Entrepreneur Ventures Research
Investment Thesis
Entrepreneur Ventures (EV) is the venture capital arm of Entrepreneur Media, the publisher of Entrepreneur magazine and Entrepreneur.com. The firm describes itself as an independent venture firm that combines the dependability of a traditional firm, the autonomy of an established VC, and a founder's know-how, with access to Entrepreneur's network, products and global reputation. Its stated focus is engaging with and nurturing entrepreneurs in the earliest stages of company building. The firm was founded in 2023 in partnership with Entrepreneur Media.
Stage Focus
EV is a pre-seed and seed fund. Its homepage says it looks to invest in startups at the pre-seed stage (turning an initial vision into a viable business) and the seed stage (growing an existing business with demonstrable product or service market fit and traction).
Check Size
The homepage states $25,000 to $50,000 per company. The EV Consumer Labs press release describes the fund as investing $25,000 to $100,000 in up to 200 high-potential startups. Checks are small and the model is a wide portfolio.
Sector Focus
The portfolio page filters by Consumer Tech, CPG, and Frontier / Enterprise Tech. LinkedIn describes the firm as investing across CPG, consumer, and B2B frontier tech. The portfolio leans heavily to consumer packaged goods (food, beverage, wellness, apparel), with a smaller set of software and frontier names such as Varda Space Industries, Kai Cybersecurity, Robomart, Statespace and Circleback.
EV Consumer Labs Fund
EV runs a Consumer Labs Fund in partnership with SHOPLINE, a global commerce platform with more than 600,000 merchants. The fund backs CPG, wellness and lifestyle brands with capital, commerce infrastructure and storytelling. The press release says it aims to back at least 50 more consumer brands over the following 12 months. Named brands include Ales Grey, Culture Kicks, Dirty Dill, Elos Thermal, Mimosa Royale, Minimis, oku, Pricklee, RemoBrush, Snazzy, USH Brands, YATE, Bluu Suncare, Boozy Jerky, Dojo Air, Drizz Drops, Fight Club, Hamilton Perkins Collection, Hazelicious, Queen Cosmetics and Standout.
Value Add
EV offers portfolio companies access to Entrepreneur Media's reach, which the firm cites as 20 million unique website visitors, 3.6 million readers and 16 million social followers, plus media visibility and a collaborative angel network. Operating partners, the team and advisors support startups from the start.
Portfolio Highlights
The portfolio page lists roughly fifty companies. Recognizable names include Havenly, Dorsia, Mosh, Robomart, Roofr, Varda Space Industries, KUTT, Snow Teeth Whitening, Sweet Laurel, The Original Crumbs, Love.com, Circleback and Clinikally. Recent additions visible on the page carry 2025 and 2026 upload dates: Slips, Snapp, Statespace, Stanify, Fleet Defender and Velvet.
Team
- Jonathan Hung, Managing Partner: USC, MIT and Wharton alumnus, with prior roles at Morgan Stanley, UBS, Trousdale Ventures and Unicorn Venture Partners, and 125+ angel investments.
- Bill Shaw, Partner: 20+ year media executive, President of Entrepreneur Media, former SVP at Maxim and CRO at Issuu.
- Ryan Shea, Partner: Investor and entrepreneur, CEO of Entrepreneur Media and co-founder of Green Lumber.
The team says it has collectively raised and managed over $500 million in venture capital.
Decision Process and Lead Tendency
The site does not describe a decision process or whether EV leads rounds. With checks of $25K to $100K, EV is most likely a participant or small lead in pre-seed rounds. Lead tendency is recorded as unknown. Pitches come through a Typeform on the Pitch Us page.
Geographic Focus
No stated geographic restriction. The firm is based in Los Angeles, and Jonathan Hung is Los Angeles based.
Fund Status
No fund size or AUM is disclosed. The Consumer Labs Fund is described as ongoing and actively seeking additional investments, so the firm is treated as actively deploying.
Gaps
No AUM, fund size, dated investment announcements or stage evidence per portfolio company were found. Two portfolio entries (storecashapp and Unplugged Dining) had no legible logo caption and are left out of the structured list.