Best Marketplace Venture Capital Firms

Browse 1,062 venture capital firms investing in Marketplace startups, ranked by new investments on record since 2025. Every firm is verified — explore their thesis, check size, and portfolio, then get matched with the best-fit investors for your startup.

Marketplaces live or die on liquidity and network effects, and great investors know whether you have a supply problem or a demand problem at your stage. We connect you with VCs who have funded two-sided platforms and grasp take rate and defensibility.

Verified Marketplace VC firms

Forward Partners

Early-stage UK investor backing technology companies across SaaS, marketplaces, and commerce. The firm is a regional specialist with a small-fund profile and a history of seed support.

  • SaaS
  • Marketplace
  • Other
  • Pre-Seed, Seed
  • $100K – $500K
  • London, United Kingdom
  • 12 portfolio companies

Frontline Ventures

Frontline backs B2B tech companies in the US and Europe that aim to win across the Atlantic. Its Seed fund targets early-stage European startups expanding to the US, while its Growth fund backs US com...

  • SaaS
  • Marketplace
  • Pre-Seed, Seed
  • $250K – $5.0M
  • Dublin, Ireland
  • 108 portfolio companies

Kfund

Kfund backs early-stage startups across Europe and Latin America, with meaningful interest in fintech and marketplace businesses. It can be a good fit for cross-border commerce and payments models.

  • Fintech
  • Marketplace
  • Other
  • Pre-Seed, Seed
  • Madrid, Spain
  • 137 portfolio companies

Gusher Ventures

Focuses on B2B software solutions for traditional industries like oil & gas, with a keen emphasis on safety and compliance innovations.

  • SaaS
  • Other
  • Food / AgTech
  • Pre-Seed, Seed
  • $50K – $150K
  • Austin, TX
  • 24 portfolio companies

Overlook Ventures

Focused on pre-seed and seed investments, particularly supporting underrepresented founders building fintech and e-commerce solutions.

  • Fintech
  • Healthcare
  • Other
  • Seed
  • $250K – $1.5M
  • Oakland, CA
  • 36 portfolio companies

LoftyInc Capital

Early-stage Africa-focused VC with a long track record in fintech and marketplace infrastructure.

  • Fintech
  • Other
  • SaaS
  • Pre-Seed, Seed
  • $100K – $2.0M
  • Lagos, Nigeria
  • 111 portfolio companies

Greycroft

Greycroft invests in technology, sustainability, and consumer brands. Its technology focus includes foundational models, AI infrastructure, and intelligent enterprise and consumer applications; its co...

  • SaaS
  • Consumer
  • Fintech
  • Seed, Pre-Seed
  • $500K – $5.0M
  • New York, United States
  • 12 portfolio companies

Together Fund

Helps SaaS founders in India build scalable companies for SMBs and enterprise markets.

  • SaaS
  • Marketplace
  • Other
  • Seed, pre-Series A
  • $500K – $2.0M
  • Bengaluru, India
  • 34 portfolio companies

Point Nine

Point Nine is an early-stage venture firm investing globally in AI for the digital, physical, and biological worlds.

  • SaaS
  • Marketplace
  • Other
  • Seed, Series A
  • $500K – $3.0M
  • Berlin, Germany
  • 19 portfolio companies

Social Connect Ventures

Specializes in backing early-stage startups that leverage technology to build and grow social networks and marketplaces, especially in underserved regions.

  • Other
  • Marketplace
  • AI / ML
  • Pre-Seed, Seed
  • $50K – $150K
  • Austin, TX
  • 25 portfolio companies

Union Square Ventures

Thesis-driven venture capital. Investing at the intersection of emerging networks and public benefit.

  • Other
  • Marketplace
  • Climate / Energy
  • Seed, Series A
  • $1.0M – $25.0M
  • US-NYC
  • 30 portfolio companies

Seaside Ventures

Invests in startups at the intersection of technology and travel, with a keen interest in marketplaces and unique booking platforms.

  • Other
  • Marketplace
  • Consumer
  • Pre-Seed
  • $60K – $150K
  • Los Angeles, CA
  • 25 portfolio companies

Lerer Hippeau (B2B selective)

Early-stage NYC fund investing across software; participates in B2B SaaS when strong product and distribution are present.

  • Other
  • SaaS
  • Enterprise
  • Seed
  • $250K – $2.0M
  • New York, NY
  • 75 portfolio companies

Passion Capital

Passion backs early-stage founders, typically at pre-seed or seed, across the UK and Europe. Its current focus is AI, fintech, and enterprise risk.

  • Fintech
  • Other
  • Marketplace
  • Seed
  • $250K – $2.0M
  • London, United Kingdom
  • 21 portfolio companies

Speedinvest

Speedinvest invests in technology companies through sector-focused teams spanning fintech, SaaS and infrastructure, marketplaces and consumer, health and TechBio, deep tech, and climate and industrial...

  • SaaS
  • Fintech
  • Marketplace
  • Pre-Seed, Seed
  • $280K – $5.6M
  • Vienna, Austria
  • 39 portfolio companies

Antler

Day-zero investor and company builder backing founders at formation and pre-product stages.

  • Other
  • Enterprise
  • Fintech
  • Pre-Seed
  • $100K – $500K
  • New York, NY
  • 13 portfolio companies

Connect Ventures

Connect Ventures specializes in product-focused early-stage investments across SaaS and marketplace startups, supporting founders who simplify market inefficiencies.

  • SaaS
  • Marketplace
  • AI / ML
  • Seed
  • $500K – $3.0M
  • London, UK
  • 18 portfolio companies

Balderton Capital

Europe's leading Series A investor. Backing exceptional European founders.

  • Enterprise
  • Consumer
  • Fintech
  • Seed, Series A, Series B
  • $1.0M – $50.0M
  • Europe
  • 26 portfolio companies

Bessemer Venture Partners

The world's most experienced early-stage venture firm, backing entrepreneurs since 1911.

  • Developer Tools
  • Healthcare
  • Consumer
  • Seed, Series A, Series B
  • $1.0M – $30.0M
  • US-SF
  • 20 portfolio companies

Kae Capital

Kae invests at the early stages in Indian technology startups, with current priorities including AI-native and vertical AI, intelligent automation, deeptech, and manufacturing; it also invests in area...

  • Marketplace
  • SaaS
  • Other
  • Pre-Seed, Seed
  • $1.0M – $2.5M
  • Bengaluru, India
  • 35 portfolio companies

LocalGlobe

LocalGlobe invests very early in consumer, marketplace, and food-tech-adjacent businesses. Its pre-seed orientation and relatively small check range make it a plausible first institutional backer.

  • Consumer
  • Marketplace
  • Other
  • Pre-Seed, Seed
  • $200K – $2.0M
  • London, UK
  • 15 portfolio companies

Prime Ventures

Broad European venture fund with a history of backing consumer and marketplace businesses, including a major travel-tech seed round. Suitable for travel products with strong consumer pull and network ...

  • Consumer
  • Marketplace
  • Other
  • Seed, Series A
  • $500K – $5.0M
  • Amsterdam, Netherlands
  • 36 portfolio companies

17Sigma

Early-stage Latin American investor with pre-seed and seed focus and broad technology appetite. The fund has been referenced in foodtech investor lists and appears comfortable with initial checks in t...

  • Marketplace
  • Consumer
  • Food / AgTech
  • Pre-Seed, Seed
  • $100K – $5.0M
  • Buenos Aires, Argentina
  • 20 portfolio companies

1984 Ventures

Early-stage fund investing across marketplace, SaaS, e-commerce, fintech and healthcare. Relevant when the startup has a commerce workflow, marketplace, or seller-ops angle.

  • Marketplace
  • SaaS
  • Other
  • Pre-Seed, Seed
  • 10 portfolio companies

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