
Lerer Hippeau
Lerer Hippeau is an early-stage venture capital firm investing equally across the enterprise and consumer sectors.
Pre-Seed, Seed +3
Consumer, CPG / D2C +7
$100 – $3,000,000
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Lerer Hippeau is an early-stage venture capital firm investing equally across the enterprise and consumer sectors.
Pre-Seed, Seed +3
Consumer, CPG / D2C +7
$100 – $3,000,000

Backstage Capital is a venture capital fund that invests in new companies led by underrepresented founders.
Pre-Seed, Seed +1
Consumer, CPG / D2C

Maveron is a consumer-only venture capital firm focused on partnering with world-class entrepreneurs that change the way we live.
Seed, Series A
Consumer, CPG / D2C +1

At Winklevoss Capital we believe in determined entrepreneurs. Risk-taking is just in their blood. By providing guidance relationships and capital we reinforce t…
Seed, Series A
Web3, Crypto +2

Seed-stage, consumer-product investor focused on tangible goods rather than software, targeting sustainable $250M–$750M outcome brands and offering hands-on Peo…
Seed, Series A +3
Consumer, CPG / D2C +13
$100 – $10,000,000

Founded by Natalie Massenet and Nick Brown, the fund targets culture-defining digitally native consumer brands using a customer-wallet, consumer-journey lens, b…
Pre-Seed, Seed +1
Consumer, CPG / D2C +1

Halogen Ventures is an early stage venture capital fund investing in consumer technology companies led by women and based in Los Angeles.
Pre-Seed, Seed +1
Consumer, CPG / D2C

Red Sea Ventures invests in early stage technology-enabled companies that have the potential to transform industries and consumer experiences for the better. RS…
Pre-Seed, Seed +1
Consumer, CPG / D2C +1

We are a marketing operating partner, blending the worlds of capital, consulting and creation to design the most remarkable businesses in the world.
Pre-Seed, Seed +1
Consumer, CPG / D2C +2

We invest in female FOUNDERS & FUNDERS.
Pre-Seed, Seed +3
Health, CPG / D2C +41

Money Talks Ours Listens
Seed, Series A
Consumer, CPG / D2C +1

__able is an early stage consumer investment fund focused on health & wellness.
Seed, Series A
Health, CPG / D2C +1

AF Ventures, Formerly AccelFoods, invests innovative food and beverage companies.
Seed, Series A +2
CPG / D2C, Food +19

FUNDING THE FUTURE WITH FOUNDERS REDEFININGCONSUMER EXPERIENCES
Pre-Seed, Seed +2
Retail Tech, CPG / D2C +1
$100,000 – $2,500,000

By seeking entrepreneurs who innovate in US regions leveraging modest resources to produce outsized returns Lightship finds and develops remarkable talent while…
Pre-Seed, Seed +1
CPG / D2C, Health

We invest in visionary founders who understand the needs of today to build the brands of tomorrow. We call these BrandProjects.
Pre-Seed, Seed +2
Consumer, CPG / D2C +17
From $5,000,000

Investing in a healthier, humane, and more sustainable future
Seed, Series A +3
Food, Ag +2

Fernbrook – Fernbrook Capital Management LLC
Seed, Series B +1
Consumer, CPG / D2C +15
$1,000,000 – $2,000,000

Cleveland Avenue is a global venture capital firm that invests in lifestyle consumer brands and technology companies that positively disrupt large and growing m…
Seed, Series B
Food, Ag +2

Starting Line is an early stage Chicago based Venture Capital fund investing in premier consumer startups & brands and managed by Ezra Galston.
Pre-Seed, Seed +1
Consumer, CPG / D2C +4
$100 – $2,000,000

Night Ventures | Early-stage consumer fund
Pre-Seed, Seed +1
Consumer, CPG / D2C +1

Earliest-stage investor targeting female founders in the friend-and-family gap, backing female scout-investors sourced via journalists and influencers, plus a r…
Pre-Seed, Seed
FinTech, Consumer +1

A next-gen early-stage VC firm backing world-class diverse entrepreneurs outside of Silicon Valley. The firm has seeded multiple unicorns and delivers superior…
Pre-Seed, Seed +2
Health, CPG / D2C +41
$250 – $3,000,000

Exclusively backs health, wellness and sustainable consumer brands, especially better-for-you food and beverage, combining global finance and hands-on CPG opera…
Seed, Series B +1
CPG / D2C, Food +35

Two offices are better than one
Seed, Series A
Consumer, CPG / D2C +1

We invest in forever companies.
Pre-Seed, Seed +3
Space, CPG / D2C +30
$100 – $5,000,000

The right early stage capital for transformative consumer brands and the technologies that power them.
Pre-Seed, Seed
Consumer, CPG / D2C +1

Investingwith Intention
Series A, Early Stage VC +1
Consumer, CPG / D2C +8

Boulder Investment Group Reprise - BIGR Ventures
Seed, Series B
CPG / D2C, Food +2

Strong Ventures is a seed fund that finances, supports, and mentors global entrepreneurs.
Pre-Seed, Seed +3
Generalist, Consumer +1

Beauty is our business.
Series A, Pre-Seed +2
Consumer, CPG / D2C +26
$100 – $5,000,000

Invests in businesses transforming industry verticals that pay obsessive attention to customer experience.
Pre-Seed, Seed +3
Consumer, CPG / D2C +62

Focuses on pre-seed and seed, Indianapolis-based, targets Black, Brown, women, LGBTQ+, and disabled founders across the Midwest and South, offering incubators,…
Pre-Seed, Seed
CPG / D2C, SaaS +43
$250 – $500,000

Investing in transformational ideas
Pre-Seed, Seed +4
Consumer, CPG / D2C +13
$1M - $4M

Funding the Future
Pre-Seed, Seed +1
CPG / D2C, Health

What does it mean to be an entrepreneur? Entrepreneurship has become so pervasive as a catch-all term today that I like many struggle to capture the essence of…
Pre-Seed, Seed +1
BioTech, Food +2

Led by Tricia Black (Facebook’s first VP of Sales, 7th employee), focused on commerce, care and connectivity, runs an Investor Fellows program and targets found…
Pre-Seed, Seed +2
Consumer, CPG / D2C +1
$100,000 – $300,000

We're an early-stage venture firm backing audacious-founders with bold visions.
Pre-Seed, Seed +1
FinTech, SaaS +1

Black-led, with an all-Black founder portfolio across the US and Africa; over 70% of its $12M goes to Black women and it aims to build Black unicorns.
Pre-Seed, Seed +1
CPG / D2C, Food +1

Targets post-traction consumer brands ($500k–$10M revenue), offering hands-on operator-led support—weekly founder calls, financial modeling, ops and capital pla…
Seed, Series A
Consumer, CPG / D2C +2

Invests in emerging restaurant brands transforming food, offering hands-on strategic guidance from co-founder Dan Rowe's two decades of franchise-scaling experi…
Seed, Series A
Food, Ag +2

Invests exclusively in consumer brands improving health, sustainability, and inclusivity; offers access to strategic CPG partners (Unilever Ventures, Mars' Comp…
Seed, Series A +2
Consumer, CPG / D2C +17
$100 – $5,000,000

Solo GP Ben Zises (~$4M into ~30 companies) targets very-early (pre-product, pre-revenue) consumer/CPG, eCommerce SaaS, PropTech and Future of Work, offering se…
Pre-Seed, Seed +1
CPG / D2C, SaaS +1

Growth-stage investor specializing in sports, media, and passion-driven digital brands, offering hands-on media operating expertise in audience growth and conte…
Pre-Seed, Seed +1
Consumer, Media +1

Seed-stage investor focused on the future of commerce, prioritizing startups with deep technical advantages and complete ownership of commerce problems, histori…
Pre-Seed, Seed
Ecommerce, CPG / D2C +1

Early-stage investor targeting behavioral inflection points across health, wealth, and upward mobility, using pattern-breaking evaluation to back non-obvious fo…
Seed, Series A
CPG / D2C, Ecommerce +1

Early-stage, operator-led firm (incl. MasterClass EVP) combining fintech, entertainment and Wall Street experience to provide hands-on support for software and…
Pre-Seed, Seed +1
Consumer, CPG / D2C +1

Works exclusively with early-stage consumer brands led by exceptional female founders or mixed-gender teams, incentivizing cross-portfolio collaboration by gran…
Seed, Series A +1
Consumer, CPG / D2C +5

Solo-GP that leads pre-seed rounds, serves as first institutional backer and board member, concentrates on urgent everyday problems, offers operator-partner net…
Pre-Seed, Seed +1
CPG / D2C, Health +1
$100 – $500,000

Early-stage impact investor concentrating on Better-For-You Food, Beverage, Food Tech, and Ag Tech.
Seed, Series B
Food, Ag +2

Early-stage consumer investor led by founders with extensive experience investing in and advising consumer businesses, backing purpose-driven entrepreneurs buil…
Seed, Series A
CPG / D2C, Consumer +1

Built and led by Black women operators, this VC invests exclusively in women-of-color–led businesses and leverages the founders' media backgrounds for public ad…
Pre-Seed, Seed +1
CPG / D2C, Food +1

Targets founders in highly regulated fintech and crypto, emphasizing the first volume of their journey; co-founder (Georgetown-trained lawyer and lobbyist) help…
Pre-Seed, Seed
FinTech, Web3 +2

Blended nonprofit-for-profit fund converting catalytic grants into discounted SAFE notes and patient equity for women-of-color-led startups; reviews 100% of app…
Pre-Seed, Seed
Consumer, CPG / D2C

Managing Partner, Ridgeline Ventures
Ridgeline Ventures
Series A
Consumer, CPG / D2C +2

Managing Partner, Ridgeline Ventures
Ridgeline Ventures
Series A
Consumer, CPG / D2C +2

Managing Partner, Ridgeline Ventures
Ridgeline Ventures
Series A
Consumer, CPG / D2C +2

Managing Partner, AF Ventures
AF Ventures
Seed, Series A
CPG / D2C, Food +3

Founding Partner, Able Partners
Able Partners
Seed, Series A
Health, CPG / D2C +4

Founding Partner, Able Partners
Able Partners
Seed, Series A
Health, CPG / D2C +4

Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Acre Venture Partners
Acre Venture Partners
Seed, Series A +1
Food, Ag +4

Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Acre Venture Partners
Acre Venture Partners
Seed, Series A +1
Food, Ag +4

Managing Partner, Adapt Ventures
Adapt Ventures
Pre-Seed, Seed +1
FinTech, SaaS +3

Managing Partner, Adapt Ventures
Adapt Ventures
Pre-Seed, Seed +1
FinTech, SaaS +3

Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Advancit Capital
Advancit Capital
Media, Gaming +5

Co-Founder and Partner, Advancit Capital
Advancit Capital
Media, Gaming +5

Founder and Partner, Amplifyher Ventures
Amplifyher Ventures
Pre-Seed, Seed +1
Consumer, CPG / D2C +2

Co-Founder & Operating Partner, Animal Capital
Animal Capital
Pre-Seed, Seed +1
Consumer, FinTech +3

Managing Partner, Animal Capital
Animal Capital
Pre-Seed, Seed +1
Consumer, FinTech +3

Co-Founder & Operating Partner, Animal Capital
Animal Capital
Pre-Seed, Seed +1
Consumer, FinTech +3
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