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    LionTree

    New York, New York, United StatesFounded 2012
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    LionTree is an independent investment and merchant bank founded in 2012, focused on the global digital economy with deep roots in technology, media, telecommunications, consumer, and creative industries. Headquartered in New York, the firm provides advisory, capital markets, and asset management services.

    Deal activity increased 400% year-over-year (5 deals in the last 12 months). Average disclosed round size is $201.7M (across 26 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    32

    Fund Size

    —

    Top Stage

    Series A

    Last 12 Mo

    5

    Team

    AP

    Ankit Prasad

    Managing Director

    JL

    James Lindsay

    Managing Director, LionTree Group / Co-head Growth Advisory

    JC

    Jonathan Cui

    Investment Banking Analyst

    LV

    Leon van Wyk

    Investment Banker

    MH

    Makayla Ho

    Investor

    RJ

    Ryan Johnsen

    Investment Banking

    SB

    Sameer Bhargava

    Investment and Merchant Banking

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Investment Activity

    DealsAvg Round Size

    Portfolio

    38 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    Metropolis Technologies logoMetropolis TechnologiesSeries D—Nov 2025
    Metropolis logoMetropolisSeries D$500MNov 2025
    Metropolis Technologies logoMetropolis TechnologiesSeries D$500MNov 2025
    Notch.cx logoNotch.cxSeed$15MOct 2025
    Notch logoNotchSeed—Sep 2025
    Unrivaled Sports logoUnrivaled SportsGrowth$120MMay 2025
    Empathy logoEmpathySeries C$72MJan 2025
    Spines logoSpinesSeed$6.5MJan 2024
    Soundtrack Your brand logoSoundtrack Your brandGrowth$15MJun 2023
    Creative Fabrica logoCreative FabricaSeries B—Jan 2023
    Fanatics logoFanaticsGrowth—Dec 2022
    Kyra logoKyraSeries A$15MOct 2022
    Yuga Labs logoYuga LabsGrowth—Mar 2022
    Savage X Fenty logoSavage X FentySeries C—Jan 2022
    Novos logoNovosUnknown$750KJan 2022
    Kyra logoKyraSeries A$15MJan 2022
    NTWRK logoNTWRKSeries A$50MSep 2021
    SORARE logoSORARESeries B$680MSep 2021
    Eco logoEcoSeries C—Jul 2021
    Articulate logoArticulateSeries A—Jul 2021
    Transmit Security logoTransmit SecuritySeries A$543MJun 2021
    Mighty Networks logoMighty NetworksSeries B$50MApr 2021
    Splice logoSpliceSeries C$55MFeb 2021
    CLEAR logoCLEARGrowth$100MFeb 2021
    Creative Fabrica logoCreative FabricaSeries A$7MJan 2021
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    Top Co-Investors

    SoftBank Group Corp.5 shared
    Clearlake Capital Group4 shared
    Silver Lake4 shared
    Slow Ventures4 shared
    Eldridge4 shared
    Felix Capital3 shared
    SoftBank Vision Fund3 shared
    Lightspeed Venture Partners3 shared
    General Catalyst3 shared
    The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.3 shared
    FJ Labs3 shared
    General Atlantic3 shared
    Vista Equity Partners3 shared
    Tekne Capital Management3 shared
    Eurazeo2 shared
    Latitude2 shared
    Techstars2 shared
    DFJ Growth2 shared
    Sound Ventures2 shared
    L Catterton2 shared

    Last updated: 7 October 2026