# Crush Ventures

> Crush Ventures is a VC fund in Los Angeles backing Music and Software. See 32 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Los Angeles, United States
- Total investments: 32
- Last investment: Oct 2024
- Lead investor: 22%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/crush-music/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/crushventures
- Website: http://www.crush.ventures

Crush Ventures is an early-stage venture firm that focuses on investing in companies at the intersection of media, culture, and commerce. Leveraging two decades of experience from building Crush Music, the firm provides capital, operational expertise, and a robust network to support founders.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.5M–$6M |
| Pre-Seed | $900k–$2.1M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Music | 6 | 19% |
| Software | 5 | 16% |
| Audio | 4 | 13% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 4 | 13% |
| Machine Learning | 3 | 9% |

48 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 20 | 63% |
| Pre-Seed | 6 | 19% |
| Funding Round | 2 | 6% |
| Series A | 1 | 3% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 3% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 26 | 81% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 3% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Daniel Kruchkow | Founder | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/daniel-kruchkow |
| Jonathan Daniel | Founder | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jonathan-daniel-8b1f |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Kaiber | Kaiber specializes in leveraging artificial intelligence to transform the field of photography and video generation. With a focus on enabling artists and creators, Kaiber offers an AI-driven platform that allows users to input prompts and receive visually captivating animations and videos. This technology is designed to enhance creativity,providing tools that merge artistry with the latest in AI advancements. Users can explore a wide range of possibilities, from creating unique digital art to generating engaging video content. Kaiber positions itself as a creative lab, dedicated to unlocking new avenues for artistic expression through intuitive and powerful generative audio and video solutions. |  | Seed | Oct 16, 2024 |  |
| Quorum | Quorum is a data science driven company. | $2M | Seed | Sep 26, 2024 |  |
| Look North World | Look North World is a software company that specializes in the development and publishing of experimental games on creator platforms, starting with Unreal Editor for Fortnite. The company is known for transforming caffeine into code, pizza into pixels, and sleepless nights into epic adventures. They have developed interactive entertainment forCreator platforms like Fortnite (UEFN) and have released games such as Carrera Coast Racers Vs Truckers. Look North World aims to bring players together in community-driven virtual spaces and experiences. | $2.5M | Seed | Jul 26, 2024 |  |
| ViralMoment | ViralMoment uses AI, computer vision & context layering to help understand consumer insight & deal with visual conservation services. | $2.5M | Seed | Jan 25, 2024 |  |
| CREATESAFE | CREATESAFE provides artist services. | $4.6M | Seed | Nov 16, 2023 |  |
| Sound | Sound connects artists and listeners to take ownership over the culture they create together. | $20M | Series A | Jul 12, 2023 |  |
| MELON | MELON is the metaverse's premier development studio. | $5M | Seed | Jul 20, 2022 |  |
| Authentic Artists | Authentic Artists has developed an AI-powered Virtual Artist platform, purpose-built for music, gaming and streaming applications. The platform enables entirely new, never-before-seen virtual music experiences designed to serve the evolving preferences, tastes and desires of fans searching for truly unique content, and can deliver interactiveartist experiences across the globe, 24 hours a day to all connected channels. |  |  | Jun 22, 2022 |  |
| Authentic Artists | Authentic Artists has developed an AI-powered Virtual Artist platform, purpose-built for music, gaming and streaming applications. The platform enables entirely new, never-before-seen virtual music experiences designed to serve the evolving preferences, tastes and desires of fans searching for truly unique content, and can deliver interactiveartist experiences across the globe, 24 hours a day to all connected channels. |  | Seed | Jun 21, 2022 |  |
| koodos | a creative layer on internet content |  | Seed | Mar 31, 2022 |  |

10 of 32 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Andreessen Horowitz](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andreessen-horowitz) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Alumni Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alumni-ventures-group) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Atelier Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/atelier-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [basecase capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/base-case-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Craft Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/craft-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Diverse Angels](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/diverse-angels) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Crush Ventures invest in?

Crush Ventures invests primarily in Music, Software and Audio startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 32 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Crush Ventures's check size?

Crush Ventures typically joins rounds of $1.5M–$6M at Seed and $900k–$2.1M at Pre-Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Crush Ventures participates in.

### How do I contact Crush Ventures?

Public channels for Crush Ventures include LinkedIn, X (Twitter) and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at Crush Ventures?

The team at Crush Ventures includes Daniel Kruchkow (Founder) and Jonathan Daniel (Founder). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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