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."
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
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
$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
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.
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
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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