33 VC firms investing in consumer apps & social and e-commerce & marketplaces at the Series B stage.
F4 Fund tracks 33 VC firms that actively invest in consumer apps & social + e-commerce & marketplaces at the Series B stage, with check sizes ranging from $100K – $350M (median: $12.8M – $12.8M). As of June 2026, and 88% lead or co-lead rounds. Rankings are based on F4's proprietary analysis of 1,358+ researched VC firms, scored by data completeness, portfolio depth, investment recency, and stage alignment.
| # | Firm | Check Size | Portfolio | Leads? | Activity | Decision | Intro |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ▶ BIGR Ventures Growth equity investment in early-stage natural and organic food and beverage companies. BIGR leverages 70+ years of combined industry expertise, unparalleled distribution relationships through Presence Marketing (largest independent natural foods broker), and hands-on operational support to maximize growth potential. Boulder, Colorado | $500K – $3M | 13 | Leads | Active | ~2 mo | Req'd |
| 2 | ▶ The Raine Group Raine invests at the intersection of Sports, Content, Music, and Gaming — sectors they believe will compound from globalization and secular technology shifts. Their integrated merchant bank model combines proprietary deal flow from advisory relationships with deep sector expertise and a global network, allowing them to add unique strategic value as investors. New York | $1M – $100M | 51 | Leads | Active | ~2 mo | Open |
| 3 | ▶ Benchmark The best venture returns come from identifying exceptional founders solving significant problems early. Venture capital doesn't scale - we maintain small team sizes and disciplined focus on quality over quantity. San Francisco | $1M – $15M | 48 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 4 | ▶ Makers Fund Backing builders of the future of interactive entertainment. We invest across games, content, platforms, and ecosystem technologies with conviction that visionary founders are driving transformation in how we play, watch, create, and live. | $500K – $5M | 158 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 5 | ▶ Unilever Ventures We support forward-thinking founders crafting brands for the modern consumer. We invest across beauty & wellness, commerce technology, and B2B/enterprise, leveraging Unilever's global distribution, brand-building capabilities, and consumer insights. London | $500K – $15M | 45 | Both | Active | ~2 mo | Open |
| 6 | ▶ Interplay Ventures Application-layer AI and B2B marketplace businesses at Series A, focused on industries undergoing digitization and specialization. Conviction co-investors who do independent underwriting but never lead. New York | $500K – $2M | 43 | Follows | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 7 | ▶ Rocana Venture Partners Democratizing health and wellness through disruptive consumer brands that combine purpose with profitability. Rocana backs authentic founders solving real wellness problems with products that deliver genuine health benefits while operating sustainably. Los Angeles | $500K – $30M | 20 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 8 | ▶ Cleveland Avenue Global venture capital firm investing in lifestyle consumer brands and technology companies that positively disrupt large and growing markets. Great investments require deep industry expertise, hands-on operational support, and access to strategic partners. Chicago | $1M – $50M | 68 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Req'd |
| 9 | ▶ Decent Capital Back industry innovators and ecosystem creators building transformative TMT businesses with global potential, leveraging Jason Zeng's Tencent network and Asia-Silicon Valley cross-border expertise. Focus on founders with proven execution capability and long-term vision. Singapore | $100K – $10M | 17 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 10 | ▶ Fernbrook Capital Management Exceptional founders building direct relationships with consumers through technology-enabled, category-redefining businesses that challenge incumbents and drive consumer innovation. New York | $2M – $15M | 29 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 11 | ▶ Bond We identify and scale proven product-market-fit technology companies for global expansion and IPO readiness. Our partnership combines world-class macro research analysis with hands-on operational expertise from experienced technology leaders who have built and scaled billion-dollar companies. San Francisco | $1M – $50M | 42 | Leads | Active | ~2 mo | Open |
| 12 | ▶ Metis Capital We invest in the bold. African entrepreneurs are shaping the future of the continent and global industries. We back high-growth companies leveraging our decades of experience in law, finance, telecommunications, and energy to help founders navigate complexity and scale with confidence. Lagos | $500K – $5M | 15 | Both | Active | ~2 mo | Open |
| 13 | ▶ Coefficient Capital Consumer investing requires a fundamentally new playbook built for an omni-channel world where technology, data, and brand storytelling are deeply intertwined. Coefficient identifies growth-stage consumer businesses in established categories undergoing structural change, using proprietary data and an annual Consumer Trends Report to find category-defining brands early. Strategy centers on backing brands positioned for strategic exits to major CPG acquirers. New York | $2M – $40M | 17 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 14 | ▶ GGV Capital Back notable founders with global ambitions using technology to transform industries. We partner with exceptional teams to scale from seed through IPO, providing capital, operational expertise, and network access. Menlo Park | $1M – $15M | 35 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 15 | ▶ Gobi Partners Bespoke Capital for Enduring Impact. Gobi invests where capital alone is insufficient — requiring deep local relationships, sustained engagement, and informed judgment across Asia's diverse and complex markets. They focus on technology companies solving structural inefficiencies across underserved Asian markets, from fintech to deep tech to sustainable infrastructure. Kuala Lumpur | $1M – $50M | 37 | Leads | Active | — | — |
| 16 | ▶ Riverpark Ventures Disruptive businesses that eliminate intermediaries and compress value chains. We invest in entrepreneurs backed by entrepreneurs who understand the unique challenges of building. We look for innovative thinkers with proven track records and tremendous dedication, in large markets addressing significant customer needs. New York | $500K – $25M | 23 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 17 | ▶ Zeev Ventures Solo GP model combining angel investing speed with VC-scale checks. Backs non-traditional founders solving their own problems. Rejects process-heavy VC bureaucracy in favor of speed, decisiveness, and founder-first engagement. Palo Alto | $20M – $50M | 21 | Leads | Active | ~1 wk | Open |
| 18 | ▶ mediaforgrowth (MFG) Consumer brand growth is fundamentally a media distribution challenge. By syndicating tier-1 media inventory from 20+ broadcast and digital partners in exchange for equity, MFG gives growth-stage challenger brands access to premium advertising at startup-compatible economics. Brand has become the new performance—as AI reshapes discovery, consumers only search for brands they already know. London | $1M – $5M | 5 | Both | Active | ~2 mo | — |
| 19 | ▶ Andreessen Horowitz Backing the builders of the next layer of computing across AI infrastructure, defense, biotech, and American dynamism. Former 'Software is Eating the World' thesis evolved to 'AI is Eating Software'. Partners with technical founders building foundation models, cloud systems, and infrastructure for the AI era. Menlo Park | $1M – $200M | 48 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 20 | ▶ Bling Capital The hardest thing in seed is finding product-market fit. We help you find it. If you already have product-market fit, we will help you scale. We partner with exceptionally ambitious founders for the long run and provide capital combined with operational expertise through our 100+ member Product Council. San Francisco | $500K – $3M | 33 | Leads | Active | ~2 mo | Open |
| 21 | ▶ Left Lane Capital Invest in hyper-growth consumer and technology businesses with enduring customer relationships. Back founders challenging the status quo through digital transformation. Focus on companies with strong unit economics, loyal customer bases, and defensible competitive advantages in complex, regulation-heavy markets. Brooklyn | $5M – $50M | 42 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 22 | ▶ White Star Capital Technology companies are becoming intertwined with the global economy more so than ever before. The most compelling founders build businesses through a broader world view. White Star Capital backs globally ambitious entrepreneurs at Series A, B, and Seed stages across North America, Europe, and Asia, helping them scale internationally through deep local presence on three continents. London | $1M – $25M | 41 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 23 | ▶ Lightbox Early-growth brands that India will obsess over tomorrow — technology-led consumer businesses where product is the champion and tech a catalyst. Lightbox takes concentrated bets in select entrepreneurs and partners beyond capital through deep operational involvement. Mumbai | $5M – $30M | 20 | Leads | Slowing | ~2 mo | Open |
| 24 | ▶ Coatue The best investment opportunities emerge at the intersection of innovation and scale. We invest across the full lifecycle from seed to public markets, focusing on technology companies that will transform sectors globally with particular conviction in AI-enabled platforms and infrastructure. New York | $1M – $100M | 30 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 25 | ▶ Goodwater Capital Consumer technology has the power to measurably improve billions of lives across the globe. We invest in exceptional entrepreneurs building digital utilities that provide better access to housing, healthcare, food, financial services, transportation, education, and entertainment globally. Burlingame, California | $5M – $50M | 29 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Req'd |
| 26 | ▶ Sequel Sequel is a digital family office for elite athletes, artists, and entrepreneurs. They back founders who 'bend reality' and believe impossible is an opinion, co-investing alongside top-tier VCs in companies that advance humanity. Beyond capital, Sequel provides storytelling, network access, media attention, and go-to-market support from their community of world champions and culture shapers. Focus areas include healthcare, climate, education, sports tech, and financial inclusion. Miami | $100K – $3M | 5 | Follows | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 27 | ▶ Tiger Global Management Leading global companies that leverage technological innovation across public and private markets. Proven founders (especially ex-Googlers, AWS, Stripe) with large TAMs (billions+), product-led growth, and global ambitions. Conviction-based investing post-2022 correction emphasizing quality over quantity. New York | $1M – $100M | 21 | Leads | Active | ~1 wk | Req'd |
| 28 | ▶ Insight Partners Software founders need more than capital to scale successfully. Insight Partners combines investment capital with hands-on operational expertise, embedded teams, and network access to accelerate company growth across all stages. New York | $10M – $350M | 28 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 29 | ▶ Peak XV Partners Outlier founders and ideas shape the future of humanity. We back ambitious founders building category-defining companies that create significant impact while generating returns that support non-profit and educational causes. Bangalore | $500K – $100M | 18 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 30 | ▶ Gaingels Equity of access and representation in venture capital delivers positive returns. Diverse and underrepresented (including LGBTQ+) leaders of high-growth companies deserve capital access. When these founders succeed, they influence ecosystems and open doors for historically excluded groups. New York | $200K – $500K | 29 | Follows | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 31 | ▶ Evolution Venture Capital Partners Culture-Tech companies that disrupt and define how we live, work, play, and interact with the world every day. We invest in passionate founders building transformative products that change cultural behaviors. New York | $500K – $6M | 28 | Leads | Active | ~1 wk | Open |
| 32 | ▶ Flucas Ventures Democratize access to venture capital by building large syndicates of non-traditional LPs. Invest across all stages, sectors, and geographies based on founder quality and market conviction, not category restrictions. Enable 2,000+ diverse co-investors to participate alongside marquee firms like Sequoia and Andreessen Horowitz while maintaining founder-friendly economics. Miami | $250K – $5M | 17 | Follows | Active | ~1 wk | Req'd |
| 33 | ▶ VU Venture Partners Invest in early-stage tech companies addressing world's largest market opportunities and solving humanity's biggest challenges. Leverage global distributed team to source, evaluate, and support transformational founders. San Francisco | $100K – $1M | 16 | Both | Active | ~2 mo | Open |
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F4 Fund tracks 33 VC firms that actively invest in consumer apps & social + e-commerce & marketplaces at the Series B stage. These firms are ranked using a composite score that weighs data completeness (30%), portfolio depth (30%), investment recency (25%), and stage alignment (15%).
Based on F4's analysis, the median check size for series b consumer apps & social + e-commerce & marketplaces investors is $12.8M – $12.8M, with a full range from $100K – $350M. The distribution breaks down as: 1 firms in the <$500K range, 1 firms in the $500K-$1M range, 4 firms in the $1M-$2M range, 5 firms in the $2M-$5M range, 5 firms in the $5M-$10M range, 17 firms in the $10M+ range.
Among the 33 firms tracked, 88% lead or co-lead rounds, and 12% typically follow. Founders seeking a lead investor should filter for firms marked "Leads" or "Both" in the rankings table above. Lead investors typically set deal terms and anchor the round.
The best series b consumer apps & social + e-commerce & marketplaces investors combine domain expertise with an active portfolio in the space. Among these firms, 23% prefer warm introductions, and the average firm has 33 portfolio companies. Look for firms whose check size matches your raise, whose stage preference aligns with yours, and who have a track record of supporting companies in your sector through multiple growth phases.
Firm profiles are continuously updated through F4's research pipeline, which combines LLM-powered web research, portfolio analysis, and transcript extraction. The ranking data refreshes every 12 hours. Editorial analysis is reviewed weekly. Individual firm profiles are re-researched on a 30-day cycle or when new information surfaces.