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Seed marketplaces investors

41 of 70 seed marketplaces firms that report a preference say they can lead. 7 active since September.

Can leadMostly followsNot reportedRecently active

Alpaca VCActive Sep 22

New York

Ryan Freedman, Aubrie Pagano+3 on the team

Pre-seedSeedLeadsProptech +5

$500K to $3MCan lead

Imaginary VenturesActive Sep 24

New York · Fund $500 million (2022)

Natalie Massenet, Nick Brown+8 on the team

Pre-seedSeedSeries ASeries BLeadsConsumer +1

Check size not reportedCan lead

Mercury FundActive Oct 14

Texas

Blair Garrou, Adrian Fortino+5 on the team

Pre-seedSeedLeadsVertical AI +10

$100K to $10MCan lead

Commerce VenturesActive Oct 1

California · Fund $150M+ Fund V (2024)

Matt Nichols, Vivek Krishnamurthy+3 on the team

SeedSeries ASeries BFintech +1

Check size not reportedMostly follows

Capital FActive Sep 22

California

Dawn Dobras, Margaret Coblentz

Pre-seedSeedHealthtech +3

Check size not reportedLead not reported

Silicon Road VenturesActive Oct 2

Georgia · Fund INR

Ajay Mahajan, Frank Tighe+6 on the team

SeedMarketplaces

Check size not reportedMostly follows

Wittington VenturesActive Sep 22

Toronto

Jim Orlando, Megh Gupta+11 on the team

Pre-seedSeedSeries ASeries BClimate +3

Check size not reportedLead not reported

1Sharpe Ventures

California

Gregor Watson, Rob Bloemker+2 on the team

Pre-seedSeedLeadsFintech +3Confirmed by the firm

Up to $3MCan lead

California

Doug Higgins, Michael Spirito+3 on the team

SeedSeries ASeries BLeadsMarketplaces +2

Check size not reportedCan lead

Analog Ventures

New York

John Nordin, Lenny Langenscheidt+1 on the team

Pre-seedSeedLeadsHealthtech +6

$500K to $3MCan lead

Armory Square Ventures

New York

Somak Chattopadhyay, Anthony Santaro

SeedSeries ALeadsEnterprise software +2Confirmed by the firm

$500K to $3MCan lead

California

Brian Lee, Shamin Walsh+1 on the team

Pre-seedSeedLeadsConsumer +1Confirmed by the firm

$250K to $500KCan lead

Blockchain Founders Capital

New York

Ben Horvath, Sagar Barvaliya+1 on the team

Pre-seedSeedLeadsCrypto +1Confirmed by the firm

$250K to $500KCan lead

Bluestein Ventures

Illinois

Andrew Bluestein, Ashley Hartman+2 on the team

SeedSeries ALeadsHealthtech +3Confirmed by the firm

$500K to $3MCan lead

Brand Foundry Ventures

Texas

Andrew C. Mitchell, Brian Spaly

SeedSeries ALeadsConsumer +1

Check size not reportedCan lead

Casa Verde Capital

California

Karan Wadhera, Yoni Meyer+1 on the team

Pre-seedSeedSeries ASeries BLeadsConsumer +3

Check size not reportedCan lead

California

Arvind Purushotham, Luis Valdich+1 on the team

SeedSeries ASeries BLeadsFintech +5

Check size not reportedCan lead

Corazon Capital

Illinois · Fund $100M — latest fund (2026)

Phil Schwarz, Sam Yagan+6 on the team

Pre-seedSeedSeries ALeadsConsumer +1

Check size not reportedCan lead

California

Nenad Marovac, Steve Schlenker+11 on the team

SeedSeries ASeries BLeadsEnterprise software +3

Check size not reportedCan lead

California

Akira Kurabayashi, Hiro Rio Maeda+13 on the team

SeedSeries ALeadsEnterprise software +7

Check size not reportedCan lead

Dundee Venture Capital

Nebraska · Fund $90M AUM

Greg Beaufait, Mark Hasebroock

Pre-seedSeedLeadsMarketplaces +1

$500K to $1MCan lead

Elizabeth Street Ventures

New York

Ben Sontheimer, Will McClelland

SeedSeries ALeadsConsumer +1

Check size not reportedCan lead

New York

Rick Zullo, Ali Afridi+4 on the team

SeedSeries ALeadsClimate +3

Check size not reportedCan 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

California

Erik Huberman, Mara Chaben

Pre-seedSeedLeadsMarketplacesConfirmed by the firm

$25K to $100KCan lead

Texas

Han Shen

Pre-seedSeedSeries ALeadsConsumer +1

$500K to $10MCan lead

Infinity Ventures

California · Fund $184M (2024)

Jay Ganatra, Jeremy Jonker+1 on the team

Pre-seedSeedSeries ALeadsFintech +1Confirmed by the firm

$1M to $10MCan lead

Kyber Knight Capital

California · Fund $120 (2023)

Linus Liang, Sunny Dhillon+1 on the team

Pre-seedSeedLeadsMarketplaces +2

$250K to $3MCan lead

Laconia Capital

New York

Jeffrey Silverman, David Arcara+2 on the team

Pre-seedSeedLeadsFintech +2Confirmed by the firm

$250K to $1MCan lead

Lateral Frontiers

New York

Rob Eloff, Steven Grin+3 on the team

SeedSeries ALeadsFintech +5

$250K to $1MCan lead

LEAP Global Partners

California

Roberto Aguayo, Roman Leal+2 on the team

Pre-seedSeedSeries ALeadsFintech +4

$25K to $10MCan lead

Montage Ventures

California

Matt Murphy, Todd Kimmel+4 on the team

Pre-seedSeedSeries ALeadsFintech +3Confirmed by the firm

$250K to $3MCan lead

Nasdaq Ventures

New York

Benjamin Blueweiss, Amaan+1 on the team

SeedSeries ASeries BLeadsFintech +3

$500K to $10MCan 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

Round13 Capital

Ontario

Brahm Klar, Bruce Croxon+5 on the team

SeedSeries ALeadsEnterprise software +2

Check size not reportedCan lead

Ruxton Ventures

Maryland

Mark Walsh, Jonathan Aberman

SeedLeadsEducation and work +4

$100K to $500KCan lead

Sandalphon Capital

Illinois

Jonathan Ellis, Nevin Ramanujan

Pre-seedSeedSeries ALeadsEnterprise software +4

$100K to $3MCan lead

California · Fund $50M (2020)

Greg Gilman, James Hicks+6 on the team

Pre-seedSeedSeries ALeadsConsumer +1

Check size not reportedCan lead

California

Brian Sugar, Krista Moatz+2 on the team

SeedLeadsMarketplacesConfirmed by the firm

$500K to $3MCan lead

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Questions

How many seed marketplaces investors are there?

Mode VC tracks 96 firms on this list as of 2026-10-15. 7 have been active since September 2026.

What check size do seed marketplaces investors write?

The most reported band is $500K to $1M, reported by 42 firms on this list.

Which seed marketplaces investors lead rounds?

41 of 70 firms that report a preference say they can lead. Turn on "Leads rounds" to see only them.