8 VC firms investing in travel & hospitality and gaming at the Seed stage.
F4 Fund tracks 8 VC firms that actively invest in travel & hospitality + gaming at the Seed stage, with check sizes ranging from $100K – $50M (median: $2.8M – $2.8M). As of June 2026, and 88% lead or co-lead rounds. Rankings are based on F4's proprietary analysis of 1,358+ researched VC firms, scored by data completeness, portfolio depth, investment recency, and stage alignment.
| # | Firm | Check Size | Portfolio | Leads? | Activity | Decision | Intro |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ▶ Patron The next decade will be defined by founders building intuitive, automated, taste-driven, and deeply personal consumer applications. We leverage gaming insights and community mechanics to back category-defining founders across wellness, media, education, commerce, and social. Gaming-native generation expects automation, personalization, and authentic community—we invest in founders who understand these mechanics. | $2M – $3M | 29 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 2 | ▶ 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 |
| 3 | ▶ 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 |
| 4 | ▶ 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 | 29 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Req'd |
| 5 | ▶ 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 | 33 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 6 | ▶ Sequel Sequel is a digital family office for elite athletes, artists, and entrepreneurs. They back founders who 'bend reality' and believe impossible is an opinion, co-investing alongside top-tier VCs in companies that advance humanity. Beyond capital, Sequel provides storytelling, network access, media attention, and go-to-market support from their community of world champions and culture shapers. Focus areas include healthcare, climate, education, sports tech, and financial inclusion. Miami | $100K – $3M | 5 | Follows | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 7 | ▶ 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 |
| 8 | ▶ 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 8 VC firms that actively invest in travel & hospitality + gaming 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 + gaming investors is $2.8M – $2.8M, with a full range from $100K – $50M. The distribution breaks down as: 1 firms in the <$500K range, 1 firms in the $1M-$2M range, 5 firms in the $2M-$5M range, 1 firms in the $10M+ range.
Among the 8 firms tracked, 88% 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 seed travel & hospitality + gaming investors combine domain expertise with an active portfolio in the space. Among these firms, 25% prefer warm introductions, and the average firm has 31 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.