Roark's Drift
Venture Capital & Private Equity - Parkland, Florida, United States
Roark's Drift Employees
Roark's Drift Details
As a result of a successful 2012 IPO (Hudson's Bay Co. - $2B market cap) and the realization that technology would continue to play a disruptive force in the retail industry, Roark's Drift was formed in 2015 to make opportunistic investments in the consumer space. While our circle of competence and network are largely consumer focused, we are industry agnostic given the right opportunity and co-investors.We seek to partner with ambitious founders alongside experienced co-investors and remain actively involved with our portfolio companies. Roark's Drift makes early stage investments (post-launch with demonstrable revenue traction) and provides advisory services to early stage businesses.Select Portfolio Company InvestmentsTerran Orbital (terranorbital.com) / Tyvak (tyvak.com) / PredaSAR (predasar.com) – InvestorLeading global provider of nanosatellite vehicles, services, and solutions to U.S. military/government agencies, research universities, and commercial enterprises. Closed a $36M Series B led by Lockheed Martin, Beach Point Capital, and Goldman Sachs. PredaSAR closed a $25M round in March 2020.Inkbox (inkbox.com) – InvestorThe 2 week temporary tattoo sensation shipped to over 90 countries. Inkbox uses a patent-pending ink that temporarily dyes the skin using a 100% organic fruit compound. Raised a $10M Series A led by Maveron, Founders Fund, and Golden Ventures.Trufan (trufan.io) - InvestorSocial intelligence platform for consumer brands. Raised a seed round led by Kyle Kuzma, Clearbanc co-founders, and Jason Robins (CEO DraftKings).Loverboy (drinkloverboy.com)Zero sugar sparkling hard tea brand.Roomify (roomify.com) – InvestorCurated e-commerce solution for dorm and apartment essentials. Forbes 30/30 eCommerce. Pearachute (pearachutekids.com)Wink & Nod (winknod.com) - Co-Founder & CFOVC backed DTC brand. Indian gov shut down the shipment of non-essentials due to Covid-19 and company assets sold to a retail conglomerate.
Roark's Drift Technologies
Load Balancers
Apache
CMS
WordPress.org
Fonts
Google Font API
Hosting
Blue Host
CSS and JavaScript Libraries
Bootstrap Framework
Other
Mobile Friendly