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Marketplace Ventures — Seed & Series A VC Firm ($100K–$250K Checks)

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San Francisco, United StatesWebsite

Marketplace Ventures is a Seed, Series A venture capital firm based in San Francisco, United States investing in Marketplace, SaaS, Other. The firm typically writes $100K–$250K checks and has 2 portfolio companies in our records.

Check size
$100K–$250K
Portfolio
2 companies on record
Partners
2 listed
Stage
Seed, Series A
Sectors
Marketplace, SaaS, Other
HQ
San Francisco, United States
AUM
Not in our records

Last verified: 2026-09-13

How to approach: cold outreach ok
Stage

Seed, Series A

Check Size

$100K – $250K

Portfolio

2+ companies

Team

2 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Invests in category-defining marketplaces and network-effect startups including P2P, B2B, B2C, and marketplace infrastructure/tools, especially where AI unlocks new supply, agent-enabled workflows, or supply unlocked from fragmented offline sources.

How Marketplace Ventures invests

Marketplace Ventures is a vc firm based in San Francisco, United States. The firm invests at the Seed, Series A stages, with a focus on Marketplace, SaaS, Other. It does not invest in Healthcare.

Marketplace Ventures typically writes checks of $100K–$250K per investment.

Marketplace Ventures has backed 2 companies in our records, including Flexport, Flowhub.

Partners & Team

LH

Lukas Henderson

General Partner

e-commerce
growth acceleration
direct-to-consumer brands
Shopify startups
JA

John Avery

GP

Marketplace
Transportation

Industry Focus

Invests In

Marketplace
SaaS
Other

Does Not Invest In

Healthcare

Portfolio Companies (2)

Other

FL

Flexport

Transportation
FL

Flowhub

Marketplace
How to pitch Marketplace Ventures
  • •Raising at Seed, Series A? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • •Lead with your fit in Marketplace, SaaS, Other — the sectors they actively back.
  • •Size your ask to their typical $100K – $250K check.
  • •cold outreach ok
  • •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Lukas Henderson, General Partner.
  • •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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