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Active Player Ventures

VC
Austin, TX

Active Player Ventures is a Seed venture capital firm based in Austin, TX investing in Other, AI / ML. The firm typically writes $250K–$1.0M checks and has 2 portfolio companies in our records.

Check size
$250K–$1.0M
Portfolio
2 companies on record
Partners
5 listed
AUM
$60M
Stage
Seed
Sectors
Other, AI / ML
HQ
Austin, TX

Last verified: 2026-08-11

How to approach: warm intro preferred
Stage

Seed

Check Size

$250K – $1.0M

AUM

$60M

Portfolio

2+ companies

Team

5 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Focused exclusively on gaming startups that intersect with esports, social networking, and AI-driven player engagement. Aims to back founders creating active and competitive user ecosystems.

How Active Player Ventures invests

Active Player Ventures is a vc firm based in Austin, TX. The firm invests at the Seed stage, with a focus on Other, AI / ML. It does not invest in Non-tech consumer products.

Active Player Ventures typically writes checks of $250K–$1.0M per investment, backed by approximately $60M in assets under management.

Active Player Ventures has backed 2 companies in our records, including Competitive Clouds, MetaLeague Games.

Partners & Team

PS

Philipp Schroeder

General Partner

Early-stage tech
Logistics & infrastructure
Digital startups in Europe
BM

Blair MacLaren

Partner

Generalist tech & early-stage
Sector diversification
Scaling startups
CP

Christopher Pommerening

General Partner

Early-stage technology
Enterprise software
Consumer & Mobile
International expansion in Europe (Spain, DACH, Nordics)
RS

Ricard Söderberg

General Partner

Technology investments
Startup growth in Spain & Scandinavia
Board-level advising
SJ

Sarah Johnson

Founding GP

Gaming
Esports
AI-driven engagement

Industry Focus

Invests In

Other
AI / ML

Does Not Invest In

Non-tech consumer products

Portfolio Companies (2)

Other

CO

Competitive Clouds

Gaming, AI
ME

MetaLeague Games

Esports, Gaming
How to pitch Active Player Ventures
  • Raising at Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • Lead with your fit in Other, AI / ML — the sectors they actively back.
  • Size your ask to their typical $250K – $1.0M check.
  • warm intro preferred
  • Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Philipp Schroeder, General Partner.
  • A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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