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Ballpark Ventures — Seed VC Firm ($1.0M–$5.0M Checks)

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Lancaster, PAWebsite

Ballpark Ventures is a Seed venture capital firm based in Lancaster, PA investing in Other, SaaS, AI / ML. The firm typically writes $1.0M–$5.0M checks and has 19 portfolio companies in our records.

Check size
$1.0M–$5.0M
Portfolio
19 companies on record
Partners
2 listed
Stage
Seed
Sectors
Other, SaaS, AI / ML, Consumer
HQ
Lancaster, PA
AUM
Not in our records

Last verified: 2026-09-28

How to approach: warm intro preferred
Stage

Seed

Check Size

$1.0M – $5.0M

Portfolio

19+ companies

Team

2 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Focuses exclusively on early-stage investments in sports technology and e-commerce platforms aiming to revolutionize sports engagement.

How Ballpark Ventures invests

Ballpark Ventures is a vc firm based in Lancaster, PA. The firm invests at the Seed stage, with a focus on Other, SaaS, AI / ML, Consumer. It does not invest in Healthcare.

Ballpark Ventures typically writes checks of $1.0M–$5.0M per investment.

Ballpark Ventures has backed 19 companies in our records, including Adludio, Adzact, Appear Here.

Partners & Team

CC

Charles Canning-Smith

General Partner

JW

Jamie Whelan

Founding GP

Sports Tech
SaaS

Industry Focus

Invests In

Other
SaaS
AI / ML
Consumer

Does Not Invest In

Healthcare

Portfolio Companies (19)

Other

AD

Adludio

Sensory Mobile Advertising.

AD

Adzact

The world's first purpose-built B2B Ad Platform.

AP

Appear Here

The leading online marketplace for short-term retail space.

BL

Blink

A global same day hotel booking application.

BL

Blis

The global leader in advanced location data technology.

CO

Constant Commerce

The world's number one distributed commerce platform.

DE

Depop

Where the world's creatives come to buy, sell and discover the most inspiring and unique things.

FL

Flitto

Provide AI, crowdsourced, pro translation services in 24 languages.

GE

GeoSpock

Enables data fusion for the connected world.

LI

Lingvist

An adaptive language-learning platform.

How to pitch Ballpark Ventures
  • •Raising at Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • •Lead with your fit in Other, SaaS, AI / ML — the sectors they actively back.
  • •Size your ask to their typical $1.0M – $5.0M check.
  • •warm intro preferred
  • •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Charles Canning-Smith, General Partner.
  • •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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