Best VCs for Media

101 venture capitalists actively investing in Media.

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Angel / Writer

Crypto media veteran turned investor and advisor. Deep understanding of crypto narratives, community building, and go-to-market strategies.

SeedSeries A

#2Sterling Campbell

Former Investor, Blockchain Capital (off current roster)

Blockchain Capital

In his Blockchain Capital work, Sterling focused on the intersection of consumers and crypto. He saw gaming as a mass-onboarding path because persistent games, interoperable assets and player-owned ec

No reliable personal check range or current Blockchain Capital authority is public. Third-party ranges are stale and were excluded. Historical work included consumer-crypto diligence and portfolio support; founders must contact a currently listed Blockchain Capital investor for live check size and sponsorship.

Historical seed and venture investingConsumer-crypto diligencePortfolio support

#3Michael Mignano

General Partner

Union Square Ventures (USV)

Michael is an idea-driven early-stage investor and former product founder who looks for non-obvious shifts before they become consensus. His current AI thesis favors companies that restructure a marke

No personal check-size range is published. Michael is early-stage focused within USV's collaborative partnership; USV makes investment decisions as a group without a formal vote.

Pre-SeedSeedSeries A

#4Todd Jackson

Partner

First Round Capital

Todd backs technical founders who can turn complex technology into an elegant power tool and is unusually focused on the mechanics of reaching product-market fit. His disclosed portfolio—fal, Parallel

First Round's published firm-wide initial checks are typically $1M–$7M, averaging about $3.5M; it has participated in rounds from $100K to $20M. No personal range is published for Todd.

AngelPre-SeedSeed

#5Neeraj Arora

CEO India, MENA & Managing Director

General Catalyst

Neeraj backs ambitious founders building category-defining businesses in India, MENA, and the corridors linking those regions with global markets. His approach combines Venture Highway's earliest-stag

No personal check-size range is published. His record includes seed investments and large later financings, but disclosed round totals belong to company financings and are not a personal range.

Pre-SeedSeedSeries A

#6Brad Burnham

Co-Founder and Venture Partner

Union Square Ventures (USV)

Brad's published investing work centers on preserving the internet's permissionless, generative character. He has backed open communications and data infrastructure, decentralized protocols with incen

USV states that the firm writes $1 million to $30 million checks from the earliest stages onward. It does not publish Brad's personal range or authority; investments are discussed by the full partnership and decided collectively without a vote.

Pre-SeedSeedSeries A

#7Richard Alfonsi

Board Partner

First Round Capital

Richard applies experience from building startups and running global revenue organizations to help First Round companies navigate go-to-market. His stated scope spans GTM strategy, customer segmentati

No current personal check range or new-investment authority is published. Richard's official Board Partner role focuses on coaching existing First Round companies; firm-wide check ranges should not be attributed to him personally.

Existing Portfolio SupportGrowth and ScaleBoard and Advisory

#8Sean Whitney

Principal

Craft Ventures

Sean backs technically ambitious design, developer, and bottom-up software that gives professionals greater control rather than reducing their work to generic automation. His Figma experience informs

No personal check-size range is published. His disclosed Craft investments include seed and Series A rounds, while his earlier Figma work included advising and investing in PLG SaaS from pre-seed through Series C; these are stage indicators, not personal check limits.

Pre-SeedSeedSeries A

#9Dan Patterson

Managing Partner

Sfermion

Dan co-leads Sfermion's investment strategy around the experiential internet: founders, companies, and digital assets that merge physical and digital life through web3, AI, AR, and VR. The firm's dura

Sfermion does not publish a first-party check-size range or Dan's individual authority. Public deal records show participation in seed and Series A rounds, but round totals and third-party estimates are not treated as his personal check size.

Pre-SeedSeedSeries A

#10David Lieb

General Partner

Y Combinator

David's founder story centers on building a simple mobile product to massive reach, confronting weak long-term retention and monetization honestly, then following the strongest user behavior into a be

YC's current standard deal is $500K for each accepted company: $125K for 7% on a post-money SAFE plus $375K on an uncapped MFN SAFE, accompanied by YC's participation right. It is a program-wide deal, not David's personal angel range.

IdeaPre-SeedBatch-stage startup

#11John Lindfors

Co-Founder and Managing Partner

DST Global

John's documented investment record centers on globally scaling internet and consumer-technology platforms. Public profiles associate him with DST investments in Spotify, JD.com and Didi and exits or

No John-specific check range is public. DST Global is known for large growth-stage internet investments, but historical firm deal sizes or assets should not be converted into a personal allocation promise. Founders should confirm current stage, geography and round fit directly.

Growth StageLate StageGlobal internet scale-up

#12Wendy Xiao

Partner

Northzone (Web3)

Wendy backs companies that change consumer behavior and expand the economic pie by capturing neglected externalities. She studies technology through people and behavior change, looking for a valuable

Not publicly disclosed. Northzone states that the firm invests from Seed through Growth and can remain a partner through pre-IPO; Wendy's current profile labels her personal focus as Early and says she likes to work with founders from as early as seed.

SeedSeries AEarly Stage

#13George Saliaris-Fasseas

Partner; Former Operating Partner, Big Pi Ventures

Homerun Investments

George brings an operator-investor lens shaped by building technology ventures, running Google Greece, leading advertising and media businesses, supporting Big Pi portfolio companies and founding an a

Homerun does not publish a George-specific check range or formal stage band. The firm invites technology companies with exceptional growth potential across its stated sectors. Founders should ask directly about vehicle, round and ownership fit rather than relying on Big Pi's separate historical parameters.

Early-stage technologyGrowth companiesOperating support

#14Marco Veremis

Partner

Big Pi Ventures

Marco backs exceptional teams with Greek or Southeast European leverage that can become global technology leaders. His operator history and portfolio favor products with technology at the core, defens

Firm-wide: Big Pi publishes equity tickets of €0.5M–€30M across its early-stage and growth funds. The current site does not publish Marco's personal range, so the platform range should not be treated as a standard partner check.

Pre-SeedSeedSeries A

#15Panos Metsis

Partner

Big Pi Ventures

Panos leads growth investments in European technology companies that already show category leadership and can use €7M–€20M+ plus active operating support to scale internationally. His recent work emph

Growth-fund level: Big Pi Growth I states that it leads with €7M–€20M+ per company. Panos focuses on Series B+ growth investments; the published fund range is not a guarantee of his personal allocation authority for any deal.

Series BSeries CGrowth Equity

#16Christian Horn Hanssen

Investment Manager, Norway

Schibsted Ventures

Christian Horn Hanssen invests or supports investment decisions through Schibsted Ventures's published strategy: Invest in ambitious digital companies, with particular strength in marketplace models a

Schibsted Ventures does not publish a standard current check-size range on its official site.

SeedSeries AGrowth

#17Arjun Balaji

General Partner

Paradigm

Crypto market structure, infrastructure, TradFi-DeFi intersection.

#18Zao Chen

Principal

Craft Ventures

Zao invests in software with a particular focus on data and AI infrastructure and developer tools. His work favors open, interoperable or community-led platforms that become default infrastructure: te

No Zao-specific check range is public. His attributed deals span Series A through late growth, while Craft operates separate early-stage and growth funds. Founders should confirm current vehicle, ownership target and sizing through inquiries@craftventures.com rather than infer a range from individual announced rounds.

Series ASeries BSeries C

#19Katie Mishra

Partner

Khosla Ventures

Katie works at the company-formation boundary, incubating and backing early deep-tech and consumer ideas. Her experience spans satellites, AI research, consumer-company formation, entertainment partne

No personal check range is published. Khosla's Seed Fund supports technical and business-model experiments and may incubate companies; historical firm commentary described many seed investments around $1M–$2M. The Main Fund covers larger early and later rounds. These are firm-level references only.

IncubationPre-SeedSeed

#20Hedda Szabó

Fund Operations Professional

Catalyst Romania

Hedda Szabó is listed by Catalyst Romania as Fund Operations Professional. The profile is aligned to the firm's published thesis: Provides expansion capital and active scaling support to technology co

€1m to €3m

#21Patricia Backhausen

CLO

Catalyst Romania

Patricia Backhausen is listed by Catalyst Romania as CLO. The profile is aligned to the firm's published thesis: Provides expansion capital and active scaling support to technology companies with payi

€1m to €3m

#22Jussi Lystimäki

Head of Schibsted Ventures

Schibsted Ventures

Jussi Lystimäki invests or supports investment decisions through Schibsted Ventures's published strategy: Invest in ambitious digital companies, with particular strength in marketplace models and the

Schibsted Ventures does not publish a standard current check-size range on its official site.

SeedSeries AGrowth

#23Kajsa Gatenbeck

Investment Manager, Sweden

Schibsted Ventures

Kajsa Gatenbeck invests or supports investment decisions through Schibsted Ventures's published strategy: Invest in ambitious digital companies, with particular strength in marketplace models and the

Schibsted Ventures does not publish a standard current check-size range on its official site.

SeedSeries AGrowth

#24Turner Novak

Founder and General Partner

Banana Capital

Turner Novak invests or supports investments through Banana Capital's published strategy: Back resilient, obsessed founders with a non-obvious insight, defensible distribution, credible revenue prospe

Up to $250K in pre-seed and seed rounds, as published by Banana Capital.

Pre-SeedSeed

#25Greg Rosenthal

Principal

North Island Ventures

Greg invests within NIV's enabling-technology thesis: as AI makes intelligence abundant, back the scarce complements that compound—financial rails for machines, sovereignty over assets and data, trust

$500K–$5M for early-stage companies, published on NIV's current portfolio page. This is a firm range, not a personal signing limit or promise from Greg.

Early StagePre-SeedSeed

#26Neil Kamath

Co-Founder and Managing Partner

Vanara Capital

Neil co-founded Vanara to provide creative, flexible capital structures for growth-stage technology companies whose needs are not well served by traditional equity markets.

Vanara Capital does not publish a firm or person-specific investment range on its current website.

Growth StageLate Stage

#27Hayden Lekacz

Co-Founder and Managing Partner

Vanara Capital

Hayden co-founded Vanara around a solutions-first growth-equity model, designing financing structures for dynamic technology companies approaching expansion and other major inflection points.

Vanara Capital does not publish a firm or person-specific investment range on its current website.

Growth StageLate Stage

#28Vasu Kulkarni

Partner

Courtside Ventures

Vasu Kulkarni invests or supports investments through Courtside Ventures's published strategy: Partner with early-stage founders challenging traditional definitions of sports, digital media, fitness a

Courtside Ventures does not publish a standard current check-size range.

Pre-SeedSeedEarly Stage

#29Larry Fitzgerald

Sports Advisor

Courtside Ventures

Larry Fitzgerald serves in a Sports Advisor capacity at Courtside Ventures. This profile preserves the role distinction; the firm's mandate is included only as shared context.

Courtside Ventures does not publish a standard current check-size range.

Pre-SeedSeedEarly Stage

#30Deepen Parikh

Partner

Courtside Ventures

Deepen Parikh invests or supports investments through Courtside Ventures's published strategy: Partner with early-stage founders challenging traditional definitions of sports, digital media, fitness a

Courtside Ventures does not publish a standard current check-size range.

Pre-SeedSeedEarly Stage

#31Kai Bond

Partner

Courtside Ventures

Kai Bond invests or supports investments through Courtside Ventures's published strategy: Partner with early-stage founders challenging traditional definitions of sports, digital media, fitness and ga

Courtside Ventures does not publish a standard current check-size range.

Pre-SeedSeedEarly Stage

#32Oliver Ressler

Venture Partner

Courtside Ventures

Oliver Ressler invests or supports investments through Courtside Ventures's published strategy: Partner with early-stage founders challenging traditional definitions of sports, digital media, fitness

Courtside Ventures does not publish a standard current check-size range.

Pre-SeedSeedEarly Stage

#33Cort Post

Principal

Courtside Ventures

Cort Post invests or supports investments through Courtside Ventures's published strategy: Partner with early-stage founders challenging traditional definitions of sports, digital media, fitness and g

Courtside Ventures does not publish a standard current check-size range.

Pre-SeedSeedEarly Stage

#34DeVaris Brown

Technical Advisor

Courtside Ventures

DeVaris Brown serves in a Technical Advisor capacity at Courtside Ventures. This profile preserves the role distinction; the firm's mandate is included only as shared context.

Courtside Ventures does not publish a standard current check-size range.

Pre-SeedSeedEarly Stage

#35Sean Hurley

Real Money Gaming Advisor

Courtside Ventures

Sean Hurley serves in a Real Money Gaming Advisor capacity at Courtside Ventures. This profile preserves the role distinction; the firm's mandate is included only as shared context.

Courtside Ventures does not publish a standard current check-size range.

Pre-SeedSeedEarly Stage

#36Ryan Spoon

Sports and Media Advisor

Courtside Ventures

Ryan Spoon serves in a Sports and Media Advisor capacity at Courtside Ventures. This profile preserves the role distinction; the firm's mandate is included only as shared context.

Courtside Ventures does not publish a standard current check-size range.

Pre-SeedSeedEarly Stage

#37Andrew Stalbow

Gaming Advisor

Courtside Ventures

Andrew Stalbow serves in a Gaming Advisor capacity at Courtside Ventures. This profile preserves the role distinction; the firm's mandate is included only as shared context.

Courtside Ventures does not publish a standard current check-size range.

Pre-SeedSeedEarly Stage

#38Anthony Vennare

Fitness and Wellness Advisor

Courtside Ventures

Anthony Vennare serves in a Fitness and Wellness Advisor capacity at Courtside Ventures. This profile preserves the role distinction; the firm's mandate is included only as shared context.

Courtside Ventures does not publish a standard current check-size range.

Pre-SeedSeedEarly Stage

#39Joe Vennare

Fitness and Wellness Advisor

Courtside Ventures

Joe Vennare serves in a Fitness and Wellness Advisor capacity at Courtside Ventures. This profile preserves the role distinction; the firm's mandate is included only as shared context.

Courtside Ventures does not publish a standard current check-size range.

Pre-SeedSeedEarly Stage

#40Heather Hartnett

General Partner and CEO

Human Ventures

Heather Hartnett invests or supports investments through Human Ventures's published strategy: Partner with founders at the earliest stages across health and wellness, work and money, experience and co

Human Ventures does not publish a standard current check-size range.

Pre-SeedSeedEarly Stage

#41Joe Marchese

Executive Chairman and Build Partner

Human Ventures

Joe Marchese serves in a Executive Chairman and Build Partner capacity at Human Ventures. This profile preserves the role distinction; the firm's mandate is included only as shared context.

Human Ventures does not publish a standard current check-size range.

Pre-SeedSeedEarly Stage

#42Michael Letta

General Partner and COO

Human Ventures

Michael Letta invests or supports investments through Human Ventures's published strategy: Partner with founders at the earliest stages across health and wellness, work and money, experience and conne

Human Ventures does not publish a standard current check-size range.

Pre-SeedSeedEarly Stage

#43Chelsea Boyes

Head of Accounting

Human Ventures

Chelsea Boyes serves in a Head of Accounting capacity at Human Ventures. This profile preserves the role distinction; the firm's mandate is included only as shared context.

Human Ventures does not publish a standard current check-size range.

Pre-SeedSeedEarly Stage

#44Elise King

Principal

Human Ventures

Elise King invests or supports investments through Human Ventures's published strategy: Partner with founders at the earliest stages across health and wellness, work and money, experience and connecti

Human Ventures does not publish a standard current check-size range.

Pre-SeedSeedEarly Stage

#45Laura Van Wettering

Executive Assistant

Human Ventures

Laura Van Wettering serves in a Executive Assistant capacity at Human Ventures. This profile preserves the role distinction; the firm's mandate is included only as shared context.

Human Ventures does not publish a standard current check-size range.

Pre-SeedSeedEarly Stage

#46Melanie Price

Head of Community

Human Ventures

Melanie Price serves in a Head of Community capacity at Human Ventures. This profile preserves the role distinction; the firm's mandate is included only as shared context.

Human Ventures does not publish a standard current check-size range.

Pre-SeedSeedEarly Stage

#47Michael Jurek

Director of Finance

Human Ventures

Michael Jurek serves in a Director of Finance capacity at Human Ventures. This profile preserves the role distinction; the firm's mandate is included only as shared context.

Human Ventures does not publish a standard current check-size range.

Pre-SeedSeedEarly Stage

#48Ella Harrison

Senior Investment Associate

Mercuri VC

Ella Harrison is listed by Mercuri VC as Senior Investment Associate. The profile is aligned to the firm's published thesis: Makes six to eight investments per year, takes board seats, and works activ

Not publicly disclosed on the current official site.

#49Anna Jones

Investment Committee Chair

Mercuri VC

Anna Jones is listed by Mercuri VC as Investment Committee Chair. The profile is aligned to the firm's published thesis: Makes six to eight investments per year, takes board seats, and works actively

Not publicly disclosed on the current official site.

#50Hannah Green

Operations Director

Mercuri VC

Hannah Green is listed by Mercuri VC as Operations Director. The profile is aligned to the firm's published thesis: Makes six to eight investments per year, takes board seats, and works actively with

Not publicly disclosed on the current official site.

#51Tyler Lawes

Finance Director

Mercuri VC

Tyler Lawes is listed by Mercuri VC as Finance Director. The profile is aligned to the firm's published thesis: Makes six to eight investments per year, takes board seats, and works actively with foun

Not publicly disclosed on the current official site.

#52Dyson Bogg

Venture Partner

Mercuri VC

Dyson Bogg is listed by Mercuri VC as Venture Partner. The profile is aligned to the firm's published thesis: Makes six to eight investments per year, takes board seats, and works actively with founde

Not publicly disclosed on the current official site.

#53Tony Lewis

Venture Partner

Mercuri VC

Tony Lewis is listed by Mercuri VC as Venture Partner. The profile is aligned to the firm's published thesis: Makes six to eight investments per year, takes board seats, and works actively with founde

Not publicly disclosed on the current official site.

#54Alex Chalmers

Managing Partner

Stadia Ventures