# LionTree: portfolio, investments and team

> LionTree is a vc firm based in United States. 7 investments on record, 1 in the last 12 months, latest Nov 2025. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team.

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# LionTree

Last cheque observed Nov 2025; 7 cheques on record.

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VC firm Deploying now Last fund $1.4B, Feb 2023

Pre-seed Seed Series A Ict Audio Art

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**100%** of best year **1** **cheques in 12 months**, 7 on record

Since the last cheque **362** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$38M** Rounds led **1 of 7** Mostly in **United States, 100%**

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## LionTree highlights

- 01 1 cheques in the last 12 months
- 02 Mostly Series A and Series B: 67% of its rounds
- 03 Led 1 rounds

## What they do

> LionTree is an independent investment and merchant bank with deep roots in the media, technology, communications, consumer, and creative industries. From their own website

- **Type:** VC firm (from a list, unverified)
- **Cheque size:** Not stated
- **Stages:** Pre-seed Seed Series A Series B Growth Pre-IPO
- **Sectors:** Ict Audio Art
- **Based in:** New York, United States
- **Cold pitches:** Not accepted

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **7 appearances**

- **2025** 1 round
- **Nov** **[Metropolis Technologies](https://millionrounds.com/company/metropolis-technologies)** Series D · US · Crunchbase News **$500M** *Led*
- **2019** 1 round
- **Nov** **[Emerge](https://millionrounds.com/company/emerge)** Series A · US · FinSMEs **$12M** With 5 others
- **2018** 2 rounds
- **Dec** **[Cross River Bank](https://millionrounds.com/company/cross-river-bank)** US · FinSMEs **$100M** With 4 others
- **Mar** **[Fly Blade](https://millionrounds.com/company/fly-blade)** Series B · US · FinSMEs **$38M** With 2 others
- **2017** 1 round
- **May** **[WinView](https://millionrounds.com/company/winview)** Series B · US · FinSMEs **$12M** With 4 others
- **2015** 2 rounds
- **Oct** **[Digitour Media](https://millionrounds.com/company/digitour-media)** Venture · US **$10M** With 1 other
- **Aug** **[fuboTV](https://millionrounds.com/company/fubotv)** Series A · US **$3.3M** With 3 others

An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor.

## The team

Named by the firm itself, on a filing, its Form ADV or its company registration **9 named**

AB **Aryeh Benjamin Bourkoff** Chief Executive Officer of the Issuer's Managing Member i Filing they signed

AS **Avi Sutton** Chief Operating Officer, General Counsel i Form ADV

DS **David Scott Farber** Chief Financial Officer i Form ADV

EB **Ehren Bryant Stenzler** Managing Partner of the Issuer's Managing Member i Filing they signed

EB **Eren B. Stenzler** Executive Officer i Filing they signed

GB **Georg B. Krause-Vilmar** General Counsel & Secretary of the Issuer's Managing Member i Filing they signed

HB **Howard B. Han** Executive Officer i Filing they signed

MB **Matthew B. Derdeyn** Chief Financial Officer of the Issuer's Managing Member i Filing they signed

WK **Wendy Kreinen Modlin** Chief Compliance Officer i Form ADV

We also hold **13** people at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them.

## What the register says

From the firm's own filings with the SEC, which it must file accurately by law

**$1.8B** assets it manages, 2 advisers combined Oct 2026

**Registered** investment adviser full reporting to the SEC

- **Legal name:** Liontree Partners LLC
- **SEC number:** CRD 315628

Funds on its Form ADV

**15** private funds, **$1.7B** in gross assets · filed Jun 2024

- LionTree Investment Fund, L.P. *Private equity* 15 investors $1.4B
- LionTree Yahoo LLC *Private equity* 3 investors $67M
- W Yahoo LLC *Private equity* 9 investors $55M
- LionTree Articulate LLC *Private equity* 8 investors $42M
- W Articulate LLC *Private equity* 13 investors $33M
- LionTree West Opportunity LLC *Private equity* 9 investors $32M
- LionTree Venture Access Fund LLC *Private equity* 49 investors $31M
- LionTree YUGA Investment, L.P. *Private equity* 7 investors $19M
- LionTree Ripken LLC *Private equity* 5 investors $6.6M
- LionTree Articulate Blocker LLC *Private equity* 3 investors $5.2M

And 5 more on the filing.

Latest fund on file

**$1.4B**

raised in Feb 2023

From its SEC filing. Nothing newer is on file yet.

## The cheque

Pre-seed Seed Series A

Median round joined **$38M** the round, not its cheque

Led 1 of 7 rounds **14%**

- **Sole investor:** Never alone
- **Last cheque:** Nov 2025

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Series A said *2*
- Series B said *2*
- Series D *1*
- Venture *1*
- Pre-seed said *-*
- Seed said *-*
- Growth said *-*

Cheques by month Led Joined

Dec 2023 Nov 2026

Often in the room with

- [Slow Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/slow-ventures) 2

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## Who they invest alongside

The investors most often in the same rounds as LionTree. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed.

[**Slow Ventures** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/slow-ventures)

## Recently backed

The latest companies LionTree put money into.

[**Metropolis Technologies** $500M · Nov 2025](https://millionrounds.com/company/metropolis-technologies)[**Emerge** $12M · Nov 2019](https://millionrounds.com/company/emerge)

## Quick answers about LionTree

### What does LionTree invest in?

LionTree invests most often at Series A and Series B (67% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Ict, Audio and Art.

### How active is LionTree?

7 investments on record, 1 of them in the last 12 months, and it led 1. The most recent was in Nov 2025.

### What has LionTree invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Metropolis Technologies (Series D, Nov 2025), Emerge (Series A, Nov 2019) and Cross River Bank (Undisclosed round, Dec 2018).

### How big are LionTree's cheques?

The median round it joins is $38M.

### Does LionTree lead rounds?

Sometimes: it led 1 of its 7 investments on record (14%).

### Where does LionTree invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (100%).

### Is LionTree investing now?

Yes: it is actively investing, with 1 investments in the last 12 months.

### Who does LionTree invest alongside?

Most often Slow Ventures (2 rounds together).

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