16 VC firms investing in marketing & adtech and aerospace & defense at the Series A stage.
F4 Fund tracks 16 VC firms that actively invest in marketing & adtech + aerospace & defense at the Series A stage, with check sizes ranging from $100K – $100M (median: $3.3M – $3.3M). As of August 2026, and 100% lead or co-lead rounds. Rankings are based on F4's proprietary analysis of 1,699+ researched VC firms, scored by data completeness, portfolio depth, investment recency, and stage alignment.
| # | Firm | Check Size | Portfolio | Leads? | Activity | Decision | Intro |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ▶ BASS Ventures Back 'crazy dreamers' — founders with exceptional tenacity, ambition, and vision who are building transformative companies. BASS serves as the 'bassist' providing foundational support: capital, operational resources, global cloud credits, and talent. Focus on AI software, physical AI, and fashion & beauty in 2025. Seoul | $250K – $6M | 48 | Leads | Active | N/A | N/A |
| 2 | ▶ Accel Partner with exceptional teams building transformative technology companies across all stages San Francisco | $2M – $10M | 136 | Both | Active | N/A | N/A |
| 3 | ▶ ACME Capital Backs deep-tech founders who pair technical ambition with decisive execution. Invests in frontier technologies before they become mainstream across aerospace/defense, healthcare, biotech, enterprise AI, and deep hardware. Active partner model — regulatory introductions, customer connections, and strategic guidance through all company phases. San Francisco | $500K – $15M | 33 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Req'd |
| 4 | ▶ HF0 Repeat and high-performing technical founders build faster when every non-essential decision is subtracted from their lives. HF0 runs a fully-serviced 12-week residency in San Francisco, writing an uncapped $1M SAFE for 5% equity, then continues investing alongside syndicate partners through follow-on rounds. San Francisco | $1M – $5M | 12 | Both | Active | N/A | Req'd |
| 5 | ▶ Mercury Fund Mercury backs disruptive AI and Blockchain-enabled startups outside Silicon Valley, with a focus on capital-efficient founders in the Central US reimagining core industries including fintech, enterprise software, healthcare, energy, manufacturing, and logistics through their five investment themes: Work, Build, Journeys, Data, and Power. Houston | $100K – $5M | 53 | Leads | Active | ~2 mo | Open |
| 6 | ▶ Icehouse Ventures Back exceptional Kiwi founders building globally transformative companies, from day one to IPO. New Zealand founders represent a significantly undervalued asset class, and Icehouse provides capital plus an ecosystem of 3,000+ investors and deep operational support. Auckland | $100K – $10M | 41 | Leads | Active | ~2 mo | Open |
| 7 | ▶ Canyon Creek Capital We invest at the Bridge-to-Series A stage—the critical inflection point for companies with real market adoption and product-market fit that are not yet ready for traditional Series A rounds. We partner with exceptional entrepreneurs to build game-changing companies while maximizing investor flexibility and returns. Santa Monica | $100K – $1M | 11 | Both | Active | ~2 mo | Open |
| 8 | ▶ 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 | 36 | Leads | Active | ~2 mo | Open |
| 9 | ▶ Kima Ventures Back ambitious teams with strong learning and execution capacities across all sectors, stages, and geographies. Technology-enabled businesses preferred. Volume-based, founder-centric investment philosophy. Paris | $100K – $200K | 25 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 10 | ▶ 3VC Entrepreneurs by heart, investors by choice: 3VC partners with regional talent across DACH, CEE, the Baltics, and Southern Europe showing early signs of product-market fit and customer love, and helps them become global category leaders. Vienna | $2M – $10M | 24 | Both | Active | N/A | Open |
| 11 | ▶ Streamlined Ventures Visionary founders are the true catalysts of transformation and progress. We partner with exceptional founders at the seed stage to help them build extraordinary companies through intensive operational support, structured tools, and candid guidance. Palo Alto | $250K – $10M | 26 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 12 | ▶ 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 |
| 13 | ▶ Stout Street Capital Great startups can be built anywhere. We believe in founder-centric investing with operational support from a team of successful founders. We serve undernetworked geographic regions. Denver | $100K – $500K | 26 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 14 | ▶ 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 | 31 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 15 | ▶ Kae Capital Kae positions itself as the first institutional capital into a company, partnering with founders early to build scalable, technology-driven businesses. Sector-agnostic by mandate, with current public emphasis on consumer, fintech, deeptech, B2B/B2C AI, intelligent automation, cybersecurity, and defence/aerospace. Mumbai | $500K – $3M | 15 | Leads | Active | N/A | Req'd |
| 16 | ▶ Canaan Partners Canaan invests in visionaries with transformative ideas across a 60/40 technology-to-healthcare split. The firm seeks early-stage companies with authentic founder passion, clear problem-solving value, and the potential to improve lives. Canaan runs a transparent, debate-driven partnership with deep operational expertise in healthcare regulation, biotech fundraising, and enterprise scaling. Menlo Park | $1M – $20M | 24 | Both | Active | ~2 mo | Req'd |
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F4 Fund tracks 16 VC firms that actively invest in marketing & adtech + aerospace & defense at the Series A 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 a marketing & adtech + aerospace & defense investors is $3.3M – $3.3M, with a full range from $100K – $100M. The distribution breaks down as: 2 firms in the <$500K range, 1 firms in the $500K-$1M range, 2 firms in the $1M-$2M range, 4 firms in the $2M-$5M range, 5 firms in the $5M-$10M range, 2 firms in the $10M+ range.
Among the 16 firms tracked, 100% lead or co-lead rounds. 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 a marketing & adtech + aerospace & defense investors combine domain expertise with an active portfolio in the space. Among these firms, 29% prefer warm introductions, and the average firm has 36 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.