Oak HC/FT, Partners Resolute, Pathbreaker Ventures, Resolute Ventures, Social Capital, Space Capital, Starbridge Venture Capital, Unless, UpHonest Capital, Urban Innovation Fund, Vulcan Capital, Adeel Hussain, Ashby Monk, Ishani Patel, Louis Beryl, Mattia Astori, Priyank Chandra, Rashaun Williams, Richard Cooperstein, Scott Banister, Shane Neman, Siddharth Singhal, Tim Ringel, Vikas Sabnani

Financial History

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Valuation

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Leadership Team

Key people at Lakeside Capital.

Trevor Paladino

Angel

Leadership Team

Key people at Lakeside Capital.

Trevor Paladino

Angel

Deep Dive

High-Level Overview

Lakeside Capital is a private investment firm employing a multi-strategy approach that spans venture capital and private equity. Its mission centers on backing ambitious founders and teams with patient capital and strategic partnership to drive long-term value creation and sustainable growth. The firm invests across diverse sectors including technology startups, consumer brands, industrial and home service businesses, and professional sports teams. By leveraging nearly two decades of experience and a deep network, Lakeside Capital actively supports portfolio companies beyond capital, helping them scale and achieve meaningful outcomes[1].

Origin Story

Founded nearly 20 years ago, Lakeside Capital has evolved into a multi-strategy investment office based in Dallas, Texas. While specific founding partners are not publicly detailed, the firm’s growth reflects a broadening focus from traditional private equity and venture capital to include investments in professional sports teams and leagues. This evolution underscores its commitment to long-term partnerships and value creation across sectors[1][2].

Core Differentiators

Multi-Strategy Investment Model: Combines venture capital and private equity to diversify risk and opportunity.
Patient Capital: Emphasizes long-term value over short-term gains, supporting companies through various growth stages.
Deep Network: Nearly 20 years of relationships that provide portfolio companies with access to strategic partnerships and market traction.
Sector Diversity: Investments span technology, consumer brands, industrial/home services, and sports, enabling cross-sector insights.
Active Partnership: Goes beyond funding to provide operational support and strategic guidance.

Role in the Broader Tech Landscape

Lakeside Capital rides the trend of integrated, multi-sector investing that blends traditional private equity with venture capital and alternative assets like sports franchises. This timing is advantageous as startups increasingly seek investors who offer not just capital but strategic networks and operational expertise. The firm’s involvement in technology startups positions it to influence innovation ecosystems, while its sports investments tap into growing cultural and brand engagement markets. This diversified approach allows Lakeside to capitalize on converging market forces such as digital transformation, consumer brand evolution, and community-driven sports entertainment[1].

Quick Take & Future Outlook

Looking ahead, Lakeside Capital is poised to deepen its impact by continuing to back bold businesses with patient capital and strategic support. Trends such as digital innovation, consumer experience personalization, and the expanding sports and entertainment economy will likely shape its investment focus. As the firm leverages its network and multi-strategy model, its influence may grow in fostering sustainable growth and scaling companies that redefine their sectors. This positions Lakeside Capital as a long-term partner in the evolving landscape of venture and private equity investing[1].

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High-Level Overview

Origin Story

Core Differentiators

Multi-Strategy Investment Model: Combines venture capital and private equity to diversify risk and opportunity.
Patient Capital: Emphasizes long-term value over short-term gains, supporting companies through various growth stages.
Deep Network: Nearly 20 years of relationships that provide portfolio companies with access to strategic partnerships and market traction.
Sector Diversity: Investments span technology, consumer brands, industrial/home services, and sports, enabling cross-sector insights.
Active Partnership: Goes beyond funding to provide operational support and strategic guidance.