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Finding the right investor for your entertainment startup can feel like a huge challenge. But there are many firms out there looking for the next big thing in media, gaming, and more.
Firms like IDG Capital and Index Ventures have backed thousands of companies combined, with hundreds of successful exits between them. Others, like Lerer Hippeau, have made nearly 700 investments in promising new businesses.
Below is our list of the best 26 Entertainment VC firms.
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Buy It For $97 $297 →Index Ventures partners with entrepreneurs to build global businesses from bold ideas, supporting them from the earliest seed rounds through late-stage growth. Their work has helped create foundational companies like Datadog and Zendesk across sectors including SaaS, fintech, and healthcare.
Focusing on Brazil's burgeoning tech scene, Canary provides early-stage capital for startups in sectors ranging from Fintech to Healthcare. The firm’s partners are successful founders themselves, bringing practical experience to a portfolio that includes companies like Docket, Trybe, and Gupy.
Lerer Hippeau backs entrepreneurs at the seed stage, investing in founders with bold ideas who aren't afraid to solve difficult problems. As experienced operators, they help build iconic companies from the ground up, with a portfolio that features Allbirds, K Health, and Blockdaemon.
BACKED VC champions a human-centric approach to investing, providing seed funding to European founders across a wide range of industries. Their Founder Experience Platform and active community go beyond capital to help entrepreneurs with everything from talent to international expansion, backing companies like Thought Machine and Hutch.
Alven champions ambitious French entrepreneurs by providing early-stage capital for their digital technology ventures. Their portfolio, which includes category-defining companies like Dataiku and Qonto, focuses on sectors ranging from AI and SaaS to disruptive consumer models.
As Europe's consumer-only VC, they provide early-stage funding to founders building category-defining brands. Their portfolio includes some of the continent's biggest successes, such as Tink, TravelPerk, and Boozt.
As one of the first firms to bring foreign venture capital into China, IDG Capital invests in technology companies from the seed stage through to private equity. They use their combination of global perspective and deep local experience to help build businesses in Asia, with a portfolio that includes Tencent, Baidu, and Xiaomi.
BITKRAFT Ventures backs founders building at the intersection of gaming, web3, and immersive technology, investing from seed to late-stage rounds. With a global team focused on interactive entertainment, their portfolio includes major platforms like Discord.
Icebreaker.vc provides pre-seed and seed funding for tech startups built by domain experts from established companies like Rovio and Pipedrive. Their initial funding helps new companies find their footing, while a community of over 1,000 founders and pre-founders provides additional support and networking.
Workday Ventures acts as the strategic investment arm for Workday, backing early to growth-stage companies that are building the next generation of enterprise technology. They accelerate innovation by connecting these startups to Workday's extensive ecosystem of customers, partners, and employees.
Our top picks are just the start when it comes to funding in the entertainment industry. The additional firms you'll see below have collectively invested in over 3,700 startups and helped more than 400 of them reach an exit.
Here’s a look at the other venture capital firms funding what's next in entertainment.
| VC Firm | Country | Year Founded | Nº Investments | Nº Exits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| France | 2008 | 148 | 23 | |
| China | 2011 | 791 | 59 | |
| Singapore | 2011 | 134 | 14 | |
| United States | 2015 | 178 | 27 | |
| Japan | 2006 | 288 | 50 | |
| United States | 2019 | 119 | 7 | |
| Finland | 2015 | 76 | 4 | |
| United Kingdom | 2000 | 446 | 91 | |
| South Korea | 1986 | 471 | 55 | |
| Australia | 2004 | 604 | 29 | |
| United States | 2008 | 163 | 29 | |
| Australia | 2018 | 73 | 1 | |
| United States | 2012 | 170 | 34 | |
| Belgium | 2019 | 12 | 1 | |
| Japan | 2015 | 26 | 2 | |
| Sweden | 2020 | 52 | 1 |
