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Description | Types of Investments | Investment Tags | Partner Leads (historically) | Office Location | Geographic Focus | Check Size | Capital Type | AUM | Example Portfolio Co's | |
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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 | Justin Wexler,Anthony Saleh,ChenLi Wang,Ambereen Toubassy,Ann Daly,Sujay Jaswa,Jeffrey Katzenberg | Los Angeles,San Francisco | Holding Co | |||||
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 | Brian Cargo,Steven Wilf,Jonathan Wilf,Mark Wilf,Zygi Wilf,Leonard Wilf | New York | North America | Family Office | Venn, you.i TV, VenueNext, WSC Sports, Tonal, GameOn Technology | |||
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 | ||||
early stage VC focused on game studios in Israel & Eastern Europe | VC (Series A-B)VC (Seed) | Gaming / Esports | Eitan Reisel | Tel Aviv | IsraelEurope | VC/PE Fund | $30M | |||
esports investment firm (seems defunct) | VC (Growth)VC (Series A-B) | Sports Media / Fantasy Sports,Gaming / Esports | Stratton Sclavos,Amit Raizada,Rick Fox | Los Angeles | VC/PE Fund | Vision Esports, Echo Fox | ||||
VC firm focused on media (the new incarnation of Daniel Leff's Luminari Capital) | VC (Series A-B) | All things media | Edgar Bronfman Jr.,Daniel Leff | San Francisco,New York | North America | VC/PE Fund | $100M | Novel Effect | ||
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 | EuropeUK | £150k-5m | VC/PE Fund | £150m | SuperAwesome | ||
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 | |||||
early stage VC dedicated to immersive media | VC (Seed)VC (Series A-B) | Augmented & Virtual Reality | Marco Demiroz,Tipatat Chennavasin,Hironao Kunimitsu | San Francisco | VC/PE Fund | |||||
VC (Seed) | Gaming / Esports | Samarth Chandola | Vancouver | |||||||
large VC firm in LA, generalist with some media related deals. Kevin Zhang leads focus on gaming and interactive media | VC (Series A-B) | Kevin Zhang,Mark Suster,Kara Nortman | Los Angeles | VC/PE Fund | ||||||
VC (Seed) | Christian Teichert | Cologne | Europe | VC/PE Fund | ||||||
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 | Shanti Bergel,Graham Gockley | San Francisco | Global | $200k-2m | VC/PE Fund | $50M | ||
VC (Series A-B) | All things media | Sam Wick | Los Angeles | Corporate Venture | ||||||
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 | |||||
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 | Shenzhen,San Francisco | Global | Corporate Venture | |||||
led by Peter Chernin. Acquiring, incubating, and investing in consumer companies, particularly in media. Active in acquiring media brands | VC (Growth) | All things media | Jason Bergsman,Stephen Cousineau,Mike Kerns | Los Angeles | North AmericaAsia | Holding CoVC/PE Fund | ||||
accelerator for news publishing startups | Startup Accelerator | Publishing / News | Jessica Lessin | San Francisco | $25,000 | Corporate Venture | ||||
accelerator for music-related startups | Startup Accelerator | Music,Music Tech / Music Streaming | Los Angeles | Community, Endel | ||||||
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 | Los Angeles,London,New York | North AmericaEurope | $50,000 | VC/PE Fund | Blerp, The Block, Playbook | |||
VC (Seed) | Digital Video / Digital Media Brands | Adam Shaw,Brad Zions | Los Angeles | VC/PE Fund | Naritiv, | |||||
corp VC arm of mobile games giant Supercell | VC (Seed)VC (Series A-B)VC (Growth) | Gaming / Esports | Jaakko Harlas | Helsinki | Global | Corporate Venture | ||||
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 | ||||
investor/publisher for games | Gaming / Esports | $50M | ||||||||
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) | Christian Dörffer,Pippa Lamb | London | EuropeNorth America | $500k | Family Office | ||||
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 | Phoebe Arkell,Gina King,Michael Sackler | London | Global | Up to $1 million | VC/PE Fund | Fiit, Playdeo, Disruptor Beam, TRX.TV | ||
corp VC of Singapore Media Holdings | VC (Series A-B)VC (Growth) | All things media | Boon Ping Chua,Kevin Low,Wei Cong Seah | Singapore | Global | $1-1.5M | Corporate Venture | $75M | Wochit, Jukin Media, Victorious, Iris.tv | |
new firm; led big SPV into Epic Games | VC (Growth) | Eric Garland,Evan Richter | 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) | Brian Watson,Bijan Sabet,Kevin Thau | San Francisco,Boston | North America | VC/PE Fund | $2.5B+ | Twitter, Discord, Niantic, Mirror, Medium, Overtime, DescriptCameo, Snap, Brud, | |||
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 | ||||
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 | ||||
VC (Growth) | Patrick Bradley | London | Europe | ~£10M | VC/PE Fund | £150M | ||||
seed stage VC in Nordics | VC (Seed) | All things media,Gaming / Esports | Erik Wenngren | London,Stockholm | Europe | VC/PE Fund | Dazzle Rocks, Small Giant Games | |||
affiliate of ProSiebenSat.1 | Media-for-Equity | Munich | Europe | Corporate Venture | ||||||
corporate VC of Sky | VC (Series A-B)VC (Growth) | All things media | James McClurg | London | Global | Corporate Venture | ||||
VC fund of tennis icon Serena Williams | VC (Seed)VC (Series A-B) | Alison Rapaport | San Francisco | VC/PE Fund | ||||||
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 | Jordan Fudge,Zach White | San Francisco,Los Angeles | 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 | |||
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 | ||
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) | Jess Lee,Stephanie Zhan | San Francisco | VC/PE Fund | ||||||
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 | Jim Pallotta,Clifford Friedman | Boston,New York | Family Office | Boston Celtics, AS Roma, Sport AD, Sports Rocket, TicketManager, FanManager, Fnatic | ||||
dedicated sports media fund by Sapphire Ventures | VC (Series A-B) | Augmented & Virtual Reality,Digital Video / Digital Media Brands,Sports Media / Fantasy Sports | Doug Higgins,Michael Spirito,Nino Marakovic | San Francisco | $3-7M | VC/PE Fund | $115M | Overtime, Fevo, mycujoo, Tonal, Pheonix Labs | ||
media-focused VC with top European media conglomerates as Limited Partners | VC (Seed) | All things media | Eze Vidra,Kevin Baxpehler | Tel Aviv,London | EuropeIsrael | VC/PE Fund | Syte, MinuteMedia, Vault, Novos, Hour One, Madskil | |||
education focused VC, will look at educational media deals | VC (Series A-B)VC (Seed) | Digital Learning / Educational Content | Jennifer Carolan,Shauntel Poulson,Chian Gong,Wayee Chu,Esteban Sosnik | San Francisco | North America | VC/PE Fund | ||||
corp VC of media conglomerate Schibsted | VC (Seed)VC (Series A-B)VC (Growth) | Marc Brandsma,Rune Røsten,Richard Sandenskog,Martin Frey | Stockholm,Oslo,Paris | EuropeNorth America | Corporate Venture | |||||
music-focused VC firm | VC (Series A-B) | Music,Music Tech / Music Streaming | John Acquaviva,Rishi Patel | London | VC/PE Fund | Endel, Splice | ||||
VC (Seed) | Gaming / Esports | Europe | $50-150k | Corporate Venture | $2M | |||||
VC (Series A-B)Media-for-Equity | Aljoscha Kaplan | Berlin | Europe | VC/PE FundCorporate Venture | ||||||
new gaming-focused seed VC firm | VC (Seed) | Gaming / Esports | Henric Suuronen,Harri Manninen | Helsinki,Singapore | Global | $500K-$1M | VC/PE Fund | |||
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