15 VC firms investing in travel & hospitality and aerospace & defense at the Seed stage.
F4 Fund tracks 15 VC firms that actively invest in travel & hospitality + aerospace & defense at the Seed stage, with check sizes ranging from $25K – $100M (median: $2.8M – $2.8M). As of August 2026, and 87% lead or co-lead rounds. Rankings are based on F4's proprietary analysis of 1,831+ researched VC firms, scored by data completeness, portfolio depth, investment recency, and stage alignment.
| # | Firm | Check Size | Portfolio | Leads? | Activity | Decision | Intro |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ▶ Vitosha Ventures The next wave of category-defining technology companies will be built from Southeast Europe, starting in Bulgaria. Vitosha backs execution-driven founders building global-from-day-one products, prioritizing team conviction over the idea itself. Sofia, Bulgaria | $100K – $1M | 80 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 2 | ▶ Nebular The founder is the wedge—category comes after. We invest at the event horizon, in what's very early and unexpected. Uncommon people, ideas, and technologies where new markets and movements are on the brink of inevitable. We move fast, write lead checks, and stay out of founders' way. New York | $250K – $2M | 38 | Leads | Active | ~1 wk | Open |
| 3 | ▶ Unpopular Ventures Invest in the smartest people, regardless of what they're building, especially if the idea sounds bad in the beginning. Focus on exceptional founders in overlooked markets and non-consensus businesses. Optimize for founder quality over sector fit. San Francisco | $25K – $1M | 42 | Leads | Active | ~1 wk | Open |
| 4 | ▶ 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 |
| 5 | ▶ New Enterprise Associates (NEA) NEA partners with ambitious founders at every stage of company building, from pre-seed through IPO. They invest at the intersection of technology and healthcare, believing the most transformational innovation occurs where deep domain expertise meets world-class technical founders. NEA serves as both capital provider and active operator. Menlo Park | $1M – $50M | 26 | Both | Active | ~2 mo | Open |
| 6 | ▶ Armory Square Ventures Great companies can emerge from unexpected places. ASV backs visionary B2B SaaS founders building in America's emerging tech hubs — markets overlooked by coastal VCs — pairing conviction and capital with mentorship, governance, and network access. Syracuse, NY | $500K – $5M | 27 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 7 | ▶ DeVC Back relentlessly resourceful founders with capital, wisdom, and networks from a collective of 50+ operators who have built and scaled companies like CRED, Haptik, Park+, OfBusiness, Razorpay, and Swiggy, favoring ground-reality operating experience over trend-chasing. Bengaluru, India | $50K – $500K | 26 | Follows | Active | N/A | N/A |
| 8 | ▶ SEGO Venture Channel capital from a large base of retail and institutional investors into vetted, growth-stage Spanish companies with strong public narratives, giving individual investors direct equity access normally reserved for institutional VC. Madrid | $300K – $10M | 11 | N/A | Active | N/A | N/A |
| 9 | ▶ 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 |
| 10 | ▶ Tiger Global Management Leading global companies that leverage technological innovation across public and private markets. Proven founders (especially ex-Googlers, AWS, Stripe) with large TAMs (billions+), product-led growth, and global ambitions. Conviction-based investing post-2022 correction emphasizing quality over quantity. New York | $1M – $100M | 23 | Leads | Active | ~1 wk | Req'd |
| 11 | ▶ Artha Venture Fund Connect global family offices directly to high-growth early-stage Indian (and increasingly international) startups, backing entrepreneurial teams building innovative ventures shaping the future, with a growing tilt toward premium consumption, fintech infrastructure, applied AI, and deep tech. Mumbai | $120K – $2.5M | 8 | Leads | Active | N/A | N/A |
| 12 | ▶ Foundry Ventures In AI, the team is the only thing that compounds. Models change monthly and defensibility stories written before the first customer are guesses in a suit; what's legible early is how fast a team learns. We underwrite ambition, agency, and rate of learning. Stockholm | $100K – $200K | 10 | Both | Active | N/A | N/A |
| 13 | ▶ 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 |
| 14 | ▶ Construct Capital Foundational industries (manufacturing, logistics, defense, energy) have been neglected for decades. Tech founders can unlock trillions in value by applying software, AI, automation, and cloud infrastructure to transform these sectors. This is the largest venture opportunity: tripling the Industrials market cap from $3.7T to $55T by 2050. Washington | $2M – $6M | 27 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 15 | ▶ 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 15 VC firms that actively invest in travel & hospitality + aerospace & defense at the 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 seed travel & hospitality + aerospace & defense investors is $2.8M – $2.8M, with a full range from $25K – $100M. The distribution breaks down as: 3 firms in the <$500K range, 2 firms in the $500K-$1M range, 2 firms in the $1M-$2M range, 5 firms in the $2M-$5M range, 1 firms in the $5M-$10M range, 2 firms in the $10M+ range.
Among the 15 firms tracked, 87% 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 seed travel & hospitality + aerospace & defense investors combine domain expertise with an active portfolio in the space. Among these firms, 18% 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.