Top 50 Publishing VC (Venture Capital) Funds in United States in September 2025

Investor	Publishing United States investments
RRE Ventures	13
The New York Times	10
Betaworks	10
Lerer Hippeau	9
SoftBank Group	8
SV Angel	8
Knight Enterprise Fund	7
Accel	7
Red Sea Ventures	6
1745 Ventures	6
Right Side Capital Management	6
Lighter Capital	6
Sequoia Capital	6
MDC Ventures	5
PROOF	5
Social Starts	5
First Round Capital	5
Greycroft	5
Social Leverage	5
Foundry Group	4
Advancit Capital	4
Flyover Capital	4
DFJ Mercury	4
Spark Capital	4
Transmedia Capital	4
Walden Venture Capital	4
Precursor Ventures	4
Clearstone Venture Partners	4
Third Wave Digital	4
Great Oaks Venture Capital	4
New York Angels	4
TCG	4
Tuesday Capital	4
Lowercase Capital	4
Index Ventures	4
M-Fund Club	4
Grape Arbor VC	4
Graham Holdings	3
Vela Partners	3
CAA Ventures	3
NextView Ventures	3
Horizons Ventures	3
LionTree	3
Alliance of Angels	3
Ludlow Ventures	3
High Country Venture	3
Felicis	3
Lightspeed Venture Partners	3
Austin Ventures	3
Village Ventures	3

RRE Ventures is a venture capital firm that is in it with founders when it matters

Investment focus

Software, Financial Services, Internet
Series A, Seed, Series B
United States, Canada, China

Portfolio highlights

TrueX — TrueX is a non-custodial, stablecoin-native exchange that represents the next stage in crypto markets.
Farsight — Farsight develops AI automation tools tailored for financial services and insurance workflows. The company provides document synthesis and autonomous workflow agents that process unstructured data within native tools like Excel, PowerPoint, and PDF viewers. It supports use cases including investment banking analysis, private equity deal screening,hedge fund research, and underwriting automation, integrating AI into existing workstreams. The company pursues open-source contributions and collaborates with major financial institutions through customizable enterprise AI services.
Foundation EGI — The EGI platform from the Foundation is designed to speed up all phases of the product development cycle, from design and research to production and documentation, enabling engineers to create better products more quickly and effectively.

Live news, investigations, opinion, photos and video by the journalists of The New York Times from more than 150 countries around the world. Subscribe for coverage of U.S. and international news, politics, business, technology, science, health, arts, sports and more.

Investment focus

Publishing, Advertising, E-Commerce
Series A, Seed, Series B
United States, United Kingdom, The Netherlands

Portfolio highlights

Trint — Trint™ is what happens when technology meets opportunity. Jeff Kofman (veteran journalist) and Mark Boas (seasoned web developer) met at the Mozilla Festival in 2013, and quickly realized that the work Mark and his team were doing on media and transcripts could solve a problem that Jeff had long encountered: painstaking transcription of interviews.
OpenWeb — It's time to save online conversations
Automattic — Making the web a better place

Betaworks is a product-focused, seed-stage venture capital fund.

Investment focus

Software, Internet, Mobile
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
United States, United Kingdom, France

Portfolio highlights

Granola — Granola takes your raw meeting notes and makes them awesome
Flower Labs — A unified approach to federated learning, analytics, and evaluation. Federate any workload, any ML framework, and any programming language.
Quadratic — Spreadsheet with Python, JavaScript, and SQL built-in. Data Connectors to pull in your data. Take your data and do something powerful with it now!

Lerer Hippeau is an early-stage venture capital fund based in New York City. As founders and operators ourselves, we see returns in relationships

Investment focus

Software, E-Commerce, Internet
Seed, Series A, Series B
United States, Canada, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Lava — Lava is the credit and wallet infrastructure that enables the internet to finance artificial intelligence. We enable businesses to track usage, issue credits, and receive payment for any pricing model, including subscription, prepaid, and usage-based. Without developing unique charging systems, entrepreneurs may monetize in minutes with a single,easy integration.
Ayoh Foods — Ayoh is mayo with a POV or as we like to call it, Sando Sauce. Our sauces are the ultimate pairing for burgers, fries, nuggets, veggies, or anything else you want to dip or slather. Check out our lineup here.
Small Door — Veterinary care reimagined. Small Door Veterinary's membership model offers best-in-class personalized & convenient pet health care in NYC, Boston and DC

SoftBank Group provides venture funding and strategic support to exceptional entrepreneurs building disruptive enduring businesses. They are a small team of experienced entrepreneurs and investors who take an "active" approach to helping their companies reach their full potential. They manage $600 million across three funds and investacross a company’s lifecycle, from early to growth stages. Through their close ties to a number of Asia’s leading mobile, internet and technology companies – including strategic partners SoftBank Corp, Yahoo! Japan and Alibaba Group – SoftBank Capital offers unique expertise to businesses seeking to address the Asian market. Since 1995, SoftBank Capital has partnered with internet pioneers such as Criteo, Gilt Groupe, OMGPOP (Zynga), betaworks, BuzzFeed, Buddy Media (Salesforce.com), Huffington Post (AOL), Associated Content (Yahoo!), Danger (Microsoft), Geocities (Yahoo!), E*Trade and Yahoo!.

Investment focus

Software, Mobile, Advertising
Series B, Series A, Funding Round
United States, China, India

Portfolio highlights

Skild AI — Building general purpose robotic intelligence
AMEA Power — Founded in 2016, AMEA Power has assembled a leading team of global industry experts to deliver clean energy projects across Africa, the Middle East and other emerging markets.
Telexistence — TELEXISTENCE Inc. aims to be the systematic innovator of scale in robotics. Innovator means new stuff. And scale means big, systematic ways of looking things done in a way that’s reproducible.

SV Angel is 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.

Investment focus

Software, Internet, Artificial Intelligence
Seed, Series A, Series B
United States, United Kingdom, Canada

Portfolio highlights

ai.work — Amplify your team with intelligent AI Workers connected to your systems, knowledge, and policies - built to work the ticket queues, automate the repetitive tasks, and get things done - lightning fast.
TravoAI — Mobile app for annotating PDF worksheets with real-time AI tutoring. Made by Stanford students.
Warp — Warp is a payroll and compliance tool that makes it easy for founders to hire, onboard, and pay their employees.

Knight Enterprise Fund is a venture capital firm based in Florida that finances early stage investments of media and technology companies.

Investment focus

Software, Digital Media, Social Media
Seed, Funding Round, Series A
United States, United Kingdom, Canada

Portfolio highlights

CODE2040 — Code2040 is a nonprofit activating, connecting, and mobilizing the largest racial equity community in tech to dismantle the structural barriers that prevent Black and Latinx technologists from fully participating in the tech industry.
NewsGuard — Transparent Tools to Counter Misinformation on Behalf of Readers, Brands, and Democracies.
WhereBy.Us — WhereBy.Us builds tools for content creators and media to grow and connect with engaged communities.

First partner to exceptional teams everywhere

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, Information Technology
Series A, Series B, Series C
United States, India, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

CityMall — CityMall is a social e-commerce venture, backed by Elevation Capital, aiming to help the 200-300 million new to Internet users realize the power of Internet
FirstClub — FirstClub's mission is to become a rapid commerce-first omnichannel retailer that uses offline experience stores to promote the quality of its items. FirstClub's goal is to create a platform that serves customers and offers brands a unique opportunity to connect with affluent homes.
ASTRO — Situs Belanja Kebutuhan Harian Online dengan Harga Terjangkau dan Kualitas Terbaik. Pesan Kebutuhan Harian di ASTRO Pasti Sampai dalam Hitungan Menit

Red Sea Ventures invests in early stage technology-enabled companies that have the potential to transform industries and consumer experiences for the better.

Investment focus

Health Care, E-Commerce, Software
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
United States, Spain, Canada

Portfolio highlights

Reclip — Real life, captured by Reclip.
Elm — skincare brand
Jacob Bar — Jacob Bar is a food manufacturing company that specializes in clean‑ingredient, high‑protein snack bars.

Part of media company Bertelsmann, BDMI initially invests $100k to $4m in seed and early stage digital media startups in online video, nextgen publishing and pubtech/adtech.

Investment focus

Software, Advertising, Internet
Seed, Series A, Series B
United States, Germany, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

LOST iN — LOST iN travel guides. Experience a new city from within. Curated travel guides - dive into what makes each city its own. In print and on mobile.
Spikerz — Manage social media security threats in one platform. Real-time protection detects and alerts on threats, letting you focus on growth.
Hark — Video feedback that tells a story. Deliver best-in-class customer experience. Agents receive "the perfect ticket" every time. Customers feel heard.

Systematic Pre-Seed Startup Capital

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, Health Care
Seed, Pre-Seed, Convertible Note
United States, Canada, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Jayla Health — Jayla Health is a virtual clinic for menopause care to test, manage, and treat menopause symptoms from home.
Lab Symplified — Lab Symplified provides software for lab inventory, quality management, maintenance logs, and communication automation.
Naviday Health — Naviday Health is building personalized, AI-guided care pathways—starting with menopause—to help individuals confidently navigate complex health transitions. Our platform empowers daily decision-making through tailored insights, symptom tracking, and holistic support, bridging the gap between traditional care and real-world needs. We’re redefiningwhat it means to stay well every day.

Transform Your Revenue into Growth Capital. Grow your tech company on your terms. Get up to $4M in flexible financing, without selling equity or signing personal guarantees, warrants, or covenants.

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, Enterprise Software
Debt Financing, Funding Round, Seed
United States, Canada

Portfolio highlights

Arrivalist — Media Measurement & Travel Analytics Purpose-Built for Destinations
Fincentify — Access up to $150 interest-free. Build credit history on auto-pilot. Earn rewards when you check or improve your credit score.
Nyble — Nyble offers zero-interest cash advances to help you cover an upcoming bill and to avoid an overdraft.

We help the daring build We help the daring build legendary companies from idea to IPO and beyond. companies.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
Series A, Series B, Series C
United States, China, India

Portfolio highlights

Medallion — Provider credentialing and enrollment reimagined. Accelerate time-to-revenue, stay compliant, and scale provider operations, without adding headcount, through automated credentialing and enrollment.
STARK — STARK is a technology-driven defence company with the mission to deliver the systems that Europe and NATO need now.
Zed Industries — Zed is a high-performance, multiplayer code editor from the creators of Atom and Tree-sitter.

MDC Ventures invests in early stage, marketing technology companies transforming the global marketing landscape. Since 2010 we have been partnering with the innovators, entrepreneurs and startups addressing the needs of the Modern CMO. MDC Ventures is the corporate venture arm of global advertising group, MDC Partners.

Investment focus

Advertising, Analytics, Software
Seed, Funding Round, Series A
United States, Canada

Portfolio highlights

RLY — Provider of an online platform intended to convert live photos into reels. The company's platform helps in turning photos into a 3 second high definition clip, enabling its clients to capture live photos and edit with playback filters which can later be shared with others through the single platform.
Perksy — Market research for the mobile generation. Perksy powers real-time research with Millennial & Gen-Z audiences through mobile.
Gradient.io — Gradient is Amazon seller analytics suite that provide insights and recommendations to help brands and sellers boost their sales and succeed on Amazon.

PROOF invests in breakout high-performing companies in growth rounds across all VC sectors except life sciences. The firm works in partnership with early stage VCs and leverages their pro-rata rights in exchange for sharing part of the upside.

Investment focus

Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology
Series B, Series A, Series C
United States, Nigeria, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

HerculesAI — An enterprise generative AI company offering secure, high-precision AI applications to automate critical business processes.
TurbineOne — TurbineOne is the frontline perception company. It started with the vision of a world where people could sense every threat, speak any language, and deploy robots to dangerous environments instead of putting people unnecessarily in harm's way.
Hyperdrive — Hyperdrive delivers investment growth strategies utilizing a portfolio-centered approach.

Social Starts is a $60M+ venture capital partnership with a uniquely data-driven approach to investing in moment-of-inception and Series A financing rounds.

Investment focus

Software, Health Care, Artificial Intelligence
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
United States, Germany, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Hey Jane — Get safe, effective and affordable abortion pills delivered fast to your home. Hey Jane is the first digital abortion clinic, connecting you to licensed providers in your state through telemedicine.
Mae Health — Mae is a maternal health platform that connects expectant mothers with critical resources to drive positive pregnancy outcomes.
Wayfinder Biosciences — We design RNA for next generation biomanufacturing and smart therapeutics.

First Round is a seed-stage venture firm focused on building a vibrant community of technology entrepreneurs and companies.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce
Seed, Series A, Series B
United States, Canada, India

Portfolio highlights

Flex — Start growing your business today by accepting HSA/FSA payments. Flex offers the most comprehensive solution on the market with a solution for all e-commerce needs.
Central — Central simplifies payroll, hiring, benefits, and compliance for startups, automating back-office tasks to save time and reduce risks.
Parallel — Parallel is a technology company focused on adapting the web for artificial intelligences. It builds retrieval, ranking, and reasoning systems that enable AIs to perform high-value tasks using web data. The company's initial offering is an API designed to facilitate these interactions, enhancing the capabilities of advanced AIs.

Venture capital and technology investments

Investment focus

Software, Artificial Intelligence, E-Commerce
Series A, Seed, Series B
United States, United Kingdom, Germany

Portfolio highlights

Lead — Lead Bank is a community-minded, independent commercial bank with a national client base recognized for its imaginative approach to community banking.
Penguin Ai — Penguin AI uses AI to analyze health records and support care decisions, improving patient outcomes.
H2Ok Innovations — H2Ok Innovations Harnesses Artificial Inteligence and Data Science to Empower Comunities With the Knowledge for Clean Water.

Social Leverage An early stage seed investment fund.

Investment focus

Software, FinTech, Financial Services
Seed, Series A, Series B
United States, Canada, Israel

Portfolio highlights

LEA — AI platform for financial advisors
Seeds — Seeds Investor is a B2B platform that empowers advisors to create customized portfolios that align investor EPI values with financial goals.
Punchup.live — Punchup is developing innovative tools to allow live entertainers to own and activate the relationship with their fans

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.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Internet
Series A, Series B, Series C
United States, Canada, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Canvas — Canvas scans the areas using an iPad or iPhone and then turns them into 3D designs. It enables remodelers, architects, interior designers, and contractors to create editable, layered as-built models.
Ferrum Health — Ferrum Health is a developer of an enterprise IT and AI patient safety platform for health systems. Ferrum Health provides an artificial intelligence (AI) technology platform for health system executives to prevent medical errors across their patient population, serving as a safety net that uses AI algorithms to assist quality teams in the peerreview of radiology studies.
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.

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.

Investment focus

Digital Media, Software, Media and Entertainment
Seed, Series A, Series B
United States, Germany, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

BetHog — BetHog is a new crypto sports book that brings home the bacon.
Beamable — One line of code is all you need to build your own custom server logic via microservices along with a world of LiveOps tools and live services.
Time.fun — Time.fun enables creators to tokenize and sell their time and allows creators to monetize direct interactions such as messages or calls.

Our purpose is to create the next generation of technology success stories in the Flyover region.

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, Information Services
Series A, Seed, Funding Round
United States

Portfolio highlights

PRECZN — Preczn is an AI-driven, operator-first platform that brings together all your Fintech customers, providers, services, and data. Lending, payments, and treasury in one low-code solution.
ChampionHQ — ChampionHQ operates as a customer marketing platform to activate your customers and fans to create post-sale marketing programs.
Layr — We use AI and machine learning to match companies with the right commercial insurance, at the right price, through top-rated carriers. The application is 100% online with our team of expert brokers available to help with any questions along the way. We focus on cash-flow-friendly payment options (pay monthly instead of annually and use your creditcard) and easy in-app policy updates. With Layr, check “Buy Business Insurance” off your list and get back to what you do best.

Early-stage venture fund, parent fund is Draper Fisher Jurvetson

Investment focus

Software, Biotechnology, Health Care
Series A, Series B, Debt Financing
United States

Portfolio highlights

GameSalad — GameSalad is a development platform that enables anyone to create their own games with a visual programming interface. It’s also a way of introducing programming concepts, game design, and digital media creation to students.Launched in 2010, GameSalad has been used by over one million aspiring game developers and has powered over 75 games thatreached the top 100 in the App Store.
Ambiq Micro — Ambiq has developed breakthrough technology innovating battery-powered endpoint devices by reducing the total power consumed. Learn more.
Sinopsys Surgical — Sinopsys Surgical develops medical devices for surgical procedures for the lacrimal glands. The company was formerly known as DCS Surgical, Inc. The company was incorporated in 2011 and is based in Boulder, Colorado.

Spark Capital invests in products we love by creators we admire across all sectors and stages.

Investment focus

Software, FinTech, Financial Services
Series A, Series B, Series C
United States, United Kingdom, Germany

Portfolio highlights

Medallion — Provider credentialing and enrollment reimagined. Accelerate time-to-revenue, stay compliant, and scale provider operations, without adding headcount, through automated credentialing and enrollment.
Midas — Midas is the first neobroker of Turkey, providing zero commission Turkish and American stocks.
Piston — The Smarter Way to Fuel Your Fleet

Transmedia Capital is a top performing technology venture fund providing deep domain expertise, operating experience, and advisory relationships.

Investment focus

Software, Mobile, Internet
Seed, Series A, Convertible Note
United States, Singapore, Canada

Portfolio highlights

Fondo — Fondo is an all-in-one accounting platform for startups. We'll handle your bookkeeping, tax, and tax credits so you can focus on building your startup.
Greywing — Make better decisions and give time back to your team with Generative AI.
Armstrong Robotics — Discover how Armstrong Robotics is transforming commercial kitchen operations with AI-powered dishwashing robots. Reduce labor costs, boost efficiency, and tackle back-of-house challenges with innovative, scalable automation.

Based in San Francisco, Walden Venture Capital targets Sprout Stage:tm: investments. We seek products or services with mass-market potential and powerful underlying technologies taking active supporting roles typically as first institutional investors. Our target sectors are digital media and cloud services for consumers and enterprise. We caredeeply about Founders and Management and work diligently to help manifest their vision. Our portfolio includes leaders in music, mobile, internet media and breakthrough cloud services.

Investment focus

Software, Mobile, Internet
Series B, Series A, Series C
United States, Israel, Sweden

Portfolio highlights

PathSpot — The PathSpot System protects businesses from common illness by instantly detecting harmful contaminants on hands.
Hatch — Hatch offers a variety of devices to help you sleep better night after night. Create healthy sleeping habits for the whole family with Hatch.
Bespoke Post — Goods and guidance for the modern customer, delivered monthly. We aim to upgrade your day-to-day life through our themed boxes full of enviable gear – shaving sets, shoe shine kits, home bar essentials, and lots more – plus a full shop of uniquely cool standalone products. Here's how it works: at the beginning of each month, you'll getan email with a full look inside the box we've selected for you based on what we think you'll enjoy. You're free to tweak colors and sizes, add on extra goods, or skip it at no cost – whatever you want. And there's always free shipping, easy returns, and no hassles, ever.See you on the inside.

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.

Investment focus

Software, Health Care, Artificial Intelligence
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
United States, Canada, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Parento — Parento is a pioneering national insurance-based solution for paid parental empowering companies to support working parents with proactive, tangible paid leave coverage and employee resources.
Voiceops — Your high-volume calls contain the blueprint for business growth, cost reduction, and risk management. Voiceops doesn't just analyze calls - it works alongside your team to automatically implement improvements that most businesses miss.Founded in New York and backed by top-tier investors on both coasts, Voiceops has driven billions ofdollars of revenue and cost-savings for industry leaders in education, financial services, and insurance. Real results: 80% increase in close rates, 98% reduction in compliance violations, 70% reduction in post-call work, 93% reduction in attrition, and 50% reduction in cost per lead.We're a fast-growing AI platform, with customers who have called our AI teammate “stunning” and the most advanced capability they’ve seen “by a landslide” — and we're just getting started.
PlayMaker — PlayMaker is building the modern operating system for sponsorships—centralizing inventory, contracts, activations, and reporting in one place so commercial teams can move faster and prove ROI. Designed and built by industry insiders who sat in the seat of rights-holders and brands, PlayMaker combines intuitive workflows with AI to extract contractterms, surface under-utilized assets, streamline approvals, and generate executive-ready reporting.

Founded by Bill Elkus in 1998, Clearstone Venture Partners is a venture capital firm with offices in Santa Monica and Menlo Park, California. The firm manages over $650 million of committed capital in the technology sector, and has helped finance early-stage rounds in numerous successful companies such as eToys, Overture, PayPal, United Online,MP3.com, Jump and eMusic.Clearstone's limited partners include the investment affiliates of The State of California, JP Morgan, The University of California, The State of Michigan, The State of Pennsylvania, The University of Pittsburgh, Moore Capital and others.

Investment focus

Software, Enterprise Software, E-Commerce
Series A, Series B, Funding Round
United States, India, Afghanistan

Portfolio highlights

Vyng — Vyng has built a next-generation Caller ID platform that visualizes every call. Vyng is helping start better conversations between friends, family, and businesses for the next half billion smartphone users in India and beyond.Vyng boasts 4 billion videos played across 170 countries since its launch in 2018. The company has raised $7MM and isbacked by March Capital, Omidyar Network, a Sequoia Capital partner, and the founders of Giphy and GroupMe.
Tesloop — TESLOOP OVERVIEW: Tesloop’s manages and operates an expanding fleet of electric Tesla vehicles offering city-to-city shared-car transportation. Tesloop’s service, launched in July 2015, offers daily scheduled routes from LA and Orange County to Las Vegas. The Tesloop service model disrupts city-to-city travel by leveraging the low cost ofelectricity and a business model that immediately leverages new autonomous driving technology. The autonomous, computerized, electric platform creates unprecedented economic efficiencies and delivers a new level of consumer value vs. all other transportation alternatives. The service has received rave reviews from it’s growing customer base and is rapidly expanding with routes to Palms Springs and San Diego planned for this spring.Tesloop’s mission is to rapidly increase access to an amazing & sustainable travel experience. Tesloop's goal is to employ autonomous/electric vehicle technology towards its highest utilization thus creating the maximum environmental and health benefits of every vehicle.
Billdesk — BillDesk develops an integrated technology platform and unified APIs to make digital payments easy and accessible. BillDesk was created to help consumers leverage on the potential of electronic medium to better organize and manage their payments, while escaping some of the pitfalls of traditional bill payment services.

Third Wave is an early stage venture capital firm focused on the Digital Media sector.

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.

Great Oaks Venture Capital is a leading early-stage venture capital firm with a mission to support and invest in the most innovative and disruptive startups. Visit our home page to learn more about our portfolio companies, investment approach, and the experienced team behind our success.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Software, Health Care
Seed, Series A, Series B
United States, United Kingdom, Spain

Portfolio highlights

Nimblemind.ai — Nimblemind offers a faster and safer way to structure, label, & manage multimodal health data with automation, audit trails, and APIs.
Streamline AI — Spend more time on legal analysis, less time on admin work. Streamline AI's intake and workflow automations help in-house legal teams and their business stakeholders work faster. Build conditional routing and automate manual business processes based on custom rules.
Tracer Biotechnologies — Tracer Biotechnologies is a biotechnology company that offers monitoring services for oncology patients.

New York Angels is one of the oldest, most prominent angel investment groups in the country. New York Angels has offered early-stage entrepreneurs funding, mentoring, connections and more for over 20 years. Angel investors join New York Angels for their extensive, experienced network, increased de

Investment focus

Software, Health Care, Mobile
Seed, Series A, Series B
United States, Israel, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Goldilock — Goldilock is a revolutionary cybersecurity solution that enables users to physically connect and disconnect their digital assets, devices, networks, and critical infrastructure from the internet without using the internet itself. The patented remote security technology ensures that sensitive data remains secure and accessible only when needed
Aline — A tool for modern organizations to digitally transform their contract processes.
Diadem Capital — Diadem Capital is a curated marketplace for venture debt and venture capital. Connecting founders with venture capital funds, family offices, & corporate VCs.

TCG is an independent media company. Their focus is on majority and minority investments in growing consumer businesses. Our portfolio includes digital media, commerce, marketplaces, sports, gaming, consumer finance, and health and wellness brands and platforms.

Investment focus

Software, Internet, Health Care
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
United States, United Kingdom, Australia

Portfolio highlights

Substack — Substack makes it simple for a writer to start an email newsletter that makes money from subscriptions.
audiochuck — audiochuck is a media company that creates and produces content.
Unrivaled Sports — Unrivaled Sports manages a diverse portfolio of youth sports properties in Baseball, Softball, Football, and Action Sports. The company focuses on providing world-class experiences and development opportunities for young athletes.

Tuesday Capital (formerly CrunchFund) has been helping early-stage founders build the companies of tomorrow since 2011.

Investment focus

Software, Mobile, Internet
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
United States, Mexico, Israel

Portfolio highlights

Kollegio — Kollegio is an AI-driven platform for college applications.
Paypercut — Paypercut is a fintech startup that allows small and mid-scaled merchants to offer Buy Now, Pay Later at checkout via a single integration.
EVERBLOOM — Bloomlabs provides a method to catalyze waste value by regenerating it as adaptable and appealing bio-plastics and textile fibers. It envisions a future in which outmoded, resource-intensive processes are phased out in favor of cutting-edge, sustainable, and scalable alternatives.

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.

Investment focus

Software, Mobile, Internet
Seed, Series A, Series B
United States, Canada, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

MiSalud — MiSalud offers a unique combination of personalized preventative wellness services, along with traditional healthcare via Spanish speaking physicians.
Stensul — The Stensul Marketing Creation Platform lets marketers create no code emails and landing pages up to 90% faster.
Kolors — Kolors is a technological platform that focuses on providing intelligent intercity mobility of bus transportation in the region.

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.

Investment focus

Software, E-Commerce, Internet
Series A, Series B, Seed
United States, United Kingdom, France

Portfolio highlights

Spiko — Spiko is a tokenization platform that offers to be the supplier of tokenized Money Market Funds.
Mistral AI — Take control of the future with a complete AI solution from platform to interface, with open, customizable models that can be deployed anywhere.
Parallel — Parallel is a technology company focused on adapting the web for artificial intelligences. It builds retrieval, ranking, and reasoning systems that enable AIs to perform high-value tasks using web data. The company's initial offering is an API designed to facilitate these interactions, enhancing the capabilities of advanced AIs.

M-Fund Club is a boutique private investors club, reinventing the VC model, and applying unconventional scouring methodology.

Investment focus

Information Technology, B2B, Audiobooks
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Israel, United States, Cyprus

Portfolio highlights

qbiq — qbiq develops cutting-edge Artificial Intelligence, Generative Design, and Optimization Technologies to real-estate planning.With a click of a button, hundreds of cloud processors, loaded with thousands of years of architectural experience, process your planning request, analyze different layout alternatives, and optimize the results. In justseconds, we provide you with the best construction alternatives considering utilization, costs, build time, efficiency, and more.
eSelf AI — Design lifelike AI avatars and video chatbots that speak 30+ languages. eSelf AI helps you scale your business and boost engagement with innovative video tools.
Spines — Experience the next generation of publishing with Spines. Bring your book to life in any format, sell globally, and manage everything from one user-friendly platform.

Grape Arbor is an angel investor group comprised of friends who spend their professional lives in the technology and start-up space and pool their personal finances to make angel investments. Since its founding in 2006, Grape Arbor LLC (directly or through affiliates) has made one or more investments into more than two dozen companies.Grape Arbor has made investments in advertising/marketing online, web 2.0/social networking, financial services (tech and non-tech), and software/web-enhanced services. While a number of investments have been into companies with products at the pre-beta stage, Grape Arbor has made one initial investment into a company which, at the time, had roughly $15MM of trailing 12 month revenue. In general, however, Grape Arbor targets early stage companies with a little revenue (several hundred thousand to several million in trailing 12 month revenue). All of the companies considered seriously had a clear strategy for attacking a large and rapidly growing addressable market as well as a strong (even if not complete) management team.Grape Arbor has made investments in which co-investors have been: First Round Capital, Bessemer Venture Partners, Carlyle, Insight Venture Partners, Institutional Venture Partners, Vision Ventures, Khosla Ventures, Venrock, Kodiak Venture Partners and others.

Investment focus

Software, E-Commerce, Advertising
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
United States, France

Portfolio highlights

Elucd — Elucd provides cities with a near real-time understanding of how citizens feel about their government.
TrueData — TrueData helps adtech companies and agencies build identity resolution and audience activation data strategies through curated data products.
StayTuned — Discover powerful Shopify apps designed to boost sales and streamline operations. Trusted by 50,000+ merchants for supporting growth on Shopify.

The Investor Relations website contains information about Graham Holdings Company's business for stockholders, potential investors, and financial analysts.

Investment focus

Media and Entertainment, Advertising, Digital Media
Series A, Funding Round, Seed
United States, Canada

Portfolio highlights

PodRoll — We're solving podcast's biggest challenge. Discovery. PodRoll increases podcast consumption by driving listeners to their next episode. With relevant recommendations delivered right in the listening context, the audience listens on to discover new and engaging podcasts.
N2K Networks — The news to knowledge network for professionals. N2K helps individuals and enterprises get up the knowledge curve fast and get ahead in a changing world.
Reach Mobile — Reach Mobile is a no-contract wireless service with a social impact on the nation & largest and most reliable 4G LTE networks. Check phone carrier compatibility with a simple mobile IMEI check. This lets you know right away if you can switch to Reach Mobile. Check phone carrier compatibility with a simple mobile IMEI check. This lets you knowright away if you can switch to Reach Mobile. Reach Mobile's plans start at $20 for 1GB with unlimited talk and text. Our Best Fit pricing plan ensures your plan matches your USA.

Vela Partners is an AI-enabled venture investor based in San Francisco.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
United States, Germany, Japan

Portfolio highlights

Vieu — Learn about us, our team, our backers and the story behind Vieu.
Cartken — Launch your robot fleet with us. The AI powering our robots makes them the safest and most reliable in the market today.
Goooods — Goooods provides engagement in the development and operation of B2B commerce.

CAA Ventures is the venture arm of Creative Artists Agency.

Investment focus

Internet, Mobile, E-Commerce
Series A, Seed, Series B
United States, Canada, Iceland

Portfolio highlights

Bungalow — Bungalow is a residential real estate platform that provides renters with a more convenient, flexible, and communal living solution. It utilizes existing housing supply by signing long-term leases with homeowners, and offers multi-bedroom homes in some of the most desirable neighborhoods in cities throughout the United States.Bungalow offersprivate bedrooms with handpicked housemates in beautifully furnished homes across seven major cities. Each home comes furnished and includes wifi, utilities, housekeeping, and monthly community events for members.Andrew Collins and Justin McCarty founded Bungalow in 2016. Its headquarters is in San Francisco in California.
Harper Wilde — The world's most comfortable underthings. High quality everyday garments, priced without the traditional retail markup.
DeSo Foundation — DeSo is a layer -1 blockchain designed to build and scale decentralized social apps to 1 Billion users. Take back ownership of your content and social graph with web3 versions of Twitter and LinkedIn.

NextView helps entrepreneurs build companies of consequence to shape a future of collective prosperity. https://nextview.vc/

Investment focus

Software, Internet, E-Commerce
Seed, Series A, Series B
United States, Canada, Australia

Portfolio highlights

Theo Ai — THEO AI operates as a legal prediction engine to forecast the outcome of legal dispute.
Riley AI — The simplest way to turn customer data into impactful product decisions.
KarmaCheck — Speed up placements with innovative tech, live expert support, and a mobile-first candidate experience. Run every check you need in KarmaCheck.

Investing in the deep science and technology that can propel humanity towards a radically better future.

Investment focus

Biotechnology, Artificial Intelligence, Software
Series A, Series B, Seed
United States, United Kingdom, Canada

Portfolio highlights

Notpla — We are a combination of designers and chemists, engineers and entrepreneurs. We’re hard to define because what we’re doing hasn’t been done before. We create advanced packaging solutions that disappear, naturally.
Owlstone Medical — Owlstone Medical has developed a breathalyzer for disease. With a focus on non-invasive diagnostics for cancer, inflammatory disease, and infectious disease, the company aims to save 100,000 lives and $1.5B in healthcare costs.The company’s Breath Biopsy® platform has introduced a new diagnostic modality making it possible to discover novelnon-invasive biomarkers in breath using a platform with the potential to transition to point-of-care. The award-winning ReCIVA Breath Sampler ensures a reliable collection of breath samples. The volatile organic compounds (VOCs) present in the breath are analyzed using proven microchip chemical sensor technology (FAIMS) to detect biomarkers of disease.The Breath Biopsy platform can be used in clinical diagnostics and precision medicine with applications in cancer and a wide range of other medical conditions. Highly sensitive and selective, these tests allow for early diagnosis when treatments are more effective and more lives can be saved.Owlstone Medical is currently developing tests for lung and colorectal cancer, two of the most common cancer killers worldwide, and for asthma stratification by the therapeutic response. The company also Breath Biopsy products and services to academic, clinical, and pharma partners who want to develop breath-based diagnostics for their own applications.
Fleet Space Technologies — Fleet is an agile, next generation connectivity company. Our mission is to Connect Everything using cutting-edge communications and space technologies to maximise the resource efficiency of human civilisation and enable the next industrial revolution with our free, ubiquitous connectivity platform.

LionTree is an independent investment and merchant bank that brings capital together with ideas to accelerate growth and innovation. Learn more.

Investment focus

Media and Entertainment, E-Commerce, Sports
Series B, Funding Round, Seed
United States, United Kingdom, France

Portfolio highlights

Telly — The biggest thing to happen to TV since color.
Fanatics — Fanatics offers the broadest assortment of fan merchandise and memorabilia worldwide.
Spines — Experience the next generation of publishing with Spines. Bring your book to life in any format, sell globally, and manage everything from one user-friendly platform.

Largest and most active angel group in the Pacific Northwest

Investment focus

Software, Health Care, Mobile
Seed, Funding Round, Series A
United States, Canada, Nigeria

Portfolio highlights

Glidance — Glide, a groundbreaking leap in assistive technology, is the first self-guided mobility assistant designed for individuals with sight loss.
3D BioFibR — 3D BioFibR is a biomaterial manufacturing company that produces naturally sourced, high-value bio fibers such as spider silk, collagen, chitosan, and others. Preliminary fiber performance data shows the potential applications of these fibers in several global markets, including biomedical engineering, green textiles, defense, and aerospaceengineering. Formed in July 2020, 3D BioFibR was founded on the pioneering research of Dr. John Frampton. 3D BioFibR is focused on novel and proprietary methods of biofiber production that have a quality and scale that is currently not achievable with current methods. 3D BioFibR scientists have demonstrated the ability to make collagen fibers, termed CollaFibR™, that are stronger than natural tendons, and spider silk that is tougher than steel and 2000% more flexible. 3D BioFibR’s vision is to become the global leader in the manmade production of nature’s strongest, lightest and toughest materials at a scale and cost that makes them a competitive solution to the engineering challenges of our day.
Give InKind — Set up a Give InKind Page to coordinate support from anywhere. Create a Care Calendar, add items to your Wishlist and connect your Crowdfunding - all for free.

Ludlow operates differently because we’re a different kind of VC. We believe in VC without ego. We wear our hearts on our sleeves, avoiding the puffery and posturing that has given venture capital a bad name. We fund the dreams of entrepreneurs and startups, becoming close friends with all of the teams we invest in.Truly great companies arebuilt on trust and friendship (and rainbows and luck). VC is a customer service business. Whether it’s testing product, leveraging our network, or forcing people to download your app, we’re here to help. You make our dream jobs possible and we’re forever thankful for that. Check out some of our other projects - www.carpool.vc and www.computer.show

Investment focus

Software, Mobile Apps, Mobile
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
United States, Canada, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

MirrorTab — MirrorTab specializes in providing pixel streaming technology aimed at enhancing web application security. This technology offers a proactive defense mechanism by creating secure virtual representations of web applications, effectively protecting customer interactions from client-side security threats. MirrorTab's solutions are designed toprioritize customer trust and security, making it a suitable choice for teams focused on safeguarding their web applications against cyber threats. The company's approach to cybersecurity emphasizes the importance of protecting web apps in a manner that is both innovative and focused on maintaining the integrity of customer data.
Stable Sea — Stable Sea provides seamless, compliant, cost-effective stablecoin offramping solutions, enabling businesses to bridge the gap between digital and traditional finance and unlock new opportunities.
Boulevard — Boulevard is the first and only Client Experience Platform. Streamline bookings, optimize your schedule, and drive growth with a complete platform built just for you

The Colorado Fund is a venture capital fund seeking to invest in seed and early stage businesses in Colorado. The fund will focus its investments in Life Sciences (including biotechnology, clean technology, and medical devices), information technology (including software and Internet companies) and retail. They encourage all qualified businesses inrural areas who are seeking capital to submit a business plan, regardless of the industry you are in.

Investment focus

Medical, Biotechnology, Software
Series A, Series B, Funding Round
United States

Portfolio highlights

Kapost — Over 25 proven cloud software products that increase revenue, reduce costs, and deliver immediate value.
Covalent Data — Covalent Data is the leader in innovation intelligence, featuring the world’s most comprehensive and accurate collection of content illuminating the global innovation landscape. By stitching together disparate sets of public and private data, we make it possible to trace the journey of invention from the earliest stages of research throughsuccessful commercialization. We enable researchers to showcase their expertise, institutions to market their assets, foundations to evaluate grant applicants, and licensing professionals to discover groundbreaking technologies. Through the Covalent Data platform, all participants in the innovation ecosystem can efficiently track trends, analyze opportunities, and connect with each other.
TriSalus Life Sciences — Surefire Medical, based in Westminster, Colorado, was founded in 2009 to develop a novel infusion system for the interventional radiology market. The Surefire's Infusion System is designed to precisely deliver embolic agents through the sophisticated expandable tip portion of its catheter. Because of this differentiated expandable tip, whichcollapses in forwarding flow to maintain blood flow and dynamically expands to the vessel wall in reverse flow to minimize reflux, Surefire's Infusion System is designed to substantially reduce damage to healthy tissue.

Backing founders building iconic companies that transcend boundaries

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence
Series A, Seed, Series B
United States, Canada, Germany

Portfolio highlights

Knox — Knox Systems is a provider of security solutions, dedicated to enhancing safety and efficiency for businesses and organizations. With a focus on innovative technology, Knox Systems offers a comprehensive range of products and services, including access control systems, surveillance solutions, and integrated security management.
Slingshot AI — Slingshot AI is a mental health research lab building a foundation model for psychology. Our mission is to use AI to make mental health care more accessible, and to help people change their minds and lives the way they want to.
Cambridge Terahertz — Cambridge Terahertz, a leader in terahertz (THz) imaging technology, offers an AI-powered Concealed Weapons Detection (CWD) solution to enhance workplace security. Our patent-pending system can see through clothing, luggage, plastic, paper, ceramics, and cardboard to detect concealed threats, including firearms, knives, and explosives.

Lightspeed Venture Partners is a multi-stage venture capital firm focused on accelerating disruptive innovations and trends.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
Series A, Series B, Seed
United States, India, Israel

Portfolio highlights

Sphinx — Sphinx is AI that thinks in statistics and patterns and generates artifacts and insights that an adult can reproduce and fully own.
Rocksalt — Rocksalt operates an AI marketing coach platform that provides machine learning solutions for businesses. The company focuses on developing innovative technologies that enhance data analysis and decision-making capabilities. Rocksalt offers a range of services, including predictive analytics, natural language processing, and custom AI modeldevelopment, tailored to meet the specific needs of various industries. The firm emphasizes collaboration with clients to create effective strategies that leverage AI for improved operational efficiency.It identifies high-value conversations, surfaces relevant discussions, and delivers personalized email digests and daily action suggestions to drive visibility and thought leadership. Plans range from a free tier that supports limited influencers and Slack channels to paid tiers with expanded engagement, analytics, team access, and CRM integration.
ASTRO — Situs Belanja Kebutuhan Harian Online dengan Harga Terjangkau dan Kualitas Terbaik. Pesan Kebutuhan Harian di ASTRO Pasti Sampai dalam Hitungan Menit

Austin Ventures is a venture capital and private equity company that specializes in partnering with talented executives and entrepreneurs to build companies. It was founded in 1984 and headquartered in Austin, Texas.

Investment focus

Software, Enterprise Software, Internet
Series B, Series A, Series C
United States, China, Japan

Portfolio highlights

Tasktop — Tasktop offers a software platform that allows companies to better manage the process of building their software. Tasktop plugs into existing tools and overlays the end-to-end value stream to provide the abstractions, automation, visualizations, and forensics needed to practice value stream management on a daily basis.
Ambiq Micro — Ambiq has developed breakthrough technology innovating battery-powered endpoint devices by reducing the total power consumed. Learn more.
Veros Systems — Veros Systems enables industrial customers to maximize production by providing actionable intelligence on their electrically-driven machines.Their web-based Predictive Intelligence Platform uses completely nonintrusive monitors that can be installed in hours. PIP offers real-time predictive reliability and energy efficiency intelligence onelectromechanical systems, and seamlessly integrates with leading Enterprise Asset Management applications. At last, engineers, managers, and executives have a means to see the future: to plan better, reduce costs, and improve a facility’s overall availability.

Village Ventures makes early stage investments in digital media and services and financial services.

Investment focus

Software, Health Care, Advertising
Series A, Series B, Series C
United States

Portfolio highlights

Dwolla — Transform your payments with Dwolla's unified solution. Streamline operations, save costs, and enhance security. Powering industries like insurance, lending, real estate, healthcare, and manufacturing. Schedule a consultation now.
Metamarkets — Metamarkets offers an interactive analytics platform for buyers and sellers of programmatic advertising. It gives its users the ability to see what’s happening in the media marketplaces where they operate and provides the high-speed processing power needed to gain a competitive edge. Customers such as Twitter, AOL, and Rubicon Project use theMetamarkets platform to drive their business performance through intuitive access to real-time information. Metamarkets puts the power of ad hoc data navigation and visualization into the hands of marketers. It was founded in 2010 and headquartered in San Francisco, California.
SimpleReach — Nativo delivers meaningful content experiences to consumers, automates the way marketers distribute and analyze the impact of branded content, and enables media companies to sell, deploy and optimize paid native content across their properties. The largest native advertising agency and technology platform.