29 VC firms investing in gaming at the Series B stage.
F4 Fund tracks 29 VC firms that actively invest in gaming at the Series B stage, with check sizes ranging from $100K – $10000M (median: $7.5M – $7.5M). As of April 2026, and 97% lead or co-lead rounds. Rankings are based on F4's proprietary analysis of 1,092+ researched VC firms, scored by data completeness, portfolio depth, investment recency, and stage alignment.
| # | Firm | Check Size | Portfolio | Leads? | Activity | Decision | Intro |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ▶ Griffin Gaming Partners Gaming is the fastest-growing consumer trend globally. We provide capital combined with deep industry expertise, strategic relationships, and operational support to help founders build the next generation of gaming companies. | $1M – $15M | 28 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 2 | ▶ LVP Gaming is the largest entertainment medium. We back exceptional gaming founders and operators with capital, strategic support, and deep industry expertise. | $100K – $10M | 19 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 3 | ▶ BITKRAFT Ventures BITKRAFT invests in Synthetic Reality—the convergence of physical and digital worlds. We back gaming studios, interactive media platforms, and emerging technology (Web3, AI, AR/VR) that will define how humans experience entertainment and social connection in the future. Denver | $500K – $10M | 115 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 4 | ▶ Courtside Ventures Sports, lifestyle, and gaming represent the next generation of consumer spending and time allocation. We partner with founders who challenge traditional definitions and build sustainable, scaled consumer businesses. | $500K – $8M | 84 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 5 | ▶ Tencent Tencent invests in gaming studios and platforms that will drive the future of interactive entertainment. We provide capital, publishing expertise, and global distribution access while preserving studio independence and creative autonomy. We believe the best games come from empowered teams, and our role is to enable their success through resources and strategic guidance. | $500K – $10000M | 20 | Leads | Active | ~2 mo | Open |
| 6 | ▶ Sony We invest in technology-driven transformational companies shaping the future of business, entertainment and society. We foster Sony's future businesses through strategic early-stage venture investments, seeking technologies with potential to transform industries while building synergies with Sony Group business units. | $2M – $20M | 199 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 7 | ▶ Balderton Capital Balderton Capital backs European-founded technology companies with visionary founders building transformative businesses. The firm combines patient capital, operational expertise, and founder support to enable European entrepreneurs to build world-class companies. | $500K – $15M | 193 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 8 | ▶ Tsugu Ventures We empower exceptional founders in gaming (Play) and enterprise technology (Work) from early stage to exit. Through stable capital, an established network, deep expertise, and integrated founder office infrastructure, we provide flexible capital structures and strategic partnership to drive founder success. | $1M – $5M | 10 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 9 | ▶ The Chernin Group (TCG) Invest in platforms and brands that shape culture, with passionate, loyal audiences and strong direct-to-consumer relationships. We partner with visionary founders who have built authentic communities. Los Angeles | $5M – $100M | 36 | Leads | Active | 3+ mo | Open |
| 10 | ▶ Serena Capital We back bold entrepreneurs who think big and are committed to becoming the next major tech players. We invest from pre-seed to series A with strong operational support, focusing on technology-driven solutions across AI, climate tech, fintech, SaaS, and impact-driven sectors. | $100K – $15M | 113 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 11 | ▶ Atinum Investment Atinum Investment identifies and invests in companies solving fundamental problems through technology innovation and market disruption. The firm specializes in growth-stage startups and paradigm-shifting companies across diverse sectors. | $500K – $10M | 53 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 12 | ▶ Hiro Capital Europe can lead the next phase of human evolution enabled by technology. We invest in AI, Spatial Computing, Autonomy, Robotics, Longevity, Games, and Space/Defence. We are founders backing founder leaders with hands-on engagement. | $5M – $50M | 40 | Leads | Active | — | Req'd |
| 13 | ▶ 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 | 152 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 14 | ▶ Headline We invest in top founders everywhere building the next generation of technology companies. We provide capital, operational expertise, and a truly global platform to scale with hands-on support through specialized teams. | $2M – $50M | 44 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 15 | ▶ NetEase Strategic minority stakes in experienced game development studios with differentiated IP and AAA development talent. Emphasis on publishing partnerships, exclusive distribution rights, and leveraging NetEase's platform to monetize diverse game portfolios across international markets. | $500K – $50M | 7 | Both | Slowing | ~2 mo | Req'd |
| 16 | ▶ 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 | 15 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 17 | ▶ Dune Ventures Multi-stage permanent capital vehicle backing 'outsiders obsessed with the overlooked' — idiosyncratic founders who don't fit the traditional SV mold, building companies in interactive content, social, gaming, and adjacent technology. Invest globally in a small, concentrated number of the most ambitious founders in the interactive space each year. New York | $100K – $3M | 15 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 18 | ▶ 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 | 20 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 19 | ▶ 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 | 25 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 20 | ▶ Andreessen Horowitz Software is eating the world. Technology companies will transform every major industry. We invest in transformative technologies across AI, crypto, fintech, bio/health, enterprise, and consumer. We believe in backing exceptional founders and providing deep operational support to help them build enduring companies. Menlo Park | $1M – $200M | 44 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 21 | ▶ 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 |
| 22 | ▶ Galaxy Interactive Gaming-born technologies—GPUs, real-time rendering, virtual economies—now power AI, spatial computing, and blockchain. We invest in the foundational infrastructure enabling the convergence of digital and physical worlds. New York | $500K – $10M | 11 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 23 | ▶ 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 | 30 | Leads | Active | ~2 mo | Open |
| 24 | ▶ 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 | 25 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Req'd |
| 25 | ▶ 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 | 25 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 26 | ▶ HOF Capital We invest in relentlessly ambitious entrepreneurs working on fundamental technology and business model innovations that advance humanity toward abundance. Our March to Abundance thesis focuses on four primary areas: (1) freedom from repetitive work through AI and automation, (2) freedom to transact and financial security, (3) freedom from genetic disease and biological limitations, (4) interconnection of humanity through new mediums. New York | $500K – $10M | 25 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 27 | ▶ 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 | 20 | Follows | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 28 | ▶ 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 | 20 | Leads | Active | ~1 wk | Open |
| 29 | ▶ 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 | 20 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
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F4 Fund tracks 29 VC firms that actively invest in gaming 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 gaming investors is $7.5M – $7.5M, with a full range from $100K – $10000M. The distribution breaks down as: 1 firms in the <$500K range, 2 firms in the $1M-$2M range, 5 firms in the $2M-$5M range, 9 firms in the $5M-$10M range, 12 firms in the $10M+ range.
Among the 29 firms tracked, 97% lead or co-lead rounds, and 3% 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 gaming investors combine domain expertise with an active portfolio in the space. Among these firms, 24% prefer warm introductions, and the average firm has 49 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.