BITKRAFT Ventures is a venture capital firm that concentrates on early-stage investments in video gaming, esports, immersive technology, interactive media, Web3 and AI. The team is spread across San Francisco, Berlin, Los Angeles, New York, London, Madrid and Lisbon, enabling a global approach to digital entertainment and technology opportunities. The firm operates as a global investment platform with US-domiciled funds and positioning as a registered investment advisor. It focuses on supporting founders building new experiences in gaming, immersive tech and related media across key markets.

NODWIN Gaming is a leading esports and gaming company established in 2015, building a high-growth, sustainable ecosystem that connects professional players, teams, content creators, products, and audiences. Its core offering centers on sports entertainment with esports as the focal point for fans, publishers, and brands, delivered through a portfolio of IPs in esports, gaming, music, comedy, and live experiences. The company operates across South Asia, Singapore, the Middle East, and Turkey and is a material subsidiary of Nazara Technologies. NODWIN develops an esports platform and gaming solutions, producing mobile games and organizing esports events, and providing services such as content production, talent management, sponsorship, and brand integration. By enabling scalable fan experiences and monetization opportunities, NODWIN serves the global gaming and media market with engaging experiences across its ecosystem.

Animoca Brands is a global developer, publisher, and platform provider in the Web3, metaverse, and blockchain gaming space. It leverages gamification and blockchain to create and publish mobile games and IP-based products, including titles tied to well-known brands, while enabling digital property rights through non-fungible and fungible tokens. The company operates a platform that allows intellectual property holders to issue assets, monetize rights, and grow fan communities within Web3 ecosystems. It also supports a venture arm that finances and mentors creators and early-stage projects in blockchain, gaming, and related technologies. With regional initiatives to advance Web3 strategies for Japanese IP holders, Animoca Brands pursues global expansion of digital ownership, transparency, and new business models across gaming and branded content.

Play Ventures is a Singapore-based venture capital firm founded in 2018 that backs early-stage gaming companies worldwide. It invests across pre-seed, seed, and Series A rounds with a focus on free-to-play and web3 gaming, as well as related game services and esports opportunities. The firm pursues global investments, building a portfolio of game developers and studios through several funds, including Play Ventures I and II and the Play Ventures Opportunity Fund.

FJ Labs is a New York-based venture capital firm founded in 2015 by Fabrice Grinda. It is stage-agnostic and focuses on marketplaces and consumer-facing startups, making seed and Series A investments. Typical checks range from 50,000 to 5,000,000 dollars. The firm supports early-stage companies across sectors such as e-commerce, fintech, ad tech, mobile, and software-as-a-service, seeking opportunities with high growth potential in the United States and internationally. Its portfolio includes a mix of consumer brands and marketplace platforms, reflecting an emphasis on business models that connect buyers and sellers or enable direct consumer experiences. FJ Labs aims to back entrepreneurs building scalable, disruptively positioned products and services, often partnering with founders early in their development to help accelerate growth.

Shima Capital is a venture capital firm founded in 2021 that invests in blockchain and web3 startups. Based in California, United States, the firm focuses on supporting ventures within the blockchain ecosystem.

Courtside Ventures is a New York-based venture capital firm that invests in early-stage companies at the intersection of sports, technology, media, and related sectors such as lifestyle, esports, gaming, and information technology. Founded in 2015, the firm concentrates on startups that leverage sports and media to drive innovation, using its network of specialized sports and media entrepreneurs and investors to provide strategic value. Courtside Ventures supports portfolio companies through long-term partnerships with management and ongoing operational guidance across functions, helping founders navigate growth, scale products, and build market presence. By pairing capital with deep domain knowledge and industry connections, the firm aims to accelerate development and create value for entrepreneurs operating in dynamic, tech-forward environments.

Makers Fund is a global venture capital firm focused on early-stage investments in interactive entertainment and related technology sectors. Headquartered in San Francisco, California, with an additional office in Hong Kong, the firm seeks opportunities across North America, Europe, and Asia. It targets seed, Series A and Series B rounds, and provides founders with access to an extensive industry network and hands-on guidance drawn from deep sector experience.

Konvoy Ventures is a venture capital firm that pursues a thesis-driven strategy focused on gaming and related technologies. The firm backs early-stage companies across information technology, gaming, esports, software as a service, and platform infrastructure, aiming to support developers and ecosystems at the frontier of digital entertainment. Originating in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Konvoy Ventures has emphasized investments in platforms, tools, and services that enable gaming experiences and esports ecosystems. By targeting companies operating in gaming, infrastructure technology, and adjacent sectors, the firm seeks to back founders building scalable technologies and business models that can compete globally.

Hiro Capital is a London-based venture capital firm focused on investing in games, esports, streaming, and digital sports, along with front-end content creators and back-end game technology and related service innovations. The firm backs opportunities across the United Kingdom, Europe and North America, typically at post-seed to Series A and B stages. It pursues a portfolio that blends consumer-facing entertainment with deep-tech applications such as cloud, mobile, streaming, big data, AI, wearables, and augmented/virtual reality. Founded in 2019, Hiro Capital aims to support early-stage companies that advance gaming and digital entertainment ecosystems through a combination of content and technology platforms.

Established in 2016, SucSEED Indovation is an angel investment group based in Hyderabad, India. It focuses on supporting early-stage deep tech and tech-driven startups operating in sectors such as edtech, health tech, fintech, enterprise SaaS, gaming, sports tech, media tech, and digital economy emerging technologies.

Stadia Ventures is a venture capital firm and sports business accelerator based in Saint Louis, Missouri, with expanded operations to Frisco/Dallas. It focuses on sports and esports, and adjacent sectors such as lifestyle and recreation, performance and wellness, fan engagement and experience, content, media and entertainment, and sports betting. The organization runs a semi-annual accelerator that selects 4–6 startups, typically invests around $100K in each, and provides a 14-week bootcamp with mentorship and business development support to help founders access customers within its network. Since its founding in 2015, Stadia Ventures has built a portfolio of about 40 sports and esports companies, led multiple exits, and helped portfolio firms raise over $53 million.

Acies Investments is a venture capital firm headquartered in Manhattan Beach, California, founded in 2020, focusing on sports wagering, sports technology, iGaming, and esports.

Behind Genius Ventures is a San Diego-based venture capital firm founded in 2021 that concentrates on pre-seed and seed investments. It backs early-stage companies across development tools, health and wellness, entertainment and media, gaming, e-commerce, fintech, and API-enabled product sectors, with a focus on product-led growth and helping founders navigate customer acquisition through modern strategies.

SeventySix Capital is a King of Prussia, Pennsylvania-based venture capital firm founded in 1999 that concentrates on sports technology, esports, sports betting, and other sports-consumer sectors. It supports seed and early-stage companies, often acting as a lead investor and seeking board involvement to help portfolio companies grow. The firm also operates an Athlete Venture Group that enables professional athletes and influencers to invest in and collaborate with sports tech startups, leveraging their networks and social capital. Through strategic partnerships and a broad portfolio, SeventySix Capital aims to bridge athletes, executives, and entrepreneurs to accelerate innovation in the sports and retail technology space.

Gaingels is a venture investment organization focused on LGBTQ+-founded and led companies and their allies, investing across stages from pre-seed to pre-IPO and maintaining a global portfolio. Founded in 2014 and based in New York, it operates as a syndicate with more than 130 portfolio companies and around $70 million deployed. The organization supports inclusive leadership by backing ventures that promote diverse C-suite and board representation and actively assists portfolio companies in recruiting diverse executive talent. It also fosters a global community of industry leaders, investors, operators, and entrepreneurs who pursue positive social change through business and successful investments.

Sfermion is a Chicago-based venture capital firm founded in 2019 that focuses on technology investments with a special emphasis on metaverse-native and esoteric digital assets.

Trust Esport is a Paris-based venture capital firm founded in 2018 that invests in esports technology and services across France and the European Union. It targets startups developing applications, platforms, marketplaces, accessories, environments, extensions, bots, mods, and other esports offerings, with seed and early-stage investments. Core themes include improving viewing experiences, monetizing audiences, and optimizing playing conditions within the esports ecosystem.

RightBridge Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Stockholm, Sweden, founded in 2020. It concentrates investments in information technology, electronic sports and gaming within the digital entertainment sector.

Mechanism Capital is a venture capital firm founded in 2020 and based in Liberty Hill, Texas, that invests in cryptocurrency-focused companies, with an emphasis on decentralized finance (DeFi).

Savvy Games Group is a games and esports company focused on investing in the broader games and esports ecosystem, aiming to drive long-term growth by supporting game development, empowering people, and promoting access and inclusion in the industry; it seeks to enable gaming developers with esports resources and to foster the expansion of esports and the wider gaming sector.

aXiomatic is an esports and video gaming company that applies sports and entertainment expertise to enable engaging gaming experiences and to build a portfolio of holdings in the esports and video gaming industry. Through strategic partnerships, investments, and acquisitions, it connects esports groups with venues, technologies, media content, distribution partners, and capital to support growth. Founded in 2015 and based in Los Angeles, the organization provides financial resources and industry know-how to ambitious teams and ventures that create compelling gaming experiences for fans, fostering the development and expansion of esports and gaming enterprises.

Andromeda Capital is a Dubai-based venture capital firm founded in 2020. It focuses on investing in artificial intelligence, cryptocurrency, financial technology, gaming, infrastructure, insurance technology, advanced manufacturing, and electronic sports sectors, leveraging a global network across industries to create long-term value for initiatives it incubates or advises on.

Powerhouse Capital is a Los Angeles-based venture capital firm focused on global technology opportunities in media, entertainment and interactive gaming. The firm bases its investment approach on four pillars—Sight (visual content), Sound (audio, music and podcasts), Play (gaming, sports and esports) and Live (the experience economy)—and targets direct-to-consumer platforms powered by data. With a cross-border lens on the United States and Canada, Powerhouse Capital pursues sectors where rapid scale and content-driven value creation can occur. It was founded in 2019 by veterans of Evolution Media to bring operating experience and strategic insight to high-growth companies in its target spaces. The firm aims to connect and support the broader Los Angeles ecosystem, helping portfolio companies scale through specialized knowledge and industry relationships.

Alumni Ventures Group is a venture capital firm based in Manchester, New Hampshire, established in 2013. It targets individual accredited investors who previously had limited access to venture capital by enabling alumni from top entrepreneurial schools to invest together in ventures led by fellow alumni. The firm backs companies with an alumni connection and an institutional lead investor with sector expertise. It offers focused funds that provide accredited investors access to a diversified venture portfolio by type, sector, stage, and geography. The organization engages in seed, early-stage, and late-stage pre-IPO investments across technology, consumer, financial services, health care, life sciences, and other sectors.

Betaworks is a New York-based technology company that operates as an accelerator, an investment platform, and a community hub through Betaworks Studios. Founded in the mid-2000s, it supports early-stage startups by running accelerator programs and investing in technology-focused ventures. The organization emphasizes building and scaling startups across information technology, software-as-a-service, gaming, artificial intelligence, virtual and augmented reality, and related frontier technologies. Betaworks Studios provides a membership space where entrepreneurs can meet, collaborate, attend events, and access guidance to advance projects. Through its activities, Betaworks aims to foster talent, accelerate product development, and connect founders with resources and peers.

Goal Ventures is a Los Angeles-based venture capital firm founded in 2018 that invests in early-stage technology companies. The firm focuses on digital media, ad tech, rights tech, social media, streaming, games and esports, data analytics, artificial intelligence, spatial computing, blockchain, digital retail and commerce, technology, and other emerging tech sectors.

Antler is a global venture capital firm based in Singapore that backs early-stage technology companies. It runs incubation programs and provides a global community of co-founders, access to talent, expert advisors, expansion support, and capital to help startups grow. The firm targets a broad range of sectors, including healthcare, finance, software, energy, consumer and B2B technologies, and operates through regional programs across Europe, the United States, the United Kingdom, Southeast Asia, India, Africa, and beyond.

Established in 2021, Mirana is a venture capital firm headquartered in Tortola, British Virgin Islands. It specializes in investing in Web3 technologies, cryptocurrency, and blockchain sectors.

Will Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm based in Boston, Massachusetts. Founded in 2019, it backs startups in sports, entertainment, and consumer sectors, with an emphasis on e-sports and gaming. The firm uses sports as a lens to identify technologies with the potential to scale beyond the category and into large adjacent markets. It focuses on United States opportunities, supporting founders through the early stages of development.

Drive by DraftKings is a multi-stage venture capital firm based in Boston, Massachusetts. It invests in SportsTech and Entertainment, supporting companies that integrate sports, gaming and media with technology and data-driven platforms. The firm seeks opportunities across early-stage and growth-stage rounds to advance new markets and categories in the sports and entertainment ecosystems. Founding partners include DraftKings, General Catalyst, Accomplice and Boston Seed Capital, reflecting a collaboration between a leading sports entertainment company and veteran investors. Drive by DraftKings emphasizes backing ventures that enhance fan engagement, digital experiences and monetization models at the intersection of sports, gaming and media.

Phoenix Capital Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm based in Atlanta, Georgia, focused on investing in startups in the sports, gaming, human performance, and interactive media sectors.

Transcend Fund is a San Francisco-based venture capital firm founded in 2020 by veterans of the game industry. It concentrates on early-stage investments in gaming, digital entertainment, software, esports, and related digital media. The firm backs companies across a broad geographic footprint, including the United States, Canada, Europe, the Americas, Asia, and the Middle East, and typically invests between USD 0.2 million and USD 2 million per company.

Sixers Innovation Lab is a venture capital firm and innovation lab based in Camden, New Jersey. The program supports rapidly growing, early-stage companies in the consumer product space and related areas such as sports, e-sports, gaming, media and entertainment, and consumer goods, including B2C and B2B2C models. It combines investment opportunities with practical support, offering speed and flexibility, individualized consulting, and access to industry experts, executives, and financiers. Selected startups receive office space in the Innovation Lab furnished by Kimball Office, plus branding, marketing and legal services, and other resources such as meals and housing in the Philadelphia area. The initiative connects startups with investors and venture firms, helping them accelerate growth and scale.

LVL1 Group is a London-based private investment firm and family office that invests across multiple asset classes and geographies. Founded in 2014, it pursues minority seed, early-stage, and later-stage opportunities in startups, taking a flexible and opportunistic approach not bound by mandates or fixed investment horizons. The firm works closely with founders to forge strategic relationships and help them succeed, prioritizing ventures with potential for global impact, including in online travel, gaming, eSports, and content and community platforms.

STIC Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Seoul, South Korea, and the venture capital arm of STIC Investments. It focuses on early to growth-stage investments in small and mid-sized venture companies that possess core technologies and new business models. The firm seeks opportunities across sectors including business-to-business, media, consumer, healthcare, information technology, gaming, life sciences, and materials and resources, with a focus on companies in the Asian region.

The Hashgraph Group is a Swiss-based international business, venture capital and technology company that operates within the Hedera ecosystem as both an investor and venture builder. It seeks to invest in and support companies across FinTech, agtech, cleantech, gaming and edtech, with a focus on projects in decentralized applications, digital assets and finance.

Galaxy Interactive is a New York-based venture capital firm founded in 2018 that concentrates on interactive content and technology companies. The firm seeks investments across sectors including content, blockchain and digital assets, social media and web3 technologies, marketplaces, gaming, fintech, and information technology.

Metavest Capital is a venture capital firm founded in 2022 and based in Cape Town, South Africa, investing in blockchain and Web3 technologies, with a focus on the metaverse, NFT gaming, in-game assets, staking pools, cryptocurrency, and related sectors.

First Serve Partners is a venture capital firm based in Boca Raton, Florida, founded in 2016 by Waylon Ian Chin and Joey Brander. It invests across consumer products, entertainment, sports, media, technology, gaming, esports, blockchain, cryptocurrency, virtual reality, and information technology, focusing on startups that can grow with guidance in development, go-to-market strategy, and partnerships. The firm emphasizes active, hands-on involvement and leverages strategic relationships and experience with Millennials and Gen Z to identify emerging trends and accelerate growth.

305 Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 2021 and based in Miami, Florida. It invests across a broad technology-oriented portfolio, targeting B2B and B2C companies as well as sectors such as media, healthcare, information technology, blockchain, fintech, esports and gaming, real estate technology, adtech, artificial intelligence, and digital health.

FunCubator is the corporate venture arm of FunCorp, based in Limassol, Cyprus. Founded in 2017, it makes strategic investments in technology and digital entertainment, with a focus on communications services, software, augmented reality, virtual reality, artificial intelligence, and eSports in Eastern Europe.

Accomplice is a seed-led venture capital firm based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, focused on early-stage technology startups. It invests in cybersecurity, eSports, data analytics, SMB-class software, emerging hardware platforms, and marketplaces. The firm pursues a community-driven approach, leveraging platforms such as AngelList, Boston Syndicates, Maiden Lane, Spearhead, BOSS, Rev, and TUGG to identify and support founders. While most investments are in Boston, its portfolio spans the United States, Canada, and Europe, reflecting an active geographic reach in New England and beyond.

Gamerforce Ventures is a Singapore-based venture capital firm established in 2019 that concentrates on backing companies in the esports and gaming sectors. The firm seeks to build high-value businesses by leveraging a diverse network of entrepreneurial and executive partners to help portfolio companies achieve growth. It typically invests at seed and Series A, with potential participation at later stages when opportunities arise, and provides strategic guidance and industry connections to accelerate entrepreneurs' progress.

RTP Global is a venture capital firm that focuses on early-stage technology investments, supporting portfolio companies with strategic guidance and a broad global network. Founded in 2000, the firm operates with offices in New York, London, Bangalore, and Dubai, and has invested in companies across Europe, Asia, and North America, including several that later became multi-billion-dollar public companies such as Yandex, EPAM, Delivery Hero, RingCentral, Datadog, and Ozon.

Samsung Electronics is a global technology company based in South Korea that designs, manufactures, and sells a wide range of electronics and device solutions. Its portfolio spans consumer electronics (mobile devices, televisions, home appliances, cameras), information technology products (PCs, peripherals, printers), semiconductors, memory and storage, and display technologies. The company also provides telecommunications infrastructure and related services, and conducts extensive research and development to advance core technologies. With a global footprint across Korea, China, the Americas, Europe, and the Asia Pacific, Samsung Electronics is a leading supplier of smartphones, memory chips, and displays, and it coordinates significant manufacturing and supply chain activities to support its varied product lines.

Edge Investments is a London-based investment firm focused on technology-related opportunities, pursuing early-stage and related investments in technology-driven companies. It targets sectors including media, education and entertainment, edtech, productivity tools, metaverse, virtual reality and artificial intelligence, e-sports and gaming, wellness, social media, and other deep tech areas.

SNÖ Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 2015 and based in Oslo, Norway, with an additional office in Palo Alto, California. It specializes in seed-stage investments in technology companies, primarily in the Nordic region, and supports early-stage Nordic tech entrepreneurs in their global growth.

Edge VC is a London-based venture capital firm that specializes in early-stage investments across various technology-driven sectors. Founded in 2005, the firm focuses on high-growth companies in areas such as media, education, entertainment, gaming, and technology, including artificial intelligence, virtual reality, and e-sports. Edge VC actively engages with its portfolio companies, providing strategic guidance to enhance their growth through both organic development and acquisition strategies. The firm's diverse investment approach encompasses industries like fashion, screen-based entertainment, advertising, and publishing, allowing it to leverage emerging technologies and trends effectively.

01 Advisors is a venture capital and advisory firm based in San Francisco that helps founders transition from product development to building a scalable company. Founded in 2018, it provides early-stage and growth investments along with strategic guidance across enterprise technology, consumer software, gaming, education, and smart tech sectors.