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Gaming / Media / Sports Pre-Seed / Inception specialist VCs
26 public firms are labeled Specialist, list “Gaming / Media / Sports” as a sector focus, and identify “Pre-Seed / Inception” as an entry stage. These are reported categories; review each firm’s thesis and profile before reaching out.
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| AperiamVenturesverifiedaperiam.vc | Mostly Follow | $100-250k | No targetNo Target | Specialist | Gaming / Media / Sports | New York | — | — | Eric Franchi, Joe Zawadzki, Corey Ferengul | info@aperiam.vc | |
| Capitalize VCcapitalizevc.com | — | — | — | Specialist | Commerce / Marketplaces, Supply Chain / Logistics / Mobility, Gaming / Media / Sports | Illinois | — | — | Tessa Flippin, Simmone Seymour | https://airtable.com/apppvODtMSw09eCae/pagdarmEj6iMMvBob/form | |
| Comcast Venturescomcastventures.com | — | — | — | Specialist | Infrastructure / Developer Tools, Climate / Energy, Education / Future of Work, Healthtech / Digital Health, PropTech / Construction, Gaming / Media / Sports | California | — | — | Allison Goldberg, Marc Silberman, Mike Shapiro, Shreya Pugalia | https://airtable.com/appuVP2OdQP7WuPUl/pagn9D2V3Jzh9Bz0t/form | |
| Courtside Venturesverifiedcourtsidevc.com | Can Lead | $500k – $3m$500k-1m · $1-3m | 10%+10-12% · > 12% | Specialist | Gaming / Media / Sports | New York | — | — | Vasu Kulkarni, Deepen Parikh, Kai Bond, Oliver Ressler, Cort Post | hello@courtsidevc.com | |
| Cubit Capitalcubit.capital | — | — | — | Specialist | Deep Tech, Climate / Energy, Aerospace / Defense, Industrial / Manufacturing, Supply Chain / Logistics / Mobility, Education / Future of Work, Gaming / Media / Sports | Texas | — | — | Trevor Rees-Jones, Philip Carson, Guilherme Hadlich, Thomas Kincaid | — | |
| Cursor Capitalfarooqib.com | Mostly Follow | $250-500k | — | Specialist | Infrastructure / Developer Tools, Gaming / Media / Sports | New York | — | — | Badrul Farooqi | badrul@cursorcapital.vc | |
| Flatiron Labsflatiron.co | — | — | — | Specialist | Fintech, Gaming / Media / Sports, Healthtech / Digital Health | Texas | — | — | — | — | |
| GFR Fundgfrfund.com | Mostly Follow | — | — | Specialist | Gaming / Media / Sports, Consumer | California | — | — | Teppei Tsutsui, Yasushi Komori, Patrick Montague, Jeremy Lim, Brian Takemasa, Nikhil Gopalani | hello@gfrfund.com | |
| Griffin Gaming Partnersgriffingp.com | Mostly Lead | $1m – $30m+$1-3m · $3M - $10M · $10M - $30M · >$30M | 7–10%7-10% | Specialist | Gaming / Media / Sports, Infrastructure / Developer Tools, Crypto / Web3 | LATAM | — | — | Peter Levin, Nick Tuosto, Tim Bender, Phil Sanderson, Emily Wang, Pierre Planche, Frankie Zhu, Seth Nutt, Daniel Wu, Stuart Nguyen, Jakob Longer, Matt Matese, Jack Baldner, Panachai Chauychoo, Emily Gelfand | contact@griffingp.com | |
| Grit Capital Partnersgrit.vc | Mostly Lead | — | — | Specialist | Fintech, Commerce / Marketplaces, Gaming / Media / Sports, Enterprise Software | New York | — | — | Paul Palmieri, Michael Flannery, Jennifer Byrne, Grant Nelick | info@grit.vc | |
| Heracles Capitalhrcls.vc | Mostly Follow | — | — | Specialist | Consumer, Gaming / Media / Sports | Texas | — | — | Eric Seufert | eric@hrcls.vc | |
| Hyperspace Ventureshyperspaceventures.com | Mostly Follow | — | — | Specialist | Gaming / Media / Sports, Consumer | North Carolina | — | — | — | hello@hyperspaceventures.com | |
| LEADlead.vc | Mostly Lead | $100K–$10MStated investment range · Official website · https://www.lead.vc:443/ | — | Specialist | Gaming / Media / Sports, Healthtech / Digital Health | Florida | — | — | Alex Bente, Jeremy Pressman, Justin Driscoll, Kaiwen Liu, Moritz Gutheil | — | |
| Makers Fundmakersfund.com | Mostly Lead | $500k – $30m+$500k-1m · $1-3m · $3M - $10M · $10M - $30M · >$30M | — | Specialist | Gaming / Media / Sports | New York | US$250 million (Fund IV) | 2022 | Alli Ottarsson, Andrew Willson, Curtis Urbanowicz, Garry Hill, Jay Chi, Michael Cheung, Ryann Lai, Tyler Matheson, Walter Paleari, Yohei Ishii, Yoyo Yang | info@makersfund.com | |
| Phoenix Capital Ventures (PCV)pcv.fund | Can Lead | $100k – $1m$100-250k · $250-500k · $500k-1m | — | Specialist | Gaming / Media / Sports | Georgia | — | — | Andrew Steinberg, Adam Lewites | contact@pcv.fund | |
| Relay Venturesrelay.vc | Can Lead | $500k – $10m$500k-1m · $1-3m · $3M - $10M | 7–10%7-10% | Specialist | Supply Chain / Logistics / Mobility, PropTech / Construction, Fintech, Gaming / Media / Sports | Toronto | Approximately $550 million AUM; current vehicle Relay Ventures V | — | — | https://relay.vc/contact/ | |
| Spice Capitalspicecapital.xyz | Mostly Follow | $250-500k | — | Specialist | Fintech, Crypto / Web3, Enterprise Software, Gaming / Media / Sports | New York | — | — | Maya Bakhai | — | |
| Tess Venturestessventures.xyz | Mostly Follow | — | — | Specialist | Crypto / Web3, Healthtech / Digital Health, Cybersecurity, Gaming / Media / Sports, Commerce / Marketplaces, Deep Tech | California | — | — | Tess Hau, Wayne Hu, Douglas Park | https://www.tessventures.xyz/pitch-yourself | |
| The Games Fundgamesfund.vc | Can Lead | $500k – $3m$500k-1m · $1-3m | — | Specialist | Gaming / Media / Sports | California | — | — | Andrey Ivashentsev, Ilya Karpinskiy, Maria Kochmola, Ilya Eremeev | apply@gamesfund.vc | |
| Transcend.transcend.fund | Mostly Lead | — | — | Specialist | Vertical AI, Gaming / Media / Sports | California | — | — | Shanti Bergel, Andrew Sheppard, Brett Krause, Sikander Chahal, Lirui Ding | info@transcend.fund | |
| Triptyq Capitaltriptyq.vc | Can Lead | $250k – $1m$250-500k · $500k-1m | — | Specialist | Gaming / Media / Sports | Quebec | $41M | — | Guillaume Therien, Bertrand Nepveu, Charles Sylvestre, Joe Tou | info@triptyq.vc | |
| Trybe Venturestrybevc.com | Can Lead | — | — | Specialist | Healthtech / Digital Health, Gaming / Media / Sports, Consumer | California | — | — | Alex Morgan Carrasco, Servando Carrasco | — | |
| Valhalla Venturesvalhalla.ventures | Can Lead | $500k – $10m$500k-1m · $1-3m · $3M - $10M | 7–10%7-10% | Specialist | Deep Tech, Gaming / Media / Sports, Crypto / Web3, Aerospace / Defense, Industrial / Manufacturing | Florida | — | — | Rohan Pujara, Devan Malhotra | — | |
| VaynerFundvaynerfund.com | Mostly Follow | $250k – $3m$250-500k · $500k-1m · $1-3m | — | Specialist | Consumer, Gaming / Media / Sports, Crypto / Web3 | New York | — | — | — | — | |
| Versus Venturesversusvc.com | Can Lead | $250-500k | < 5%< 5% | Specialist | Fintech, Gaming / Media / Sports | Pennsylvania | — | — | Eric Minnick | Contact form at https://www.versusvc.com/#contact (send Eric a brief note about your company) | |
| Yellow Rocks!yellowrocks.vc | — | — | — | Specialist | Education / Future of Work, Fintech, Enterprise Software, Gaming / Media / Sports | California | — | — | Sergei, Roman, Dmitriy, Sasha | hello@yellowrocks.vc |
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