Hawke Ventures
Venture capitalSanta Monica Β· Pre-SeedβSeries A Β· 3 people tracked
Investment thesis
Hawke Ventures backs early-stage companies in commerce technology, marketing technology, and advertising technology. Its differentiation stems from a partnership with Hawke Media, a digital marketing agency, which allows the fund to introduce portfolio companies to hundreds of brand clients and drive sales for them. This affiliation also enables deeper diligence on prospective investments within its target sectors, positioning the agency relationship as a core competitive advantage.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 3, 2026.
Team Β· 3 people
from the firm's website
What they invest in
from 24 of 41 portfolio companiesMarketing Tech Γ13AI & Machine Learning Γ12SaaS Γ12E-commerce Γ10Enterprise Software Γ6AdTech Γ5Fintech Γ3B2B Marketplaces Γ2
HQs:United StatesΓ11
Investments Β· 41 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2025 Β· 12018 Β· 12015 Β· 13 dated
Partnerhub is a SaaS platform for matchmaking and managing partnerships between SaaS/tech companies and digital agencies, using a customer-profile matching algorithm plus tools for referral tracking, tasking, documents, co-marketing projects, and a public partner directory.
B2B MarketplacesMarketing TechSaaS
Beverly Hills, US
Brandon Werber(Executive Officer, Director)Eliyahu Ben-Ezra(Executive Officer)Roy Rubin(Director)Asher Leids(Director)
BoardWilliam Su(Director)David Shadpour(Director)
Arro is a fintech platform that offers a credit-building credit card with cash back rewards and an AI-powered money coach to help users build credit, earn financial rewards, and improve their financial habits.
Fintech
Chord provides a unified data layer and AI-powered agents for commerce brands to centralize fragmented data across tools and automate operations.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureE-commerceMarketing Tech
Bryan Mahoney(CEO & Co-Founder)Henry Davis(President & Chairman)
Clickvoyant provides conversion rate optimization (CRO) and analytics services on a fixed monthly retainer, including GA4 data cleaning, dashboards, natural-language analysis, and AI-generated CRO roadmaps.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureE-commerceMarketing TechSaaSSan Diego, US
Icon Source operates a marketplace connecting brands with athletes for influencer marketing and endorsement deals, including college NIL (name, image, likeness) partnerships.
Marketing TechMarketplacesSports Tech
San Francisco, US
STANISLAV TUSHINSKIY(Director)VICTOR FRUMKIN(Executive Officer)
BoardMICHAEL ILYICEV(Director)
Intelligems builds AI agents that optimize ecommerce storefronts by automatically making real-time decisions about pricing, offers, content, and promotions to maximize conversion and profit from incoming traffic.
AI & Machine LearningE-commerceSaaSDenver, US
Andrew Marconi(Executive Officer, Director)Daniel Heck(Director)Adam Kitain(Executive Officer, Director)Andrew Raftery(Head of Data, ML, and AI)
Junction AI is a Managed Intelligence Partner that builds, deploys, and manages production AI systems micro-tuned on a company's proprietary data, with built-in compliance rules, audit trails, and human-in-the-loop review.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Kin builds mobile apps for ecommerce brands, converting an existing web store into a native app with full functional parity.
E-commerceRetail TechSaaS
LocalDrive is a digital marketing platform for multi-unit and multi-location businesses, covering email, social, and display advertising with corporate-approved campaigns, centralized reporting, and brand asset management.
AdTechMarketing TechSaaS
Pentane is a financial operating system for eCommerce brands that connects store, advertising, and accounting data into a live P&L to show real margin by product, channel, and day.
AdTechE-commerceFintech
Plai is an AI-powered advertising platform that simplifies campaign creation and management for brands, agencies, and creators.
AdTechAI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareMarketing TechLos Angeles, US
Logan Welbaum(Founder)in
Postscript helps ecommerce brands design and operate SMS marketing programs that engage customers and drive revenue.
AI & Machine LearningE-commerceEnterprise SoftwareMarketing TechSaaS
Adam Turner(Founder/CEO)inAlex Beller(Founder)inColin Turner(Founder)in
Aeon is an AI platform for marketers that generates on-brand creative assets such as ads, images, and videos from prompts, brand kits, and product catalogs.
AdTechAI & Machine LearningMarketing Tech
Revenue Roll (Tie) is a shopper intelligence platform for ecommerce brands that uses identity resolution, AI-driven engagement segmentation, and email inbox-placement optimization to help marketers convert their existing audiences.
AI & Machine LearningE-commerceMarketing Tech
ShipInsure provides a post-purchase platform for e-commerce and consumer brands, offering branded shipping protection, order insurance, returns management, claims handling, order tracking, and carbon offsetting.
E-commerceInsurTechRetail Tech
Chicago, US
Alex Segura(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardNick Moran(Director)Laura Spiekerman(Director)
Venice, US
Andy Cloyd(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Anders Bill(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardJack Pierse(Director)
Sydecar provides a platform for fund managers to form and operate venture funds, including SPV formation, compliance tools (KYC, tax filings, reporting), and investor onboarding for co-investment opportunities.
Enterprise SoftwareFintechHouston, US
Nikhil Talreja(Executive Officer, Director)David Meister(Director)
BoardDaniel Kimerling(Director)Stephanie Hsieh(Director)
Telly builds a television platform designed as a central hub for home entertainment, information, fitness, and social connection.
AdTechConsumerHardwareMedia & EntertainmentSan Francisco, US
Mohammad Al Adham(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardCameron Lester(Director)Nasser Al-Sabah(Director)Mohammed El Saadi(Director)
Vela is a platform that integrates AI tools with proprietary data to provide insights and centralize management for ecommerce sellers across multiple platforms and channels.
AI & Machine LearningE-commerceMarketing Tech
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesArrofinance Β· fortuneindia.com Β· Jul 17, 2026
sydecarV2 Β· altss.com Β· Jun 3, 2026
Behance Β· comfyui.org Β· Apr 25, 2026
Postscript Β· trysignalbase.com Β· Mar 24, 2026
Telly Β· arstechnica.com Β· Jan 23, 2026
Frequently asked questions
- What stage does Hawke Ventures invest at?
- Hawke Ventures invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A stages.
- What is Hawke Ventures's typical check size?
- Hawke Ventures typically writes checks of $50K β $2M.
- What sectors does Hawke Ventures focus on?
- Hawke Ventures focuses on AdTech, E-commerce, Enterprise Software, Marketing Tech, Media & Entertainment, Retail Tech, SaaS.
- Where is Hawke Ventures located?
- Hawke Ventures is headquartered in Santa Monica, US.
Media Β· Podcasts & interviews
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