Fundraising FoxCrush Ventures
Venture capitalLos Angeles · Pre-Seed–Series A · 2 people tracked
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Investment thesis
Crush Ventures invests early in startups building technology and brands that impact pop culture. Spun out of Crush Music, a full-service talent management firm behind major artists, the fund offers founders capital, operating expertise, and access to a powerful network of artists and industry relationships built over two decades. Its differentiator is applying these talent relationships to give early-stage companies a go-to-market advantage, illustrated by partnerships pairing portfolio companies with artists and brand launches. The firm focuses on consumer, media, creator economy, and culture-driven opportunities.
Source: firm website, verified Sep 27, 2026.
Team · 2 people
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What they invest in
from 17 of 30 portfolio companiesMedia & Entertainment ×9Consumer ×7Creator Economy ×5AI & Machine Learning ×4E-commerce ×4Crypto & Web3 ×3Direct to Consumer ×3Gaming ×3
HQs:United States×8Mexico×1
Who they back
founder profiles across 8 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×32 founders×5
Where their founders studiedfrom 10 founders with education data
Cuesta College ×2
Investments · 30 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2025 · 12024 · 12023 · 22022 · 15 dated
AudioShake develops sound separation technology that splits audio into component parts for media, entertainment, and speech workflows.
AI & Machine LearningCreator EconomyMedia & EntertainmentSan Francisco, US
Jessica Powell(CEO & Co-Founder)inLuke Miner(CTO & Co-Founder)in
BoardAlexander Hartz(Director)in
Co-investorsCoho DeeptechDisney AcceleratorOrigin VenturesPrecursor VenturesShine CapitalThomson Reuters Ventures+3 more
Bergen Design Co is a Squarespace web design studio that builds and customizes websites, offering related services such as site maintenance, custom plugins, SEO, e-commerce integration, and client training.
Marketing TechBergen County, US
Jay(Founder / Web Developer & Designer)
Co-investorsAIX Ventures
Better Booch produces kombucha with fruit and botanical flavors, sold in recyclable cans as single flavors and variety packs.
Advanced ManufacturingConsumerDirect to ConsumerFoodTechHuntington Park, US
Ashleigh Lockerbie(Director)in
BoardMichael Silverstein(Director)Donald B. Lockerbie(Executive Officer, Director)
Co-investorsAssembled BrandsCostella KirschH Venture PartnersOutbound VenturesWellness VenturesSpringdale Ventures
Cove is a mobile app that gamifies personal saving and investing, letting users grow an island by stashing cash and building a portfolio, with FDIC-insured cash sweep and SIPC-insured brokerage services provided through partner Alpaca Securities.
ConsumerFintechGaming
David Wolfenden(Cofounder & CEO)inLiam Howell(Cofounder & CTO)inSarah Mirsky-Terranova(CCO)in
Co-investorsHypothesis
CreateSafe builds software tools for the music industry aimed at artists and creators.
AI & Machine LearningCreator EconomyMedia & Entertainment
Daouda Leonard(Founder)inLanga Kambi-Shamba(Founder)in
Co-investorsChaac VenturesWndrCo
Kate Wallich(Founder)in
Co-investorsGraham Walker VentureMaC Venture CapitalPioneer Square Labs
Dolce Glow is a sunless self-tanning brand offering skincare-focused, custom-formulated tanning products made with clean and anti-aging ingredients.
ConsumerDirect to ConsumerE-commerceWellness & FitnessValencia, US
Isabel Vita(Executive Officer, Director)inIsabel Alysa(Founder)Vincent Vita(Executive Officer, Director)John Philpott(Executive Officer, Director)
Co-investorsCAVU Consumer Partners
Levellr is a Discord community intelligence platform that turns unstructured Discord conversations into structured, cited insights through a preprocessing pipeline and AI analysis, covering sentiment analysis, member segmentation, engagement reporting, keyword tracking, and content scheduling.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareGamingSaaSSocial
Co-investorsColopl NextFuel VenturesBenchmarkHoxton VenturesKleiner PerkinsPhil Mansell
Live Nation is a live entertainment company that promotes and sells tickets to concerts and events across a wide range of music artists and genres.
ConsumerMarketplacesMedia & Entertainment
Michael Rapinoin
Look North World develops and publishes user-generated content (UGC) games and experiences on platforms such as Fortnite and Unreal Engine, partnering with brands like Bandai Namco and Hasbro.
Creator EconomyGamingMedia & EntertainmentLos Angeles, US
Alexander Seropian(Executive Officer, Director)inAaron Marroquin(Founder)
BoardMatt Bilbey(Director)
PartnerJonathan Daniel· solo GP
Manhead is a merchandise and e-commerce platform that supports musicians and artists across touring, online sales, retail, and experiential programs.
ConsumerCreator EconomyE-commerceMedia & EntertainmentNashville, US
Chris Cornell
PartnerJonathan Daniel· solo GP
The page is a blog article discussing whether sports betting tips can be trusted, how to identify reliable tipsters, and red flags to watch for.
Media & EntertainmentOrlando, US
Joshua Neuman(Executive Officer)Devon Sinclair Thome(Executive Officer, Director)
Co-investorsKube VC
Royal is building products at the intersection of music and cryptocurrency to create economic opportunities for both musicians and listeners.
Crypto & Web3Media & Entertainment
Co-investorsa16z cryptoAndreessen HorowitzBackwards CapitalCoinbase VenturesParadigmVibe Capital+5 more
Sound was a music platform for artists and collectors to mint and collect music onchain; the platform is now offline as of January 2026, with all collected music and metadata preserved on decentralized storage.
Creator EconomyCrypto & Web3
David Greenstein(Founder)in
Co-investorsA.Capital Venturesa16z cryptoAndreessen HorowitzArchetypeCoinbase VenturesCollab+Currency+9 more
Superlayer is a venture studio that builds and launches startups, drawing on the operating experience of its team in the gaming and crypto sectors.
Crypto & Web3
Kevin Chou(Managing Partner)inMahesh Vellanki(Managing Partner)in
Co-investorsAdaverseExor SeedsNotion CapitalTriple Point Ventures
Vault Comics is a publisher of comic books and graphic novels spanning fantasy, horror, and sci-fi genres, selling single issues, collected volumes, and variant covers directly to readers through its online store.
ConsumerE-commerceMedia & Entertainment
Damian Wassel(Founder)in
ViralMoment is an AI platform that analyzes social video content frame by frame to detect trends, formats, brand mentions, and influencers across millions of videos.
AI & Machine LearningMarketing TechMedia & EntertainmentMenlo Park, US
Co-investorsSupernode GlobalTechstarsCarnegie Mellon University
Yola Mezcal produces handcrafted, organic mezcal distilled and bottled at its farm in Oaxaca, Mexico, using a family recipe from 1971 within a 400-year-old tradition.
ConsumerDirect to ConsumerE-commerceOaxaca, MX
Yola
Other
Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.
1555 Blake Street, Suite 210, Denver, CO 80202Big ChampagneBrooklyn Gin KesnyCreate O/SKoodosManheadMotionRough House GamesRythmSaint Archer Brewing CoSaintarcherbrewerySidestep
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesDolce Glow · finsmes.com · Aug 28, 2026
Better Booch · trysignalbase.com · Mar 25, 2026
Levellr · finsmes.com · Jan 29, 2026
AudioShake · prnewswire.com · Oct 1, 2025
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Crush Ventures made?
- Crush Ventures has 30 tracked investments, 1 of which have exited, including 1 dated in the last 24 months.
- What stage does Crush Ventures invest at?
- Crush Ventures invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A stages.
- What is Crush Ventures's typical check size?
- Crush Ventures typically writes checks of $100K – $1M.
- What sectors does Crush Ventures focus on?
- Crush Ventures focuses on AdTech, AI & Machine Learning, Consumer, Creator Economy, Crypto & Web3, Direct to Consumer, E-commerce, Fintech, Gaming, Marketing Tech, Media & Entertainment, SaaS, Sector Agnostic, Social, Wellness & Fitness.
- Where is Crush Ventures located?
- Crush Ventures is headquartered in Los Angeles, US.
- Does Crush Ventures lead rounds?
- Crush Ventures typically participates in rounds rather than leading them.
- Who does Crush Ventures co-invest with?
- Crush Ventures most often shares deals with Coinbase Ventures, a16z crypto, AIX Ventures, among 22 tracked co-investors.
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