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Top 50 Music Startup Investors in United States

A list of 50 angel investors and VC funds that invest in Music startups based in United states. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Music companies from United states. We update this investor list every month.

Top 50 Music Startup Investors in United States

Investor Music United States investments
Warner Music Group 11
Betaworks 11
Wisconsin Investment Partners 8
Slow Ventures 8
Uncork Capital 8
Third Wave Digital 7
Universal Music Group 7
SVA 6
Tamiami Angel Funds 6
Frontier Venture Capital 6
Precursor Ventures 6
Third Prime 6
WndrCo 6
Exponential Creativity Ventures 6
Lowercase Capital 6
TheVentureCity 5
Advancit Capital 5
Seven Seven Six 5
Alumni Ventures 5
Atlas Venture 5
Right Side Capital Management 5
Evolution VC Partners 5
Spark Capital 5
Index Ventures 5
Ronald Conway 5
Baseline Ventures 5
Sound Media Ventures 5
True Ventures 5
Foundry Group 5
Scooter Braun 5
Headline 4
First Round Capital 4
Atom Factory 4
MK Capital 4
Andreessen Horowitz 4
Larry Marcus 4
Initialized Capital 4
Freestyle Capital 4
Demarest Media 4
Mark Gillespie 4
Sony Music Entertainment 4
Union Square Ventures 4
Steven Cox 4
Revolution 4
Crush Ventures 4
Dapper Labs 4
Accel 4
David Kalt 4
Newark Venture Partners 4
Foundry Group 4
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Warner Music Group VC Fund · New York, New York, United States · 4 investments in the past 12 months
Warner Music Group is a major music company with interests in recorded music, music publishing and artist services
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Investment focus
  • Music, Media and Entertainment, Digital Entertainment
  • Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
  • United States, United Kingdom, Canada
Portfolio highlights
  • move.ai — FREE YOUR MOTION. CAPTURE YOUR IMAGINATION. No more suits, no more restrictions. High fidelity motion capture made easy
  • Fave — Fave is a social platform dedicated to superfans enabling them to create immersive video content, connect and bond with like-minded fans, compete in fun challenges, exchange both physical and virtual goods in a fan-driven marketplace, and rack up points throughout it all to prove their top fan status, gain recognition in the fandom, and earnexclusive rewards around the artists and creators they love. They also partner with the creators to finally allow them to monetize their fans' activity directly.
  • Infinite Canvas — Infinite Canvas is a publisher for user-generated, creator-led games.
Betaworks VC Fund · New York, New York, United States · 9 investments in the past 12 months
Betaworks is a product-focused, seed-stage venture capital fund.
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Investment focus
  • Software, Mobile, Internet
  • Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • United States, United Kingdom, Germany
Portfolio highlights
  • Flower Labs — A unified approach to federated learning, analytics, and evaluation. Federate any workload, any ML framework, and any programming language.
  • Barnyard Games — Barnyard Games is a gaming production studio that creates strategic games and simulations.
  • Kosmik — Kosmik is the visual canvas for knowledge management. Kosmik allows you to write, create large media collections, browse the web and share it all with your team! No more folders, bookmarks or infinite message threads.
Wisconsin Investment Partners VC Fund · Madison, Wisconsin, United States · 3 investments in the past 12 months
Wisconsin Investment Partners is an Angel Investment Group in Madison, Wisconsin founded in 2000 with 20 members. Membership has grown to 50+ members in recent years, bringing significant knowledge and experience.
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Investment focus
  • Health Care, Biotechnology, Medical
  • Funding Round, Seed, Series A
  • United States, Canada, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
  • Flyte — Flyte promotes cellular healing in pelvic floor muscles for lasting results. Flyte is fast, proven, safe, pelvic floor therapy for bladder control.
  • BeeReaders — ## Build Setup
  • Midwest Games — Midwest Games is a video game publisher focused on creating opportunities for the abundant talent across the Midwest and other underrepresented regions.
Slow Ventures VC Fund · San Francisco, California, United States · 16 investments in the past 12 months
Slow Ventures is a community built on the collective experience and fueled by curiosity, Slow understands the entrepreneurial journey. Investing at the center of technology and on the edges of science, society, and culture, Slow gives founders the resources, connections, experiences, and empathy required to build strong, sustainable companies.
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Investment focus
  • Software, Internet, Health Care
  • Seed, Series A, Series B
  • United States, Israel, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
  • dub — The first Copy-Trading platform for stocks. Copy anyone's investments. For free. Regulated Broker-Dealer member FINRA and SIPC & FDIC insured.
  • DIMO — DIMO helps drivers get more from their cars. Gain insights into vehicle health and performance and get rewarded for helping to build the future of mobility.
  • Rails — Rails operates as a crypto derivatives trading company.
Uncork Capital VC Fund · San Francisco, California, United States · 7 investments in the past 12 months
Uncork Capital is a seed-stage venture firm that commits early, helps with the hard stuff, and sticks around.
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Investment focus
  • Software, SaaS, Enterprise Software
  • Seed, Series A, Series B
  • United States, Canada, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
  • Bezi — Bezi is a collaborative 3D design tool.
  • Bezi — Bezi is a collaborative 3D design tool.
  • Pienso — Pienso is a machine learning platform for non-programmers. Pienso’s end to end Intelligent Development Environment allows non-programming experts to create and train their own machine learning models without the need for external support. Founded in 2016 by Birago Jones, CEO and Karthik Dinakar PH.D, CTO. Pienso is headquartered in the BrooklynNavy Yard’s New Lab in Brooklyn, New York. For more information visit: http://pienso.com/ and follow @Pienso_ML.
Third Wave Digital VC Fund · Beverly Hills, California, United States
Third Wave is an early stage venture capital firm focused on the Digital Media sector.
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Investment focus
  • Media and Entertainment, Digital Media, Video
  • Seed, Series A, Series B
  • United States, Canada
Portfolio highlights
  • Girlboss — Navigating the future of work and helping you find success on your terms.
  • Drone Racing League — Drone Racing League is a drone racing circuit for professional pilots. The company designs and builds a custom in-house racing drone, the Racer3, which speeds more than 85 MPH around the most complex 3D race courses ever imagined outside a video game. It combines media and technology to create thrilling 3D drone racing content with mass appeal.Drone Racing League was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in New York, New York.
  • Skybound Entertainment — Skybound Entertainment is an imprint of image comics that provides comic book creators the opportunity to publish their work. It offers Robert Kirkman’s Eisner award-winning comic book series, The Walking Dead, long-running Invincible, all-ages Super Dinosaur, Thief of Thieves and Clone as well as Witch Doctor, Guarding the Globe, and TheAstounding Wolf-Man.Since its inception, Skybound Entertainment has created television shows, merchandise, and a wide spectrum of platforms, games, and entertainment events. It was launched by Robert Kirkman in 2010.Skybound Entertainment is operated from Culver City, California.
Universal Music Group VC Fund · Santa Monica, California, United States
Universal Music Group offers music recording, publishing, and merchandising services worldwide. It discovers and develops songwriters, and owns and administers copyrights to musical compositions for use in recordings, public performances, and related uses such as films and advertisements; and sells artist and music branded products through multiplesales points including online, fashion retail, and live performances worldwide.
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Investment focus
  • Music, Mobile, Media and Entertainment
  • Seed, Series A, Funding Round
  • United States, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
  • PIAS — [PIAS] is a family of independent record labels. We champion and support artists from around the world across an unrivalled international network run by passionate music lovers.
  • VenewLive — VenewLive is a live performance streaming platform delivering on-stage magic to global music fans virtually.
  • R.e.m. Beauty — R e m beauty is established to provide the resources which need to bring most vivid, unlimited, and creative aspirations to reality.
SVA VC Fund · San Francisco, California, United States · 34 investments in the past 12 months
SV Angel is a San Francisco-based venture fund. Their experience spans helping companies like Airbnb, Coinbase, Databricks, DoorDash, Faire, Flexport, GitHub, Notion, Pinterest, Snap, Square, and Stripe Scale. Over the last 30 years of investing, their core values of trust, loyalty, and integrity along with a founder-first approach have driven ourstrategy. They are a service organization, investing in founders who share these values. They support entrepreneurs in building lasting companies by assisting at key inflection points and leveraging networks to help them propel their businesses forward.
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Investment focus
  • Software, Internet, Mobile
  • Seed, Series A, Series B
  • United States, Canada, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
  • SESO — Seso is a labor solution for agriculture. We provide support with the entire H-2A process, including the H-2A Visa, recruiting farmworkers, H-2A compliance, and digital worker onboarding.
  • nsave — nsave provides offshore saving accounts for the middle-class in distressed economies. Think countries with high inflation, banks that cap withdrawals, no trust in banks, or no financial services like insurance and investments. By leveraging emerging technologies, Swiss financial infrastructure, and its recent regulatory changes, Masref provides themiddle class in these countries with what they never had – a safe place to store their savings. Masref will first provide simple saving accounts, before offering other financial services.
  • Aligned Marketplace — Aligned Marketplace operates as a personalized primary care for workforce.
Tamiami Angel Funds VC Fund · Naples, Florida, United States
Tamiami Angel Funds is a family of Florida Angel Funds that are a Member-owned and Member-managed for-profit investment partnership. We seeks to provide our Members an opportunity for active involvement in a diversified capital investment process and a portfolio of high quality, high growth companies with a preference toward those companieslocated in the State of Florida.
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Investment focus
  • Health Care, Software, Information Technology
  • Funding Round, Seed, Angel
  • United States
Portfolio highlights
  • Aperiomics — Aperiomics is the only company of its kind and scope in the world. We are revolutionizing the way that medical professionals around the world identify infections. Supported by the National Science Foundation, Aperiomics identifies every known bacteria, virus, fungus, and parasite through Deep Shotgun Metagenomic Sequencing, using our world renowndatabase containing over 37,000 microbes. We help doctors and their patients identify the causes of infections that other tests cannot identify, thus streamlining the path to a positive clinical outcome. Many patients that we have helped were sick for years with no understanding of why. Patients and their physicians often contact Aperiomics after hearing about our life-changing success stories. Aperiomics was named Life Science Innovator of the Year in 2016 and International Start Up of the Year in 2018.
  • Wellbox — Wellbox delivers best-in-class chronic care management solutions to high-risk, high-cost populations living with chronic illnesses across the nation.
  • Catalyst OrthoScience — Catalyst OrthoScience is an early stage medical device company that is bringing the Catalyst CSR total shoulder to market. The CSR total shoulder is an innovative, streamlined solution that is associated with less stretching of the muscles and ligaments in order to place the implants. It is designed to be a more natural solution with a focus onrapid recovery for the patient.
Frontier Venture Capital VC Fund · Santa Monica, California, United States · 2 investments in the past 12 months
With offices in Boulder, Los Angeles, and New York, Frontier invests in early stage technology companies in the United States.
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Investment focus
  • Software, Mobile, Health Care
  • Series A, Seed, Series B
  • United States, El Salvador, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
  • Qualiti — Qualiti uses AI to test any software product with no human input.
  • NewRetirement — The #1 retirement planning tool online. Go beyond savings and investments: comprehensive planning, calculators, classes, and advice.
  • Sensydia — The Sensydia Cardiac Performance System (CPS) enables the rapid assessment of critical care and heart failure patients by non-invasively measuring key hemodynamic metrics.
Precursor Ventures VC Fund · San Francisco, California, United States · 21 investments in the past 12 months
Precursor Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm focused on pre-seed and seed investments in North America. The firm focuses on investments in B2B and B2C software applications and hardware. Precursor Ventures has adopted the Diversity Term Sheet Rider.
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Investment focus
  • Software, Health Care, Information Technology
  • Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • United States, Canada, Kenya
Portfolio highlights
  • AddGlow — AddGlow foster on-site community to increase retention.
  • Grupago — Grupago is pioneering digital microcredit for small and mid-sized businesses (SMBs) in Latin America, leveraging artificial intelligence, group collateral and community distribution to extend credit to micro-SMBs across the region who have been shut out of traditional SMB lending avenues.
  • The New Club — The leading private network for women in engineering. Find your community of women engineering peers, accelerate your career through executive coaching and courses, and unlock professional and personal growth through our in-person retreats.
Third Prime VC Fund · New York, New York, United States · 7 investments in the past 12 months
Third Prime is an early-stage venture firm focused primarily on Financial and Industrial Technology.
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Investment focus
  • FinTech, Financial Services, Software
  • Seed, Series A, Series B
  • United States, Mexico, India
Portfolio highlights
  • Januar — Innovative EU crypto companies use Januar's payment account solutions to accept payments & send payout's while maintaining full compliance & stable business operations.
  • Moonware — Moonware is building the ecosystem to automate ground operations for the passenger, cargo, defense and advanced air mobility sectors.
  • ValidMind — ValidMind is the most efficient solution for governance & risk management of AI and LLMs. Automate model documentation and validation for all model types.
WndrCo VC Fund · Beverly Hills, California, United States · 5 investments in the past 12 months
WndrCo is a holding company that acquires, operates, and develops businesses at the intersection of technology and media.
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Investment focus
  • Software, Artificial Intelligence, FinTech
  • Seed, Series A, Series B
  • United States, United Kingdom, Canada
Portfolio highlights
  • Writer — Build generative AI into any business process with the secure enterprise platform. Focus on AI-first workflows, not building your own stack.
  • Ava — Modern Care Providers run on Ava - Improve Retention by 45%, Billable Hours by 20%, and Time to Compliance by 2x. Ava provides a no-code policy engine, and uses your disparate data source to create Personalized Employee Policies.
  • Series — Series provides full-stack enterprise financial services designed for institutions & enterprises.
Exponential Creativity Ventures VC Fund · New York, New York, United States
Technology to maximize humanity's creative and expressive potential
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Investment focus
  • Music, Media and Entertainment, Artificial Intelligence
  • Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
  • United States, Canada, Singapore
Portfolio highlights
  • Koji — Koji is the world’s most powerful Link in Bio platform. With hundreds of free apps created by Koji and its community of independent developers, the Koji Link in Bio gives leading Creators on TikTok, Instagram, Twitch, and other social media platforms new ways to engage audiences, connect with supporters, and monetize.
  • Toybox Labs — Toybox is the ultimate 3d printing experience for kids. It enables children to print thousands of toys at the push of a button right at home.
  • Parallux — Parallux is a creative technology company empowering immersive storytelling and collaboration at scale.
Lowercase Capital VC Fund · San Francisco, California, United States
Lowercase Capital is a private equity and venture capital firm specializing in investments in seed/startups, mature, and acquisition of later-stage companies. The firm typically invests in wireless, media, commerce, infrastructure, energy, and transportation sectors. It also advises businesses and funds. Lowercase Capital was founded in 2010and is based in New York, New York.
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Investment focus
  • Software, Mobile, Internet
  • Seed, Series A, Series B
  • United States, Canada, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
  • Tala — A money app for the majority. Tala bridges digital and cash ecosystems to help customers seamlessly manage their financial lives, all in one app.
  • Kolors — Kolors is a technological platform that focuses on providing intelligent intercity mobility of bus transportation in the region.
  • Tala — A money app for the majority. Tala bridges digital and cash ecosystems to help customers seamlessly manage their financial lives, all in one app.
TheVentureCity VC Fund · Miami, Florida, United States · 5 investments in the past 12 months
Our ticket size ranges from $100-500k for Pre-seed/Seed and $1-4M for Series A companies. We're in search of promising-founders with product-driven mindsets who have a passion for building. Those who've fallen in love with data. For we believe in fit---both product and with the team here. Got a great idea? Come to TheVentureCity and give it the expertise to help it grow.
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Investment focus
  • Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
  • Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • United States, Spain, Brazil
Portfolio highlights
  • Devengo — Light-speed transfers. Our Instant Payments API enables seamless integration to automate payouts to your customers in Europe and the UK.
  • Plexigrid — We provide tailored solutions for electricity systems by using data analysis and optimization technology.
  • BrandLovrs — BrandLovrs provides a one-of-a-kind model for gamifying influencer marketing campaigns Brands may use the BrandLovrs platform to collaborate with a large number of producers for scalable and gamified influencer marketing.
Advancit Capital VC Fund · Norwood, Massachusetts, United States
Advancit Capital is a venture firm investing in media, technology and web3 startups. We partner with best-in-class entrepreneurs building the next generation of leading companies.
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Investment focus
  • Digital Media, Media and Entertainment, Software
  • Seed, Series A, Series B
  • United States, Germany, Canada
Portfolio highlights
  • Irreverent Labs — Irreverent Labs creates artificially intelligent hundred-year entertainment experiences on a blockchain. The company was founded in 2021 and is headquartered in Sheridan, Wyoming.
  • Religion of Sports — Founded by Tom Brady, Michael Strahan, and Gotham Chopra, Religion of Sports creates best-in-class content, and is building a brand focused on human/emotional storytelling in and around the world of sports
  • Goldenset Collective — Investing in the next generation of creators.
Seven Seven Six VC Fund · Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, United States · 10 investments in the past 12 months
Seven Seven Six is an early stage venture capital firm that is built at the intersection of product and people with nearly $1B AUM and a self-built operating system called Cerebro to scale their team, portfolio monitoring & support, and LP relations.
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Investment focus
  • Software, Blockchain, FinTech
  • Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • United States, Israel, India
Portfolio highlights
  • Lolli — Lolli is a rewards application that allows users to earn bitcoin when shopping online.The company has partnered with 1,000+ top brands to give people the ability to easily earn bitcoin rewards when they shop. When users shop on one of the partner sites, Lolli gets a percentage of each sale. The company then splits that percent with users, sendingbitcoin to users' Lolli wallet.Lolli was founded in 2018 by Alex Adelman and Matt Senter and is headquartered in New York, NY.
  • Interlune — Interlune is a lunar resource startup that extracts resources from space to benefit Earth and build an in-space economy. The company is a provider of space resources intended for a clean and sustainable economy on Earth and in space.
  • Elektra Health — Evidence-based menopause expertise & care because you deserve better
Alumni Ventures VC Fund · Manchester, New Hampshire, United States · 139 investments in the past 12 months
Alumni Ventures offers diversified venture portfolios to accredited investors into highly competitive deals that individuals typically do not have access to on their own.
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Investment focus
  • Software, Information Technology, Health Care
  • Seed, Series A, Series B
  • United States, United Kingdom, Canada
Portfolio highlights
  • Cyvl.ai — Next-gen infrastructure asset management for governments and civil engineers. Powered by Cyvl's 3D scanning sensors and artificial intelligence algorithms.
  • Picogrid — Picogrid builds a unified platform for autonomous systems. Connect, command, and monitor sensors and autonomous systems at global scale.
  • Century Health — Accelerating access to breakthrough treatments, with the power of AI. Century Health does the heavy lifting to rapidly get you the insight you need, all while supporting the research community and protecting patient privacy.
Atlas Venture VC Fund · Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States · 10 investments in the past 12 months
Atlas Venture is an early-stage venture capital firm that creates and invests in biotech startup companies led by promising entrepreneurs focusing on life sciences innovation. Its seed-led venture creation strategy rigorously selects and focuses investment on compelling opportunities to build scalable businesses and realize value.
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Investment focus
  • Biotechnology, Health Care, Therapeutics
  • Series A, Series B, Series C
  • United States, United Kingdom, Canada
Portfolio highlights
  • Q32 Bio — Q32 Bio is developing drugs targeting powerful regulators of both the innate and adaptive immune systems with the goal of re-balancing the immune system.
  • Accent Therapeutics — Accent Therapeutics is a biopharmaceutical company developing oncology-focused, small molecule therapies in the emerging field of epitranscriptomics. This field of biology encompasses post-transcriptional chemical modifications of RNA that provide cells with a unique mechanism for regulating proteins critical for cellular growth anddifferentiation. By targeting cancer-linked RNA-modifying proteins (RMPs) with precision therapies, they aim to translate extraordinary science into life-changing therapies for patients.
  • Diagonal Therapeutics — Diagonal Therapeutics is a biotechnology startup that is pioneering a novel technique to finding and producing agonist antibodies. Diagonal Therapeutics platform combines novel computational and experimental methodologies to solve the traditional obstacles associated with agonist antibody drug development.
Right Side Capital Management VC Fund · San Francisco, California, United States · 9 investments in the past 12 months
Right Side Capital Management is a venture capital firm that helps startups build their company. It invests exclusively in the pre-seed round of technology startups and makes 75-100 investment per year. The firms prefers to invest in diversified technology sectors such as the internet and cloud companies.RSCM was established in 2010 and is basedin San Francisco, California.
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Investment focus
  • Software, SaaS, Health Care
  • Seed, Pre-Seed, Convertible Note
  • United States, Canada, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
  • ASETS — ASETS develops software for engineers and created the first cloud-based Integrated Design Suite.
  • HLRBO — HLRBO is an online hunting network that connects landowners and hunters. List your property on HLRBO. No fees. No commissions. Hunters contact you directly with questions or to lease.
  • Precision Compounding — Precision Compounding compounds customized medications to meet the specific needs of patients and their pets. They benefit patients by providing formulations customized for dosage, taste, and ingredients. Their services include proscripts, concierge pick-up options, and professional delivery. They respond to customer inquiries by phone, contactform, and email.
Evolution VC Partners VC Fund · New York, New York, United States · 3 investments in the past 12 months
Evolution VC Partners invest and partner with disruptive companies with a strong team, product, and market opportunity. They help entrepreneurs build great companies and consider themselves to be investment accelerators and will seek to be active creators of value for their portfolio companies.
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Investment focus
  • Software, Food and Beverage, E-Commerce
  • Series A, Funding Round, Seed
  • United States, Canada, India
Portfolio highlights
  • Figure — Figure is the first-of-its-kind AI robotics company bringing a general purpose humanoid to life.
  • HUNGRY — HUNGRY connects hundreds of local companies to top chefs & restaurants to provide amazing office food programs in a reliable and efficient way.
  • Qnovia — Our innovative technology in aerosol science is first of its kind. We design & engineer medical and consumer devices that protect public health.
Spark Capital VC Fund · San Francisco, California, United States · 20 investments in the past 12 months
Spark Capital invests in products we love by creators we admire across all sectors and stages.
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Investment focus
  • Software, FinTech, Financial Services
  • Series B, Series A, Series C
  • United States, United Kingdom, Germany
Portfolio highlights
  • Baseten — Baseten is the ML Application Builder for data science teams. Ship full-stack apps in minutes. No frontend, backend, or infrastructure knowledge required.
  • Higharc — Higharc is the all-in-one web platform that simplifies, connects and improves each step of design, construction and sales for home building.
  • Abridge — For patients, clinicians, and enterprise, our audio-based solutions capture the details and summarize medical conversations, anywhere care happens.
Index Ventures VC Fund · San Francisco, California, United States · 40 investments in the past 12 months
Index Ventures is an international venture capital firm with dual headquarters in San Francisco and London, investing in technology-enabled companies with a focus on e-commerce, fintech, mobility, gaming, infrastructure/AI, and security.
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Investment focus
  • Software, E-Commerce, Internet
  • Series A, Series B, Seed
  • United States, United Kingdom, France
Portfolio highlights
  • SESO — Seso is a labor solution for agriculture. We provide support with the entire H-2A process, including the H-2A Visa, recruiting farmworkers, H-2A compliance, and digital worker onboarding.
  • Vizcom — Vizcom is an Ai-powered creative tool designed for design and creative professionals. It offers a transformative approach to concept drawing, enabling users to turn their sketches into impressive realistic renderings quickly and efficiently.
  • Nourish — Achieve your desired health and wellness through personalized nutrition counseling. Nourish is the easiest way to find a registered dietitian and get it covered by your insurance. Find a dietitian today and start your telehealth appointments.
Ronald Conway Angel · San Francisco, California, United States
Ronald Conway has been an active angel investor for over 15 years. He was the Founder and Managing Partner of the Angel Investors LP funds (1998-2005) whose investments included: Google, Ask Jeeves, Paypal, Good Technology, Opsware, and Brightmail.Ronald was previously with National Semiconductor Corporation in marketing positions from1973-1979, and Altos Computer Systems as a co-founder, President and CEO from 1979-1990. He eventually took Altos public in 1982 and served as CEO of Personal Training Systems (PTS) from 1991-1995. PTS went on to be acquired by SmartForce/SkillSoft.Ronald has served/serves on Boards/Advisory Boards including: Twitter, Digg, Brightmail, Ask Jeeves, Rupture (acquired by EA), Associated Content (acquired by Yahoo!), Facebook, RockYou, ScanScout, Zappos, Trulia, StumbleUpon, Plaxo (acquired by Comcast), Photobucket (acquired by Fox), and Anchor Intelligence (co-founder).Ronald was recently named #6 in Forbes Magazine Midas list of top deal-makers in 2008 and is actively involved in numerous philanthropic endeavors. Ronald is Vice Chairman of the UCSF Medical Foundation in SF, Board Member of The Tiger Woods Foundation, and SF Homeless Connect, and on the Benefit Committee of Ronald McDonald House, College Track, and the Blacked Eyed Peas-PeaPod Academy Foundation.Ronald is also featured in Gary Rivlin's book _The Godfather of Silicon Valley: Ronald Conway and the Fall of the Dot-coms, described as 'the man who has placed more bets on Internet start-ups than anyone else in Silicon Valley.
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Investment focus
  • Software, Social Media, Internet
  • Series A, Seed, Angel
  • United States, Canada, Denmark
Portfolio highlights
  • Kumo.AI — Query the future. Deliver predictive analytics across your enterprise in days, regardless of ML experience. Powered by cutting edge deep learning techniques.
  • Synapticure — The era of personalized care is finally coming to ALS. Synapticure will give all ALS patients access to the best care while fueling the advancement of personalized treatments for every type of ALS.
  • Tomorrow Farms — Tomorrow Farms is a food technology company on a mission to fuel the sustainable food revolution with irresistible food and beverage brands.
Baseline Ventures VC Fund · Jackson, Wyoming, United States · 7 investments in the past 12 months
Baseline addresses the gap between individual investors and institutional venture capitalists.Since its inception, Baseline has invested in more than 100 companies and helped more than 50 companies exit profitably for founders and investors alike. We are proud to be a seed investor in the following companies (which were acquired by theseenterprises):PagerDuty (IPO) SFIX (IPO) Twitter (IPO) Instagram (Facebook) Freckle (Renaissance) Spacious (WeWork) Bloc.io (Thinkful) PacketZoom (Roblox) Apiary (Oracle) Datalot (Lightyear Capital) Pocket (Mozilla) TaskRabbit (IKEA) Gild (Citadel) Launchkit (Google) Pronoun (Macmillan) Librato (SolarWinds) Reverb (Wordnick) (News Distribution Network) TrialPay (Visa) TastemakerX (Rdio) ExactTarget (SalesForce) StackMob (Paypal) GoInstance (SalesForce) CoTweet (ExactTarget) Heroku (SalesForce) IndexTank (LinkedIn) Versly (Cisco) BookFresh (Sugar Media) DocVerse (Google) Stax (CloudBees) Town.me (fka MixerLabs (GeoAPI)) (Twitter) Parakey (Parakey) Shape Security Inc (F5 Networks) Machine Zone (AppLovin) n'Way (Animoca Brands) PopSugar (Group Nine) Weebly (Square) MangoHealth (TrialCard) Thinkful (Chegg) mLab (MongoDB) Smyte (Twitter) Appuri (Docusign) Iron.io (Xenon Ventures) Soma (Full Circle) Careport (Allscripts) Kanjoya (Ultimate Software) Piqora (Olapic) Blekko (IBM) Path (Daum Kakao) TellApart (Twitter) Citrus Lane Inc. (Care.com) Crashlytics (Twitter) Metaresolver (Millenial Media) Xobni (Yahoo) OMBPop (Zynga) Flowtown (Demandforce) Hunch (eBay) Instructables (Autodesk) Aardvark (Google) Cake Financial (E*Trade) ScanScout (Tremor Media) Yardbarker (Fox Sports) Sendori (IAC) Rupture (Electronic Arts) Parakey (Parakey)
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Investment focus
  • Software, SaaS, Mobile
  • Seed, Series A, Series B
  • United States, Canada, Israel
Portfolio highlights
  • ViaBot — ViaBot Inc. offers robotic sweeping services for parking lots, courtyards, parking garages, and more!
  • Haus Analytics — Automated incrementality experiments and durable, cookieless attribution to help brands make informed investment decisions.
  • LucidLink — LucidLink offers fast, simple, and secure remote team collaboration for creative projects without local downloads or syncing.
Sound Media Ventures VC Fund
We are a team of entrepreneurs, investors, engineers, data scientists, operators and risk managers focused on stewarding capital and helping to responsibly build a globally-connected market and industry. We facilitate differentiated investment vehicles by seeking novel, scalable and defensible technologies that positively impact their respective ecosystems. We apply operating experience, relationships, and market intelligence in select high-growth sectors to cultivate the next generation of leading founders.
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Investment focus
  • Music, Internet, Apps
  • Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • United States, United Kingdom, Georgia
Portfolio highlights
  • Brickit — Brickit is a software company, that builds apps to rebuild the old Lego models into new models and characters.
  • Overplay — Videos you Play. Games you Make
  • Loupe — LOUPE is the #1 art streaming platform and service on connected TV and web with an integrated marketplace. The immersive visuals are available in and out of home, ad supported on living room TVs or with a commercial license for public display, and allows users to purchase the artwork, select prints & originals. Loupe launched exclusively onApple TV where it is ranked #1 Lifestyle app around the world, now with 25+ channels of art available on Amazon Fire, Android TV, Pluto TV, Samsung, Comcast Xfinity, Xumo and web streaming, with proprietary methods for user customization of the streams (patent pending). Loupe has 2M monthly active users, 80X audience growth in 2020, and more platforms launching in 2021.The company reaches an upscale mass market in OTT and OOH industries, consumer electronics, smart TV, home theater/home entertainment, interior design, art market, music streaming, and hospitality.
True Ventures VC Fund · Palo Alto, California, United States · 24 investments in the past 12 months
A Silicon Valley-based venture capital firm focused on early stage technology startups. We invest in brilliant people who bring ideas that matter to life.
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Investment focus
  • Software, Information Technology, Internet
  • Series A, Seed, Series B
  • United States, United Kingdom, Finland
Portfolio highlights
  • AccessPay — AccessPay develops and offers cloud-based payment and cash management solutions. The company’s cloud-based service provides ease of integration with any ERP, TMS, or other back-end systems. It also enables the straight-through processing of domestic and international payments via BACS, FPS, CHAPS, and SWIFT. By connecting an organization’s backoffice systems with its banks and providing a consolidated view of all banking relationships, AccessPay gives corporate enterprises real-time visibility of all cash balances and offers a detailed analysis, which helps financial professionals maximize the use of working capital. The company was founded in 2012 and is based in London, United Kingdom.
  • Synadia Communications — Synadia | Secure, decentralized, secure global utility, powered by NATS for IoT, microservices and all digital systems.
  • Lykos Therapeutics — Lykos is aspiring to challenge the status quo through the development of novel therapies and therapeutic approaches to treat mental health conditions.
Foundry Group VC Fund · Boulder, Colorado, United States · 5 investments in the past 12 months
Foundry is a venture capital firm focused on providing early-stage technology investments. The firm was established in 2007 and is headquartered in Boulder, Colorado, United States.
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Investment focus
  • Software, Internet, Information Technology
  • Series A, Series B, Series C
  • United States, Canada, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
  • Vendasta — Grow your agency with Vendasta's platform, designed for selling online services. Join 80k+ agencies, expand offerings & scale with SaaS revenue.
  • Optimize.health — Running a remote patient monitoring program couldn't be easier. Launch and scale remote patient monitoring, with a simple and reliable RPM Solution.
  • SingleFile Technologies — SingleFile Technologies automates secretary of state filings with our cloud based, filing platform using AI technology. From business formations to foreign qualifications, and many other filing documents, the SingleFile platform saves time, eliminates confusion, and reduces cost.
Scooter Braun Angel · Los Angeles, California, United States
Scooter Braun is one of the entertainment industry’s biggest entrepreneurs and innovators and the founder of SB Projects, a diversified entertainment and media company with ventures at the intersection of music, film, television, technology, brands, culture, and social good. Braun has a roster of the top pop culture icons under his management,record label, and publishing companies that include Justin Bieber, Ariana Grande, Zac Brown Band, and Karlie Kloss.Braun has broken more new artists than any other music executive in the last decade and has expanded his reach by establishing a fund, which invests in some of the largest management, media, and rights companies in the industry. SB Projects houses a film and television production division and also continues to impact new verticals under its tech incubator, Silent Labs, which holds investments in Uber, Spotify, Songza, Casper, Waze, and Pinterest.Braun also leads Ithaca Holdings LLC., a fully integrated holding company with interests across multiple verticals. The company has built an elite portfolio of acquisitions and partnerships including the acquisition of Scott Borchetta's Big Machine Label Group, Mythos Studios with Marvel Founding Chairman David Maisel, the acquisition of Atlas Publishing, and partnerships with management companies.Braun remains committed to SB Projects’ founding philosophy of giving back by serving on the boards of Pencils of Promise and Fuck Cancer, and he, his clients, and his companies have – together – granted more wishes for Make-A-Wish than any other organization in the history of the foundation.
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Investment focus
  • E-Commerce, Wellness, Internet
  • Seed, Series A, Series B
  • United States, Egypt, Germany
Portfolio highlights
  • Kindo — Enhance AI productivity with Kindo. The first platform to support any AI model plus 200+ SaaS integrations, all while being centralized, compliant, and secure. Try today!
  • Spatial Labs — Spatial Labs is a technology infrastructure company that is powering the next generation of Augmented Reality, Blockchain, Omni-channel, and Immersive Experiences - collectively known as the Metaverse.
  • Mitchell & Ness — Mitchell & Ness Nostalgia manufactures and retails apparel and accessories for men and women. It focuses on offering consumers a range of licensed apparel from the NFL, NBA, NHL, and AFL; and non-licensed active wear. The company offers adjustables, banners and pennants, bottoms, buckets, fitted products, fleece products, jerseys, outerwear,shirts, slouch products, snapback products, and strapback products; and headwear, duffle bags, gloves, scarves, and socks.
Headline VC Fund · San Francisco, California, United States · 31 investments in the past 12 months
Headline is a Venture Capital firm actively on the ground in 7 cities around the world. We invest across categories and geographies, leading rounds at every stage. Once we commit to a team, we go to the ends of the earth to make their success global.
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Investment focus
  • Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology
  • Series A, Series B, Seed
  • United States, Germany, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
  • Helcim Inc. — Helcim is a payments company that lets businesses accept credit cards with ease. Helcim focuses on delivering a better payment service by making it easier to sign up, providing smarter payment tools, and making it more affordable to get paid.
  • Carewell — Are you a caregiver? At Carewell, find the best home health products with discreet packaging & the support you need with guides, articles, and 24/7 service. 30% OFF 1st Autoship!
  • Prescient AI — Industry-leading marketing & media mix modeling (MMM) & marketing attribution software powered by AI. Get actionable insights in 36 hours.
First Round Capital VC Fund · San Francisco, California, United States · 16 investments in the past 12 months
First Round is a seed-stage venture firm focused on building a vibrant community of technology entrepreneurs and companies.
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Investment focus
  • Software, Information Technology, Internet
  • Seed, Series A, Series B
  • United States, Canada, India
Portfolio highlights
  • treet — Treet helps brands launch fully-branded recommerce sites where customers can buy & sell items from each other.
  • Cache — Holding on to individual stocks that make up a large percentage of your portfolio? Cache gives you access to the same advanced investing products used by the ultra-wealthy to manage concentrated wealth.
  • Loyal — Loyal is a biotechnology company developing medicines to extend dog lifespan. By developing drugs with the potential to slow the aging process, they aim to delay or prevent age-related diseases like cancer and dementia.
Atom Factory VC Fund · Culver City, California, United States
Atom Factory is a multi-dimensional branding, entertainment, and artist management company. The company’s divisions include A\IDEA: a creative think tank and branding agency, and AF Square: an angel fund and technology consultancy. Lady Gaga, John Legend, Meghan Trainor, James Davis, and Priyanka Chopra are some of its clients.Atom Factorywas founded by Troy Carter and is based in California, United States.
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Investment focus
  • Social Media, Music, Apps
  • Series A, Funding Round, Seed
  • United States, Israel, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
  • ATTN: — ATTN: is a content network that helps young people understand and impact the world around them. It was launched in June 2014.
  • SonicEnergy™ — SonicEnergy, Inc. is a wireless power startup that transmits power to charge electronic devices over-the-air. Its ultrasonic technology comprises a transmitter, which emits a high-frequency sound that is inaudible to users and their pets; and transmits power directly to receivers requesting power, which convert power to usable electrical energyusing energy-harvesting technology.It was founded in 2012 and headquartered in Santa Monica, California.
  • Droplet — Droplet Health makes state-of-the-art home diagnostic kits for industry.
MK Capital VC Fund · Northbrook, Illinois, United States
MK Capital offers multi-stage growth equity and venture capital to companies. MK Capital portfolio, companies get access to an experienced partner with deep operating experience. We leverage insights from a strong understanding of our sectors to help our portfolios companies grow. They collaborate on strategy, operations, and technology as activemembers on the boards of our portfolio companies.
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Investment focus
  • Software, Video, Enterprise Software
  • Series A, Series B, Funding Round
  • United States, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
  • Optilogic — Introducing Cosmic Frog, a better way to design your supply chain brought to you by the most experienced team in the industry.
  • RingLogix — RingLogix is the VoIP reseller solution MSPs trust. Built for re-sellers of Hosted PBX, SIP Trunking, UCaaS. Built for your brand to support your customer.
  • Relay Robotics — Relay Robotics is one of the top robotics companies, committed to improving people's lives with sophisticated and friendly service robots that work safely, securely, and reliably in human environments.
Andreessen Horowitz VC Fund · Menlo Park, California, United States · 111 investments in the past 12 months
Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) is a venture capital firm in Silicon Valley, California, investing in bold founders, innovators, and entrepreneurs building the future through technology.
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Investment focus
  • Software, Information Technology, Internet
  • Series A, Seed, Series B
  • United States, United Kingdom, Canada
Portfolio highlights
  • Pulpos — Pulpos es el mejor punto de Venta para tu Tienda. Crear tu catalogo online, gestionar tu inventario y facturacion en linea nunca fue tan facil. El sistema ideal para tu negocio, a un precio accesible.
  • Lil Snack — New pop-culture games & puzzles every day!
  • Splitting Me — Welcome to Splitting Me, the first technology startup to apply blockchain technology to the field of real estate investment in the direction of NFT in the world.Through our workflow, Splitting Me allows users to own as much real estate as they want without the declaration to any individual or institution. With blockchain technology and the Law ofBusiness, we sure that our clients’ properties ownership is completely legal and confidential."In fact, because each investor does not have sufficient financial capability, there are many cases of people pooling their funds into a “pooled funds” to invest in the same real estate. Although they are acquainted, for some reason, the person holding the pool disappears or goes bankrupt, the remaining people will lose all their money. And we are the best solution to this story."More than that, let discover me on our official website: https://splitting.me/
Larry Marcus Angel · San Francisco, California, United States
Actively making new investments in consumer and culture with Marcy Venture Partners, a VC firm co-founded with JAY-Z and Jay Brown. Managing Director at Walden Venture CapitalInvestments include: Savage X Fenty, Pela, Hungry, Wheels, Hipcamp, Partake Foods, Pandora (founding investor - IPO, exit to Sirius XM) , SoundHound, Aarki, goTenna, HatchBaby, TouchBistro (exit), Robust Wealth (acquired by Principal Financial Group), Terayon (acquired by Motorola). Angel investments: include Netflix (IPO), BandPage (acquired by Google), Maestro, Jukely, LyricFind. Prior to Walden, Larry was a digital media sell-side Equity Research Analyst at Deutsche Bank Alex. Brown. Led IPOs of Terayon, CBS MarketWatch, Netflix (initial S-1 IPO filing), Maxis (acquired by Electronic Arts), Edmark (acquired by IBM) and among other equity and debt financings (Broderbund, Sierra On-line, Excite@Home, Spectrum Holobyte, CBS Sportsline). Prior experience includes Robertson Stephens & Company, Education: Larry received a Bachelor of Arts and a Master of Business Administration from the University of California at Berkeley. See the music he loves at www.pandora.com/people/larry. He was named to the Billboard Power 100 in music and the Twitter 140 to follow.
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Investment focus
  • Mobile, E-Commerce, Music
  • Series B, Seed, Series A
  • United States, Canada
Portfolio highlights
  • Pela — World's First 100% Compostable, Eco-Friendly iPhone and Android phone cases working towards plastic free oceans!
  • Maestro Interactive Inc — Maestro provides a white-label platform for enterprise live streamers to own, engage, and monetize their audiences. We focus on engagement tools that drive actions at key moments while capturing user data to be used in analytics and marketing campaigns. Customers include Microsoft, PlayStation, E3, ESL, Capcom, WB Games, ELEAGUE, and more.
  • Fetch Delivery — Shop and dine, snap your receipts, and easily get free gift cards, merch, and rewards to your favorite brands with Fetch, the #1 rewards app!
Initialized Capital VC Fund · San Francisco, California, United States · 19 investments in the past 12 months
Initialized Capital is an early-stage venture capital firm focused on the seed. Initialized has 6 investing partners and over $3.2B under management over five core funds since its founding in 2012. The firm's startups have created in aggregate over $200B in market value so far.
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Investment focus
  • Software, SaaS, Health Care
  • Seed, Series A, Series B
  • United States, Canada, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
  • Picogrid — Picogrid builds a unified platform for autonomous systems. Connect, command, and monitor sensors and autonomous systems at global scale.
  • Stellar Sleep — Stellar Sleep is a mobile app that helps you get better sleep using psychology. Stellar Sleep uses a combination of behavioral therapy, habit building social accountability, and gamification to create an enjoyable, yet clinically effective way for people to improve their sleep.
  • Clairity Technology — Clairity Technology is a climate startup that creates low-cost, scalable technology to harvest carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
Freestyle Capital VC Fund · San Francisco, California, United States · 4 investments in the past 12 months
Freestyle is an early-stage venture capital firm with investments in over 130 technology companies including Airtable, Intercom, Patreon, and BetterUp.
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Investment focus
  • Software, Information Technology, Internet
  • Seed, Series A, Series B
  • United States, Canada, Taiwan
Portfolio highlights
  • Deduce — Deduce protects businesses and their customers from unauthorized account access, data leakage, and identity fraud. We eliminate fraud in real-time using risk algorithms and behavioral analytics across the most comprehensive network of consumer identity data. This empowers any organization to harness the value of collective identity-based threatintelligence and cybersecurity.
  • RecruitBot — RecruitBot Is A Platform That Helps You Find Top Talent Through Machine Learning, AI & Cloud Tools. Contact RecruitBot, The Top Online, AI Recruiting Agency
  • Arrive Recommerce — Arrive offers a premium service powering circular commerce for major brands and retailers. The technology and reverse logistics capabilities of The Arrive Platform enables brands and retailers in any industry to integrate circular commerce - including rental and resale - directly into an existing ecommerce experience. With this unique offering,Arrive makes it possible for any company to seamlessly launch a circular channel - ultimately reaching more consumers, driving more revenue, and promoting a sustainable solution. Arrive, first launched as Arrive Outdoors, is an award-winning company and has been named the 4th Most Innovative Travel Company by Fast Company in 2020 and awarded the 2019 Outdoor Retailer of the Year by the Outdoor Retailer Association.
Demarest Media VC Fund · Los Angeles, California, United States
Demarest is a digital media and entertainment company that invests in films from around the world. The company was founded in 2007, by William Johnson and Michael Lambert, and it is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.
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Investment focus
  • Music, Media and Entertainment, Apps
  • Seed, Series A, Funding Round
  • United States, Singapore
Portfolio highlights
  • TopFan — TopFan is a community building platform for direct to fan engagement via OTT websites and mobile apps for musicians, film / TV franchises & sports teams.
  • AIR.TV — AIR.TV enables the distribution and monetization of viral videos on websites. Publishers and content owners are now able to generate earnings when publishers embed videos on their website. It's completely automatic and it works with existing articles, embeds, and workflow. Publishers add one line of code to their site to start generatingearnings.AIR.TV is based in Los Angeles. Visit us at www.air.tv to learn more.
  • Augury — Augury helps eliminate downtime, reduce maintenance costs and maximize productivity for critical machines in industrial and commercial applications ranging from bottling and food processing to paper products and pharmaceuticals. Its Machine Health solutions combine advanced sensors with powerful AI capabilities and collaboration tools to help teamsunderstand when machines are at risk.
Mark Gillespie Angel · Los Angeles, California, United States
Recently named as one of Billboard’s 2021 Change Agents, as well as one of the World's Greatest Managers by Music Business Worldwide, Mark Gillespie is a world-class British CEO, manager, and producer whose vision and drive have led him to build Three Six Zero into the global entertainment powerhouse that it is today. Widely recognized as oneof the industry's preeminent executives, Gillespie has been instrumental in guiding the careers of Frank Ocean and Calvin Harris, most recently closing a deal in excess of $100MM for his publishing catalogue. With offices in Los Angeles, Miami, and London, Gillespie provides the leadership necessary to ensure that Three Six Zero and its clients remain at the forefront of the music, film, television, and digital content landscapeFueled by a lifelong passion for music, Gillespie launched his career in his hometown of Birmingham, UK, where he proved to be an invaluable asset for superclub Godskitchen. Since then, he has established himself as a visionary in the entertainment industry, having worked in partnerships with Sony Music Entertainment, Jay-Z and Roc Nation, and most recently Westbrook Entertainment, whose talent roster includes Will Smith, Jada Pinkett Smith, and the entire Smith Family.A relentless pioneer and entrepreneur, Gillespie has joined forces with Pete Tong MBE to run Three Six Zero Recordings, his own in-house record label, while continuing to expand an already successful presence in film and television. Along with several other projects in the pipeline, the company's first feature film – prestige drama, VOX LUX – starring Natalie Portman and Jude Law, including an original soundtrack by Sia, was released in 2018.With a passion for innovation at the intersection of media, technology, and apparel, Gillespie has invested in companies such as Outdoor Voices, Stance, Ember Technologies, Stem Disintermedia, and Saavn. Committed to giving back and continuously fostering artistic talent, Gillespie has also remained a longtime philanthropist and advocate, sitting on both the Music Committee of Children in Conflict and the core screening panel of the Recording Academy. In his downtime, Gillespie enjoys following Manchester United and is an avid collector of modern art.
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Investment focus
  • Music, Internet, Video
  • Funding Round, Seed, Series B
  • United States, United Kingdom, India
Portfolio highlights
  • Bkstg — Bkstg was founded by tech and music entrepreneurs to reinvent the way artists and fans connect by creating a new form of direct relationship that’s never existed before.
  • Hyperice — HyperIce is a recovery and movement enhancement technology company specializing in vibration, percussion, and thermal technology. Its technology is used by the athletes in professional and collegiate training rooms and fitness facilities globally.The company is driven by a mission to provide everyone with the innovative technology in acceleratingrecovery time, preventing injury, and enhancing the body’s ability to move efficiently. HyperIce was founded in 2010 by Anthony Katz.
  • Biosceptre — A Promise Beyond Cancer Envisioning the future of targeted therapeutics Biosceptre is driving innovation to bring new and progressive therapies to a wide range of cancer patients. Our focus is a multiple-targeted universal CAR T system with the potential to improve the lives of millions of patients across the world who are suffering from
Sony Music Entertainment VC Fund · New York, New York, United States
Sony Music is a United States music corporation owned and operated by Sony Corporation of America, a subsidiary of Japanese conglomerate Sony Corporation. It is a global music company with a roster of current artists that includes both local and international superstars, as well as a vast catalog that comprises some of the most important recordingsin history. In 1929, the enterprise was first founded as American Record Corporation (ARC) and, in 1938, was renamed Columbia Recording Corporation, following ARC's acquisition by CBS. In 1966, the company was reorganized to become CBS Records. In 1987, SCA bought the company and, in 1991, renamed it SME. In 2004, SME and Bertelsmann Music Group merged as Sony BMG Music Entertainment.
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Investment focus
  • Music, Digital Media, Apps
  • Seed, Funding Round, Series A
  • United States, Japan, Germany
Portfolio highlights
  • MakersPlace — MakersPlace is an authentic and unique digital creation platform powered by blockchain technology for digital creators. The company enables creators to protect and sell authentic and unique editions of digital creations. The company connects creators with fans and collectors worldwide through a marketplace and network of partners. Creators are ableto sign and set a limited supply on the work while delivering proof of authenticity, ownership. and scarcity on the blockchain.With MakersPlace, creators are able to better capture the full underlying value of the digital work.MakersPlace was founded on 2016 and is based in San Francisco, California.
  • Slip.stream — The world's largest creator safe music library built for creators. One subscription gives you unlimited downloads, for unlimited channels, on unlimited digital platforms. Royalty free. No takedowns.
  • Tiger Media — tigermedia develop media for children as they should be: child-friendly, safe and with a lot of heart
Union Square Ventures VC Fund · New York, New York, United States · 24 investments in the past 12 months
Union Square Ventures is a venture capital firm based in New York City.
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Investment focus
  • Software, Financial Services, FinTech
  • Series A, Series B, Series C
  • United States, United Kingdom, Canada
Portfolio highlights
  • Addi — Addi is a technology company that provides credit and banking solutions. Addi is headquartered in Bogota, Colombia.
  • Hume AI — The AI toolkit to measure, understand, and improve how technology affects human emotion
  • Residua AI — A selective AI co-presence that you can summon into your digital world.
Steven Cox Angel · San Diego, California, United States
Steven Cox is the Founder and CEO at TakeLessons.
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Investment focus
  • Local, Music, Video
  • Seed, Series A
  • United States
Portfolio highlights
  • TakeLessons — TakeLessons is the trusted marketplace for finding online and local instructors and taking online classes across a wide array of subjects ranging foreign languages, math and photography to music, dance and acting. Instructors rely on TakeLessons to simplify marketing and manage their business with integrated scheduling, billing, payment, andcommunication tools that work seamlessly across desktop and mobile devices.
Revolution VC Fund · Washington, District of Columbia, United States · 3 investments in the past 12 months
Revolution invests in people and ideas that can change the world. Our mission is to build disruptive, innovative companies that offer more choice, convenience, and control in the lives of consumers and businesses.
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Investment focus
  • Software, E-Commerce, SaaS
  • Series A, Seed, Funding Round
  • United States, Canada, Kenya
Portfolio highlights
  • Haddy — Haddy is a 3D printed furniture manufacturer that specializes in sustainable and recyclable materials. Visit us today to learn more.
  • Kashable — Kashable is on a mission to help employees handle unexpected expenses and tackle high-interest debt. Our platform provides financial wellness solutions that help employees to preserve retirement savings, improve their credit scores, and navigate financial hardships responsibly. Plus, Kashable provides employees access to free Financial Literacy resources to help plan for the future.
  • Sway — Online returns without leaving home
Crush Ventures VC Fund · Los Angeles, California, United States · 3 investments in the past 12 months
Crush Ventures invests in early stage companies at the intersection of consumers, pop culture, and technology-enabled experiences. We look to put our capital, powerful relationships, and brand-building expertise to work for our founders.
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Investment focus
  • Music, Media and Entertainment, Machine Learning
  • Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
  • United States, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
  • Levellr — Levellr is a simple-to-use community management tool that provides detailed analytics, sentiment tracking, content scheduling and more.
  • CREATESAFE — CREATESAFE, automating the management, distribution, and marketing of music.
  • Sound — Sound connects artists and listeners to take ownership over the culture they create together.
Dapper Labs VC Fund · Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada · 2 investments in the past 12 months
Dapper Labs uses the power of play to deliver blockchain-based experiences that are made for you and ready for the real world.
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Investment focus
  • Blockchain, Software, Cryptocurrency
  • Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • United States, Canada, Singapore
Portfolio highlights
  • Yoz Labs — Save time, streamline your development, and reach users on their preferred channels
  • Spexi Geospatial Inc. — An intuitive and collaborative platform for drone-based data
  • Halfbrick Studios — Creators of Fruit Ninja and Jetpack Joyride and more mobile mega hits!
Accel VC Fund · Palo Alto, California, United States · 49 investments in the past 12 months
First partner to exceptional teams everywhere
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Investment focus
  • Software, SaaS, E-Commerce
  • Series A, Series B, Series C
  • United States, India, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
  • Rasa — Build contextual AI assistants and chatbots in text and voice with our open source machine learning framework. Scale it with our enterprise grade platform.
  • Vocode — Vocode is an open-source library for building voice-based LLM applications.
  • Oasis Communication Technologies — Oasis is a unique system integrator in the design, implementation, and maintenance of highly complex telecommunications systems.Oasis offer proactive maintenance and support services.Oasis focuses on three main fields: Data systems infrastructure, communication networks and perimeter security.
David Kalt Angel · Chicago, Illinois, United States
David's background is a blend between entrepreneurship, building technology firms, and a passion for music and gear. David Kalt is the founder and CEO of Reverb.com, an online marketplace for used, vintage and handmade guitars and gear. Kalt is also the owner of the Chicago Music Exchange, one of the world's largest vintage guitardealers.Prior to launching Reverb.com, Kalt was the cofounder and CEO of online broker optionsXpress (#10 on the 2005 Inc 500 list), which went public in 2005 and was sold to Schwab in 2008 for $1 billion.Kalt was also the founder of ClientBASE, the first CRM solution for travel agents and tour group operators, which is now offered by the Sabre Travel Network.
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Investment focus
  • E-Commerce, Marketplace, Music
  • Seed, Angel, Series A
  • United States
Portfolio highlights
  • New Era ADR — Disputes and litigation are a massive distraction and waste of money and time for you and your business. At least $200B is spent on litigation-related costs each year. New Era solves this. With our fully-digital platform and process, organizations and individuals get access to the most experienced arbitrators and mediators in the U.S. The result isfair, high-quality, and fast resolutions of your disputes, saving you up to 90% in legal fees and time, so you can focus on the things that matter in your life and your business.
  • Songfinch — Give a unique gift with an original song from Songfinch. The perfect gift for anniversaries, birthdays, holidays, wedding or just to say "I love yo...
  • Fleet Device Management — Open-source IT and security for teams with lots of workstations and servers. (Linux, macOS, Windows, cloud, data center, OT/ICS, Chrome)
Newark Venture Partners VC Fund · Newark, New Jersey, United States · 3 investments in the past 12 months
Located in the heart of Newark, New Jersey minutes away from New York City. Newark Venture Partners is blazing the trail for the Tech ecosystem with a world-class venture fund and Accelerator program focused on founders.
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Investment focus
  • Software, Health Care, Artificial Intelligence
  • Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • United States, Canada, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
  • CAT Labs — CATLABS.IO - Building Digital Asset Recovery and Cybersecurity Tools to Enable Public and Private Sector Customers to Fight Crypto-Enabled Crime
  • Pair Team — Pair Team is on a mission to build the primary care infrastructure for America’s most vulnerable communities.They are the first tech-enabled care team that empowers safety-net primary care systems and the Medicaid & Medicare patients they serve. They act as an extension of the clinical staff to provide a personalized, high-touch careexperience while addressing patients' barriers to care such as lack of transportation, housing/food insecurity, and mobile phone access. Internally, they are building a unique care delivery platform to ensure clinical best practices, integrate care with community-based organizations, and automate administrative work so that clinicians can focus on time with our patients.
  • Volition — Volition is the largest marketplace of industrial components, built just for hardware teams. We make it easy to find and purchase off-the-shelf parts.
Foundry Group VC Fund · Boulder, Colorado, United States · 5 investments in the past 12 months
Foundry is a venture capital firm focused on providing early-stage technology investments. The firm was established in 2007 and is headquartered in Boulder, Colorado, United States.
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Investment focus
  • Software, SaaS, Information Technology
  • Series B, Series A, Series C
  • United States, Canada
Portfolio highlights
  • Vendasta — Grow your agency with Vendasta's platform, designed for selling online services. Join 80k+ agencies, expand offerings & scale with SaaS revenue.
  • Optimize.health — Running a remote patient monitoring program couldn't be easier. Launch and scale remote patient monitoring, with a simple and reliable RPM Solution.
  • SingleFile Technologies — SingleFile Technologies automates secretary of state filings with our cloud based, filing platform using AI technology. From business formations to foreign qualifications, and many other filing documents, the SingleFile platform saves time, eliminates confusion, and reduces cost.
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