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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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