Causeway Management LLC

Causeway Management LLC, established in 2013 and headquartered in Cambridge with an additional office in Palo Alto, is a private equity firm that specializes in early-stage investments within the sports media, sports technology, and related sectors. The firm focuses on growth equity and venture capital opportunities, aiming to build long-term partnerships with management teams to support their development. With a team that possesses extensive industry experience, Causeway is dedicated to structuring, executing, and monetizing its investments effectively, thereby fostering innovation and growth in its target markets across the United States.

Wycliffe Grousbeck

Co-Founder and Managing Partner

Wyc Grousbeck

Co-Founder and Partner

Jack Harvey

Associate

Robert F. Higgins

Co-Founder and Managing Partner

Bob Higgins

Co-Founder and Managing Partner

David Poltack

Chief Financial Officer

Dave Poltack

CFO

Jasmine Robinson

General Partner

Mark Wan

Managing Partner

Chris Warren

Director

30 past transactions

Volley

Series B in 2021
Volley Inc. develops conversational games designed for messaging applications and voice interfaces, focusing on voice-controlled entertainment experiences for platforms such as Amazon Alexa and Google Home. Founded in 2013 and based in San Francisco, California, the company offers a variety of games, including popular titles like Song Quiz, Yes Sire, and Trivia Showdown. Volley aims to enhance user engagement through interactive and entertaining gameplay that leverages voice technology.

Omaze

Series C in 2021
Omaze, Inc. operates an online fundraising platform designed to raise money and awareness for charitable initiatives. Founded in 2011 and based in Culver City, California, the platform enables donors to participate in online auctions for unique prizes, including experiences with celebrities, luxury vehicles, and vacation packages. Omaze collaborates with celebrities, athletes, and other well-known figures to create engaging fundraising experiences that benefit various non-profits. The company provides comprehensive resources, including marketing, content, technology, and fulfillment services, to facilitate these partnerships. By connecting influencers, non-profits, and individual donors, Omaze helps fund charitable campaigns while offering participants the chance to win extraordinary opportunities.

Freeletics

Series B in 2020
Freeletics GmbH, founded in 2013 and based in Munich, Germany, is a digital fitness company that develops and operates a software application focused on fitness, health, nutrition, and sports. The platform offers personalized training programs, nutrition coaching, and AI-based fitness and mindset coaching, aiming to enhance both physical fitness and mental strength. By providing tailored healthcare assessments and exercises, Freeletics seeks to empower individuals to realize their potential and become the best versions of themselves. The company's tools are designed to promote essential qualities such as willpower, confidence, and overall lifestyle improvement, catering to the unique goals and desires of its users.

Zwift

Series C in 2020
Zwift, Inc. is a company that develops a virtual training platform designed for cycling and running enthusiasts. Founded in 2014 and based in Long Beach, California, Zwift transforms traditional indoor workouts into engaging social experiences by connecting users to their physical trainers and enabling them to navigate a variety of immersive virtual landscapes. The platform allows cyclists and runners to interact, train, and compete with each other in a dynamic 3D environment, promoting a sense of community among users. In addition to its interactive application, Zwift also offers a range of gear, clothing, accessories, and gift cards for sale online, enhancing the overall fitness experience for its customers.

Zwift

Series C in 2020
Zwift, Inc. is a company that develops a virtual training platform designed for cycling and running enthusiasts. Founded in 2014 and based in Long Beach, California, Zwift transforms traditional indoor workouts into engaging social experiences by connecting users to their physical trainers and enabling them to navigate a variety of immersive virtual landscapes. The platform allows cyclists and runners to interact, train, and compete with each other in a dynamic 3D environment, promoting a sense of community among users. In addition to its interactive application, Zwift also offers a range of gear, clothing, accessories, and gift cards for sale online, enhancing the overall fitness experience for its customers.

Omaze

Series B in 2020
Omaze, Inc. operates an online fundraising platform designed to raise money and awareness for charitable initiatives. Founded in 2011 and based in Culver City, California, the platform enables donors to participate in online auctions for unique prizes, including experiences with celebrities, luxury vehicles, and vacation packages. Omaze collaborates with celebrities, athletes, and other well-known figures to create engaging fundraising experiences that benefit various non-profits. The company provides comprehensive resources, including marketing, content, technology, and fulfillment services, to facilitate these partnerships. By connecting influencers, non-profits, and individual donors, Omaze helps fund charitable campaigns while offering participants the chance to win extraordinary opportunities.

SquadLocker

Series C in 2020
SquadLocker, Inc. specializes in designing, manufacturing, and selling athletic apparel for sports teams across the United States and Canada. The company provides a wide range of products, including team uniforms, T-shirts, shorts, sweats, hoodies, equipment, and fan gear. SquadLocker serves various stakeholders in the sports community, such as league administrators, coaches, players, parents, and athletic directors. Operating primarily through an online platform, SquadLocker allows for customization of team gear, ensuring timely delivery and adherence to high-quality standards. The company was incorporated in 2002, originally as CTM, LLC, and has its headquarters in Warwick, Rhode Island.

FloSports

Series C in 2019
FloSports is a media and events company that specializes in live streaming of premier sports events, original video programming, and weekly studio shows. Founded in 2006 in Austin, Texas, by Mark Floreani, Madhu Venkatesan, and Martin Floreani, the company aims to serve passionate sports fans by providing a platform that connects them with the sports they love. FloSports offers a direct-to-consumer video streaming service that includes both live and on-demand access to a variety of competitions across multiple sports, both in the United States and internationally. The company holds exclusive broadcast rights to numerous events, allowing subscribers to engage with a wide range of sports content. Through its focus on live competition, original content, and owned events, FloSports seeks to unite fragmented communities of sports enthusiasts.

Niantic

Series C in 2019
Niantic’s mission is to use emerging technology to enrich our experiences as human beings in the physical world. We seek to build products that inspire movement, exploration, and face-to-face social interaction. Originally formed at Google in 2010, we are now an independent company with a strong group of investors including Nintendo, The Pokémon Company, and Alsop Louie Partners. We’re focused on building games that get people outside and exploring by enabling our players to have fun while visiting new places, learning about the world around them, and meeting new friends. We’ve launched Ingress, an immersive real-world mobile game played by millions of people; it's been downloaded more than 20 million times and is played in over 200 countries and territories worldwide. We've also developed Pokémon GO, which has broken records around the world and has been downloaded more than 750 million times in its first year.

Zwift

Series B in 2018
Zwift, Inc. is a company that develops a virtual training platform designed for cycling and running enthusiasts. Founded in 2014 and based in Long Beach, California, Zwift transforms traditional indoor workouts into engaging social experiences by connecting users to their physical trainers and enabling them to navigate a variety of immersive virtual landscapes. The platform allows cyclists and runners to interact, train, and compete with each other in a dynamic 3D environment, promoting a sense of community among users. In addition to its interactive application, Zwift also offers a range of gear, clothing, accessories, and gift cards for sale online, enhancing the overall fitness experience for its customers.

Freeletics

Series A in 2018
Freeletics GmbH, founded in 2013 and based in Munich, Germany, is a digital fitness company that develops and operates a software application focused on fitness, health, nutrition, and sports. The platform offers personalized training programs, nutrition coaching, and AI-based fitness and mindset coaching, aiming to enhance both physical fitness and mental strength. By providing tailored healthcare assessments and exercises, Freeletics seeks to empower individuals to realize their potential and become the best versions of themselves. The company's tools are designed to promote essential qualities such as willpower, confidence, and overall lifestyle improvement, catering to the unique goals and desires of its users.

You.i TV

Series C in 2018
You.i TV is a software provider for TV and Media companies looking to develop cross-platform video apps across mobile, tablet, game consoles, streaming devices, and Smart TVs.

Peerfit

Convertible Note in 2018
Peerfit, Inc. operates as an community that helps people discover the fitness classes and motivates them to attend and share. Its platform allows companies and their employees to select classes that fit their personal tastes from its network of studios and gyms; to reserve classes and manage fitness schedule from its dashboard; and to mix up workouts, such as yoga, crossfit, cycling, boxing, and more. Peerfit, Inc. was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in Tampa, Florida.

Freeletics

Venture Round in 2018
Freeletics GmbH, founded in 2013 and based in Munich, Germany, is a digital fitness company that develops and operates a software application focused on fitness, health, nutrition, and sports. The platform offers personalized training programs, nutrition coaching, and AI-based fitness and mindset coaching, aiming to enhance both physical fitness and mental strength. By providing tailored healthcare assessments and exercises, Freeletics seeks to empower individuals to realize their potential and become the best versions of themselves. The company's tools are designed to promote essential qualities such as willpower, confidence, and overall lifestyle improvement, catering to the unique goals and desires of its users.

SessionM

Series E in 2018
SessionM, Inc. is a cloud-based software platform focused on customer engagement and loyalty. It provides a comprehensive marketing automation and loyalty solution that captures customer behaviors across various channels, enhancing individual profiles with real-time data. The platform features SessionM Insights, a reporting tool that analyzes the impact of loyalty programs on revenue and sales. By organizing data from point-of-sale systems, mobile applications, customer service interactions, and social media, SessionM enables businesses to understand audience behaviors and derive actionable insights. It also facilitates real-time engagement through customizable workflows that manage marketing and loyalty initiatives, including rewards and offers. The platform leverages advanced machine learning to deliver personalized customer experiences, helping brands to strengthen and optimize their relationships with consumers. Founded in 2010 and headquartered in Boston, SessionM operates globally with additional offices in major cities across the United States and Europe. As of late 2019, it functions as a subsidiary of Mastercard Incorporated.

QuintEvents

Corporate Round in 2018
QuintEvents, LLC is an event management company that specializes in providing official ticket packages and hospitality services for sports, entertainment, and lifestyle events. Founded in 2002 and headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, with additional offices in Bristol and London, the company offers a range of services including travel packages, premium accommodations, exclusive hospitality access, and private security entrances. QuintEvents aims to enhance the customer experience by allowing clients to purchase packages directly from the source, ensuring authenticity and delivering benefits such as early ticket delivery.

SquadLocker

Series B in 2017
SquadLocker, Inc. specializes in designing, manufacturing, and selling athletic apparel for sports teams across the United States and Canada. The company provides a wide range of products, including team uniforms, T-shirts, shorts, sweats, hoodies, equipment, and fan gear. SquadLocker serves various stakeholders in the sports community, such as league administrators, coaches, players, parents, and athletic directors. Operating primarily through an online platform, SquadLocker allows for customization of team gear, ensuring timely delivery and adherence to high-quality standards. The company was incorporated in 2002, originally as CTM, LLC, and has its headquarters in Warwick, Rhode Island.

TuneIn

Series G in 2017
TuneIn lets people listen to the world's sports, new, talk, and music with over 100,000 real radio stations and four million on-demand programs streaming from every continent. TuneIn has over 50 million monthly active users, and is available on over 200 different connected devices, including all smartphone and tablet operating systems and 55 vehicle models. To date, TuneIn has raised venture funding from Institutional Venture Partners (IVP), Sequoia Capital, Google Ventures, General Catalyst Partners, and Jafco Ventures, and is headquartered in Palo Alto, California.

SeatGeek

Series D in 2017
SeatGeek, Inc. operates a mobile ticketing marketplace and search engine for live sports, concerts, and theater events, allowing fans to buy and sell tickets. Founded in 2009 and headquartered in New York, the company also has offices in the United Kingdom, Israel, the Netherlands, Australia, and Italy. SeatGeek aggregates ticket listings and employs a data engine that helps consumers identify attractive ticket deals. One of its key features, known as 'Deal Score', assigns a score from 0 to 100 to ticket listings, helping users evaluate the value of tickets for specific events. Additionally, SeatGeek provides an event discovery tool that generates personalized recommendations based on user preferences, such as favorite teams and artists, through its Columbus event calendar and Spotify applications.

VenueNext

Series B in 2016
VenueNext is a technology platform and context-aware app, providing insights into guest behavior and control over its users’ entire ecosystem, from sports to concerts, conferences to theme parks, and all large venues in between. It has a team of technical developers, who have worked for many ventures including Google, Facebook, Dish Networks, Sling Media, AOL, Netscape and Oracle. VenueNext was launched in 2013 by John M. Paul and is based in Palo Alto, C.A.

SessionM

Series D in 2016
SessionM, Inc. is a cloud-based software platform focused on customer engagement and loyalty. It provides a comprehensive marketing automation and loyalty solution that captures customer behaviors across various channels, enhancing individual profiles with real-time data. The platform features SessionM Insights, a reporting tool that analyzes the impact of loyalty programs on revenue and sales. By organizing data from point-of-sale systems, mobile applications, customer service interactions, and social media, SessionM enables businesses to understand audience behaviors and derive actionable insights. It also facilitates real-time engagement through customizable workflows that manage marketing and loyalty initiatives, including rewards and offers. The platform leverages advanced machine learning to deliver personalized customer experiences, helping brands to strengthen and optimize their relationships with consumers. Founded in 2010 and headquartered in Boston, SessionM operates globally with additional offices in major cities across the United States and Europe. As of late 2019, it functions as a subsidiary of Mastercard Incorporated.

FloSports

Series B in 2016
FloSports is a media and events company that specializes in live streaming of premier sports events, original video programming, and weekly studio shows. Founded in 2006 in Austin, Texas, by Mark Floreani, Madhu Venkatesan, and Martin Floreani, the company aims to serve passionate sports fans by providing a platform that connects them with the sports they love. FloSports offers a direct-to-consumer video streaming service that includes both live and on-demand access to a variety of competitions across multiple sports, both in the United States and internationally. The company holds exclusive broadcast rights to numerous events, allowing subscribers to engage with a wide range of sports content. Through its focus on live competition, original content, and owned events, FloSports seeks to unite fragmented communities of sports enthusiasts.

TuneIn

Series F in 2015
TuneIn lets people listen to the world's sports, new, talk, and music with over 100,000 real radio stations and four million on-demand programs streaming from every continent. TuneIn has over 50 million monthly active users, and is available on over 200 different connected devices, including all smartphone and tablet operating systems and 55 vehicle models. To date, TuneIn has raised venture funding from Institutional Venture Partners (IVP), Sequoia Capital, Google Ventures, General Catalyst Partners, and Jafco Ventures, and is headquartered in Palo Alto, California.

Tracksmith

Series A in 2015
Tracksmith is an American sports apparel brand that specializes in designing and manufacturing clothing for runners. Founded in 2013 by Luke Scheybeler and Matt Taylor, the company offers a range of products including tops, bottoms, and accessories for both men and women. In addition to its apparel line, Tracksmith publishes a sports magazine. The company markets its products through specialty running stores across the United States and also sells directly to consumers online, reaching customers in various countries including Australia, Canada, and several European nations. Tracksmith is headquartered in Wellesley, Massachusetts.

VenueNext

Series A in 2015
VenueNext is a technology platform and context-aware app, providing insights into guest behavior and control over its users’ entire ecosystem, from sports to concerts, conferences to theme parks, and all large venues in between. It has a team of technical developers, who have worked for many ventures including Google, Facebook, Dish Networks, Sling Media, AOL, Netscape and Oracle. VenueNext was launched in 2013 by John M. Paul and is based in Palo Alto, C.A.

SessionM

Series C in 2015
SessionM, Inc. is a cloud-based software platform focused on customer engagement and loyalty. It provides a comprehensive marketing automation and loyalty solution that captures customer behaviors across various channels, enhancing individual profiles with real-time data. The platform features SessionM Insights, a reporting tool that analyzes the impact of loyalty programs on revenue and sales. By organizing data from point-of-sale systems, mobile applications, customer service interactions, and social media, SessionM enables businesses to understand audience behaviors and derive actionable insights. It also facilitates real-time engagement through customizable workflows that manage marketing and loyalty initiatives, including rewards and offers. The platform leverages advanced machine learning to deliver personalized customer experiences, helping brands to strengthen and optimize their relationships with consumers. Founded in 2010 and headquartered in Boston, SessionM operates globally with additional offices in major cities across the United States and Europe. As of late 2019, it functions as a subsidiary of Mastercard Incorporated.

FloSports

Series A in 2014
FloSports is a media and events company that specializes in live streaming of premier sports events, original video programming, and weekly studio shows. Founded in 2006 in Austin, Texas, by Mark Floreani, Madhu Venkatesan, and Martin Floreani, the company aims to serve passionate sports fans by providing a platform that connects them with the sports they love. FloSports offers a direct-to-consumer video streaming service that includes both live and on-demand access to a variety of competitions across multiple sports, both in the United States and internationally. The company holds exclusive broadcast rights to numerous events, allowing subscribers to engage with a wide range of sports content. Through its focus on live competition, original content, and owned events, FloSports seeks to unite fragmented communities of sports enthusiasts.

SportsEngine

Series D in 2014
SportsEngine, Inc. is a prominent provider of web and mobile application software designed for sports relationship management. Established in 2004 and based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, the company offers a comprehensive suite of tools for managing teams, leagues, and tournaments. Its products include SportsEngine for team management, TeamUnify for swim team administration, GoMotion for class-based sports, Trackwrestling for wrestling event management, Tourney Machine for tournament organization, and RallyMe for fundraising initiatives. Serving over 500,000 sports teams, leagues, clubs, and associations, SportsEngine facilitates communication and connections among a wide range of stakeholders, including athletes, parents, coaches, and fans.

FIA Formula E

Venture Round in 2014
Formula E is a new FIA motor racing championship featuring single-seater cars powered exclusively by electricity. Beginning in September 2014, the series will compete in the heart of 10 of the world's leading cities with 10 teams, each with two drivers, going head-to-head to create a unique and exciting racing series for a new generation of motorsport fan.

ETN Media

Series A in 2014
ETN is a network created by skateboarders, for skateboarders, to support skateboarding. As the only digital over-the-top network with authenticity at its core, ETN delivers users unrestricted access to live, unpredictable, raw skateboarding, as well as original shows, right to the palms of their hands. Tune in to ETN by downloading the ETN app on IOS or Android, or via desktop by visiting www.ETNlive.com.
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