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Rushed for time? Here is the top 5 Early Stage Venture investors for eSports startups. Scroll down for more information on these investors or to view the rest of the investors.
Name | Website | Stages | Location | Socials |
|---|---|---|---|---|
BITKRAFT Ventures | Early Stage Venture, Seed | San Francisco, California, United States, North America | ||
Sterling.VC | Early Stage Venture, Seed | New York, New York, United States, North America | ||
SeventySix Capital | Early Stage Venture, Seed | Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, United States, North America | ||
Loup Ventures | Early Stage Venture, Seed | Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, North America | ||
Deep Space Ventures | Early Stage Venture, Seed | Dallas, Texas, United States, North America |
At SeedRound we track over 200,000 investors and over 1,000,000 people who hold key positions in these firms. We use this directory of investors to highlight top employees, LP’s and funding organisations we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
We’ve ranked the top eSports Early Stage Venture investors in United States. The companies, startups and institutions listed in this article are all exceptional companies, well worth a follow. We have included links to their websites, socials and CrunchBase (if you’re interested in their financials).
We selected the organisations listed in this article based on:
- Track record
- Executive leadership
- Market share
- Innovation
- ESG rating
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Top eSports Investors & Funds (United States)
BITKRAFT Ventures
BITKRAFT Ventures was founded in 2015 by german serial entrepreneur, Jens Hilgers. BITKRAFT’s team is located in Berlin, Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York, London, Madrid and Lisbon covering videogames and esports investments not only digitally but in the most relevant and busy metropoles for digital entertainment in the Western world.
Stages: Early Stage Venture, Seed
Location: San Francisco, California, United States, North America
Industries: Digital Entertainment, eSports, Venture Capital, Video Games, Virtual Reality
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Sterling.VC
Sterling.VC is a sports, media and real estate VC fund supported by Sterling Equities, the principal owner of the Mets, SportsNet New York (SNY) and OverwatchNY.
Stages: Early Stage Venture, Seed
Location: New York, New York, United States, North America
Industries: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, eSports, Media and Entertainment, Real Estate, Sports
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SeventySix Capital
SeventySix Capital is a sports tech venture capital company led by Wayne Kimmel, Jon Powell and MLB superstar, Ryan Howard. The fund invests in passionate, smart and nice entrepreneurs who are launching game-changing tech startups in the sports, health and retail industries. SeventySix Capital is building the go-to venture capital platform for executives, influencers, and professional athletes, offering unique opportunities for them to invest in sports tech startups, and for entrepreneurs to access the financial and social capital that they have to offer. SeventySix Capital’s Athlete Venture Group allows players to invest, learn, and work directly with top sports tech startups and entrepreneurs. The firm aims to bridge the gap between athletes, entrepreneurs, and investors by creating opportunities for athletes to become tech investors and for entrepreneurs to access the financial and social capital that professional athletes have to offer. Athlete Venture Group members, including Ryan Howard, DeMarco Murray, Ralph Sampson and Brian Westbrook, work hands-on with SeventySix Capital’s portfolio companies in esports, sports betting, data collection, data analytics, media and more. Additionally, SeventySix Capital has a strategic partnership with Rubicon Talent, a sports marketing and talent agency based in New York City with a wide range of clients including NFL and NBA stars, Hall of Famers, MVPs, Heisman Trophy winners, Olympic icons, media personalities, and celebrity chefs. Kimmel founded the firm in 1999 with top exits to Fortune 500 companies including Aramark, Intel, IBM, Walgreens, and Yahoo. Powell is also the CEO of Kravco Company LLC, a leading real estate company that developed over 30 million square feet of commercial space including the King of Prussia Mall. Howard, a World Series Champion and 2006 NL MVP, is known as one of the all-time great home run hitters.
Stages: Early Stage Venture, Seed
Location: Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, United States, North America
Industries: eSports, Retail Technology, Sports, Venture Capital, Wellness
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Loup Ventures
Loup Ventures is a research-driven venture capital firm based in Minneapolis and New York investing in frontier technology.
Stages: Early Stage Venture, Seed
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, North America
Industries: Augmented Reality, eSports, Gaming, Neuroscience, Robotics, Virtual Reality
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Deep Space Ventures
Deep Space Ventures is an early stage investor in great ideas and amazing leaders. The team has demonstrated a track record of engaging with talented leaders using innovative solutions to create value across a wide array of industries. The investment focus is primarily on markets where incredible innovation is taking place, the cost to operate a business is relatively low, and there is a lack of seed capital available relative to the early stage opportunities that exist. Some people call these markets “flyover cities” or “tier 2 and tier 3” startup ecosystems. We consider them to be the capital efficient markets where our capital and strategic value can go a long way to help a founding team achieve their goals. Current primary focus areas are B2B Software and Esports.
Stages: Early Stage Venture, Seed
Location: Dallas, Texas, United States, North America
Industries: B2B, eSports, Finance, Venture Capital
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Sapphire Sport
Sapphire Sport is the first-of-its-kind, early-stage (Series A / B) investment vehicle focused on the broader intersection of sport, media and entertainment technology. Designed to address the broader sport technology markets, Sapphire Sport is a dedicated $115 million investment platform and team within Sapphire Ventures.
Stages: Early Stage Venture
Location: Palo Alto, California, United States, North America
Industries: eSports, Sports, Venture Capital
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HP Tech Ventures
Technology change is happening exponentially around them, and the successful companies of today and tomorrow will need to embrace open innovation and partner closely to shape their future. As HP’s corporate venture arm, HP Tech Ventures is helping to foster an ecosystem of innovation and reinvention that will define tomorrow’s world and experiences, through strategic partnerships and investments in disruptive technology areas. HP Tech Ventures offers more than 75 years of experience in innovation and technology, backed by more than 18,000 global patents, to entrepreneurs around the globe. As part of a Fortune 100 company with world-class technology, one of the world’s largest channel and distribution partner networks, and a vast global manufacturing and supply chain, they are uniquely positioned to help their portfolio companies gain a foothold and scale quickly.
Stages: Early Stage Venture
Location: Palo Alto, California, United States, North America
Industries: 3D Printing, Augmented Reality, Battery, Cyber Security, eSports, Gaming, Virtual Reality, Virtual Workforce
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Phoenix Capital Ventures (PCV)
Phoenix Capital Ventures (PCV) is an early stage venture capital firm partnering with companies in the sports, gaming, human performance and interactive media industries.
Stages: Early Stage Venture, Seed, Venture
Location: Atlanta, Georgia, United States, North America
Industries: Consumer, eSports, Fitness, Gaming, Lifestyle, Media and Entertainment, Sports, Venture Capital
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Strand Venture Partners
Strand Venture Partners (SVP) is a venture capital firm based in Los Angeles. The Firm invests in start-ups and early stage ventures that have the potential to scale, disrupt, and build large markets. Investment themes include; sports & entertainment, food & beverage/F&B Tech, CPG, consumer mobile, real estate/proptech
Stages: Early Stage Venture, Venture
Location: Los Angeles, California, United States, North America
Industries: Consumer Goods, eSports, Food and Beverage, Media and Entertainment, Payments, Real Estate, Sports, Wine And Spirits
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The Company Lab
The Company Lab (CO.LAB) is a nonprofit organization that supports entrepreneurial growth in southeast Tennessee. Established as the region’s front door for entrepreneurs, CO.LAB works to increase the viability of startups and strengthen the ecosystem of support behind them. In doing so, the organization helps entrepreneurs refine their business models, test their ideas with customers, pursue capital and partnerships, and connect with a community of mentors, peers, and business experts.
Stages: Early Stage Venture, Seed
Location: Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States, North America
Industries: 3D Printing, Association, Consumer Electronics, Consumer Goods, Data Visualization, Distillery, E-Commerce Platforms, eSports, Food and Beverage, Food Processing, Geospatial, Internet of Things, Organic Food, Outdoors, Recreation, Retail, Retail Technology, Snack Food, Sporting Goods
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