Shamrock Capital Advisors

Shamrock Capital Advisors, LLC is a private equity firm based in Los Angeles, California, specializing in growth equity investments primarily within the media, entertainment, and communications sectors. Founded in 1978, the firm focuses on companies seeking expansion capital, management buyouts, and leverage recapitalizations in the lower middle market. Shamrock Capital typically invests between $15 million and $100 million in companies with an enterprise value ranging from $30 million to $250 million, often positioning itself as the lead investor. The firm aims to leverage its extensive industry knowledge and network to identify companies with substantial value creation potential. With a preferred investment horizon of three to seven years, Shamrock Capital Advisors is committed to enhancing the growth and sustainability of its portfolio companies, which include rights to movies, music, TV shows, books, video games, and plays. The firm also maintains an additional office in Tel Aviv, Israel.

John Abram

Associate

Brian Barnum

Operating Partner

Timothy Bluth

Vice President Of Private Equity

Blair M. Brenton

Vice President of Private Equity

Brian Graziano

Associate of Private Equity

Matthew Greenzang

Private Equity Associate

Sam Halls

Principal

Laura Held

Partner

Miguel Hollander-Ho

Private Equity Associate

Andrew J. Howard

Partner

Nathan Janick

Associate

Nick Khoury

Senior Associate Of Private Equity

Michael A. LaSalle

Partner

Andrew Landenberger

Vice President Of Entertainment Intellectual Property

Niko Martinovic

Associate

Julian McIntyre

Associate

Robert G. Moskowitz

MD

Shane Patterson

Associate

Peter Rivera

Chief Financial Officer and Chief Compliance Officer

Matthew Roiz

Associate

Stephen D. Royer

Partner Of Private Equity and Managing Director

Patrick Russo

Partner

Sreyas Samantula

Associate

David Simpson

Partner

Kun Situ

Associate

Jason F. Sklar

Partner

Megan Wallach

Vice President of Private Equity

Adrian Wieshofer

Associate Of Private Equity

Michael M. Wilkins

Partner

Aaron Wizenfeld

VP

William Wynperle

Partner Of Private Equity

Alicia Zhu

Vice President

32 past transactions

Pixellot

Series D in 2022
Pixellot is a sports media company based in Tel Aviv, Israel, specializing in automated production solutions for amateur and semi-professional sports. Founded in 2013 by experts in video and media technology, Pixellot offers a patented unmanned multi-camera system that provides comprehensive coverage of sports events, using advanced algorithms for dynamic play analysis and highlight generation. The company streams over 11,000 live video hours monthly to fans, players, and coaches across various platforms. With over 2,000 systems sold globally, Pixellot serves minor leagues, high schools, youth academies, and top clubs, including Bayern Munich and Real Sociedad. Notable partners include ESPN, PlayOn Sports, Sporttotal.tv, and STATS, among others, facilitating extensive reach in the sports media landscape.

Religion of Sports

Series B in 2022
Religion of Sports Media, Inc. is a media production company established in 2016 and headquartered in Santa Monica, California. Founded by notable figures Tom Brady, Michael Strahan, and Gotham Chopra, the company specializes in producing sports documentaries that explore the lives of famous athletes and the broader cultural impact of sports on fans and society. By focusing on human and emotional storytelling, Religion of Sports aims to create high-quality content that resonates with audiences across various platforms.

Entertainment Data Oracle (EDO)

Private Equity Round in 2022
Entertainment Data Oracle (EDO) specializes in developing advanced data analytics tools for the entertainment industry, focusing on enhancing the accessibility and usability of information for its clients. The company collaborates with major movie studios and television networks to address critical data and measurement challenges. EDO's platform offers a range of services, including predictive analytics, long-range economic forecasting, and technology-driven creative testing. These services empower media and entertainment companies to effectively forecast, market, and distribute their content, ultimately improving decision-making processes and operational efficiency within the industry.

Skillable

Venture Round in 2021
Learn on Demand Systems empowers organizations to accelerate technology learning through hands-on experience and skills validation. A global leader in hands-on live learning, Learn on Demand Systems recognizes the challenges companies face to create and maintain engaging labs, workshops, courses and assessments that make technical concepts tangible across the globe. To address these challenges, the company offers a suite of products and services to develop, manage and deliver effective hands-on training, assessments and validation.

SaveLive

Funding Round in 2021
SaveLive is a venture aimed a throwing a financial lifeline to at-risk music venues.

Bayard Advertising

Acquisition in 2021
Operator of a digital brand agency intended to offer talent acquisition and employer branding to its clients. The company offers a range of services including advertising, employment communication, enterprise social networking strategies and media strategy development, thereby helping companies achieve their hiring goals through proven, affordable methods.

Pixellot

Series C in 2020
Pixellot is a sports media company based in Tel Aviv, Israel, specializing in automated production solutions for amateur and semi-professional sports. Founded in 2013 by experts in video and media technology, Pixellot offers a patented unmanned multi-camera system that provides comprehensive coverage of sports events, using advanced algorithms for dynamic play analysis and highlight generation. The company streams over 11,000 live video hours monthly to fans, players, and coaches across various platforms. With over 2,000 systems sold globally, Pixellot serves minor leagues, high schools, youth academies, and top clubs, including Bayern Munich and Real Sociedad. Notable partners include ESPN, PlayOn Sports, Sporttotal.tv, and STATS, among others, facilitating extensive reach in the sports media landscape.

Adweek

Acquisition in 2020
Adweek is the leading source of news for marketing, media and advertising professionals. It delivers insightful, forward-thinking content across various platforms, including Adweek.com, a weekly print magazine, daily newsletters, social media, podcasts, original videos, events and awards. Adweek was launched in 1978 and is based in New York, the United States.

Ad Results Media

Private Equity Round in 2019
Ad Results Media, LLC is an advertising agency specializing in audio and podcast advertising services. Founded in 1998 and headquartered in Houston, Texas, the company has established itself as a leader in the broadcast industry, particularly in the performance-based audio advertising sector. Ad Results Media offers a range of services, including media buying for podcasts, radio, satellite radio, digital audio, and YouTube. With additional offices in San Diego, California, the agency employs a robust analytical approach and maintains strong industry relationships to optimize campaign performance. By focusing on media planning, campaign optimization, and influencer marketing, Ad Results Media aims to enhance clients' revenue growth, brand awareness, and audience engagement through comprehensive marketing strategies tailored to their specific needs.

DeCurtis Corporation

Private Equity Round in 2019
DeCurtis Corporation is a software development company that specializes in enhancing guest experiences and property management across various industries, including cruise lines, theme parks, hospitality, and restaurants. Founded in 1998 and headquartered in Orlando, Florida, with additional offices in Miami, Raleigh, Dallas, and India, the company offers innovative products such as the Mobile Assembly Suite (MAS), an e-mustering solution, and the DeCurtis Experience Platform (DXP), a comprehensive software solution that facilitates location and proximity-based services. These offerings are designed to improve operational efficiency, enhance customer engagement, and streamline overall experience for users.

Pixellot

Series B in 2018
Pixellot is a sports media company based in Tel Aviv, Israel, specializing in automated production solutions for amateur and semi-professional sports. Founded in 2013 by experts in video and media technology, Pixellot offers a patented unmanned multi-camera system that provides comprehensive coverage of sports events, using advanced algorithms for dynamic play analysis and highlight generation. The company streams over 11,000 live video hours monthly to fans, players, and coaches across various platforms. With over 2,000 systems sold globally, Pixellot serves minor leagues, high schools, youth academies, and top clubs, including Bayern Munich and Real Sociedad. Notable partners include ESPN, PlayOn Sports, Sporttotal.tv, and STATS, among others, facilitating extensive reach in the sports media landscape.

Appetize

Series B in 2018
Appetize Technologies, Inc. is a technology company based in Los Angeles, California, that specializes in providing a comprehensive point of sale, inventory, and analytics platform designed for enterprises to manage guest transactions. Founded in 2011, the company offers a range of solutions including enterprise POS software, self-service kiosks, mobile and online ordering, as well as kitchen and back-office tools suitable for various environments such as sports venues, entertainment properties, educational institutions, theme parks, and travel sites. Appetize has established a strong presence globally, with its platform deployed in over 700 venues, serving notable clients such as Madison Square Garden and Lincoln Financial Field. By replacing outdated point of sale and payment systems, Appetize aims to enhance the payment experience in live events and sports.

Branded Cities

Private Equity Round in 2017
Branded Cities focuses on providing unique solutions for brands to help them reach the ever-elusive consumer. They call this “Brandscaping”. Brandscaping is the delicate art of merging brand experiences with people’s lives. Brandscaping is achieved by combining static and digital spectacular signage, with branded entitlements (plazas, parks and public spaces), product-purchase integration, mobile marketing, social media and other engaging technologies, as well as naming rights opportunities. When put into action, Brandscaping allows brands to be experienced multi-dimensionally in a controlled environment, reaching consumers with entertaining elements that produce instant results.

Maple Media

Private Equity Round in 2017
Maple Media is a mobile media, advertising, and technology company focused on acquiring and managing mobile applications and games. Based in Los Angeles and Quebec, the company operates over 30 app businesses across platforms such as the App Store and Google Play. Its portfolio includes a variety of popular applications designed to entertain and enhance personal productivity, featuring well-known titles like We Heart It, Player FM, and Sleepa. Maple Media is led by experienced professionals from the mobile app and gaming sectors, with backing from the private equity firm Shamrock Capital.

Appetize

Private Equity Round in 2016
Appetize Technologies, Inc. is a technology company based in Los Angeles, California, that specializes in providing a comprehensive point of sale, inventory, and analytics platform designed for enterprises to manage guest transactions. Founded in 2011, the company offers a range of solutions including enterprise POS software, self-service kiosks, mobile and online ordering, as well as kitchen and back-office tools suitable for various environments such as sports venues, entertainment properties, educational institutions, theme parks, and travel sites. Appetize has established a strong presence globally, with its platform deployed in over 700 venues, serving notable clients such as Madison Square Garden and Lincoln Financial Field. By replacing outdated point of sale and payment systems, Appetize aims to enhance the payment experience in live events and sports.

Silvergate Media

Acquisition in 2016
Silvergate Media is a creative content and licensing company driven by big ideas and big collaborations. Formed in 2011 by William Astor and Waheed Alli, with offices in New York and London. Silvergate develops and produces world-class content built to inspire, entertain and engage audiences of all ages through innovative storytelling, great products and strong partnerships. Silvergate exploits its assets across a range of formats, from new television productions to toys, apparel, licensed merchandise and live interactive experiences.

Consilio

Acquisition in 2015
Every matter is unique. Every eDiscovery project introduces new challenges. What shouldn’t change is the service quality. Consilio combines world-class project management with industry-leading eDiscovery technology to deliver service excellence. At our core, we are problem solvers, and we seize the opportunity to overcome your most complex, global projects. Our clients tell us that our passion for perfection, disciplined approach, and scalable technology build the foundations that endure the tough times. Our innovative technology and deeply experienced project managers are what keep our clients coming back. Again and again, our clients tell us, “It is clear that Consilio has done this before and is in control.”

Recorded Books

Acquisition in 2015
Recorded Books is the largest independent publisher of unabridged audiobooks and provider of digital content to the library, school, and retail markets. The company owns an exclusive catalog of over 13,500 audiobook titles narrated by professional, award-winning actors. Recorded Books provides digital audiobooks and eBooks to libraries through its proprietary OneClickdigital platform, as well as electronic resources, including digital magazines and films, through its proprietary RBdigital Gateway platform. The Company was founded in 1979 and is headquartered in Prince Frederick, MD.

FanDuel

Series E in 2015
FanDuel Inc. operates an online fantasy sports platform that enables users to play fantasy games and win cash prizes. The company provides an online sports platform that enables users to play fantasy football, baseball, hockey, and basketball. It also offers sports betting, racing, and casino games. The company was founded in 2009 and is based in New York, New York with an additional office in Edinburgh, United Kingdom. FanDuel Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Flutter Entertainment plc.

Questex

Acquisition in 2014
Questex, LLC is a global business information company headquartered in Newton, Massachusetts, with additional offices in Europe and the Asia-Pacific region. Founded in 2005, Questex provides a comprehensive marketplace that connects corporate and government clients through various offerings, including tradeshows, executive conferences, and digital media solutions. The company specializes in content marketing services, such as custom content creation, magazines, and social media engagement, while also delivering business intelligence solutions that encompass data analytics and strategic advisory services. Questex serves multiple sectors, including consumer services, high technology, and life sciences, focusing on industries like travel, hospitality, telecommunications, pharmaceuticals, and healthcare. By facilitating connections among investors, buyers, and professionals, Questex drives innovation and demand creation across the markets it serves.

FanDuel

Series D in 2014
FanDuel Inc. operates an online fantasy sports platform that enables users to play fantasy games and win cash prizes. The company provides an online sports platform that enables users to play fantasy football, baseball, hockey, and basketball. It also offers sports betting, racing, and casino games. The company was founded in 2009 and is based in New York, New York with an additional office in Edinburgh, United Kingdom. FanDuel Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Flutter Entertainment plc.

Mobilitie

Private Equity Round in 2013
Mobilitie was founded in 2005 with the goal of assisting wireless carriers in meeting their network infrastructure needs through a strategic partnership model. Mobilitie is recognized as an industry leader for developing, operating, and leasing communication towers, indoor and outdoor DAS networks, and other infrastructure that supports wireless communications. Mobilitie is headquartered in Newport Beach, CA.

Isolation Network

Venture Round in 2012
Isolation Network, Inc. is the parent company of INgrooves, a San Francisco-based digital music and video distribution, marketing, and promotion services company. INgrooves caters to clients such as Universal Music Group and MTV, and also provides sync licensing services for music labels.

Wazee Digital

Series D in 2011
Wazee Digital provides cloud-based video management, delivery, and monetization services tailored for media and entertainment clients, broadcasters, and networks globally. Its Core platform streamlines the complex processes of video content acquisition, workflow management, metadata handling, and automated delivery across various devices. The Connect tool empowers content creators to manage and transform their files independently. Additionally, Wazee Digital offers a Collaborate web application for content owners to review and approve video files efficiently within the media supply chain. The company also delivers managed services such as metadata design, disaster recovery, and archiving, alongside project management and footage licensing services. Founded in 2003 and headquartered in Denver, Colorado, Wazee Digital has expanded its operations to major cities in the United States and internationally, including offices in Paris and Mumbai. The company was previously known as T3Media before rebranding in 2015 and is now a subsidiary of Veritone, Inc.

Mojiva

Venture Round in 2011
Mojiva Inc. is the parent company of the Mojiva, the mobile ad network and the Mocean Mobile, the mobile ad serving platform. It is led by a team of advertising and media veterans from Google, DoubleClick, Yahoo, Nokia and AdMob, with more than 100 years of collective experience in mobile marketing and technology. Mojiva, Inc. provides products and solutions that not only fuel the mobile advertising marketplace by bringing mobile ad buyers together with mobile content sellers, but that also solve unique challenges in the mobile marketing space. Solutions include tools to market your products and services to mobile users, monetize your mobile content, enable your global ad sales team to capitalize on an expanded media mix, control your inventory, or mobilize the brands your agency is working with.

Screenvision Media

Acquisition in 2010
Screenvision Media is a premier cinema, video, and media organization that curates powerful and uncluttered storytelling for brands, exhibitors, and audiences at movie theatres nationwide. Our goal is to create engaging, technology forward media solutions for all of our partners, both big and small. We take pride in a culture that values creativity, collaboration, and a passion for the distinct magic of the moviegoing experience, unrivaled in its impact and engagement.

Media Storm

Private Equity Round in 2009
Media Storm provides data-driven, fully integrated, strategic media planning and execution services to leading entertainment

Ginegar

Private Equity Round in 2005
Ginegar Plastic Products, which produces and markets polyethylene sheets and nets for a variety of uses in agriculture and industry. Ginegar Plastic Products is a producer of advanced films for a wide variety of agricultural applications, with special emphasis on greenhouse covers, mulches, VIF films and also a range of non-agricultural applications.

Premier Retail Networks

Venture Round in 2001
PRN, founded in 1993, is the nation's largest retail media network. PRN works with major retailers to create in-store television and interactive networks that broadcast news and product information, entertainment and advertising to viewers while they shop.

Nanostream Inc.

Series B in 2001
Nanostream Inc. provides products and services for pharmaceutical and biotech companies.

First Access

Series B in 2000
First Access wireless authentication solution, transmits an encrypted radio frequency signal between a wireless smart card.

Myteam.com

Series B in 2000
Myteam.com is the online center for amateur sports and is the world's first Internet site dedicated to serving the needs of the sports family and the entire amateur sports community - players, parents, coaches, league administrators and fans. Everyone who joins myteam.com receives a free secure, personal home page, where information is automatically updated from all his or her teams and leagues. Personal home pages stay with members season-to-season, sport-to-sport, year-to-year.
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