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Candle Media Ventures — Seed VC Firm

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Candle Media Ventures is a Seed venture capital firm investing in Healthcare, Consumer. The firm has 7 portfolio companies in our records.

Portfolio
7 companies on record
Partners
8 listed
AUM
$1B
Stage
Seed
Sectors
Healthcare, Consumer
Check size
Not in our records
How to approach: cold outreach ok
Stage

Seed

AUM

$1.0B

Portfolio

7+ companies

Team

8 partners

Investment Thesis

An emerging investor name that is not well documented in the provided search results, but does not have enough supporting evidence here for firm facts beyond related consumer-health exposure.

How Candle Media Ventures invests

Candle Media Ventures is a vc firm. The firm invests at the Seed stage, with a focus on Healthcare, Consumer.

Candle Media Ventures manages approximately $1B in assets. Our records include 2 funds raised by the firm.

Candle Media Ventures has backed 7 companies in our records, including moonbug, Candle True Stories, Hello Sunshine.

Partners & Team

MI

Mallory Iachetta

Manager, HRIS and People Operations

MH

Max Heckman

Vice President, TV and Film

KM

Kevin Mayer

CEO

TS

Tom Staggs

Co-Founder

JG

James Goldston

President, Candle Non Fiction

RC

Rebecca Connors

Executive Assistant

PG

Polly Grube

Project Director

SZ

Sharon Zhao

Executive Assistant

Industry Focus

Invests In

Healthcare
Consumer

Funds

Fund I

$500M2022
fully deployed

Fund II

$500M2021
fully deployed

Recent Activity

Raised Fund I ($500M)

2022 · fund records

Raised Fund II ($500M)

2021 · fund records

Portfolio Companies (7)

Other

MO

moonbug

A media company specializing in children's entertainment.

CA

Candle True Stories

HE

Hello Sunshine

Media·Acquisition

A media company focused on female-driven storytelling.

FA

Faraway Road

Media·Acquisition

A production company known for creating popular TV series.

AT

ATTN

Media·Acquisition

A media company that creates content for a social media audience.

EX

Exile Content Studio

Media·Acquisition

A studio producing content for Spanish-speaking audiences.

WE

Westbrook

Media·Minority Stake

A media company co-founded by Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith.

How to pitch Candle Media Ventures
  • •Raising at Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • •Lead with your fit in Healthcare, Consumer — the sectors they actively back.
  • •cold outreach ok
  • •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Mallory Iachetta, Manager, HRIS and People Operations.
  • •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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