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19 VC firms investing in gaming and semiconductors & hardware, ranked by portfolio depth and activity.
F4 Fund tracks 19 VC firms that actively invest in gaming + semiconductors & hardware, with check sizes ranging from $25K – $1000M (median: $3M – $3M). As of July 2026, and 89% lead or co-lead rounds. Rankings are based on F4's proprietary analysis of 1,544+ researched VC firms, scored by data completeness, portfolio depth, investment recency, and stage alignment.
| # | Firm | Check Size | Portfolio | Leads? | Activity | Decision | Intro |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ▶ Presence Capital VR and AR are transformative technologies. We invest in early-stage companies creating novel experiences, content, and enabling infrastructure. We bring deep operational expertise from building FarmVille, Unreal Engine, Gears of War, and leading HTC's VR initiative. San Francisco | $25K – $100K | 40 | Follows | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 2 | ▶ Nomads Back outlier founders with unconventional ambition and deep-rooted urgency operating outside conventional wisdom. We believe the best companies are built by rare entrepreneurs who can filter out 95% of typical VC advice and construct exceptional talent and culture. | $500K – $50M | 35 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 3 | ▶ Kakao Ventures Kakao Ventures finds the 'one reason' a startup will succeed — the single differentiating capability that makes a mission inevitable — and provides capital and co-pilot support to help that potential bloom. They focus on mission-driven founders in deep tech, ICT services, digital healthcare, and gaming at seed and pre-Series A stages. Seongnam (Pangyo), South Korea | $150K – $1.5M | 32 | Leads | Active | ~2 mo | Open |
| 4 | ▶ Acequia Capital (AceCap) Acequia Capital partners with technical founders and product teams building the next wave of global businesses. They provide more than capital—experienced operators offer strategic guidance on product roadmap, technology strategy, business model, and GTM execution. The firm is a center of a global innovation ecosystem with unique capability to detect earliest signal in emerging technology trends. Seattle | $1M – $25M | 31 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 5 | ▶ Failup Ventures In this time of radical change, we back the best technical founders solving system-level problems. We invest early in the people reinventing work, life, and play for the AI era. | $200K – $2M | 51 | Leads | Active | N/A | Req'd |
| 6 | ▶ Third Point Ventures Identifies technology transitions creating market opportunities, particularly AI/ML-powered automation transforming enterprise infrastructure. Current focus on AI security (Zenity, DataGrail, Grip Security), AI durability (Diagrid), and AI observability (Kentik) — the three pillars needed to bring AI from experimentation to production at scale. Menlo Park | $1M – $50M | 39 | Leads | Active | N/A | N/A |
| 7 | ▶ Dreamers VC Where capital becomes culture. Dreamers VC bridges established Japanese corporate investors with early-stage US companies by combining entertainment, sports, and technology expertise. The fund leverages celebrity networks, entertainment channels, and Japanese corporate partnerships to amplify storytelling and enable cross-cultural market expansion. Los Angeles | $250K – $5M | 43 | Both | Active | ~1 mo | Req'd |
| 8 | ▶ Anthem Venture Partners Identify exceptional founders and unique talent combinations building contrarian, under-the-radar technology solutions. Provide hands-on support, operational guidance, and board-level involvement to early-stage Series A and B companies, primarily in Southern California. We fight for our founders and expect all investments to succeed. Santa Monica | $1M – $5M | 12 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 9 | ▶ Hummingbird VC We back outliers of the outliers - founders with unreasonable ambition who can filter out 95% of conventional VC advice. We seek category-defining companies aiming for $10B+ outcomes, not incremental improvements. Our conviction is deep, selective, and global. We don't meddle - we provide brutal honesty, talent upgrades, and capital for survival through near-death moments. London | $500K – $50M | 34 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 10 | ▶ Korea Investment Management Co. Back the global winners of tomorrow through disciplined venture capital and growth equity investing. We are a trustworthy partner providing capital, operational expertise, and access to pan-Asian networks. Fund-oriented professional VC with fundamental philosophy of quality, responsibility, and stability. | $500K – $100M | 25 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 11 | ▶ IMM Investment IMM backs innovative entrepreneurs across multiple stages with a single platform spanning venture capital, growth equity, infrastructure, and secondary capital. The firm emphasizes partnership, long-term value creation, and operational support, especially where capital, scale, and governance complexity all matter. Seoul | $1M – $1000M | 15 | Both | Active | N/A | N/A |
| 12 | ▶ 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 |
| 13 | ▶ Valhalla Ventures We partner with visionaries building enduring moats in deeptech and gaming. We invest up to $12M from inception to Seed. We restore the original essence of venture capital - working directly with bold entrepreneurs to tackle the world's toughest challenges through breakthrough physical technologies and novel gaming experiences. | $500K – $12M | 14 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 14 | ▶ HOF Capital HOF Capital invests in relentlessly ambitious founders building world-changing technologies that accelerate abundance: sustained technological progress that expands access to opportunity, health, and economic prosperity. Its current public thesis emphasizes AI and agentic systems as amplifiers of discovery, engineering, and knowledge creation, alongside frontier infrastructure and applications that can shorten scientific and technological invention timelines. New York | $500K – $10M | 29 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 15 | ▶ ZhenFund Believe in innovation, risk-taking, and young talent. Best entrepreneurs are rare and precious. Provide quick capital, friendly terms, genuine commitment. Help but don't complicate. Monthly founder support. Beijing | $250K – $3M | 27 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 16 | ▶ node.vc We back visionary technology founders in the Nordic region driven by disruptive forces. Our thesis centers on three areas: New Experiences (gaming, new media, health tech), Platform Technologies (developer tools, infrastructure, fintech, IoT, machine intelligence), and Smarter Workplaces (productivity, developer tools, digital workplaces). As founders and operators ourselves, we bring hands-on operational mentorship to help mitigate risks and navigate building at scale. | $750K – $2.7M | 21 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 17 | ▶ Founder Collective We invest at the earliest stages and partner with exceptional entrepreneurs from idea to IPO. We stay small by design to remain aligned with founders. We're sector-agnostic, conviction-driven, capital-efficient, and believe in founder/market fit and intrinsic value over hype. Boston | $250K – $3M | 29 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 18 | ▶ Animal Capital Leverage creator economy and influencer networks to add tangible value to early-stage companies. Invest in ambitious Gen Z founders building consumer products with high influencer marketing potential. Influencer partners actively support portfolio companies with marketing, business development, and strategic partnerships. | $500K – $5M | 11 | Follows | Active | ~1 mo | Req'd |
| 19 | ▶ TheoryForge Operator-led fund investing in ambitious founders building transformative AI applications. We partner with technical founders who understand AI/ML deeply and are solving real customer problems with capital efficiency. Great product is always the best marketing. | $200K – $500K | 38 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
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F4 Fund tracks 19 VC firms that actively invest in gaming + semiconductors & hardware. 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 gaming + semiconductors & hardware investors is $3M – $3M, with a full range from $25K – $1000M. The distribution breaks down as: 2 firms in the <$500K range, 1 firms in the $500K-$1M range, 4 firms in the $1M-$2M range, 3 firms in the $2M-$5M range, 2 firms in the $5M-$10M range, 7 firms in the $10M+ range.
Among the 19 firms tracked, 89% lead or co-lead rounds, and 11% 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 gaming + semiconductors & hardware investors combine domain expertise with an active portfolio in the space. Among these firms, 53% prefer warm introductions, and the average firm has 30 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.