Night Ventures

ActiveVenture Capital

Updated: Dec 5, 2025 ·

Financial History

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Investments Made

Date	Company	Round	Lead Investor(s)	Co-Investor(s)
Apr 1, 2025	Superpower	$30.0M Series A	—	Acrew Capital, Adverb Ventures, AirAngels, AngelCube, ATX Venture Partners, Bain Capital Ventures, Canaan Partners, CP Ventures, Craft Ventures, Curie.Bio, Curious Capital, FJ Labs, Forerunner Ventures, Foundation Capital, Greylock, Inspired Capital, Kleiner Perkins, Klossy, monashees, Offline Ventures, Operator Partners, Otherwise Fund, Pantera Capital, Pioneer Fund, REMUS Capital, RevTech Ventures, Serena Ventures, Seven Seven Six, Sound Ventures, Stage 2 Capital, Timespan Ventures, Torch Capital, Upfront Ventures, Version One Ventures, Abe Burns, Baron Davis, Brian Sugar, Casey Neistat, Evan Williams, Gokul Rajaram, Ian Borthwick, Jeffrey Wilke, Jonathan Widawski, Justin David Blau, Marissa Mayer, Mathilde Collin, Pir Granoff
Sep 1, 2024	Zenlytic	$9.0M Series A	—	Acrew Capital, Amino Collective, Bain Capital Ventures, Craft Ventures, Curie.Bio, Curious Capital, FJ Labs, High-Tech Gründerfonds, M13, Operator Partners, REMUS Capital, Rethink Ventures, Serena Ventures, Seven Seven Six, Sound Ventures, Timespan Ventures, Version One Ventures, Abe Burns, Baron Davis, Brian Sugar, Casey Neistat, Gokul Rajaram, Ian Borthwick, Logan Paul, Pir Granoff, Rolf Schrömgens
Sep 1, 2024	Hgen	$5.0M Seed	—	Acrew Capital, Bain Capital Ventures, Craft Ventures, Curie.Bio, Curious Capital, FJ Labs, Operator Partners, REMUS Capital, Serena Ventures, Seven Seven Six, Sound Ventures, Stellar Capital, Sunset Ventures, Timespan Ventures, Version One Ventures, Abe Burns, Baron Davis, Brian Sugar, Casey Neistat, Gokul Rajaram, Ian Borthwick, Leore Avidar, Logan Paul, Pir Granoff
Jun 1, 2024	BirthFund	$1.0M Seed	—	Acrew Capital, Bain Capital Ventures, Banana Capital, Cherry Ventures, Craft Ventures, Curie.Bio, Curious Capital, Double Down, FJ Labs, Forerunner Ventures, Klossy, Makers Fund, Operator Partners, REMUS Capital, Serena Ventures, Seven Seven Six, Sound Ventures, Timespan Ventures, Version One Ventures, Abe Burns, Aleksander Leonard Larsen, Baron Davis, Brian Sugar, Casey Neistat, Gokul Rajaram, Ian Borthwick, Jonathan Neman, Kevin Hart, Logan Paul, Nicolas Julia, Peter Sellis, Pir Granoff, Whitney Cummings, Yahya Mokhtarzada
Dec 1, 2023	Lolli	$8.0M Series B	—	2048 Ventures, ACME Capital, Acrew Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Bain Capital Ventures, Collab Capital, Craft Ventures, CRV, Curie.Bio, Curious Capital, Jenny Fielding, FJ Labs, Matchstick Ventures, New Voices Fund, Operator Partners, Plug & Play Ventures, Reign Ventures, REMUS Capital, Section 32, Serena Ventures, Seven Seven Six, Sound Ventures, TechSquare Labs, The Hit Forge, Timespan Ventures, Union Square Ventures, Version One Ventures, Vitalize Venture Group, Abe Burns, Andre Iguodala, Baron Davis, Brandon Leonardo, Brian Sugar, Casey Neistat, Gautam Gupta, Gokul Rajaram, Ian Borthwick, Katy Perry, Logan Paul, Manish Chandra, Max Mullen, Odell Beckham Jr., Pir Granoff, Stacy Brown-Philpot, Varsha Rao
Nov 1, 2022	Zenlytic	$5.0M Seed	—	Acrew Capital, Bain Capital Ventures, Craft Ventures, Curie.Bio, Curious Capital, FJ Labs, Operator Partners, REMUS Capital, Serena Ventures, Seven Seven Six, Sound Ventures, Timespan Ventures, Version One Ventures, Abe Burns, Baron Davis, Brian Sugar, Casey Neistat, Gokul Rajaram, Ian Borthwick, Logan Paul, Pir Granoff
Apr 1, 2022	SoundMint	$2.0M Seed	—	Animoca Brands, BITKRAFT Ventures, Infinity Ventures Crypto, Mechanism Capital, Moonfire Ventures, Play Ventures, Seed Club Ventures, Ryan Zurrer, Aleksander Leonard Larsen, Hubert Thieblot, Sebastien Borget, Thomas Vu
Apr 1, 2022	Yomi Games	$2.0M Seed	—	Animoca Brands, Beringea, BITKRAFT Ventures, Bling Capital, Curious Capital, DCM, Founder Collective, Galaxy Interactive, Infinity Ventures Crypto, Insight Partners, Makers Fund, Matrix, Mechanism Capital, Moonfire Ventures, NewView Capital, Play Ventures, Precursor Ventures, Rainfall Ventures, Scale Venture Partners, Seed Club Ventures, SOSV, Stellation Capital, Uncork Capital, Ryan Zurrer, Zeev Capital, Aleksander Leonard Larsen, Deborah Liu, Dominik Richter, Hubert Thieblot, Kevin Lin, Mike Krieger, Nick Caldwell, Rob Hodgkinson, Ryan Wyatt, Sebastien Borget, Thomas Vu
Apr 1, 2022	Sandstorm	$3.0M Seed	—	Animoca Brands, BITKRAFT Ventures, Infinity Ventures Crypto, Mechanism Capital, Moonfire Ventures, Play Ventures, Seed Club Ventures, Ryan Zurrer, Aleksander Leonard Larsen, Hubert Thieblot, Thomas Vu
Mar 1, 2022	GGWP	$12.0M Seed	—	Andreessen Horowitz, Animoca Brands, BITKRAFT Ventures, Cherubic Ventures, Infinity Ventures Crypto, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Mechanism Capital, Moonfire Ventures, Next 10 Ventures, Not Boring Capital, Play Ventures, Prototype Capital, Seed Club Ventures, Sony Innovation Fund, Ryan Zurrer, Aleksander Leonard Larsen, Bob Meese, Chung-Man Tam, Hubert Thieblot, Joshua Reeves, Kevin Lin, Sandeep Sood, Sebastien Borget, Thomas Vu
Mar 1, 2022	zkLend	$5.0M Seed	—	Acrew Capital, Animoca Brands, BITKRAFT Ventures, DCVC (Data Collective), Scott Hartley, Infinity Ventures Crypto, Mechanism Capital, Moonfire Ventures, Play Ventures, Seed Club Ventures, True Ventures, Ryan Zurrer, Aleksander Leonard Larsen, Hubert Thieblot, Sebastien Borget, Thomas Vu
Feb 1, 2022	Common Paper	$5.0M Seed	—	Asylum Ventures, Boldstart Ventures, Business Growth Fund, Darling Ventures, Davidovs VC, Indicator Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Redpoint Ventures, Republic, Uncork Capital, Mathilde Collin, Paul Veugen, Sean Behr
Feb 1, 2022	Fast Break Labs	$6.0M Seed	—	Andreessen Horowitz, Animoca Brands, BITKRAFT Ventures, Electric Ant, Galaxy Digital, Goat Capital, Infinity Ventures Crypto, Mechanism Capital, Moonfire Ventures, Pantera Capital, Patron, Play Ventures, Resonado, Robot Ventures, Seed Club Ventures, Thirty Five Ventures, Ryan Zurrer, AJ Vaynerchuk, Aleksander Leonard Larsen, Hubert Thieblot, Matthew Dellavedova, Sebastien Borget
Jan 1, 2022	CryptoSlam	$9.0M Seed	—	Animoca Brands, Ascend Vietnam Ventures, Better Food Ventures, BITKRAFT Ventures, Cadenza Capital Management, Craft Ventures, First Round Capital, General Catalyst, Golden Gate Ventures, Greylock, Infinity Ventures Crypto, Kleiner Perkins, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Mechanism Capital, Moonfire Ventures, Obvious Ventures, Play Ventures, Race Capital, Renegade Partners, Seed Club Ventures, Seven Seven Six, Staley Capital, Ryan Zurrer, Aleksander Leonard Larsen, Bradley Horowitz, Evan Williams, Hubert Thieblot, Kevin Lin, Matteo Franceschetti, Robin Bade, Sebastien Borget, Steve Chen, Thomas Vu, Trevor Wright
Dec 1, 2021	LiveFlow	$4.0M Seed	—	20VC, 2xN, 99 Startups, AfterWork Ventures, ALLVP, Alpha4 ventures, Alumni Ventures, Animoca Brands, Avalanche VC, BITKRAFT Ventures, Bond, Canaan Partners, Canvas Ventures, Cherry Ventures, Coatue, Credo Ventures, Curious Capital, Double Prime LLP, Dunce Capital, Earlybird Venture Capital, eCapital Entrepreneurial Partners, Element Ventures, Jenny Fielding, Scott Hartley, FasterCapital, Flexcap, Flucas Ventures, foobar.vc, Gecad Ventures, Global Founders Capital, IDG Ventures, Incisive Ventures, Infinity Ventures Crypto, La Famiglia, Latitud, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Mechanism Capital, Meritech Capital Partners, MMC Ventures, Modern Venture Partners, monashees, Moonfire Ventures, Ann Bordetsky, New Enterprise Associates, Hans Tung, Outrun Ventures, Pareto Holdings, Picus Capital, Play Ventures, Presight Capital, Alexander Rosen, Seedcamp, Seed Club Ventures, Shorea Ventures, Silence, Social Capital, Target Global, Torch Capital, Tribe Capital, Unpopular Ventures, Valar Ventures, Ryan Zurrer, XAnge, Xochi Ventures, Y Combinator, Aleksander Leonard Larsen, Alexis Bonillo, Andrew Jones, Anna Yuan, Antoine Martin, Ariel Lambrecht, Bastian Nominacher, Bradley Horowitz, Brandon Krieg, Chris Murphy, Chris Schagen, Christian Reber, Claire Diaz-Ortiz, David Vélez, Felix Jahn, Frederic Kerrest, George Godula, Gloria Baeuerlein, Gokul Rajaram, Guillaume Princen, Hanno Renner, Hubert Thieblot, Jeppe Rindom, Jeremy Stoppelman, Johan Lorenzen, Julian Shapiro, Justin Mateen, Karim Atiyeh, Kevin Stumpf, Laurent Ritter, Mads Fosselius, Mandeep Singh, Manolo Atala, Michael Levinthal, Michael Stoppelman, Mik Attisani, Nicky Goulimis, Oleg Tscheltzoff, Oliver Jung, Philippe Teixeira da Mota, Phillip Chambers, Raffael Johnen, Ricardo Weder, Ron Pragides, Ryan Carlson, Sahin Boydas, Sebastien Borget, Sergio Furio, Thomas Vu, Tushar Garg, Victor Jacobsson, Vlad Ionescu
Dec 1, 2021	BAYZ	$4.0M Seed	—	Animoca Brands, BITKRAFT Ventures, Infinity Ventures Crypto, Mechanism Capital, Moonfire Ventures, Play Ventures, Seed Club Ventures, Ryan Zurrer, Hubert Thieblot, Sebastien Borget, Thomas Vu
Nov 1, 2021	Kettle	$25.0M Series A	—	Acrew Capital, Alumni Ventures, Bain Capital Ventures, Craft Ventures, Curie.Bio, Curious Capital, DCVC (Data Collective), FJ Labs, Future Ventures, General Catalyst, Khosla Ventures, One Planet Group, Operator Partners, REMUS Capital, Serena Ventures, Seven Seven Six, Sound Ventures, Timespan Ventures, True Ventures, Version One Ventures, Abe Burns, Baron Davis, Brian Sugar, Casey Neistat, Gokul Rajaram, Ian Borthwick, Logan Paul, Pir Granoff, Shivon Zilis
Oct 1, 2021	nameless	$15.0M Seed	—	01 Advisors, Altair Capital Management, Animoca Brands, Avalon Ventures, BITKRAFT Ventures, Dream Machine, Forerunner Ventures, General Catalyst, Genoa Ventures, Haun Ventures, Helium-3 Ventures, Infinity Ventures Crypto, Kleiner Perkins, Lazerow Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Liquid 2 Ventures, Magnify Ventures, Mechanism Capital, Moonfire Ventures, NFX, Northpond Ventures, Pelion Venture Partners, Play Ventures, Polychain Capital, Red Beard Ventures, Zain Rizavi, Seed Club Ventures, SNR, Social Capital, Sound Ventures, The Hit Forge, Timespan Ventures, Ryan Zurrer, Aleksander Leonard Larsen, Anshu Sharma, Douglas Merritt, Eduardo Haber, Eileen Murray, Hubert Thieblot, Justin Timberlake, Louis Beryl, Marc Benioff, Mark Cuban, Mark Pincus, Matt Bellamy, Sebastien Borget, Sohaib Abbasi, Stacy Brown-Philpot, Thomas Vu
Sep 1, 2021	Grow Credit	$6.0M Seed	—	Acrew Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Bain Capital Ventures, Bennu, Commerce Ventures, Craft Ventures, Curie.Bio, Curious Capital, Cyphr VC, Daffy, FiDi Ventures, First Republic Bank, FJ Labs, FTAC Ventures, M13, Monroe Capital, Mucker Capital, Operator Partners, Paradox Capital, Point72 Ventures, Portage Ventures, REMUS Capital, RSE Ventures, Serena Ventures, Seven Seven Six, Sound Ventures, Spark Capital, The Perkins Fund, Timespan Ventures, Vayner RSE, Version One Ventures, Abe Burns, Baron Davis, Brian Sugar, Casey Neistat, Frederic Kerrest, Gokul Rajaram, Haroon Mokhtarzada, Ian Borthwick, Jason Gardner, Jason Robins, Joshua Webster, Logan Paul, Mark Goines, Omar Soliman, Omri Dahan, Peter Kight, Pir Granoff, Sébastien Deguy, Tamim Mourad, Will Kassoy, Yahya Mokhtarzada
Aug 1, 2021	Poppi	$14.0M Series A	—	01 Advisors, 7BC Venture Capital, Kevin Hartz, Acrew Capital, AIX Ventures, Animal Capital, Aurora Forge, Bain Capital Ventures, Big Idea Ventures, Bono, Casa Verde Capital, Craft Ventures, Curie.Bio, Curious Capital, FJ Labs, Griffin Gaming Partners, Hoxton Ventures, Intuition Capital, Motivate Ventures, Muchmore Ventures, NewView Capital, Oak HC/FT, Operator Partners, Practical Venture Capital, QueensBridge Venture Partners, REMUS Capital, Serena Ventures, Seven Seven Six, Social Starts, SOSV, Sound Ventures, Thirty Five Ventures, Timespan Ventures, UpHonest Capital, Vayner RSE, Vera Equity, Version One Ventures, Visionaire Ventures, VNTR Capital, WndrCo LLC, Abe Burns, Anthony Saleh, Baron Davis, Brian Sugar, Bryce Hall, Casey Neistat, Gee Roberson, Gokul Rajaram, Griffin Johnson, Ian Borthwick, Jimmy Donaldson, Kevin Hart, Logan Paul, Mark Cuban, Mark Pincus, Pir Granoff, Rich Miner, William Adams
Jun 1, 2021	TRIPP	$11.0M Series A	—	Animoca Brands, Audrey Capital, BITKRAFT Ventures, Grit Capital Partners, Infinity Ventures Crypto, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Mayfield, Mechanism Capital, Moonfire Ventures, Play Ventures, PsyMed Ventures, Seed Club Ventures, Ryan Zurrer, Vine Ventures (vine.vc), VSC Ventures, Aleksander Leonard Larsen, Hubert Thieblot, Ron Pragides, Sahin Boydas, Sebastien Borget, Ted Moskovitz, Thomas Vu, Andreessen Horowitz, Brighter Capital, Electric Capital, Ethereal Ventures, Floodgate, Hartmann Capital, Howard Lindzon, Immad Akhund, James Beshara, Justin Mateen, Jutta Steiner, Matias Woloski, Maya Zehavi, Mercury Fund, MetaProp Ventures, New Age Ventures, Polygon, Sahil Lavingia, Scott Belsky, Seven Seven Six, Teck Chia, The Hit Forge, Third Prime, Vibe Capital
May 1, 2021	Zapper	$15.0M Series A	—	Acrew Capital, Bain Capital Ventures, Cadenza Capital Management, Craft Ventures, Curie.Bio, Curious Capital, Draper Associates, FJ Labs, Framework Ventures, Great Oaks Venture Capital, Krillion Ventures, Operator Partners, Platinum Software Development Company, REMUS Capital, Serena Ventures, Seven Seven Six, Sound Ventures, Sunset Ventures, Timespan Ventures, UpHonest Capital, Version One Ventures, Abe Burns, Baron Davis, Brian Sugar, Casey Neistat, Gokul Rajaram, Ian Borthwick, Logan Paul, Pir Granoff
Apr 1, 2021	Beacons.ai	$6.0M Seed	—	Altair Capital Management, Davidovs VC, GSR Ventures, GVA Capital, Republic, Nkechi Iregbulem
Apr 1, 2021	Riverside	$10.0M Series A	—	Acrew Capital, Bain Capital Ventures, Craft Ventures, Curie.Bio, Curious Capital, FJ Labs, Klossy, Operator Partners, REMUS Capital, Serena Ventures, Seven Seven Six, Sound Ventures, Timespan Ventures, Version One Ventures, Abe Burns, Baron Davis, Brian Sugar, Gokul Rajaram, Ian Borthwick, John Legend, Logan Paul, Pir Granoff
Mar 1, 2021	Lolli	$5.0M Seed	—	ACME Capital, Acrew Capital, AirAngels, Andreessen Horowitz, Bain Capital Ventures, Bond, C2 Investment, Coinbase Ventures, Collab Capital, Craft Ventures, CRV, Curie.Bio, Curious Capital, Jenny Fielding, FJ Labs, Greylock, New Voices Fund, Operator Partners, Plaid, Plug & Play Ventures, Reign Ventures, REMUS Capital, Serena Ventures, Seven Seven Six, Sound Ventures, Spark Capital, SV Angel, TechSquare Labs, The Hit Forge, Timespan Ventures, Todd and Rahul's Angel Fund, Version One Ventures, Abe Burns, Andre Iguodala, Baron Davis, Brandon Leonardo, Brian Sugar, Casey Neistat, Evan Williams, Gautam Gupta, Gokul Rajaram, Ian Borthwick, Katy Perry, Logan Paul, Manish Chandra, Max Mullen, Odell Beckham Jr., Pir Granoff, Shishir Mehrotra, Stacy Brown-Philpot, Tobias Lutke, Varsha Rao

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Leadership Team

Key people at Night Ventures.

Leadership Team

Key people at Night Ventures.

Deep Dive

Night Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm founded in 2021 and based in Austin, Texas, that focuses on investing in innovative consumer technology companies across sectors such as fintech, SaaS, crypto, health, and consumer internet[1][5]. Their mission centers on backing the best teams building new consumer tech and helping them navigate emerging forms of customer acquisition, including content, community, and the creator economy, leveraging connections with influential internet personalities who shape popular culture and reach billions globally[5][4]. Night Ventures typically invests at the pre-seed, seed, and Series A stages, with check sizes ranging roughly from $250K to $500K, targeting companies in marketplaces, eCommerce, gaming, wellness, edtech, and consumer goods primarily within the USA[1][3][4].

The firm was founded in 2021, with key leadership including General Partner Ben Mathews, who focuses on consumer investments[1][3]. Night Ventures has evolved to incorporate a creator incubator model within Night Media, where creators with strong fanbases develop ideas into venture-backable companies, thus blending venture capital with the creator economy[4]. This approach reflects their commitment to supporting startups that harness new digital channels for growth and customer engagement.

Core Differentiators

Unique Investment Model: Night Ventures integrates a creator incubator, enabling founders to leverage creator fanbases and new customer acquisition channels such as social media platforms and communities[4][5].
Network Strength: The firm is backed by prominent internet personalities across YouTube, TikTok, Twitch, and podcasts, providing portfolio companies with unparalleled access to influential audiences[5].
Sector Breadth: They invest across a wide range of consumer-focused sectors including fintech, health tech, SaaS, crypto, wellness, and gaming, allowing diversified exposure to emerging consumer trends[1][3].
Operating Support: Beyond capital, Night Ventures offers guidance on navigating new forms of customer acquisition, emphasizing content and community-driven growth strategies[5].

Role in the Broader Tech Landscape

Night Ventures rides the wave of the creator economy and the shift toward community-driven consumer engagement. The timing is significant as digital creators increasingly influence purchasing decisions and brand building, creating new pathways for startups to scale rapidly without traditional marketing[4][5]. Market forces such as the rise of social commerce, decentralized finance (crypto), and health tech innovation align with their investment focus, positioning Night Ventures as a bridge between emerging consumer technologies and the cultural influencers who drive adoption. Their influence extends to shaping how startups approach growth in an ecosystem increasingly dominated by content and creator-led marketing.

Quick Take & Future Outlook

Looking ahead, Night Ventures is poised to deepen its integration with the creator economy, potentially expanding its incubator model and increasing investments in sectors like Web3, fintech, and health tech that benefit from community-driven growth. Trends such as the continued rise of decentralized platforms, AI-powered consumer services, and new media formats will likely shape their portfolio’s trajectory. As the creator economy matures, Night Ventures’ unique positioning with internet celebrities and its focus on innovative consumer acquisition strategies could amplify its influence, making it a key player in early-stage consumer tech investing.

This outlook ties back to Night Ventures’ core mission of empowering founders to leverage new digital channels and cultural trends to build the next generation of consumer technology companies[5][4].

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Core Differentiators

Unique Investment Model: Night Ventures integrates a creator incubator, enabling founders to leverage creator fanbases and new customer acquisition channels such as social media platforms and communities[4][5].
Network Strength: The firm is backed by prominent internet personalities across YouTube, TikTok, Twitch, and podcasts, providing portfolio companies with unparalleled access to influential audiences[5].
Sector Breadth: They invest across a wide range of consumer-focused sectors including fintech, health tech, SaaS, crypto, wellness, and gaming, allowing diversified exposure to emerging consumer trends[1][3].
Operating Support: Beyond capital, Night Ventures offers guidance on navigating new forms of customer acquisition, emphasizing content and community-driven growth strategies[5].