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Gaming / Media / Sports Seed lead VCs
27 public firms are labeled Specialist, list “Gaming / Media / Sports” as a sector focus, identify “Seed” as an entry stage, and report “Mostly Lead” or “Can Lead” without “Mostly Follow.” These are reported preferences, not a guarantee that a firm will lead a specific round.
includes only:SpecialistGaming / Media / SportsStage: SeedMostly Lead or Can LeadNot Mostly Follow
| 359 Capital359capital.com | Can Lead | — | 7–10%7-10% | Specialist | Commerce / Marketplaces, Gaming / Media / Sports, Consumer | California | — | — | Michael Spirito, Doug Higgins, David Hartwig, Rico Mallozzi, Mackenzie Chapman | info@359capital.com | |
| Bettor Capitalbettorcapital.com | Can Lead | — | — | Specialist | Gaming / Media / Sports | New York | $50M+ Fund I | 2021 | David VanEgmond, Jake Kleiner, Peter Heneghan, Zach Vincent | — | |
| BITKRAFT Venturesbitkraft.vc | Mostly Lead | — | 7–10%7-10% | Specialist | Gaming / Media / Sports, Crypto / Web3 | California | $1.05B AUM across six funds | 2024 | Jens Hilgers, Scott Rupp, Jasper Brand, Malte Barth, Jonathan Huang, Anuj Tandon, Jerry Ye, Justin Swart, Carlos Pereira, Dani Tran, Shagun Shah, Jamie Wallace, Everett Chiang | pitch@bitkraft.vc | |
| 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 | |
| Galaxy Interactiveinteractive.galaxy.com | Mostly Lead | — | — | Specialist | Gaming / Media / Sports, Crypto / Web3, Infrastructure / Developer Tools, Commerce / Marketplaces | New York | — | — | Sam Englebardt, Santiago Diaz | Interactive@galaxy.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 | |
| KB Partnerskbpartners.com | Can Lead | $1-3m | 7–10%7-10% | Specialist | Gaming / Media / Sports | Illinois | $127 million (Myriad Opportunity Fund II) | 2021 | Keith Bank, Steve Ahern, Lance Dietz, John Garabedian, Matt Howard | info@kbpartners.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 | |
| Muse Capitalmusecapital.vc | Mostly Lead | $500k – $3m$500k-1m · $1-3m | — | Specialist | Consumer, Healthtech / Digital Health, Gaming / Media / Sports | California | — | — | Assia Grazioli-Venier, Rachel Springate, Maria De Santis | hi@musecapital.vc | |
| NEXT VENTŪRESnextventures.com | Can Lead | $500k – $10m$500k-1m · $1-3m · $3M - $10M | — | Specialist | Healthtech / Digital Health, Gaming / Media / Sports | California | Fund II — $100M target | — | Lance Armstrong, Mel Strong, Jordan Pascasio, Felix Kim, Dani Kolkebeck | https://airtable.com/appvci8nOedvyl8ua/shrmFzrRNGNWSWvBU | |
| Patronpatron.fund | Mostly Lead | — | 7–10%7-10% | Specialist | Consumer, Gaming / Media / Sports | California | $100M (Fund II) | 2024 | Brian Cho, Jason Yeh, Amber Atherton | info@patron.fund | |
| 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 | |
| Raine Venturesraine.com | Can Lead | $1m – $10m$1-3m · $3M - $10M | — | Specialist | Gaming / Media / Sports, Consumer, Commerce / Marketplaces | New York | $2.8 billion firmwide AUM | — | Gordon Rubenstein, Aditya Harnal, Landon Baker | — | |
| 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/ | |
| Ruxton Venturesruxtonventures.com | Can Lead | $100k – $500k$100-250k · $250-500k | < 5%< 5% | Specialist | Education / Future of Work, Gaming / Media / Sports, Commerce / Marketplaces, Fintech, Cybersecurity | Maryland | — | — | Mark Walsh, Jonathan Aberman | — | |
| SeventySix Capitalseventysixcapital.com | Mostly Lead | $500k-1m | 7–10%7-10% | Specialist | Gaming / Media / Sports | Pennsylvania | — | — | Wayne Kimmel, Chad Stender, Jon Powell, Scott Powell | info@seventysixcapital.com | |
| 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 | |
| The Venture Reality Fund/VRFthevrfund.com | Can Lead | — | — | Specialist | Deep Tech, Infrastructure / Developer Tools, Gaming / Media / Sports | California | — | — | Tipatat Chennavasin, Marco DeMiroz, Carson Demiroz | tipatat@thevrfund.com | |
| 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 | — | |
| 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) | |
| Waverley Capitalwaverleycapital.com | Can Lead | — | — | Specialist | Gaming / Media / Sports | New York | — | — | Edgar Bronfman Jr., Daniel V. Leff, Deek Velagandula | info@waverleycapital.com | |
| Will Ventureswillventures.com | Mostly Lead | — | 7–10%7-10% | Specialist | Consumer, Healthtech / Digital Health, Gaming / Media / Sports | Massachusetts | — | — | Brian Reilly, Isaiah Kacyvenski, Ben Gardner, Kushaan Ahuja, Aaron Miller, Yash Gupta | — |
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