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    RedBird Capital Partners

    New York, New York, United StatesFounded 2014
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    RedBird Capital Partners is a New York-based private equity firm founded in 2014 by Gerry Cardinale. The firm builds high-growth companies with strategic capital solutions, focusing on Sports, Media & Entertainment, and Financial Services. Its flagship fourth fund closed at approximately $3.28 billion, bringing total investable capital to roughly $4.7 billion.

    They made 1 investments in the last 12 months. Average disclosed round size is $456.0M (across 11 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    13

    Fund Size

    —

    Top Stage

    Unknown

    Last 12 Mo

    2

    Team

    GC

    Gerry Cardinale

    Founder and Managing Partner

    CM

    Cade McNown

    Managing Director, Capital Partnerships

    GR

    Gina Ro

    Managing Director – Head of Operations, Permanent Capital & Wealth

    KT

    Kayla Tausche

    Managing Director

    KL

    Kevin LaForce

    Managing Director

    RA

    Rebecca Alcalay

    Managing Director

    SH

    Stephon Ho

    Managing Director, Capital Partnerships

    TS

    Thomas Shi

    Managing Director

    YE

    Yasser Ezbakhe

    Co-Head of RedBird X; Managing Director

    DC

    David Castelblanco

    Partner, Head of Sports & Media

    JZ

    Jeff Zucker

    CEO, RedBird IMI and Operating Partner

    JW

    Julia Wittlin

    Partner, Sports, Media & Entertainment

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Investment Activity

    DealsAvg Round Size

    Portfolio

    13 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    Bishop Street Underwriters logoBishop Street UnderwritersUnknown$125MJan 2026
    MARI logoMARIUnknown$2BOct 2025
    Build a Rocket Boy logoBuild a Rocket BoySeries D—Jan 2024
    Aquarian Holdings logoAquarian HoldingsUnknown$1.5BJan 2024
    Zelus Analytics logoZelus AnalyticsSeed$3.6MOct 2023
    Red 6 logoRed 6Series B$70MJun 2023
    Equipment Share logoEquipment ShareGrowth$290MApr 2023
    OOdie Pet InsuranceSeed$3MDec 2022
    SSkydance MediaGrowth—Oct 2022
    Aero Centers logoAero CentersGrowth$600KJan 2022
    Dream Sports logoDream SportsGrowth$840MNov 2021
    Credit Key logoCredit KeyUnknown$33.9MJan 2020
    EEquipmentShareUnknown$150M—

    Top Co-Investors

    BDT & MSD Partners2 shared
    Brown Venture Group2 shared
    Tru Arrow Partners2 shared
    Sound Ventures2 shared
    Alumni Ventures1 shared
    National Security Strategic Investment Fund1 shared
    IronGate Capital Advisors1 shared
    Moonshots Capital1 shared
    M-Cor Holdings1 shared
    Lockheed Martin Ventures1 shared
    Alpha Edison1 shared
    Accelerator Ventures1 shared
    Washington Harbour Partners1 shared
    Florida Opportunity Fund1 shared
    Alliance Ventures1 shared
    Almaz Capital1 shared
    Kalaari Capital1 shared
    Endeavor1 shared
    Alignment Growth1 shared
    Galaxy Interactive1 shared

    Last updated: 8 September 2026