Players Fund — Pre-Seed & Seed VC Firm ($50K–$300K Checks)
Players Fund is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm investing in Fintech, SaaS, AI / ML. The firm typically writes $50K–$300K checks and has 29 portfolio companies in our records.
- Check size
- $50K–$300K
- Portfolio
- 29 companies on record
- Partners
- 8 listed
- Stage
- Pre-Seed, Seed
- Sectors
- Fintech, SaaS, AI / ML, Marketplace, Consumer, Security, Healthcare
- AUM
- Not in our records
Last verified: 2026-10-26
Pre-Seed, Seed
$50K – $300K
29+ companies
8 partners
Investment Thesis
Invests in technical founders at pre-seed and seed across software infrastructure, fintech, cyber, compute, and health, with an athlete-backed network that can be useful for sports-adjacent software. The fund explicitly targets technical companies and early stages, making it a strong fit for NIL infrastructure.
How Players Fund invests
Players Fund is a vc firm. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on Fintech, SaaS, AI / ML, Marketplace, Consumer.
Players Fund typically writes checks of $50K–$300K per investment.
Investing since at least 2024, Players Fund has backed 29 companies in our records, including Stealth, Pluto Security, Peace. Its most recent recorded investment was in 2026, with 4 investments logged in 2026.
Partners & Team
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Dame Jessica Ennis-Hill
Partner
Dame Jessica Ennis-Hill, partner at The Players Fund, crossing the finish line at London 2012.
Nikita Parris
Partner
Nikita Parris, partner at The Players Fund, playing football for England.
Chris Smalling
Partner
Chris Smalling, partner at The Players Fund, playing for Roma against Juventus.
Industry Focus
Invests In
Recent Activity
Invested in Zaro
2026 · portfolio records
Invested in Peace
2026 · portfolio records
Invested in Pluto Security
2026 · portfolio records
Invested in Stealth
2026 · portfolio records
Invested in Hexagon Cup
2025 · portfolio records
Invested in WHOOP
2025 · portfolio records
Invested in Shortcat
2025 · portfolio records
Invested in Tano
2025 · portfolio records
Portfolio Companies (29)
2026
Stealth
AI-supported expert services for small businesses.
Pluto Security
Security for enterprise AI tools, applications and agents.
Peace
AI-powered experiences that bring physical play and storytelling together.
Zaro
A workspace connecting company data, AI agents and custom applications.
2025
Connectome Health
Technology for measuring and monitoring brain health.
Arte
Cybersecurity software that helps teams prioritise and remediate issues across their security tools.
Compute Desk
Financial infrastructure for pricing, trading and financing AI compute.
Extrian
AI research focused on modelling human interaction.
WHOOP
Wearable health, recovery and performance insights.
Hexagon Cup
An international team-based padel competition.
- •Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
- •Lead with your fit in Fintech, SaaS, AI / ML — the sectors they actively back.
- •Size your ask to their typical $50K – $300K check.
- •warm intro preferred
- •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as George Burrough, Co-Founder.
- •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.
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