Technology and lifestyle incubator · Las Vegas · Since 2009
Capital for founders. Capability for what comes next.
Entourage is a technology and lifestyle incubator. We invest money, expertise and resources in technology and lifestyle companies, acquire businesses with potential, and build through Cool Inc.
Take responsibility for companies with durable potential.
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Back founders
Invest capital, expertise, resources and active board participation.
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Build with Cool Inc.
Ship products through an embedded software, design and consulting hub.
Portfolio
A portfolio built around founders, technology and influence.
A focused portfolio that combines ownership, strategic investment and active support.
Owned · Cybersecurity
Acquired 2019↗
Owned · Software, design and consulting
Wholly owned↗
Strategic · Streaming
Board seat↗
Strategic · Craft beverage
Strategic↗
Owned · Media
Wholly owned↗
Strategic · Gaming rewards
Strategic↗
The record
The record.
What the companies in and around the group have done. Figures come from the awarding organisations, not from us.
2004
House Advantage is founded
Jon starts a loyalty and marketing technology company in Las Vegas, later building teams there and in India.
2009
Entourage Investment Group is founded
A private group to own and back technology and lifestyle businesses, with operators rather than passive money.
2019
Independently ranked for growth
House Advantage at No. 1453 on the Inc. 5000 and 347th on Deloitte's Technology Fast 500, after 287 percent growth. TV4 Entertainment named to Fast Company's Most Innovative Companies the same year.
2022
Light & Wonder acquires the House Advantage assets
HALo and around twenty of the team move to the gaming industry leader. Eighteen years from founding to exit.
Now
Building the next ones
Cool Inc gives the group its own product, design and engineering team, so the next company gets built as well as backed.
Cool Incubator
The development hub inside the investment model.
Cool Inc is Entourage's wholly owned product, software, design and consulting practice, giving ambitious teams practical capacity to move from idea to shipped experience.
Granting wishes for children with critical illnesses.
Jon chairs the board.
3,500
Olive Crest, every day
Children and families served daily across California, Nevada and the Pacific Northwest.
“They are the unsung heroes in the Las Vegas community, helping so many local young people on the path to success.”Jon Wolfe, on Olive Crest
An Olive Crest programme day.
About
Jon C. Wolfe
Jon founded Entourage Investment Group in 2009. He previously founded House Advantage, whose assets Light & Wonder acquired in 2022, and brings 25+ years of leadership across casinos, technology and loyalty.
Today he invests in and builds technology and lifestyle companies, takes board seats where he can be useful, and gives the same attention to the charities the group supports.
Track record
SVP and CIO, Horseshoe Gaming Group and Resorts InternationalGaming
EVP Operations and CIO, Binion EnterprisesGaming
Founder and CEO, House Advantage2004, assets acquired by L&W 2022
Founder, Chairman and CEO, Entourage Investment Group2009, present
Member, Forbes Technology Council2019, present
Chairman of the Board, Make-A-Wish Southern NevadaPresent
