Media, Entertainment, & Gaming VCs Database - by Eric Cohen-Peckham
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1UP Ventures
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3L Capital
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3311 Ventures
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Advancit Capital
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Afton Ventures
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AG Ventures
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Alven
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Andreessen Horowitz
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Arrive
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Ascension Ventures
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Athletico Ventures
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Axel Springer Digital Ventures
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Axel Springer Plug and Play Accelerator
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aXiomatic
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Backstage Capital
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Bauer Venture Partners
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BDMI
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Behold Ventures
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Bertelsmann Asia Investments
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Bertelsmann Brazil Investments
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Bertelsmann India Investments
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betaworks ventures
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Bettor Capital
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BITKRAFT Esports Ventures
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Bonnier Ventures
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Bose Ventures
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Brickhouse Ventures
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Brighteye Ventures
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Broadway Video Ventures LLC
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Bryant Stibel
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CAA Ventures
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CASSIUS Family
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Causeway Media Partners
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Cobalt Capital (fka Evolution Media Capital)
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Comcast Ventures
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Compound Ventures
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Courtside Ventures
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Creandum
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Crush Ventures
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CRV
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Curious Capital (Heinen-Verlag)
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Daylight Holdings
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Deep Space Ventures
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Demain Prisma Media
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Disney Accelerator
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Dune Ventures
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Edge Investments
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Endeavor / WME Ventures
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Endeit Ventures
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EQT Ventures
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Five Four Ventures
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Floodgate
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Founders Fund
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G+J Digital Ventures
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Galaxy Interactive
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GC Tracker Fund
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German Media Pool
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GMG Ventures
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Greycroft Partners
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Greylock Ventures
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Griffin Gaming Partners
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Guggenheim Digital Media
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GV (fka Google Ventures)
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Hearst Ventures
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Heartcore Capital
66
Hummingbird Ventures
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HV Holtzbrinck Ventures GmH
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Index Ventures
69
Intel Capital
70
Interactive Gaming Ventures
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JabCap
72
Kleiner Perkins Caufield Byers
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Konvoy Ventures
74
L2 Ventures
75
Lakestar
76
LDV Capital
77
Learn Capital
78
LEGO Ventures
79
Lerer Hippeau Ventures
80
Level Up
81
Liberty Global Ventures
82
Lightshed Ventures
83
Lightspeed Venture Partners
84
LINE Ventures
85
Liontree Advisors
86
London Venture Partners
87
Ludus
88
Luma Launch
89
Luminari Capital
90
MaC Venture Capital
91
Makers Fund
92
Marcy Ventures
93
Matter.vc
94
Maveron
95
MDC Ventures
96
MDIF - Media Development Investment Fund
97
Media Ventures GmbH
98
Medici Capital Partners
99
Menlo Ventures
100
Modern Times Group investment fund
101
Muse Capital
102
Naspers
103
New Media Ventures
104
Next 10 Ventures
105
Next Media Accelerator
106
NextNews Ventures
107
NFX
108
Night Ventures
109
North Base Media
110
Northzone
111
NTT Docomo Ventures
112
Omidyar Network
113
Play Ventures
114
Play2Live fund
115
Plus8 Equity Partners
116
Progression Fund
117
ProSiebenSat.1 Accelerator
118
Raffay Media Ventures
119
Raine Group
120
Raised in Space
121
Raptor Group
122
Reach Capital
123
Remagine Ventures
124
Sapphire Sport
125
Schibsted Growth
126
Sequoia Capital
127
Serena Capital
128
Serena Ventures
129
Seven Ventures
130
Sinai VC
131
Sisu Game Ventures
132
Sky Plc
133
Skycatcher
134
Smash Ventures
135
Spark Capital
136
SPH Media Fund
137
Spintop Ventures
138
Stardom Ventures
139
Station12
140
Strand Venture Partners
141
Structure Fund
142
Super!com
143
Supercell Ventures
144
Supernode Global
145
Sweet Capital
146
TCG Capital (fka The Chernin Group)
147
TechStars Music
148
Tencent
149
The Fund
150
The Information Accelerator
151
The VR Fund
152
Third Wave Digital
153
Transcend Fund
154
United Talent Agency
155
Upfront Ventures
156
V2 Games
157
Venista Ventures
158
VGames
159
VGC Partners
160
Vision Venture Partners
161
Watertower Group
162
Waverly Capital
163
WISE Ventures
164
WndrCo.
165
Women Nation Fund (by Live Nation)
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game studio seed fund by former Microsoft VP of game publishing
VC (Seed)
Gaming / Esports
Ed Fries
Seattle
VC/PE Fund
Lightfox Games, Playable Worlds, Elodie Games
Growth fund by founders of Demand Media. Looks at media-related companies, among other things
VC (Growth)
Dave Leyrer
Anton Zietsman
Shawn Colo
Los Angeles
New York
VC arm of production co. Not clear if still active
VC (Seed)
Ross Jacobson
Los Angeles
Early stage VC focused on all things media, by Jason Ostheimer and Viacom/CBS controlling shareholder Shari Redstone
VC (Seed)
VC (Series A-B)
Jason Ostheimer
Shari Redstone
Boston
New York
VC affiliate of Red Light Management, one of the largest talent mgmt firms in music
VC (Seed)
VC (Series A-B)
Garrett Williams
Charlotte
New York
North America
Corporate Venture
Family Office
investing arm of Shawn Mendes manager Andrew Gertler's talent management firm (AG Artists).
New York
Seed & Series A firm in Paris
VC (Seed)
François Méteyer
Paris
Europe
VC/PE Fund
Bunch, PandaScore, Yubo, Madbox, Meero
Large generalist VC, track record and stated interest in various types of media startups
VC (Series A-B)
VC (Growth)
Gaming / Esports
All things media
Andrew Chen
Jon Lai
San Francisco
North America
VC/PE Fund
$10B
Substack, Descript, BuzzFeed, Genius, Medium, Within, UnitedMasters
VC arm of Roc Nation, the talent management and entertainment company formed by Jay-Z
VC (Seed)
VC (Series A-B)
VC (Growth)
Stephen Francis
Neil Sirni
New York
North America
South Asia
Corporate Venture
Manticore Games, Outlier, Muze, Whisper,
VC (Seed)
VC (Series A-B)
Jean de Fougerolles
Arthur Sherry
London
VC/PE Fund
early stage VC firm of Arthur Bernard, with European sports stars as LPs & co-investors
VC (Series A-B)
Sports Media / Fantasy Sports
Arthur Bernard
Paris
Europe
VC/PE Fund
VC (Series A-B)
Berlin
Europe
Startup Accelerator
Berlin
Europe
€25,000
Corporate Venture
gaming and esports focused holding company, backed by many top Hollywood investors; parent company of Team Liquid esports team.
VC (Seed)
VC (Series A-B)
VC (Growth)
Los Angeles
North America
Holding Co
Team Liquid, Niantic, Venn, Epic Games, Dapper Labs
VC (Seed)
Arlan Hamilton
Los Angeles
North America
$50k
VC/PE Fund
$5M
corporate VC of German media (magazines) group Bauer Media
VC (Series A-B)
Sven-Olof Reimers
Cologne
Europe
Corporate Venture
€100M
North American VC arm of Bertelsmann, one of the world's largest media conglomerates
VC (Series A-B)
VC (Seed)
Keith Titan
Sim Blaustein
Urs Cete
New York
North America
Europe
Corporate Venture
seed fund for Nordic gaming startups by ex-DICE execs
VC (Seed)
Gaming / Esports
Magnus Kenneby
Sigurlína Ingvarsdóttir
Karl Magnus Troedsson
Malmö
Reykjavík
Stockholm
Europe
$500k-1m
VC/PE Fund
$25m
Asia
Corporate Venture
South America
Corporate Venture
South Asia
Corporate Venture
well-known seed fund and incubation studio, always tinkering with new ideas at forefront of social and online media
VC (Seed)
VC (Series A-B)
Matt Hartman
New York
North America
VC/PE Fund
early stage VC fund for real money online gaming (i.e. gambling, sports betting, etc.)
VC (Seed)
VC (Series A-B)
David VanEgmond
New York
VC/PE Fund
$100m
solely dedicated to esports
VC (Seed)
VC (Series A-B)
Gaming / Esports
Jens Hilgers
Berlin
Los Angeles
Global
TEO, Runtime, Quarterback
VC arm of Swedish media conglomerate Bonnier
VC (Series A-B)
Stockholm
Europe
North America
Corporate Venture
audio/voice focused VC arm of Bose
VC (Series A-B)
VC (Seed)
Augmented & Virtual Reality
Music Tech / Music Streaming / Podcasting
Steve Romine
Boston
Corporate Venture
$50M
Canadian esports VC fund with US & Mexico offices
VC (Seed)
VC (Series A-B)
Gaming / Esports
Vancouver
North America
media & edu focused seed fund in Paris
VC (Seed)
VC (Series A-B)
Digital Learning / Educational Content
Alex Spiro
Benoit Wirz
Paris
Europe
€500k-3M
VC/PE Fund
no longer active, see Five Four Ventures for new iteration
VC (Series A-B)
VC (Seed)
New York
Holding Co
Above Average, ZEFR, Houseparty, Cheddar, Headspace, YouNow, Arsenic, AirTV
VC firm of Kobe Bryant and Jeff Stibel; unclear if still operating following Bryant's death in 2020.
VC (Series A-B)
VC (Growth)
Sports Media / Fantasy Sports
Gaming / Esports
Jeff Stibel
Los Angeles
North America
VC/PE Fund
VC deals by top Hollywood talent agency CAA
VC (Seed)
VC (Series A-B)
VC (Growth)
Michael Yanover
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Corporate Venture
US & Europe seed fund focused on consumer brands and content/marketing
VC (Seed)
VC (Series A-B)
Emmanuel Seuge
New York
Paris
Atlanta
Brat, Wonder, Tribe, Highsnobriety, Indify,
dedicated sports media fund, led by owner of the Boston Celtics NBA team
VC (Series A-B)
VC (Growth)
Sports Media / Fantasy Sports
Chris Warren
Jasmine Robinson
Mark Wan
Bob Higgins
Wyc Grousbeck
Boston
San Francisco
Global
VC/PE Fund
$345M
media-focused growth VC
VC (Growth)
All things media
Dan Abrams
Gautam Shah
Rick Hess
Los Angeles
VC/PE Fund
corporate VC of telecom giant Comcast, invests broadly not just in media and telecom
VC (Series A-B)
Amy Banse
Sam Landman
Michael Yang
Daniel Gulati
San Francisco
New York
Philadelphia
Los Angeles
Corporate Venture
deep focus on interactive media, AI applied to media, virtual characters, animation
VC (Seed)
VC (Series A-B)
Mike Dempsey
New York
North America
VC/PE Fund
sports-related VC fund
VC (Series A-B)
VC (Seed)
Telecom / Communications Infrastructure
Sports Media / Fantasy Sports
Publishing / News
Gaming / Esports
Digital Video / Digital Media Brands
Augmented & Virtual Reality
Music Tech / Music Streaming / Podcasting
Vasu Kulkarni
Deepen Parikh
New York
Detroit
Global
$250K-$1.5M
VC/PE Fund
The Athletic, FanAI, The Drone Racing League, Beam (acq by Microsoft), StockX, LiveLike
Stockholm-based early stage VC with offices in Berlin and SF, known for seed investment in Spotify
VC (Series A-B)
All things media
Sports Media / Fantasy Sports
Gaming / Esports
Digital Learning / Educational Content
Digital Video / Digital Media Brands
Fredrik Cassel
Staffan Helgesson
Simon Schminke
San Francisco
Berlin
Stockholm
Europe
€200K - 8M
VC/PE Fund
Spotify, Small Giant Games, Kahoot, Epidemic Sound
Talent mgmt firm Crush Management's early stage investing arm focused on "the intersection of pop culture, consumers, and tech-enabled experiences". The firm's clients include Sia, Fall Out Boy, Panic! At the Disco, Lorde, Train, Weezer, & Green Day.
VC (Seed)
VC (Series A-B)
Andrew Kahn
Los Angeles
large VC firm in Boston and SF with investments in Niantic, Patreon, Kapwing, etc.
VC (Series A-B)
VC (Growth)
Gaming / Esports
Saar Gur
Olivia Moore
Justine Moore
Boston
San Francisco
North America
VC/PE Fund
$4B
Niantic, Patreon, Kapwing, Scribd
VC (Seed)
VC (Series A-B)
Johannes Heinen
Cologne
€50-250k
Corporate Venture
VC fund of Hollywood talent mgmt firm
VC (Series A-B)
All things media
Ben Curtis
Los Angeles
esports VC fund
VC (Seed)
Gaming / Esports
Stephen Hays
Dallas
Quarterback
VC (Series A-B)
VC (Seed)
Startup Accelerator
Augmented & Virtual Reality
Digital Learning / Educational Content
Music Tech / Music Streaming / Podcasting
All things media
Hubert Saint Olive
Paris
Europe
$0-500k
Corporate Venture
Startup Accelerator
All things media
Los Angeles
North America
Corporate Venture
gaming focused VC firm
VC (Seed)
VC (Series A-B)
Gaming / Esports
David Brillembourg Jr.
San Francisco
North America
Europe
VC/PE Fund
Invests in IP/content companies and in tech for content distribution, engagement, or commercialisation. UK focused. Looks to lead rounds and take board seat in companies with demonstrated product-market fit.
VC (Series A-B)
Digital Video / Digital Media Brands
All things media
Niall Santamaria
London
UK
£1-5m
VC (Seed)
Molly Schmidt
New York
Los Angeles
Corporate Venture
VC (Growth)
Martijn Hamann
Hubert Deitmers
Amsterdam
Hamburg
Europe
€3-8M
VC/PE Fund
multi-stage VC fund of European private equity giant EQT
VC (Series A-B)
VC (Growth)
Gaming / Esports
Augmented & Virtual Reality
All things media
Lars Jörnow
Ted Persson
Stockholm
London
San Francisco
Berlin
Amsterdam
Europe
North America
€1m - €75m
VC/PE Fund
€1.2bn+
Small Giant Games, WarDucks, Popcore, Permutive, Varjo
spun out of Broadway Video, Lorne Michaels' production company. Investing and incubation media/consumer startups
VC (Series A-B)
Incubation Studio
David Birnbaum
generalist seed VC
VC (Seed)
Ryan Walsh
San Francisco
VC/PE Fund
large generalist VC firm formed by Peter Thiel and Paypal Mafia folks, known for investing in contrarian or off-the-beaten path startups
VC (Seed)
VC (Series A-B)
VC (Growth)
San Francisco
Global
VC/PE Fund
corporate VC of Bertelsmann-owned publishing giant Gruner + Jung
VC (Seed)
VC (Series A-B)
VC (Growth)
Publishing / News
All things media
Beate Koch
Berlin
Europe
$0-4M
Corporate Venture
Pamono, Makerist, Tylco, OnoLabs
VC fund affiliated with Galaxy Digital (blockchain-focused merchant bank). Investing in interactive media and fintech startups, primarily at Series A.
VC (Series A-B)
Gaming / Esports
Sam Englebardt
Richard Kim
New York
North America
Europe
VC/PE Fund
AR/VR, gaming, & esports fund affiliated with Greycroft Ventures and run by Jon Goldman
VC (Seed)
VC (Series A-B)
Gaming / Esports
Augmented & Virtual Reality
Jon Goldman
Los Angeles
VC/PE Fund
GameClub, Wave, FanAI, Toonstar, CameraIQ
Media-for-Equity
Niko Waesche
Aljoscha Kaplan
Berlin
Europe
Corporate Venture
VC arm of The Scott Trust, the parent foundation of Guardian Media Group. Investing in Seed and Series A startups within focused on "the news, media and entertainment sector."
VC (Seed)
VC (Series A-B)
Publishing / News
All things media
Denise Xifara
London
Europe
Foundation
Corporate Venture
Papercup, Auxuman, Kyra Entertainment, Sensity, RADiCAL
generalist Series A/B VC with consumer bend
VC (Seed)
VC (Series A-B)
VC (Growth)
Digital Learning / Educational Content
Augmented & Virtual Reality
Publishing / News
Gaming / Esports
Music Tech / Music Streaming / Podcasting
Sports Media / Fantasy Sports
Digital Video / Digital Media Brands
All things media
Mark Terbeek
John Elton
Ian Sigalow
Dana Settle
Ellie Wheeler
Alan Patricof
New York
Los Angeles
North America
Europe
$1-40M
VC/PE Fund
large generalist VC firm, had been very active in social media investments but less so now
VC (Series A-B)
VC (Growth)
San Francisco
VC/PE Fund
$3.5M
gaming VC fund, collaboration between Peter Levin and LionTree
VC (Growth)
Gaming / Esports
Peter Levin
Los Angeles
New York
San Francisco
VC/PE Fund
large generalist VC firm, some media-related investments
VC (Series A-B)
VC (Growth)
MG Siegler
David Krane
San Francisco
VC/PE Fund
corp VC of Hearst
VC (Series A-B)
VC (Growth)
Megumi Ikeda
Katie Hu
Gil Canaani
David Famolari
Darcy Bentley Frisch
Scott English
Kenneth Bronfin
Corporate Venture
fka Sunstone Capital...large European VC firm dedicated to consumer startup investments
VC (Series A-B)
All things media
Christian Jepsen
Yacine Ghalim
Max Niederhofer
Levin Bunz
Paris
Berlin
Copenhagen
Europe
VC/PE Fund
Seriously, Podimo, RFRSH Entertainment
European seed VC that's strong in mobile gaming
VC (Seed)
Augmented & Virtual Reality
Gaming / Esports
Firat Ileri
Yousif Al-Dujaili
Istanbul
London
Europe
$500k-5M
VC/PE Fund
Peak Games, Gram Games, Loom.AI, Midnite
corp VC of German business publishing giant HV Holtzbrink...focuses more on fintech than media but does range of deals
VC (Seed)
VC (Series A-B)
Martin Weber
Munich
Europe
VC/PE Fund
Corporate Venture
top US-Europe VC firm; generalist but strong track record in consumer, media, & gaming
VC (Seed)
VC (Series A-B)
VC (Growth)
Digital Learning / Educational Content
Digital Video / Digital Media Brands
Gaming / Esports
Augmented & Virtual Reality
Music Tech / Music Streaming / Podcasting
Sports Media / Fantasy Sports
Social mobile / Social media
All things media
Danny Rimer
Dino Becirovic
Guzman Diaz
London
San Francisco
Global
$1-60M
VC/PE Fund
$5.4B
King, Supercell, Roblox, Discord, Soundcloud, Patreon, Squarespace, Sonos
VC (Series A-B)
VC (Growth)
Digital Learning / Educational Content
Augmented & Virtual Reality
Digital Video / Digital Media Brands
Christine Herron
San Francisco
$250k-8M
Corporate Venture
Gaming / Esports
Jack Tretton
family office whose private market investments include a focus on gaming
VC (Series A-B)
VC (Seed)
Gaming / Esports
Jean-Phillipe Jabre
Los Angeles
London
North America
Europe
Family Office
top generalist VC firm...some media-related deals. Lots fo turnover in partners recently so interests may have changed
VC (Series A-B)
VC (Growth)
San Francisco
$250k-10M
VC/PE Fund
gaming infrastructure seed VC
VC (Seed)
Gaming / Esports
Jackson Vaughan
Jason Chapman
Josh Chapman
New York
Denver
VC/PE Fund
Joe Montana's Seed VC firm
VC (Seed)
Gaming / Esports
Sports Media / Fantasy Sports
Joe Montana
Nate Montana
Mike Miller
Michael Ma
San Francisco
North America
VC/PE Fund
Mux, Brat, Cloud9
multi-stage VC in Europe
VC (Growth)
VC (Series A-B)
Gaming / Esports
Music Tech / Music Streaming
Mika Salmi
Ben Cousens
Berlin
Zurich
London
Europe
VC/PE Fund
Darewise, Amuse, NetSpeak Games, Spotify
VC dedicated to visual tech / computer vision
VC (Seed)
Publishing / News
Digital Video / Digital Media Brands
Augmented & Virtual Reality
Evan Nisselson
New York
$100k
internationally active VC dedicated to edu/learning startups
VC (Series A-B)
VC (Seed)
Digital Learning / Educational Content
Greg Mauro
Rob Hutter
Michael Staton
San Francisco
Global
VC/PE Fund
corporate VC of LEGO Group, focused on educational/kids media and gaming
VC (Series A-B)
VC (Growth)
Gaming / Esports
Digital Learning / Educational Content
Copenhagen
London
San Francisco
Global
Corporate Venture
Klang Games
NYC seed fund by HuffPo founders / BuzzFeed anchor investors that invested in lots of digital publishing startups. Generalist fund with lots of consumer deals
VC (Seed)
VC (Series A-B)
All things media
Graham Brown
Julian Moncada
Andrea Hippeau
Ben Lerer
Eric Hippeau
Ken Lerer
New York
VC/PE Fund
Creative Tech VC with a focus on gaming; Seed & Series A
VC (Seed)
VC (Series A-B)
Gaming / Esports
Guillaume Lautour
Thibaud Morin
Paris
Europe
$600k-5M
VC/PE Fund
$30M
Superscale / Weward / Neopolis / Litgames / Metagames
VC arm of telecom giant Liberty Global, which is based in Denver and owns telecom companies around the world, particularly Europe
VC (Series A-B)
VC (Growth)
Digital Video / Digital Media Brands
Augmented & Virtual Reality
Telecom / Communications Infrastructure
Content Rights / Licensing
Social mobile / Social media
Denver
Global
Corporate Venture
VC arm of media equity research firm LightShed Partners
VC (Series A-B)
All things media
Jamie Seltzer
Rich Greenfield
New York
big generalist VC firm with numerous partners interested in media / content / social startups
VC (Series A-B)
VC (Growth)
Digital Video / Digital Media Brands
Social mobile / Social media
Amy Wu
Paul Murphy
Jeremy Liew
Alex Taussig
San Francisco
Global
$500k-30M
VC/PE Fund
$4B
Snap, Giphy, Mic, Cheddar, HQ
VC arm of LINE (Japanese social/messaging giant), investing in all things tech with particular interest in gaming and interactive media
VC (Seed)
VC (Series A-B)
VC (Growth)
Gaming / Esports
Hyung Kim
Tokyo
San Francisco
Global
Corporate Venture
Dialpad, Soundhound, Game Closure
top media-focused merchant bank that does some startup investments
VC (Series A-B)
VC (Growth)
Social mobile / Social media
Telecom / Communications Infrastructure
Sports Media / Fantasy Sports
Publishing / News
Music Tech / Music Streaming / Podcasting
Gaming / Esports
Digital Video / Digital Media Brands
Digital Learning / Educational Content
Augmented & Virtual Reality
All things media
Howard Han
James Lindsay
Aryeh Bourkoff
London
Paris
New York
Global
Merchant Banking
leading gaming-focused VC
VC (Series A-B)
VC (Seed)
Gaming / Esports
David Lau-Kee
David Gardner
London
Europe
$500k-$2.5M
VC/PE Fund
Unity, Bunch, TinyBytes, Klang Games
venture studio incubating & investing in gaming startups in Turkey
Incubation Studio
VC (Seed)
İsmet Gökşen
Istanbul
Turkey
VC/PE Fund
JamBox Games
generalist LA seed fund that has some media-related investments
VC (Seed)
VC (Series A-B)
Sports Media / Fantasy Sports
Augmented & Virtual Reality
Social mobile / Social media
Laurent Grill
Los Angeles
$100-250k
Corporate Venture
no longer active, now operating as Waverly Capital
VC (Seed)
VC (Series A-B)
Daniel Leff
San Francisco
generalist (pre-)seed fund with strong consumer and media background. Talent manager Troy Carter and production company MACRO are strategic LPs.
VC (Seed)
Charles King
Adrian Fenty
Mike Palank
Marlon Nichols
Los Angeles
Global
VC/PE Fund
new gaming-focused VC
VC (Series A-B)
Gaming / Esports
Michael Cheung
Jay Chi
Matthew Ball
Hong Kong
London
Global
$1-10M
VC/PE Fund
$180M
Genvid, FaceIT, Bossa Studios, tinyBuild, SuperData, Typhoon Studios, Klang Games, Teacher Gaming
early stage VC of Jay-Z, Jay Brown and Larry Marcus
VC (Series A-B)
Larry Marcus
New York
VC/PE Fund
$85M
no longer active; accelerator for journalism-related startups
Startup Accelerator
Publishing / News
New York
San Francisco
North America
$50k
NewsDeeply, Purple, NewsWhip
VC firm focused on consumer startups, founded by Dan Levitan and fmr Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz
VC (Series A-B)
Jerry Lu
New York
Seattle
VC/PE Fund
Wave
VC (Seed)
VC (Series A-B)
Telecom / Communications Infrastructure
Publishing / News
Podcasting
Music Tech / Music Streaming
Digital Video / Digital Media Brands
Content Rights / Licensing
Augmented & Virtual Reality
Jessica Peltz-Zatulove
New York
Global
North America
$100-250k
Corporate Venture
Catch & Release, Msg.ai, Polymorph
debt & equity financing for media in countries where free press is under threat
VC (Seed)
Grants/Impact Investing
Publishing / News
Jim Egan
Prague
New York
Global
Foundation
VC (Series A-B)
VC (Seed)
Dirk Ströer
Cologne
Europe
Family Office
Growth/pre-IPO investor in consumer tech
VC (Growth)
All things media
Richard Yen
San Francisco
Global
$3-20M
Second Spectrum
large generalist VC firm; has done some media deals, namely Roku
VC (Series A-B)
VC (Growth)
Shawn Carolan
San Francisco
VC/PE Fund
$5B
Roku
corp VC, strong esports ties
VC (Series A-B)
Augmented & Virtual Reality
Gaming / Esports
Stockholm
North America
Europe
Corporate Venture
$30M
seed VC focused on consumer startups. Many ties to entertainment industry
VC (Seed)
All things media
Assia Grazioli-Venier
Rachel Springate
Los Angeles
North America
Europe
VC/PE Fund
Artie, Faze Clan, Okay Play
South African newspaper publisher turned internet and e-commerce investment giant after it led Series A in Tencent, a stake now worth $100B+
VC (Series A-B)
VC (Growth)
Cape Town
Global
Corporate Venture
angel group and micro-VC fund investing in for-profit and non-profit media ventures in the US that advance the values of the US progressive political movement (generally, aligned with the Democratic Party)
Grants/Impact Investing
VC (Seed)
San Francisco
North America
Blavity, Some of Us, Sister District, Vote.org, CrowdTangle, Swing Left, PushBlack
VC and incubation studio focused on startups related to online content creators / influencers...founder Ben Grubbs led creator relations at YouTube
VC (Seed)
Incubation Studio
Content Rights / Licensing
Digital Learning / Educational Content
Digital Video / Digital Media Brands
Benjamin Grubbs
Singapore
Los Angeles
Global
VC/PE Fund
$50M
Startup Accelerator
Dirk Herzbach Zeiler
Hamburg
Europe
news & media tech early stage VC by fmr McClatchy CEO Craig Forman
VC (Seed)
VC (Series A-B)
Publishing / News
Craig Forman
San Francisco
North America
VC/PE Fund
VC firm focused on startups with network effects ("NFX")...very strong on gaming and interactive media
VC (Seed)
Gaming / Esports
Social mobile / Social media
All things media
Pete Flint
James Currier
Gigi Levy-Weiss
Tel Aviv
San Francisco
Israel
Europe
North America
VC/PE Fund
Patreon, Houseparty, Path, Playtika, Lyric, Feedly, Crackle, Flickr, Second Life, Sounds, Friend.ly, Skout, Plarium, MyHeritage, Storyhunter, Swell
$20M VC fund by Night Media, a talent management firm the manages influencers like Mr. Beast and Preston. LPs in the fund are primarily top social media / gaming influencers.
VC (Seed)
VC (Series A-B)
Gaming / Esports
Social mobile / Social media
Reed Duchscher
Dallas
North America
up to $300k
VC/PE Fund
$20M
seed @ for news publishing startups globally
VC (Seed)
VC (Series A-B)
Publishing / News
Digital Video / Digital Media Brands
Sasa Vucinic
Marcus Brauchli
Seoul
Washington DC
South Asia
MENA
South America
VC/PE Fund
leading European VC best know for Spotify...generalist firm but looks at media / gaming
VC (Seed)
VC (Series A-B)
VC (Growth)
Augmented & Virtual Reality
Digital Learning / Educational Content
Digital Video / Digital Media Brands
Gaming / Esports
Music Tech / Music Streaming / Podcasting
Publishing / News
Sports Media / Fantasy Sports
Telecom / Communications Infrastructure
Social mobile / Social media
All things media
Wendy Xiao Schadeck
Pär-Jörgen Pärson
Stockholm
New York
London
Europe
North America
VC/PE Fund
Spotify, Klarna,
VC arm of NTT DOCOMO, Inc., investing in tech with a particular interest in communications and content platforms.
VC (Seed)
VC (Series A-B)
VC (Growth)
Tokyo
Global
$2-3M
Corporate Venture
Wave, Genvid, Paronym
impact investing group of ebay founder Pierre Omidyar...funds media related to promotion of democracy / strong journalism
Grants/Impact Investing
VC (Seed)
VC (Series A-B)
San Francisco
Global
Family Office
Foundation
new gaming-focused seed VC firm
VC (Seed)
Gaming / Esports
Harri Manninen
Henric Suuronen
Singapore
Helsinki
Global
$500K-$1M
VC/PE Fund
VC (Seed)
Gaming / Esports
Europe
$50-150k
Corporate Venture
$2M
music-focused VC firm
VC (Series A-B)
Music
Music Tech / Music Streaming
Rishi Patel
John Acquaviva
London
VC/PE Fund
Endel, Splice
consumer internet / digital media seed VC
VC (Seed)
Matt Lee
Mark Linao
San Francisco
Los Angeles
North America
VC/PE Fund
Startup Accelerator
Jens Pippig
Munich
Berlin
Europe
Corporate Venture
VC (Series A-B)
Media-for-Equity
Aljoscha Kaplan
Berlin
Europe
VC/PE Fund
Corporate Venture
top media merchant bank, with PE fund, VC fund, and hedge fund
VC (Series A-B)
VC (Growth)
All things media
Colin Neville
Gordon Rubenstein
Jason Schretter
John Salter
Courtney Favreau
Jeff Sine
Joe Ravitch
San Francisco
London
Los Angeles
New York
VC/PE Fund
Merchant Banking
music-tech focused VC firm affiliated with Scooter Braun and Ripple
VC (Seed)
Music
Music Tech / Music Streaming
Shara Senderoff
Los Angeles
VC/PE Fund
family office of hedge fund billionaire Jim Pallotta...invests in media/sports related startups among other things and owns major sports teams
VC (Seed)
VC (Series A-B)
VC (Growth)
Sports Media / Fantasy Sports
All things media
Clifford Friedman
Jim Pallotta
New York
Boston
Family Office
Boston Celtics, AS Roma, Sport AD, Sports Rocket, TicketManager, FanManager, Fnatic
education focused VC, will look at educational media deals
VC (Series A-B)
VC (Seed)
Digital Learning / Educational Content
Esteban Sosnik
Wayee Chu
Chian Gong
Shauntel Poulson
Jennifer Carolan
San Francisco
North America
VC/PE Fund
media-focused VC with top European media conglomerates as Limited Partners
VC (Seed)
All things media
Kevin Baxpehler
Eze Vidra
London
Tel Aviv
Europe
Israel
VC/PE Fund
Syte, MinuteMedia, Vault, Novos, Hour One, Madskil
dedicated sports media fund by Sapphire Ventures
VC (Series A-B)
Augmented & Virtual Reality
Digital Video / Digital Media Brands
Sports Media / Fantasy Sports
Nino Marakovic
Michael Spirito
Doug Higgins
San Francisco
$3-7M
VC/PE Fund
$115M
Overtime, Fevo, mycujoo, Tonal, Pheonix Labs
corp VC of media conglomerate Schibsted
VC (Seed)
VC (Series A-B)
VC (Growth)
Martin Frey
Richard Sandenskog
Rune Røsten
Marc Brandsma
Paris
Oslo
Stockholm
Europe
North America
Corporate Venture
often considered top VC firm in world, has done some big media-related deals like YouTube and Unity but is generalist
VC (Series A-B)
VC (Growth)
Stephanie Zhan
Jess Lee
San Francisco
VC/PE Fund
focused mainly on French startups; manages the V13 fund for entertainment startups on behalf of French lottery FDJ
VC (Seed)
VC (Series A-B)
Gaming / Esports
Olivier Martret
Paris
Europe
€200k to €15m
VC/PE Fund
Darewise, 8SEC, PandaScore, Shadow
VC fund of tennis icon Serena Williams
VC (Seed)
VC (Series A-B)
Alison Rapaport
San Francisco
VC/PE Fund
affiliate of ProSiebenSat.1
Media-for-Equity
Munich
Europe
Corporate Venture
Series A/B focused VC, strong consumer focus with many media-related deals. Managing Partner Jordan Fudge also has a film financing fund
VC (Series A-B)
VC (Seed)
Gro
Zach White
Jordan Fudge
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Global
VC/PE Fund
$600M
dedicated gaming VC focused on Nordics/Europe
VC (Series A-B)
VC (Seed)
Gaming / Esports
Samuli Syvähuoko
Helsinki
Europe
VC/PE Fund
Doppio Games, Mainframe Industries, Singa, Resolution Games
corporate VC of Sky
VC (Series A-B)
VC (Growth)
All things media
James McClurg
London
Global
Corporate Venture
hedge fund making growth VC and seed VC investments in gaming and in emerging markets consumer mobile.
VC (Growth)
VC (Seed)
Gaming / Esports
Sia Kamalie
Austin
Global
Hedge Fund
new firm; led big SPV into Epic Games
VC (Growth)
Evan Richter
Eric Garland
Los Angeles
VC/PE Fund
Epic Games
large generalist VC firm, perhaps most famous for being one of the main early investors in Twitter
VC (Seed)
VC (Series A-B)
VC (Growth)
Kevin Thau
Bijan Sabet
Brian Watson
Boston
San Francisco
North America
VC/PE Fund
$2.5B+
Twitter, Discord, Niantic, Mirror, Medium, Overtime, DescriptCameo, Snap, Brud,
corp VC of Singapore Media Holdings
VC (Series A-B)
VC (Growth)
All things media
Wei Cong Seah
Kevin Low
Boon Ping Chua
Singapore
Global
$1-1.5M
Corporate Venture
$75M
Wochit, Jukin Media, Victorious, Iris.tv
seed stage VC in Nordics
VC (Seed)
All things media
Gaming / Esports
Erik Wenngren
Stockholm
London
Europe
VC/PE Fund
Dazzle Rocks, Small Giant Games
focused on Israeli startups in video tech, content, adtech, marketing, & commerce categories, backed by media companies Keshet and Dick Clark Productions
VC (Seed)
VC (Series A-B)
Danny Peled
Tel Aviv
Corporate Venture
$65m
odo, syte, deepdub.ai
VC (Growth)
Patrick Bradley
London
Europe
~£10M
VC/PE Fund
£150M
Late-seed & Series A/B investor focused on sports & entertainment, food & beverage, and real estate related startups
VC (Series A-B)
Sports Media / Fantasy Sports
Jamie Shortill
Los Angeles
North America
$50k-500k
VC (Seed)
Digital Video / Digital Media Brands
Brad Zions
Adam Shaw
Los Angeles
VC/PE Fund
Naritiv,
investor/publisher for games
Gaming / Esports
$50M
corp VC arm of mobile games giant Supercell
VC (Seed)
VC (Series A-B)
VC (Growth)
Gaming / Esports
Jaakko Harlas
Helsinki
Global
Corporate Venture
media-focused VC firm led by Michael Sackler, who is the sole LP. Affiliated with Rooks Nest Productions
VC (Seed)
VC (Series A-B)
Telecom / Communications Infrastructure
Sports Media / Fantasy Sports
Publishing / News
Podcasting
Music Tech / Music Streaming
Gaming/Esports
Digital Video / Digital Media Brands
Digital Learning / Educational Content
Content Rights / Licensing
Augmented & Virtual Reality
All things media
Michael Sackler
Gina King
Phoebe Arkell
London
Global
Up to $1 million
VC/PE Fund
Fiit, Playdeo, Disruptor Beam, TRX.TV
consumer mobile focused seed VC funded by founders of King games...focused on gaming-related and interactive media startups but won't invest in games
VC (Seed)
VC (Series A-B)
Pippa Lamb
Christian Dörffer
London
Europe
North America
$500k
Family Office
led by Peter Chernin. Acquiring, incubating, and investing in consumer companies, particularly in media. Active in acquiring media brands
VC (Growth)
All things media
Mike Kerns
Stephen Cousineau
Jason Bergsman
Los Angeles
North America
Asia
Holding Co
VC/PE Fund
accelerator for music-related startups
Startup Accelerator
Music
Music Tech / Music Streaming
Los Angeles
Community, Endel
active corporate VC of China's leading consumer tech company
VC (Series A-B)
VC (Growth)
Augmented & Virtual Reality
Digital Learning / Educational Content
Gaming / Esports
Social mobile / Social media
Gaming/Esports
San Francisco
Shenzhen
Global
Corporate Venture
trio of micro-VC funds each focused on LA, NYC, and London startups with money for each fund contributed by local founders & execs who act as mentors. Broad focus, including media/entertainment related startups.
VC (Seed)
Anna Barber
New York
London
Los Angeles
North America
Europe
$50,000
VC/PE Fund
Blerp, The Block, Playbook
accelerator for news publishing startups
Startup Accelerator
Publishing / News
Jessica Lessin
San Francisco
$25,000
Corporate Venture
early stage VC dedicated to immersive media
VC (Seed)
VC (Series A-B)
Augmented & Virtual Reality
Hironao Kunimitsu
Tipatat Chennavasin
Marco Demiroz
San Francisco
VC/PE Fund
early stage digital media VC in LA
VC (Seed)
VC (Series A-B)
Social mobile / Social media
Digital Video / Digital Media Brands
Augmented & Virtual Reality
Gaming / Esports
Sports Media / Fantasy Sports
All things media
Allen DeBevoise
$50M
Narativ, All Def Digital, PlutoTV, Salted, Gunslinger Studios, Vessel, Immortals, Digitour
The Transcend Fund is an early stage venture capital firm that partners with some of the most ambitious and talented founders in the gaming industry to collaboratively build the future of digital entertainment.
VC (Series A-B)
Gaming / Esports
Graham Gockley
Shanti Bergel
San Francisco
Global
$200k-2m
VC/PE Fund
$50M
VC (Series A-B)
All things media
Sam Wick
Los Angeles
Corporate Venture
large VC firm in LA, generalist with some media related deals. Kevin Zhang leads focus on gaming and interactive media
VC (Series A-B)
Kara Nortman
Mark Suster
Kevin Zhang
Los Angeles
VC/PE Fund
VC (Seed)
Gaming / Esports
Samarth Chandola
Vancouver
VC (Seed)
Christian Teichert
Cologne
Europe
VC/PE Fund
early stage VC focused on game studios in Israel & Eastern Europe
VC (Series A-B)
VC (Seed)
Gaming / Esports
Eitan Reisel
Tel Aviv
Israel
Europe
VC/PE Fund
$30M
London-based consumer & media VC/PE firm
VC (Seed)
VC (Series A-B)
VC (Growth)
Gaming / Esports
Digital Video / Digital Media Brands
Augmented & Virtual Reality
Music Tech / Music Streaming / Podcasting
London
Europe
UK
£150k-5m
VC/PE Fund
£150m
SuperAwesome
esports investment firm (seems defunct)
VC (Growth)
VC (Series A-B)
Sports Media / Fantasy Sports
Gaming / Esports
Rick Fox
Amit Raizada
Stratton Sclavos
Los Angeles
VC/PE Fund
Vision Esports, Echo Fox
investment bank and seed fund focused on entertainment and consumer startups
VC (Seed)
VC (Series A-B)
Derek Norton
Los Angeles
North America
VC/PE Fund
VC firm focused on media (the new incarnation of Daniel Leff's Luminari Capital)
VC (Series A-B)
All things media
Daniel Leff
Edgar Bronfman Jr.
New York
San Francisco
North America
VC/PE Fund
$100M
Novel Effect
sports, media, and real estate related startup investments by the Wilf family who own Garden Home Development and are co-owners of the Minnesota Vikings and Nashville MLS; created esports team in Minnesota with Gary Vaynerchuk
VC (Series A-B)
VC (Growth)
Gaming / Esports
Sports Media / Fantasy Sports
Social mobile / Social media
Digital Video / Digital Media Brands
Leonard Wilf
Zygi Wilf
Mark Wilf
Jonathan Wilf
Steven Wilf
Brian Cargo
New York
North America
Family Office
Venn, you.i TV, VenueNext, WSC Sports, Tonal, GameOn Technology
holding co that does control investments in media plus has an active seed VC arm writing $100k checks. Parent company of Quibi. | Not very active in entertainment or seed-stage investing anymore. Mainly focused on growth stage software companies.
VC (Series A-B)
VC (Growth)
Digital Video / Digital Media Brands
Augmented & Virtual Reality
Jeffrey Katzenberg
Sujay Jaswa
Ann Daly
Ambereen Toubassy
ChenLi Wang
Anthony Saleh
Justin Wexler
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Holding Co
Live Nation's fund for female entrepreneurs focused on live entertainment
VC (Seed)
Music Tech / Music Streaming / Podcasting
Los Angeles
Global
$50-150k
Corporate Venture
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