Top 50 Marketplace VCs

VCs You Should Know and Follow

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Building or scaling a marketplace is hard. Even if you’re not looking for funding right now, understanding who shapes the marketplace landscape gives you a serious edge—whether you want to pitch, network, or just keep up with industry trends.

Below is a hand-picked list of the 40 most active VC firms investing in online marketplaces worldwide, plus 10 individual investors who consistently spot (and sometimes spark) the next wave of platform innovation. You’ll find links to their profiles, portfolio highlights, and what kind of deals they typically do—so you can follow, learn, or reach out.

If you’re looking to understand where the smart money flows, who’s blogging about network effects, or which funds go beyond “marketplaces” as a buzzword, start here.

Name

VC/Individual

Description / Notable Marketplace Investments

Preferred Round

Marketplace Specialist

Accel

VC

Blablacar, Deliveroo, Trulia, Etsy

Series B

No

Acton Capital

VC

Expertelead, Lemonone

Series B

No

Adevinta Ventures

VC

Paulcamper, Medwing

Series A

Yes

Atomico

VC

JobandTalent

Series A

No

Autotech Ventures

VC

Outdoorsy, Lyft, Fixico, Frontier Car Group

Series A

No

Axel Springer

VC

Airbnb, Uber, Wunderflat, WayUp, Wunderflats

Series A

No

Balderton Capital

VC

3dhubs, Rentify

Series A

No

Battery Ventures

VC

Sofar sounds, Spothere, Wag

Series A

No

Big Sur Ventures

VC

Biddus, Celebrents

Seed

No

Cabra VC

VC

Ticketscloud

Series A

No

Chicago Ventures

VC

Cameo, Havenly, SpotHero, Truss

Series A

No

Felix Capital

VC

Farfetch, Mirakl

Series B

No

FJ Labs

VC

Alibaba, Blablacar, Book a Tiger

Seed

Yes

Flashpoint

VC

Ponominalu

Series A

No

Floodgate

VC

Lyft, Airgarage

Series A

No

Frog Capital

VC

Sofatutor, Rated People

Early VC

No

Global Founders Capital

VC

Barn2door, Homeaway

Seed

No

HV Holtzbrinck Ventures

VC

Scoutbee, Mercavus, Care.com

Series A

No

Jackson Square Ventures

VC

Upwork, Offerup, Cornershop

Series A

Yes

JME Ventures

VC

JobandTalent, Voi, Saluspot

Seed

No

LeadX Capital Partners

VC

Culinary Agents

Seed

No

Market One Capital

VC

Eversports, Packhelp, Lunching.pl

Seed

Yes

MHS Capital

VC

Thumbtack, Udemy, Sharerid

Series A

No

NEA - New Enterprise Associates

VC

Hired, Raise

Series B

No

Northzone

VC

Lemoncat, Wallapop, Letgo

Series A

No

Peak Capital

VC

United Wardrobe, Floryn, Cheapcargo

Seed

Yes

Piton Capital

VC

Quandoo, Move24, Autotrader

Series B

Yes

Point Nine Capital

VC

Helplin, Deskbookers, Delivery Hero, DaWanda, Storefront

Seed

Yes

Revo Capital

VC

Zizoo, Figopara, Peoplise

Seed

No

Ringier

VC

Topjobs, Scout24

Series A

No

Samaipata

VC

Ontruck, Matera, Geomiq

Series A

Yes

SpeedInvest X

VC

CoachHub, PackHelp, Byrd

Seed

Yes

Tekton Ventures

VC

Thumbtack, GreenCar, Outdoorsy

Seed

No

Uncork Capital

VC

Eventbrite, Postmates, Pared

Seed

No

VentureFriends

VC

Stasher

Seed

No

White Star Capital

VC

Freshly, Activate

Series A

No

NFX

VC

Outdoorsy, Splicer, Incredible Health

Seed

Yes

Starting Line

VC

Cameo, Hitch, Spothero

Seed

Yes

Dutch Founders Fund

VC

YourCampus, Buildstream

(pre)Seed

Yes

Simon Rothman (Twitter)

Individual

Greylock Partners; Airbnb, EatWith, GoFundMe, Convoy

Series A/B

Yes (marketplaces)

Bill Gurley (Twitter)

Individual

Benchmark; Uber, Zillow, OpenTable, Grubhub

Series A/B

Yes

Boris Wertz (Twitter)

Individual

Version One Ventures; JustBooks (acq. by Amazon)

Seed/A

Yes

James Currier (Twitter)

Individual

NFX Guild; Lyft, Poshmark

Seed/A

Yes

Jeff Jordan (Twitter)

Individual

Andreessen Horowitz; Airbnb, Instacart, Pinterest

Series B

Yes

Craig Shapiro (Twitter)

Individual

Collaborative Fund; Lyft, Kickstarter, TaskRabbit, Thumbtack

Seed/A

Yes

Brad Burnham (Twitter)

Individual

Union Square Ventures; Etsy, La Ruche qui dit Oui!

Series A

Yes

Tristan Pollock (Twitter)

Individual

500 Startups, Storefront founder; marketplace dinners

Seed

Yes

Nicolas Debock (Twitter)

Individual

Balderton Capital, XAnge; Peerby, La Ruche qui dit Oui!

Seed/A

Yes

Aileen Lee (Twitter)

Individual

Cowboy Ventures; Dollar Shave Club, Rent the Runway

Seed/A

Yes

Fabrice Grinda (Twitter)

Individual

FJ Labs; Alibaba, BlaBlaCar, Delivery Hero

Seed/A

Yes

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