Transmedia Ventures

Transmedia Ventures

Transmedia Capital was founded by serial entrepreneurs Chris Redlitz and Peter, who together bring decades of Silicon Valley investing and operating experience. Redlitz previously founded Kicklabs, San Francisco's first technology accelerator, and co-founded AdAuction, an early online media exchange. The firm is structured as an early-stage venture fund, not a family office, and focuses on mobile technologies and business cloud applications. The fund targets US-headquartered companies past beta or market launch, typically raising less than $5 million in current financing. Transmedia seeks defensible approaches using data, economies of scale and network effects. Its portfolio includes notable exits and holdings such as Snap, LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, Domo, Compound, Wish, and Armory. The firm invests across enterprise software, SaaS, fintech, blockchain, AI, and marketplaces, and its geographic focus is primarily North America with some international exposure via Peter's background including investments in Baidu (China) and Yandex (Russia). The firm does not publicly disclose its total assets under management or the number of investment professionals. Beyond investing, co-founder Chris Redlitz is also the co-founder of The Last Mile, a prison entrepreneurship and technology training program that has become a widely recognized model for reducing recidivism. In recent years the firm has continued to back new companies, though no specific fund raise or major exit has been publicly announced since the mid-2020s. Transmedia's distinct structural differentiator is its operator-investor model: both managing partners have founded and scaled their own companies, and they maintain deep advisory relationships with portfolio founders. The firm also integrates a social mission through The Last Mile, which is a separate non-profit entity, giving it a unique alignment between venture investing and criminal justice reform.