How many pre-seed gaming investors are there in the United States?

Investor Shelf lists 7 pre-seed gaming investors based in the United States, including Michigan Rise, Courtside Ventures, Founders Inc, Griffin Gaming Partners, Abstraction Capital. Each profile shows stages, sectors and how to reach them.

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Pre-seed Gaming investors in the United States (2026)

7 funders based in the United States. Filter by stage, sector or business model below. Contact details are part of Pro.

Venture capital firms (567)Banks (159)Private equity firms (91)Business angel networks (74)Private debt funds (30)Accelerators (27)Public funding agencies (27)Corporate VCs (15)Family offices (11)Investment banks (10)Other funders (8)Development banks (3)Business angels (1)Crowdinvesting platforms (1)

Software and SaaS (419)Health (331)AI (312)Fintech (206)Deep tech (185)Consumer (160)Generalist (127)Climate (120)Industrial (118)Real estate (73)Food (64)Mobility (55)

Seed (8)Pre-seed (7)

Michigan Rise

Venture capitalEast Lansing, United StatesPre-seed✉ Contact

Michigan Rise Pre-Seed Fund III is an early-stage venture fund run with the MSU Research Foundation and the Michigan Economic Development Corporation. It invests in Michigan-based technology startups through convertib…

IndustrialClimateFoodConsumerHealthSoftware and SaaS

Courtside Ventures

Venture capitalUnited StatesPre-seed · Seed · Series AB2B / B2C✉ Contact

Courtside Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm focused on sports, lifestyle, and gaming. The firm invests globally in technology, marketplaces, content platforms, personalized wellness, and gaming infrastru…

ConsumerMediaMarketplacesHealthSoftware and SaaSGaming

Founders Inc

AcceleratorSan Francisco, United StatesPre-seed · SeedB2B / B2C✉ Contact

Founders, Inc. is a campus in San Francisco for founders that provides funding, workspace and hardware labs. It takes 5% equity and invests mostly in emerging tech such as AI, hardware, AR/VR and gaming, web3, dev too…

AISoftware and SaaSConsumerCrypto and blockchainGaming

Griffin Gaming Partners

Venture capitalSanta Monica, United StatesPre-seed · Seed · Series A · Series B+ · Growth✉ Contact

Griffin Gaming Partners is a venture fund focused exclusively on the games industry, with $1.5 billion under management. It invests in gaming startups from pre-seed to pre-IPO across content, social platforms and soft…

Gaming

Abstraction Capital

Venture capitalUnited StatesPre-seed · SeedB2B✉ Contact

Abstraction Capital is an early-stage venture capital firm investing at the pre-seed and seed stages. The firm backs technical founders building developer tools, infrastructure, data, and AI platforms.

Software and SaaSAIGaming

Transcend Fund

Venture capitalUnited StatesPre-seed · Seed · Series A✉ Contact

Transcend is a venture capital firm founded in 2020 by game industry veterans. It backs AI-native founders building games and game tools, from pre-seed through Series A.

GamingAI

The Games Fund

Venture capitalUnited StatesPre-seed · Seed✉ Contact

The Games Fund is an early-stage VC fund founded by video game industry veterans. It invests in game developers, gaming technologies and services.

Gaming