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Seed gaming and media investors in New York

7 of 16 seed gaming and media firms that report a preference say they can lead. 1 active since September.

Can leadMostly followsNot reportedRecently active

Makers FundActive Sep 22

New York · Fund US$250 (2022)

Alli Ottarsson, Jay Chi+9 on the team

Pre-seedSeedSeries ASeries BLeadsGaming and media

$500K to $30M+Can lead

New York · Fund $50M+ Fund I (2021)

David VanEgmond, Jake Kleiner+2 on the team

SeedSeries ASeries BLeadsGaming and media

Check size not reportedCan lead

Courtside Ventures

New York

Deepen Parikh, Kai Bond+2 on the team

Pre-seedSeedLeadsGaming and mediaConfirmed by the firm

$500K to $3MCan lead

Galaxy Interactive

New York

Sam Englebardt, Santiago Diaz

SeedSeries ALeadsGaming and media +3

Check size not reportedCan lead

Grit Capital Partners

New York

Jennifer Byrne, Michael Flannery+2 on the team

Pre-seedSeedLeadsFintech +3

Check size not reportedCan lead

New York · Fund $2.8 billion firmwide AUM

Gordon Rubenstein, Aditya Harnal+1 on the team

SeedSeries ASeries BLeadsGaming and media +2

$1M to $10MCan lead

Waverley Capital

New York

Daniel V. Leff, Edgar Bronfman Jr.+1 on the team

SeedSeries ALeadsGaming and media

Check size not reportedCan lead

New York

Urs Cete, Keith Titan+1 on the team

SeedGaming and media +2

$500K to $10MMostly follows

AperiamVentures

New York

Corey Ferengul, Eric Franchi+1 on the team

Pre-seedSeedGaming and mediaConfirmed by the firm

$100K to $250KMostly follows

New York

Badrul Farooqi

Pre-seedSeedSeries ADev tools and infra +1

$250K to $500KMostly follows

New York

Janine Yorio, Jesse Stein

SeedSeries AGaming and media +2

Check size not reportedMostly follows

LightShed Ventures

New York

Brandon Ross, Jamie Seltzer+3 on the team

SeedSeries ASeries BGaming and media +2

Check size not reportedLead not reported

Sharp Alpha Advisors

New York · Fund $25M+ Fund II (2024)

Lloyd Danzig, Mihir Kumar

SeedSeries AGaming and media

$1M to $10MMostly follows

New York

Maya Bakhai

Pre-seedSeedFintech +3

$250K to $500KMostly follows

New York

Joseph Coyne, Liam Lynch

SeedConsumer +1

Check size not reportedMostly follows

New York

Pre-seedSeedSeries ASeries BConsumer +2

$250K to $3MMostly follows

New York

Catharine Dockery

SeedConsumer +3

Check size not reportedMostly follows

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Questions

How many seed gaming and media investors in new york are there?

Mode VC tracks 17 firms on this list as of 2026-10-15. 1 have been active since September 2026.

What check size do seed gaming and media investors in new york write?

The most reported band is $1M to $3M, reported by 6 firms on this list.

Which seed gaming and media investors in new york lead rounds?

7 of 16 firms that report a preference say they can lead. Turn on "Leads rounds" to see only them.