AudienceFirst Ventures — Seed VC Firm ($300K–$1.0M Checks)
AudienceFirst Ventures is a Seed venture capital firm based in Chicago, IL investing in Other. The firm typically writes $300K–$1.0M checks.
- Check size
- $300K–$1.0M
- Partners
- 3 listed
- Stage
- Seed
- Sectors
- Other
- HQ
- Chicago, IL
- AUM
- Not in our records
Last verified: 2026-09-13
Seed
$300K – $1.0M
3 partners
Investment Thesis
Focused on investing in technologies that enhance audience engagement and creator monetization.
How AudienceFirst Ventures invests
AudienceFirst Ventures is a vc firm based in Chicago, IL. The firm invests at the Seed stage, with a focus on Other.
AudienceFirst Ventures typically writes checks of $300K–$1.0M per investment.
Partners & Team
Emily Chen
Managing Partner
London Sanders
Head of Sales
After more than a decade at the intersection of media, entertainment and advertising — working with studios, streamers, platforms, and brands to identify their goals and activate their most valuable audiences.
Audience First
Founder
Built on a simple belief: the businesses that will achieve long-term success in media and entertainment are the ones who focus on building real relationships with their teams, their readers, their subscribers, their consumers, etc.
Industry Focus
Invests In
- •Raising at Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
- •Lead with your fit in Other — the sectors they actively back.
- •Size your ask to their typical $300K – $1.0M check.
- •warm intro preferred
- •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Emily Chen, Managing Partner.
- •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.
Featured In
Browse More Investors
Fundraising resources
Frequently Asked Questions
See if AudienceFirst Ventures is a match for your startup
Upload your pitch deck to see how well you match with AudienceFirst Ventures and 10,000+ other investors.
Ask your AI assistant about this investor: connect InvestorMatch to Claude or ChatGPT
Is this your profile? Request a correction or removal