Entertainment investors
1776 Ventures is a global seed fund that invests in companies in consumer-critical sectors like health, mobility, and cities. They are focused on identifying and investing in startups that are using technology to solve major problems and drive positive change in the world. The fund is based in Washington, DC, and is backed by a broad network of partners from across the public and private sectors. They offer a wide range of services to entrepreneurs, including mentorship, access to resources and networks, and capital.
Crypto-native operators who architect token-first networks through token design, governance, and community bootstrapping, helping founders build sustainable token economies from day one and backing 100+ on-chain projects.
3one4 Capital is an early-stage venture capital fund based in Bangalore, India. It partners with visionaries and invests long-term in businesses that are transforming industry segments globally. It has invested in companies such as Licious, Darwinbox, Jupiter, Betterplace, Open, Bugworks, Koo, Dozee, and Tracxn. In 2021, it announced a $100 million fund to back more startups in the country. It focuses on fintech, enterprise, consumer, healthtech and deep-tech companies.
3TS Capital Partners is a private equity and venture capital firm based in Helsinki, Finland. Founded in 1998, the firm specializes in growth capital investments in European technology companies. The firm focuses on investments in software, hardware, networking, digital media, and internet-related companies. 3TS Capital Partners also provides advisory services, such as corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, and venture capital.
Three.vc is an online venture capital platform that helps entrepreneurs and investors connect and collaborate. The platform provides access to a global network of investors and advisors, allowing entrepreneurs to find the best partners for their project, as well as access to resources and support. Three.vc also offers mentorship and training programs to help entrepreneurs build their skills and develop successful businesses. Additionally, Three.vc provides a range of services to investors, including access to a curated list of opportunities, data analysis and insights, and the ability to track investments and performance.
A Los Angeles-based venture fund and startup studio where Spencer Rascoff directly incubates proptech and future-of-living startups, offering media-driven exposure, co-creation expertise, and public-market/SPAC experience.
Accel is a US venture capital firm that invests in startups at seed, early and growth stages. They have offices in Palo Alto and San Francisco, with additional funds in London, India, and China. Accel has invested in various technology companies such as Facebook, Slack, Dropbox, Atlassian, Flipkart, and Spotify.
Strategic bridge between Hollywood and creator platforms, leveraging Shari Redstone’s Paramount Global lineage and ex-AOL/News Corp leaders to secure introductions to C-suite media, telecom, and tech partners.
Agla Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Paris, New York and San Francisco backed by Groupe Arnault, the controlling shareholder of LVMH. Agla Ventures invests in early to growth stage technology companies, with a focus on marketplaces, SaaS, Platforms, Consumer Apps, and DNVB. The team consists of experienced professionals with a deep understanding of technology and the digital economy, and a global network of partners and investors. Agla Ventures provides a unique combination of capital, expertise and connections to help its portfolio companies succeed.
Builds AI companies from inception alongside recruited CEOs, acting as an AI R&D studio that sources ideas with large corporates to deliver agentic-AI ventures with built-in customers and traction.
Focuses exclusively on AI-first companies in technical domains (defense, robotics, drug discovery, AI infrastructure), leveraging the founder’s deep AI research visibility and a press arm that fosters lab-to-lab debates.
Albert's is a family-run business that has been providing quality, affordable home improvement products and services since 1957. They offer a wide range of products and services, including windows, doors, roofing, siding, insulation, decking, fencing, and more. Their products are designed and manufactured to the highest standards and are backed by their industry-leading warranties. Additionally, they offer installation services and professional advice to help customers find the right product for their needs.
The Verksamt.se portal is run by Tillvxtverket (The Swedish Agency for Economic and Regional Growth) and is the gateway to starting a business in Sweden. The portal provides resources and information on topics such as business registration, taxation, labor law and financing. It also provides links to relevant government agencies and other organizations that can help entrepreneurs start and grow their businesses. Furthermore, the portal provides an online business coach, a business plan template and a business plan calculator, allowing entrepreneurs to easily create a business plan that is tailored to their needs.
Uses AI, data, and behavioral science to identify silent suffering and, via rigorous decision logging, quarterly reviews, and cognitively diverse PhD-led critique, helps founders unlock new addressable markets.
Leads mega-rounds for frontier-tech visions; provides a 150+ person platform (recruiting, marketing, technical); doubles as a media company producing podcasts and research, and pursues aggressive crypto and illiquid-asset investments.
Crypto-native team of builders investing from first check to Series A, offering concentrated protocol expertise (Solana, Ethereum), NYC in-person events, media/podcast and design-culture connections to build new on-chain markets.
Atlas Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Boston, Massachusetts. They invest in early stage technology companies across a variety of industries including software, hardware, AI, and healthcare. Their portfolio companies include companies such as Taboola, Cloudflare, monday.com, and many others. Atlas Ventures focuses on helping their portfolio companies reach their full potential by providing them with resources, advice, and guidance. They also have a team of experienced entrepreneurs who work with the founders to help them with the development and growth of their businesses.
Ascend Vietnam Ventures is an early-stage venture capital fund investing in the growth of Southeast Asia. They provide capital, strategic guidance and mentorship to founders with the goal of positively transforming the lives of people throughout the region. The fund is focused on investments in technology-enabled companies in the areas of FinTech, eCommerce, logistics, healthcare, education, and media. They also have a special focus on social impact investments. Ascend Vietnam Ventures is based in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
Backed.vc is a venture capital firm that invests in technology and media companies. Founded in 2012, Backed has invested in over 100 startups across the world, with a focus on early-stage companies. Backed is led by experienced entrepreneurs who understand the dynamics of building successful companies and the importance of creating long-term value. The firm provides its portfolio companies with access to their network of investors, mentors, and advisors, as well as capital, resources, and advice. Backed also offers a range of services, including workshops and events, that can help startups grow and achieve success.
Founded by Arlan Hamilton while homeless, it requires one founder be a woman, person of color, or LGBTQ, treats capital allocation as activism, and argues underestimated founders are mispriced assets create alpha.
Invests at pre-seed and seed with concentrated mid-six-figure checks; founder-built collective for consumer brands, commerce and consumer tech, with Brian Lee sharing playbooks and hands-on founder experience.
Internet-first fund investing globally from pre-seed to pre-IPO with small initial checks ($25k–$300k), leveraging the founder's social-media distribution, meme persona and The Peel podcast as proprietary sourcing and distribution.
A founder-focused investor targeting culturally resonant tech and aspirational consumer companies, bridging elite venture ecosystems and historically excluded communities through mentorship and access for non-traditional talent.
BCF Ventures is a Canadian Corporate Venture Capital (CVC) Fund based in Montreal, Canada. It invests at the Seed/Series A stage in B2B Cloud & SaaS Intelligent Enterprise startups. Founded in 2018, BCF Ventures is one of Canada's first super angel funds, inspired by the best practices from Silicon Valley. The fund is managed by a team of experienced investors who help startups build their businesses and grow.
Gen Z-led firm builders offering founders true age peers on the cap table and content-driven brand and sourcing, born from the founder’s children's book about venture capital.
Partner-led, technology-over-ego firm that publicly shares memos, quantified roadmaps and its anti-portfolio, and offers apprenticeship mentorship plus early AI/developer-platform foresight.
Best Nights VC is the innovation and investment unit of Mast-Jgermeister SE, with the mission to shape the future of nightlife. The firm seeks to invest in and partner with early-stage companies that are developing products and services in the nightlife sector, including nightlife entertainment, fashion, hospitality, and safety. Best Nights VC also provides funding and strategic guidance to startups, helping them develop their businesses and scale up. The fund focuses particularly on companies that are developing innovative technologies and products that can drive the future of nightlife.
BIP Capital is a venture capital firm based in Atlanta, Georgia, that invests in early-stage tech companies. The firm focuses on investments in high-growth technology companies, providing capital to fund their growth, as well as strategic advice and access to networks to help them scale. The firm offers strategic value-added services such as recruiting, marketing, and product development. Through its investments, BIP Capital aims to provide financial returns, while also helping to create jobs, build companies, and drive economic growth.
Longstanding crypto track record and relationships, plus a pioneering tokenized, tradable LP structure that pays on-chain dividends via security tokens.
Zen Ventures is an online platform that enables users to learn and explore different technologies, like software engineering, web development, and data science. The platform offers a range of courses, tutorials, and projects that are designed to help users develop their skills and knowledge in the field. Additionally, users can network with like-minded individuals, get advice from industry professionals, and take part in events that can help them stay on top of the latest trends and innovations.
Writes ten $300k–$500k checks annually to founders who relocate to a Chattanooga founder outpost, living there until $1M annual revenue, with always-on, portfolio-run operational support.
Calculus Capital is an investment firm that specializes in providing venture capital, enterprise investment schemes (EIS) and tax-efficient investments to help individuals invest in growing UK trading companies. They are experienced in structuring investments to help maximize the tax benefits for their clients and have a team of experienced investment professionals. Calculus Capital has won awards for their EIS funds and have been in operation since 1999. They also offer proprietary software to help their clients make the best investment decisions.
Invests in Colorado deep-tech scaleups—especially quantum and space—via deal-by-deal SPVs letting outside co-investors join his proprietary deal flow and access Dan Caruso’s experience building three $10B+ telecom companies.
Invests across public and private tech via an AI-native crossover platform that uses proprietary social and alternative-data research to inform deals, offers fund access ($50K min) and entertainment ties.
Concept Ventures is a venture capital firm based in London, United Kingdom. The firm seeks to invest in the pre-seed stage, providing capital and resources to founders in the early stages of their journey. They focus on companies in the Work, Play and Learn sectors, using a thematic approach to identify and invest in the most innovative companies. Their investment range is from \u00a3250K to \u00a31M in pre-seed deals.
Seed fund investing pre-traction, combining operator, institutional VC, and ecosystem-builder expertise to offer founders deep networks, multi-venture relationships, and active NYC community access.
Analytics-driven co-investor making rapid decisions (days–two weeks) using a proprietary predictive model, writing small flexible checks ($100k–$4M) across 100+ companies only alongside leads, avoiding board seats or friction.
Courtside Ventures is a venture capital firm that was founded in 2015 and is based in New York, New York. The firm seeks to invest in early-stage companies operating at the intersection of sports, media, and technology. They invest in companies developing new platforms, products, and services that will disrupt and redefine the traditional sports and entertainment industries. Their team consists of experienced professionals with backgrounds in the sports, media, and technology industries, who bring a wealth of knowledge and experience to the table.
Covalent Ventures is an active health & wellness sector investor that provides venture capital to early stage companies. It has invested in a wide range of startups in the health and wellness space, such as medical technology, biotechnology, digital health, and health services. Covalent Ventures also provides advice and guidance to the companies it invests in, helping them to build and manage successful businesses. Covalent Ventures has offices in San Francisco and New York.
CoVenture is an alternative asset manager, operating three technology-driven businesses. They specialize in venture capital investments and provide financing to startups and early-stage companies. They have a team of experienced professionals and invest across the technology sector. They provide strategic advice and guidance to companies on their journey to success. CoVenture has invested in over 30 companies and has achieved successful exits in several cases.
Creadev is a private equity firm that was founded in 2012 and is based in Paris, Ile-de-France. It finances France-based emerging companies, and provides financial advice for mergers and acquisitions. It also offers other services such as venture capital, private equity, and corporate finance. Additionally, Creadev has a portfolio of investments in companies across different industries.
Crossbeam is a venture capital firm based in Philadelphia, PA, investing in early-stage startups in the FinTech and Internet Economies. Crossbeam provides capital, expertise, and networks to help entrepreneurs grow their businesses and create economic value. Crossbeam also offers a range of services to its partners, including data sharing, analytics, and advisory services. Crossbeam is dedicated to helping its partners build successful, sustainable businesses.
Leverages a nearly 20‑year, ~2,000‑member founder‑heavy network (70% founders/CEOs, 20% pre‑seed/seed VCs, 10% execs), a founders‑first ecosystem, and a repeatable playbook to commercialize defense and deep‑tech R&D.
Early-stage crypto VC that explicitly backs autistic and eccentric founders, offers market-building services (narrative design, meme propagation), and uses cross-border Web3 expertise and blue-chip co-investments to scale.
Early-stage investor focused on Black, Latinx, and Indigenous founders, offering hands-on support in product, tech-stack strategy, and team structure.
Invests from early experiments through public markets, leveraging Jason Zeng’s Tencent alumni network and Asia–Silicon Valley cross-border presence to support founders in hard-to-underwrite areas like urban mobility and eVTOL.
Deutsche Bahn Digital Ventures is a venture capital firm that was founded in 2016. The company is based in Berlin, Germany and specializes in investments in digital and mobility startups. The company focuses on investing in early and growth stage companies, providing capital along with strategic advice and access to the Deutsche Bahn Group. The company also runs Mobility Innovators, a platform created to promote innovation in the mobility industry.
Earliest-stage Indiana startups receive hands-on assistance from a team of experienced operators.
Low-visibility hybrid LLC combining venture, philanthropy, advocacy, art and media ownership, offering founders grants, political advocacy, media influence and policy expertise, notably in frontier AI and climate.
An NYC accelerator with broader venture activity, offering intensive Manhattan cohorts (≈1% acceptance), 1,000+ mentors, daily in-person mentor/investor access, and ERA Global U.S. market support.
Eutopia VC is an early stage venture capital fund based in Paris and New York. They invest in consumer startups who are leveraging technology and data to create value. The fund focuses on companies in the consumer space, with a particular interest in marketplaces, fintech, and health & wellness. They have a hands-on approach, with a focus on helping portfolio companies scale and succeed. They also provide operational and strategic advice, as well as access to a network of mentors and advisors. Their goal is to help entrepreneurs build companies that have a positive impact on society.
Founded by seven senior female operators from Facebook/Meta and top tech firms, they back the top 1% of operators transitioning into founders, using operator-sourced dealflow and decisions in days.
Prioritizes founders in governance, offers a 1% non-dilutive founder development fund for coaching/therapy, optimizes revenue efficiency, and backs geo-agnostic teams outside Silicon Valley focused on reinvention and frontier startups.
First Bridge Centre is a venture capital firm that invests in early-stage technology companies. They primarily invest in European companies but have made investments in North America, Asia, and other regions as well. The firm focuses on companies in the software, internet, mobile, enterprise, and health care sectors. They have an experienced team of investors and entrepreneurs, and provide strategic guidance, access to networks, and other resources to help their portfolio companies succeed.
Pre-seed, first institutional investor (including pre-incorporation) focused on overlooked emerging markets (Pakistan, Venezuela, Nigeria, Brazil), offering hyper-operator growth and performance-marketing and hands-on go-to-market experimentation for fintech and marketplaces.
First Star is a venture capital firm that specializes in early-stage investments. They invest in startups and have provided capital to 34 portfolio companies to date. They focus on sectors such as software, healthcare, fintech, and e-commerce, with a particular focus on companies that are working to address social issues. Their mission is to enable startups to achieve their full potential and bring innovative solutions to market. They provide capital, resources, and expertise to help companies succeed.
Fitt Insider is an investment company focused on early-stage companies in the fitness, wellness, and health industries. Their portfolio of investments includes Anytime Fitness, ClassPass, and Rumble. They also advise, invest in, and mentor startups in the industry. They provide a curated look at the fitness industry news, companies and ideas and provide a newsletter and podcast on the business of fitness and wellness.
Pre-seed micro-VC focusing on non-consensus, inflection-driven pattern-breaking startups, offering small-check investing expertise and proprietary inflection-theory and pattern-breaker frameworks to evaluate ideas and pivots.
Flyer One Ventures is an international venture capital firm with offices in Kyiv, London, and Warsaw. The firm focuses on investing in early-stage startups and providing them with the necessary capital, resources, and guidance to help them reach their full potential. The team consists of experienced investors, entrepreneurs, and operators who share a passion for helping startups achieve success. They work with a wide range of companies in various industries and provide a comprehensive suite of services to help them grow and succeed.
Early-stage consumer investor specializing in direct-to-consumer brands, offering rigorous financial-modeling and cohort/unit-economics analysis plus a track record of breakout wins like Warby Parker, Dollar Shave Club, Glossier, and Chime.