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68 VC firms investing in media & entertainment and enterprise software at the Pre-Seed stage.
F4 Fund tracks 68 VC firms that actively invest in media & entertainment + enterprise software at the Pre-Seed stage, with check sizes ranging from $10K – $200M (median: $1.8M – $1.8M). As of July 2026, and 85% lead or co-lead rounds. Rankings are based on F4's proprietary analysis of 1,539+ researched VC firms, scored by data completeness, portfolio depth, investment recency, and stage alignment.
| # | Firm | Check Size | Portfolio | Leads? | Activity | Decision | Intro |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ▶ 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 | 203 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 2 | ▶ Point72 Ventures Point72 Ventures backs ambitious founders building for big outcomes across critical domains. Going deep, not wide—the firm focuses on specialized investment theses in AI, Consumer, and Defense Tech, bringing deep sector insights, partnership, and hands-on support from seed to pre-IPO. New York | $250K – $50M | 204 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 3 | ▶ Slow Ventures Backing experienced founders with deep domain conviction at the earliest stages. Fund genuine 'venture moments' — discrete inflection points where new capital validates novel hypotheses. Reject the factory model of venture; focus on capital efficiency and sound businesses. San Francisco | $500K – $3M | 83 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 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 | ▶ Geek Ventures Geek Ventures invests in bold, innovative, and brilliant immigrant entrepreneurs, pursuing high scalability and large total addressable markets (TAM) of $10 billion or more. | $100K – $1M | 56 | Both | Active | N/A | N/A |
| 6 | ▶ RangeVentures Partner with ambitious founders building category-winning companies. We believe great founders who understand execution, customer obsession, and operational excellence can build transformative companies. We provide capital, operational guidance, network access, and strategic partnership—not just funding. | $250K – $2.5M | 80 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 7 | ▶ Relay Ventures We fund founders building transformational businesses that solve major pain points in large markets. Since 2008, we have partnered with founders who combine technical expertise, operational excellence, and ambitious vision. We bring capital, networks, and strategic experience across multiple successful exits. Toronto | $500K – $10M | 42 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 8 | ▶ Baroda Ventures Scrappy entrepreneurs building lasting businesses with well-designed products. We work side-by-side with founders who demonstrate intellectual honesty and personal integrity. We emphasize long-term value creation in the LA startup ecosystem. Los Angeles | $1M – $5M | 15 | Both | Between | ~1 mo | Req'd |
| 9 | ▶ 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 |
| 10 | ▶ Variant Crypto can enable billions of internet users to become owners—of their money, identity, and the products and networks they use every day. We invest in decentralized protocols, infrastructure, and applications that advance true user ownership. New York | $250K – $750K | 39 | Leads | Active | ~1 wk | Open |
| 11 | ▶ Contour Venture Partners Invest in innovative technology companies that can achieve significant market share in large, growing markets and grow independent of market conditions. Partner with exceptional entrepreneurs to build sustainable, profitable businesses that transform industry segments. New York | $500K – $2M | 25 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 12 | ▶ True Ventures We invest in brilliant people who bring ideas that matter to life. We focus on AI-native founders building companies with strong founder-product fit, aligned on mission and meaning, seeking creative freedom and psychological safety. Great companies are built by diverse teams supported and empowered to be maximally creative. Palo Alto | $500K – $3M | 47 | Leads | Active | ~1 wk | Req'd |
| 13 | ▶ Velocity Capital Back innovative, capital-efficient UK technology companies from pre-seed through Series A via SEIS/EIS tax-efficient structures. Portfolio companies should reach £10M ARR within 3 years and £20M within 5 years, targeting at least 5x returns for investors. Active investor model leveraging entrepreneurial, finance, and marketing expertise. Epsom, Surrey, UK | $250K – $1.5M | 47 | Both | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 14 | ▶ Watertower Ventures We partner with visionary founders building category-defining companies. We provide not just capital, but operational support, customer development assistance, and access to our network. As 11x founders ourselves, we understand the startup journey and help founders navigate from idea to category-defining company. Los Angeles | $250K – $5M | 11 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 15 | ▶ Pace Capital Support early-stage founders solving real problems through technology with conviction-driven, low-volume approach. Emphasize companies addressing fundamental shifts in software economics as LLMs drive creation costs to zero. Partner deeply with founders combining institutional investing expertise with hands-on operational mentorship. | $1M – $10M | 29 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 16 | ▶ Supernode Global We invest in early-stage consumer and B2B technologies that meaningfully enhance personal and professional lives. We back application-layer software with consumer-grade UX that people actually use every day. Our focus: Wellbeing (health & vitality, life optimization, community & social) and Productivity (intelligent workflows, creative enablement, professional augmentation). | $500K – $3M | 27 | Leads | Active | ~1 wk | Req'd |
| 17 | ▶ Lerer Hippeau As founder-operators, we see returns in relationships. We back ambitious founders with exceptional vision at the earliest stages with capital, mentorship, and network access. | $100K – $1M | 73 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 18 | ▶ Precursor Ventures Invest in people over product at the earliest stage of the entrepreneurial journey. Write the first institutional check for the most promising software and hardware companies. Focus on long-term relationships with founders. San Francisco | $50K – $500K | 59 | Both | Active | ~1 wk | Open |
| 19 | ▶ Adverb Ventures The adverbs matter just as much as the verbs — how you build is as important as what you build. Exceptional people and character transform ideas into industry-shaping companies. We back extraordinary founders at pre-seed and seed who have unique insight into their market and the operational excellence to build in the right way. San Francisco | $500K – $5M | 26 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | N/A |
| 20 | ▶ Acurio Ventures Partner with visionary European founders at seed and Series A, leveraging the team's own operator experience and a network of 150+ international co-investors. Sector agnostic (excluding life sciences and crypto) with ~50 companies per fund. Strong focus on capital efficiency, unit economics, and realistic paths to profitability. Co-investor by default; will lead when it adds value. Bilbao, Spain | $100K – $3M | 95 | Both | Active | N/A | Open |
| 21 | ▶ Greycroft Partnering with brilliant founders to upend the status quo by investing in AI-driven software, sustainability technologies, and innovative consumer brands. We believe AI will dominate software over the next decade, and we seek to support founders reimagining industries across all three sectors. New York | $2M – $100M | 48 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 22 | ▶ SNÖ Ventures Nordic-focused VC providing global access and local support for the region's most daring tech pioneers. We back transformative companies across gaming, AI, software infrastructure, and emerging technologies with founders who have global ambitions and shipping experience. | $250K – $5M | 21 | Leads | 0mo | ~2 wks | Open |
| 23 | ▶ GingerBread Capital Close the funding gap for women-led ventures at early and growth stages. Investing in women is an economic opportunity, good for business, and the right thing to do. Build a portfolio of diverse founders and industries. Menlo Park | $250K – $5M | 38 | Both | Active | ~1 mo | Req'd |
| 24 | ▶ WXR Fund Gender-diverse teams building spatial computing and AI companies represent the best founders and the next computing paradigm. Female-founded teams outperform all-male teams by 63% and are systematically underfunded. San Francisco | $100K – $1M | 20 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Req'd |
| 25 | ▶ 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 |
| 26 | ▶ Correlation Ventures We combine world-class AI analytics with industry-leading networks to identify exceptional companies and make rapid investment decisions. Great companies, regardless of sector or geography. San Diego | $100K – $4M | 32 | Follows | Active | ~1 wk | Open |
| 27 | ▶ WndrCo WndrCo positions itself as 'the founders behind the founders,' combining strategic capital with deep operational involvement. Unlike traditional VCs, partners take formal operating roles (interim CEO, CFO, CPO) within portfolio companies. This approach leverages the co-founders' proven track record: Sujay Jaswa scaled Dropbox from $18M to $10B as Business Founder/CFO, and Jeffrey Katzenberg transformed Disney Studios and built DreamWorks. The firm invests across all stages through three strategies: Build (acquiring underappreciated tech companies), Venture (leading post-PMF rounds), and Seed (very early checks). Focus areas are Future of Work, Cybersecurity, Developer Infrastructure, and Consumer Technology, with increasing emphasis on AI applications. Beverly Hills, California | $100K – $10M | 32 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 28 | ▶ First Check Ventures The best founders solving real problems exist everywhere, not just Silicon Valley. We back capital-efficient teams building in overlooked emerging markets with grit, clarity, and execution focus. Our first institutional check can mean the difference between a founder raising at all. San Juan | $100K – $1M | 17 | Leads | Active | ~1 wk | Open |
| 29 | ▶ Red Sea Ventures Radically simplify complex, regulated categories while delivering consumer-grade experiences. Back cult brand consumer companies with intense customer affinity built through innovative products and values-driven models. Focus on direct-to-consumer, personalization, and marketplace models across consumer, enterprise, and healthcare. New York | $500K – $10M | 31 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 30 | ▶ Alt Ventures New Zealand tech startups and creative companies have exceptional potential. We provide early-stage capital and operational support through our network of industry advisors to help exceptional founders achieve breakthrough results. | $250K – $1.5M | 30 | Leads | Active | N/A | N/A |
| 31 | ▶ Banana Capital Identify resilient, obsessed founders with exceptional conviction and a chip on their shoulder building category-defining products with defensible distribution. Target founders to work with for the next decade, seeking businesses with clear revenue prospects in large markets. Ann Arbor, Michigan | $25K – $300K | 22 | Leads | Active | ~1 wk | Open |
| 32 | ▶ Generalist Capital Invest in great entrepreneurs building remarkable companies. Leverage narrative momentum and storytelling expertise to help founders attract capital, talent, and customers. Founder quality accounts for ~95% of investment decision. New York | $50K – $300K | 5 | Follows | Active | ~1 mo | Req'd |
| 33 | ▶ 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 |
| 34 | ▶ 3one4 Capital India is at a historic convergence of consumer install base, digital infrastructure (Aadhaar/UPI/Jan Dhan), quality talent, and enterprise market growth. 3one4 backs mission-driven founders building pre-consensus transformative companies for the new Indian economy with deep operational involvement and research-led conviction. Bengaluru, India | $500K – $5M | 40 | Leads | Active | N/A | Open |
| 35 | ▶ F4 Fund We back the relentless - founders with exceptional drive, clear vision, and proven execution ability building ambitious category-defining companies. | $100K – $500K | 32 | Leads | Active | ~1 wk | Req'd |
| 36 | ▶ AIX Ventures AI-native companies where artificial intelligence is the core product and competitive moat, not just a feature. Three investment baskets: (1) AI infrastructure (vector databases, model serving, optimization), (2) vertical applications with 20%+ performance advantages, and (3) frontier research with clear commercialization paths. Palo Alto | $750K – $3M | 25 | Leads | Active | ~1 wk | Open |
| 37 | ▶ Incubate Fund Incubate Fund provides unwavering hands-on support to visionary entrepreneurs from the earliest stages. As Japan's leading seed-stage VC, they go beyond capital to provide operational support, founder counseling, talent recruitment, and business introductions. Core question: 'Does this action lead to impact?' Tokyo | $200K – $2M | 25 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | N/A |
| 38 | ▶ No Label Ventures Backing immigrant entrepreneurs building companies in Europe. Immigrants account for ~50% of US and ~40% of UK unicorns. NLV spots and supports this talent before the market catches up, investing unconditionally as the first check before lead VCs are in place. London | $150K – $250K | 25 | Follows | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 39 | ▶ Y Combinator Identify founders with the determination and resourcefulness to build world-changing companies. We believe exceptional founders can come from any background and at any stage of development. Our mission is to help founders be dramatically better shaped in 3 months than when they arrived. Mountain View | $500K – $500K | 25 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 40 | ▶ 43 Fund Anabel Paksoy actively looks to invest in early-stage startups at Day 0, providing hands-on support tailored to the founder's unique needs. She focuses on founders who are passionate about solving specific problems, and investments are made quickly to take advantage of timely opportunities. | $250K – $500K | 31 | Leads | Active | N/A | N/A |
| 41 | ▶ Saga Ventures Conviction-based seed investing in ambitious founders applying technology—especially AI—to solve the world's hardest problems for every American. Operator-led with deep hands-on support across sales, engineering hiring, and Series A positioning. Austin | $2M – $2.5M | 36 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 42 | ▶ Concrete Rose Capital We invest financial and social capital into exceptional ventures led by visionary, values-aligned teams. Technology is the 'new West' - we seek to broaden opportunities by partnering with pioneering founders to bring entire communities along on their journey of reimagining the world. San Francisco | $100K – $5M | 47 | Both | Active | ~2 mo | Open |
| 43 | ▶ Female Founders Fund Female founders build exceptional companies that outperform their male peers. We invest in category-defining female leaders with strong points of view who are reshaping their markets, backed by community and supported by a visible ecosystem. New York | $250K – $2M | 28 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 44 | ▶ Eniac Ventures Partner with exceptional founders building from 0 to 1, with focus on AI applications, developer tools, SaaS, and healthcare. Believe in founders who have succeeded once or have deep domain expertise. | $500K – $5M | 26 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 45 | ▶ 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 |
| 46 | ▶ Tapestry VC Repeat founders have an unfair advantage. We specialize in supporting experienced operators launching their next venture with operational partnership, patient capital, and optimized founder networks. San Francisco | $500K – $5M | 24 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 47 | ▶ Debut Capital Early-stage venture capital for IT and Biotech companies in Colorado Front Range and Mid-Atlantic. Focus on experienced founding teams solving important problems with potential for significant financial returns. Patient capital approach with operational support and deep regional networks. New York | $500K – $5M | 48 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 48 | ▶ Black Star Fund Best-in-class Black-led, high-growth companies represent a new asset class producing outsized returns. Black founders and their companies, historically overlooked and undercapitalized, represent a watershed investment opportunity. Sacramento | $50K – $1M | 14 | Leads | Between | ~1 mo | Req'd |
| 49 | ▶ Eximius Ventures India's only sector-differentiated pre-seed fund backing bold entrepreneurs and seasoned operators building transformative companies from India for the world, across FinTech, AI/SaaS, HealthTech, Media/Gaming, and Consumer Tech. Gurugram, India | $250K – $500K | 14 | Both | Active | N/A | N/A |
| 50 | ▶ 16vc 16VC backs early founders building enterprise software, AI, deep tech, fintech infrastructure, Web3, creator economy, and selected consumer technology companies where technology creates lasting competitive advantage. London | $250K – $2M | 6 | N/A | Active | N/A | Open |
| 51 | ▶ StudioAlpha AI-native B2B software companies building workflow applications where defensibility comes from data access, integrations, governance, and distribution — not the underlying model. The fund treats AI as an execution layer, not a feature. Every investment enters a 100-day production phase to de-risk execution before institutional fundraising. Baar, Switzerland | $50K – $140K | 13 | Follows | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 52 | ▶ Quorum Capital Partners Uncovering potential through collective conviction. Quorum engineers a system for selecting early-stage startups that leverages the discernment of domain experts via Specialist Limited Partners (SLPs) who earn carry on deals they source or evaluate. This creates specialist-level conviction across generalist domains. Philadelphia | $100K – $750K | 21 | Both | Active | ~1 mo | Req'd |
| 53 | ▶ Expa We build category-defining companies through a combination of design, product, operations, and capital. We identify market gaps, pair brilliant founders with Expa's studio resources, and help them build companies that reshape entire industries. San Francisco | $500K – $5M | 60 | Leads | Active | ~1 wk | Open |
| 54 | ▶ Park Rangers Capital Park Rangers backs 'elephant founders' — storytellers and community leaders whose distribution, community, and authenticity are the real moat. In a world where AI commoditizes software, the defensible edge is the community you build around your product. New York | $100K – $250K | 12 | Follows | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 55 | ▶ 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 | 41 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 56 | ▶ 57O Investments Fast, low-friction early-stage checks for founder-led technology companies, with operator help and network leverage rather than heavy process. Miami Beach, FL | $10K – $99K | 5 | Follows | Active | ~1 wk | Open |
| 57 | ▶ Halogen Ventures The smartest place you can invest your capital is in women. We bet on early-stage female-founded and female-led companies creating groundbreaking consumer and B2B software technologies that solve meaningful problems in families, healthcare, childcare, education, climate, and sustainability. Santa Monica | $100K – $1M | 29 | Follows | Active | ~1 mo | Req'd |
| 58 | ▶ Elevate Ventures Elevate Ventures partners with innovation-driven founders to provide strategic capital, mentorship, and ecosystem access. Founded by a former founder (Governor Mitch Daniels), the firm believes the best founders exhibit grit, creativity, and coachability. They invest across all sectors and geographies but maintain primary focus on Indiana and Great Lakes Region entrepreneurs building cross-sector innovations. Indianapolis | $20K – $2M | 28 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 59 | ▶ Strong Ventures Back resilient founders building category-defining companies. Leverage Korea's cultural wave for global expansion. When others say 'no', we find the 'yes'. Los Angeles | $500K – $5M | 35 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 60 | ▶ Genius Ventures Innovation requires more than capital—it demands insight, dedication, and pioneering visionaries. We partner with execution-capable founders building differentiated solutions to large industry problems. We provide hands-on operational support, strategic guidance, and deep founder networks to accelerate success. | $250K – $5M | 9 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 61 | ▶ Sky9 Capital Sky9 backs technical founders building category-defining companies across AI, consumer internet, fintech, deep tech, and biotech. The firm uses a cross-border platform and direct partner involvement to help companies scale from the earliest stages into international growth. San Francisco | $250K – $5M | 9 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 62 | ▶ 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 |
| 63 | ▶ MaC Venture Capital MaC backs visionary founders building category-defining companies with deep understanding of cultural shifts, technological advancements, and emerging market trends. Founders must demonstrate authentic insight into why their problem needs solving now, combined with ability to see how the world is changing. Particular focus on founders paying attention to shifts others might miss. | $500K – $2M | 19 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 64 | ▶ Origins Fund Origins backs legendary consumer founders with an unfair advantage from pre-seed to series A. We combine venture capital with the power of celebrity and athlete influence, providing not just capital but access to 160M+ social media followers through our limited partners for user acquisition and brand amplification. New York | $100K – $500K | 21 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 65 | ▶ 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 |
| 66 | ▶ Blume Ventures Partner early with visionary, technical founders building India-first technology companies, with a sub-thesis around Indian engineering talent extending to global markets. Mumbai | $200K – $2.5M | 16 | Leads | Active | N/A | N/A |
| 67 | ▶ Asylum Ventures The best founders are artists — obsessive, compelled by novel ideas, and often initially misunderstood. Asylum backs these creative builders with capital and hands-on support when asked, without taking board seats or administrative control. Fund I is $55M deploying $1–2M checks at pre-seed and seed. Brooklyn | $1M – $2M | 8 | Leads | Active | N/A | Open |
| 68 | ▶ Hidden Capital High-conviction seed fund focused on alignment and partnership. Blake invests in technical founders building enduring companies across gaming, hardware, creator economy, and emerging tech. Core belief: VC is a service business where concentrated ownership creates genuine incentives for hands-on support. | $500K – $3M | 3 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
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F4 Fund tracks 68 VC firms that actively invest in media & entertainment + enterprise software at the Pre-Seed 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 pre-seed media & entertainment + enterprise software investors is $1.8M – $1.8M, with a full range from $10K – $200M. The distribution breaks down as: 14 firms in the <$500K range, 10 firms in the $500K-$1M range, 15 firms in the $1M-$2M range, 20 firms in the $2M-$5M range, 4 firms in the $5M-$10M range, 5 firms in the $10M+ range.
Among the 68 firms tracked, 85% lead or co-lead rounds, and 13% 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 pre-seed media & entertainment + enterprise software investors combine domain expertise with an active portfolio in the space. Among these firms, 41% prefer warm introductions, and the average firm has 38 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.