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Rising Media Capital — Seed VC Firm ($400K–$1.5M Checks)

VC
Los Angeles, CAWebsite

Rising Media Capital is a Seed venture capital firm based in Los Angeles, CA investing in Other. The firm typically writes $400K–$1.5M checks.

Check size
$400K–$1.5M
Partners
52 listed
Stage
Seed
Sectors
Other
HQ
Los Angeles, CA
AUM
Not in our records
How to approach: warm intro preferred
Stage

Seed

Check Size

$400K – $1.5M

Team

52 partners

Investment Thesis

Focuses on innovative media companies that integrate technology with entertainment, emphasizing new revenue models and audience engagement strategies.

How Rising Media Capital invests

Rising Media Capital is a vc firm based in Los Angeles, CA. The firm invests at the Seed stage, with a focus on Other. It does not invest in Enterprise Software.

Rising Media Capital typically writes checks of $400K–$1.5M per investment.

Partners & Team

CF

Claudia Finlay

Business Development Director

MF

Matthew Finlay

Chief Executive Officer

MF

Marina Forstner

Conference Manager

JF

Jordan Fischer

Managing Partner

Media & Entertainment
BO

Brian O’Neill

Founder

Founder
JQ

Jasmin Quellmann

Global Head of Marketing Technology

Marketing Technology
NB

Naaz Butt

Web Marketing Manager

Web Marketing
KV

Kevin Vollmari

Senior Development Engineer

Development Engineering
RB

Rob Brouwer

CEO

CEO
KH

Koos Hoeijmakers

SEA Automation & Innovation Lead

SEA
Automation
Innovation
AH

Alex Hancock

Head of Treasury Analytics

Treasury Analytics
AB

Alexander Bellin

Director Marketing (Chief Revenue Officer)

Marketing
Chief Revenue Officer
KM

Kent McDonald

Founder

Founder
RL

Richard Lee

Director of Advanced Analytics

Advanced Analytics
HV

Huy Vo

Data Science and Analytic manager

Data Science
Analytics
MR

Mila Rosenthal

Executive Director

Executive Director
AG

Andrew Gerhardt

Implementation Principal

Implementation
JB

Julian Banse

Consultant - Digital Marketing & Strategy

Digital Marketing
Strategy
DQ

Dela Quist

COO

COO
ME

Maximilian Ehrlich

Head of Data

Data
SR

Sarah Richter

Director Measurement Solutions

Measurement Solutions
LS

Lisa Stauß

Head of CRM

CRM
MG

Mantas Gudaukas

Head of Performance

Performance
MM

Miles McNair

Co-founder PPC Mastery & Google Ads Specialist

PPC Mastery
Google Ads
CR

Christine Robinson

CRM Manager

CRM
BL

Bernhard Langefeld

Partner

Partner
SS

Samuel Schmitt

Founder

Founder
SM

Sara Moccand-Sayegh

Team Lead SEO

SEO
BR

Bernhard Redl

Data Engineer

Data Engineering
LS

Luvleen Sidhu

Co-Founder, President and Chief Strategy Officer

Strategy
JZ

Josh Zerlan

Operations Manager

Operations
SL

Seunghaeng Lee

CEO

CEO
HV

Haritha Vadavalli

Strategic Planning Director

Strategic Planning
HH

Hanno Harland

project manager

Project Management
PB

Philipp Busse

Head of User Experience & Interaction Design

User Experience
Interaction Design
SH

Susan Heidorn

Director of Business Solutions

Business Solutions
SD

Stephanie de Wangen

Director

Director
MS

Martijn Scheijbeler

Director of SEO

SEO
TB

Tucker Balch

Managing Director

Managing Director
MZ

Meina Zhou

Data Scientist and Senior Consultant

Data Science
Consulting
KH

Ken Hoang

CEO and Co-Founder

CEO
Co-Founder
TS

Thorge Schramm

Senior Social Media & Product Manager

Social Media
Product Management
PS

Praveen Srinivasan

Senior BA Manager

Business Analysis
EG

Elly Geck

Internal Automation Team Lead

Automation
RS

Roland Schweins

CEO

CEO
AS

Anne Sargeant

Head of Analytics

Analytics
PH

Patrick Hegnauer

Marketing Data Architect

Data Architecture
Marketing
VL

Verena Letzner

Managing Director

Managing Director
VM

Vardhan Mulik

Sr. Specialist, Data Management

Data Management
JS

Jeff Sauer

Founder and Lead Instructor

Founder
Instruction
DL

Daniel Levitan

Founder

Founder
JK

Jonathan Kestenbaum

Managing Director Events Agency

Events Agency

Industry Focus

Invests In

Other

Does Not Invest In

Enterprise Software
How to pitch Rising Media Capital
  • •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 $400K – $1.5M check.
  • •warm intro preferred
  • •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Claudia Finlay, Business Development Director.
  • •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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