30 VC firms investing in marketing & adtech at the Series A stage.
F4 Fund tracks 30 VC firms that actively invest in marketing & adtech at the Series A stage, with check sizes ranging from $25K – $20M (median: $2.6M – $2.6M). As of April 2026, and 93% 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 | ▶ Hawke Ventures The future of e-commerce and digital marketing is built on specialized technology solutions that empower brands. We back founders who understand marketing and commerce deeply, providing capital plus direct access to thousands of brand customers for validation. | $50K – $2M | 41 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 2 | ▶ InReach Ventures AI and data science can dramatically improve venture capital decision-making. We use proprietary software to discover, evaluate, and support the most promising European startups while providing hands-on operational support. | $250K – $3M | 40 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 3 | ▶ Accel Partner with exceptional teams building transformative technology companies across all stages San Francisco | $2M – $10M | 120 | Both | Active | — | — |
| 4 | ▶ Boldstart Ventures We invest in bold technical founders building the autonomous enterprise. Before you build your team, before you write your first line of code—that's when boldstart gets to work. We collaborate with technical founders at Inception, lead pre-product rounds, and help turn bold ideas into category-creating companies. Miami | $250K – $15M | 25 | Leads | Active | ~1 wk | Open |
| 5 | ▶ Coelius Capital Ideas are meaningless. Validated ideas are priceless. We invest in differentiated B2B and B2B2C companies with real product-market fit. We look for founders who can cold call a customer at 9 PM and get them excited in one sentence. We like weird ideas that create new categories. San Francisco | $200K – $1M | 19 | Leads | Active | ~1 wk | Open |
| 6 | ▶ Sugar Capital Sugar Capital invests at the intersection of technology and commerce in software-like consumer businesses with subscription/habitual purchase models. We seek founders with genuine problem conviction and complementary co-founder pairs (business+operations, creative+technical). Our approach: seed-stage checks ($1.5M-$2M), deliberate follow-ons for ownership accumulation, and operational support grounded in our POPSUGAR success. San Francisco | $1.5M – $2M | 34 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 7 | ▶ Vinyl Capital We invest in formation-stage founders building commerce infrastructure—the systems and solutions that power tomorrow's economy. Pre-revenue, pre-product, often pre-DBA. We back founders with technical depth and domain obsession in e-commerce operations, fintech, logistics, and customer engagement infrastructure. Like vinyl records, we invest in fullness and authenticity, not stripped-down solutions. | $250K – $3M | 32 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 8 | ▶ Mosaic General Partnership Partners with exceptional founders building game-changing companies at the intersection of technology, industry, and culture. Focus on sectors where deep network and experience can bend the risk curve. San Francisco | $3M – $6M | 17 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 9 | ▶ Harrison Metal Exceptional entrepreneurs with clear thinking and strong execution capability, backed by operational mentorship and management discipline. We invest in founders who value learning and can benefit from hands-on advisory support rooted in operating experience. San Francisco | $500K – $3M | 15 | Leads | Between | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 10 | ▶ SuperAngel.vc We invest as close to the first check as possible in founders building consumer brands, PropTech solutions, and Future of Work tools. We maintain deep relationships with founders, provide operational support, and leverage our extensive network to drive introductions and capital. | $25K – $250K | 25 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 11 | ▶ GFR Fund GFR Fund invests in pre-seed to Series A companies building emerging digitally-native communities in gaming, entertainment, and consumer tech. They seek founders who deeply understand community-building, whether they have a product with an existing community or are in early stages of building one. Strong focus on execution, founder-market fit, and capital efficiency. | $250K – $500K | 69 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 12 | ▶ f7 Ventures We identify exceptional operators with proven track records at scale (ex-Facebook, Google, Stripe) and catalyze their transition into founders. Periods of rapid societal behavior change spur dramatic innovation. We invest in the future of work and consumer utility, providing not just capital but operational expertise, network access, and proven playbooks from building at Facebook/Meta scale. San Francisco | $500K – $5M | 45 | Leads | Active | ~1 wk | Open |
| 13 | ▶ How Women Invest Women founders represent an overlooked asset class that delivers superior returns. Women-founded companies earn 26% more for investors, yet receive only 2% of venture funding. We invest exclusively in women-founded companies, providing capital, network access, and operational support to drive transformative change. San Francisco | $250K – $5M | 27 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Req'd |
| 14 | ▶ Point Nine Invest in the future of software built on AI. We partner with technical founders to provide capital, unfair shortcuts, and operational support to accelerate their learning and help them reach their potential. We position ourselves as the first institutional investor for v0.9 stage founders. Berlin | $1M – $10M | 32 | Leads | Active | ~1 wk | Req'd |
| 15 | ▶ Crush Ventures We invest in early-stage companies building technology and brands that impact pop culture. We believe the most exciting opportunities exist at the intersection of media, culture, and commerce, where founders can leverage cultural insights and audience engagement to drive commercial success. Los Angeles | $250K – $5M | 15 | Leads | Active | ~2 mo | Open |
| 16 | ▶ Tribeca Venture Partners We partner with gritty and determined entrepreneurs leveraging emerging technologies to create or disrupt huge markets. We invest in people first, second, and third—founders with passion, obsession, and vision. Only partners with founders when we believe their company alone can return our entire fund or more. New York | $1M – $10M | 15 | Leads | Active | ~2 mo | Req'd |
| 17 | ▶ R136 Ventures Identifies inflection points through proprietary Discovery Engine and backs founders who see opportunities others miss. Focuses on AI-driven transformation of B2B software and financial services, with deep technical due diligence analyzing 250+ data points. Woodside, CA | $2M – $20M | 40 | Both | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 18 | ▶ Bigfoot Capital Non-dilutive growth capital for B2B software companies. Alternative to venture capital focused on sustainable, capital-efficient growth that preserves founder equity and optionality. Fills gap between traditional bank lending and venture financing. Denver | $150K – $5M | 20 | Follows | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 19 | ▶ FirstMark We back disruptive founders building category-defining companies. Our approach is founder-first, long-term, and deeply operational. We take the longest view in the room, operate with excellence and integrity, stay curious at the bleeding edge, and invest heavily in building community. New York | $250K – $10M | 25 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 20 | ▶ Sierra Ventures Sierra believes enterprise software is being fundamentally transformed by cloud computing and AI. They invest in technical founders building the next generation of enterprise solutions that deliver superior ROI through better efficiency, automation, and capability. The firm particularly focuses on infrastructure, security, healthcare innovation, and emerging deep tech. San Mateo, California | $500K – $15M | 25 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 21 | ▶ 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 |
| 22 | ▶ Broadway Venture Partners Broadway partners with exceptional early-stage technology companies off the beaten path, with a particular focus on the future of commerce, AI-powered tools for consumer and enterprise markets, and marketplace businesses. San Francisco | $500K – $3M | 4 | Follows | Active | — | — |
| 23 | ▶ 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 |
| 24 | ▶ Rainfall Ventures We invest in world-class founders solving significant problems. We prioritize founder quality, founder-problem fit, and values-aligned partnerships. We help exceptional founders become category leaders early, before they become obvious trends. Los Angeles | $500K – $5M | 40 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 25 | ▶ Sigma Prime Ventures Early-stage technology companies solving hard business problems with SaaS, cloud, mobile, and disruptive technologies. We back technical founders with domain expertise and market understanding across diverse sectors. Boston | $500K – $10M | 10 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 26 | ▶ 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 | 20 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 27 | ▶ IA Ventures Data is the defensible moat in technology. We invest in companies that build proprietary data assets, analytics capabilities, or machine learning advantages to dominate their categories. Founded on 'information arbitrage' thesis - applying hedge fund quantitative discipline to early-stage venture. New York | $250K – $750K | 11 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 28 | ▶ Mucker Capital Venture capital should be accessible to exceptional entrepreneurs anywhere. Great companies can be built outside Silicon Valley with the right capital, operational expertise, and network support. Santa Monica | $100K – $15M | 20 | Leads | Active | ~2 mo | Open |
| 29 | ▶ 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 | 25 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 30 | ▶ Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator (ERA) NYC has tremendous entrepreneurial talent but lacked a structured environment for early-stage founders. ERA provides capital, intense mentorship, and network access to help founders build market-leading companies. Every sector deserves innovation. New York | $150K – $150K | 11 | Leads | Active | ~2 mo | Open |
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F4 Fund tracks 30 VC firms that actively invest in marketing & adtech 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 investors is $2.6M – $2.6M, with a full range from $25K – $20M. The distribution breaks down as: 4 firms in the <$500K range, 3 firms in the $500K-$1M range, 8 firms in the $1M-$2M range, 6 firms in the $2M-$5M range, 8 firms in the $5M-$10M range, 1 firms in the $10M+ range.
Among the 30 firms tracked, 93% lead or co-lead rounds, and 7% 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 a marketing & adtech investors combine domain expertise with an active portfolio in the space. Among these firms, 32% prefer warm introductions, and the average firm has 29 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.