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Watertower Group — Seed & Series A VC Firm

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Los Angeles, CaliforniaProfile updated October 2026Website

Watertower Group is a Seed, Series A venture capital firm based in Los Angeles, California investing in Consumer, Enterprise, SaaS. The firm has 8 portfolio companies in our records.

Portfolio
8 companies on record
Partners
1 listed
AUM
$500M
Stage
Seed, Series A
Sectors
Consumer, Enterprise, SaaS, AI / ML, Fintech
HQ
Los Angeles, California
Check size
Not in our records

Last verified: 2026-10-26

How to approach: warm intro preferred
Stage

Seed, Series A

AUM

$500M

Portfolio

8+ companies

Team

1 partner

Investment Thesis

Investment bank and seed fund focused on entertainment and consumer startups, with a natural angle on music, venues, events, and audience monetization. Fits products that can connect music fans, promoters, and local sponsors.

How Watertower Group invests

Watertower Group is a vc firm based in Los Angeles, California. The firm invests at the Seed, Series A stages, with a focus on Consumer, Enterprise, SaaS, AI / ML, Fintech.

Watertower Group manages approximately $500M in assets. Our records include 3 funds raised by the firm.

Watertower Group has backed 8 companies in our records, including builtapp.com, entrilia.com, intro.co.

Partners & Team

DN

Derek Norton

Partner

Entertainment
consumer
seed

Industry Focus

Invests In

Consumer
Enterprise
SaaS
AI / ML
Fintech

Funds

Watertower Fund III

$200M2020
actively investing

Watertower Fund II

$150M2018
fully deployed

Watertower Fund I

$100M2015
fully deployed

Recent Activity

Raised Watertower Fund III ($200M)

2020 · fund records

Raised Watertower Fund II ($150M)

2018 · fund records

Raised Watertower Fund I ($100M)

2015 · fund records

Portfolio Companies (8)

Other

BU

builtapp.com

AI / enterprise software·Not stated

AI enterprise optimization platform

EN

entrilia.com

Fintech·Not stated

Financial technologies company

IN

intro.co

AI / media tech·Not stated

AI for media company

PA

pactfi.com

Fintech·Not stated

Financial technologies company

ST

stability.ai

AI / consumer tech·Not stated

AI consumer transformation company

KE

keysquare.trading

Fintech·Not stated

Financial technologies company

MO

mothership.com

AI / enterprise software·Not stated

AI enterprise optimization platform

TH

threev.ai

AI / enterprise software·Not stated

AI enterprise optimization platform

How to pitch Watertower Group
  • •Raising at Seed, Series A? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • •Lead with your fit in Consumer, Enterprise, SaaS — the sectors they actively back.
  • •warm intro preferred
  • •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Derek Norton, Partner.
  • •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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