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S4S Ventures
Venture capitalNew York · Seed–Growth · 3 people tracked
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Investment thesis
S4S Ventures backs early-stage technology companies riding the next wave of digital transformation across the marketing and media value chain. The firm believes technological, regulatory, and demographic catalysts—stricter privacy rules for tech giants, the application of AI to media and content, and the rise of Gen Z—are creating opportunities for a new cohort of disruptive companies. It focuses on areas such as data platforms, adtech, martech, generative AI, creative technology, and digital media and content. Rather than acting as generalists, S4S offers deep domain expertise and access to the 7,000-strong S4 Capital/Monks network and Stanhope Capital relationships, helping portfolio companies validate ideas, launch products, and reach major brand clients.
Source: firm website, verified Sep 26, 2026.
Team · 3 people
from the firm's website & public directoriesWhat they invest in
from 14 of 15 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×11SaaS ×8Marketing Tech ×7AdTech ×4Data & Infrastructure ×4Enterprise Software ×3Deep Tech ×2Retail Tech ×2
HQs:United States×8Finland×1
Who they back
founder profiles across 8 portfolio companiesFounding team size:2 founders×33 founders×34+ founders×2
Where their founders studiedfrom 13 founders with education data
Harvard University ×2New York University ×2Technical University of Munich ×2
What their founders studiedfrom 13 founders with field-of-study data
Computer Science ×4Business & Management ×3Engineering ×2
Where their founders worked beforefrom 16 founders with career history
Data Plus Math ×3LiveRamp ×3Navic Networks ×2Recrue Media Digital Advertising ×2Runway ×2SocialCode ×2VaynerMedia ×2
Investments · 15 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2025 · 12024 · 12023 · 12022 · 22019 · 12018 · 17 dated
Tenovos offers an AI-enriched digital asset management and content intelligence platform that unifies content from multiple sources into a single visual layer for teams to find, govern, and activate assets.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareMarketing TechSaaSNew York, US
Selim M. Hakimi(Executive Officer, Director)John Shackleton(Director)D. Scott Bowen(Executive Officer, Director)inAndrea Pulcini(Director)
BoardAdriaan D. Zur Muhlen(Director)in
Board seatSanja Partalo· per SEC Form D
Co-investorsLevel EquityProgress VenturesBDMI
4screen operates an in-car marketing platform that connects brands and businesses with drivers by delivering real-time, location-based content directly on the car's dashboard screen.
AdTechMarketing TechMobility & Transportation
Christoph Mahlert(Founder)inFabian Beste(Founder)inSimon Hecker(Founder)in
Co-investorsBayBG Venture CapitalBosch VenturesNewRoad Capital Partners, LLCBayern Kapital
A-Frame builds and scales consumer brands in collaboration with retailers and visionary talent, focusing on underserved communities.
AI & Machine LearningConsumerDirect to ConsumerRetail Tech
Ari Bloom(Founder)Hill Harper(Founder)
Co-investorsInitialized CapitalForerunner VenturesSlauson & Co.Manzanita Capital
Beam is a platform that connects consumer purchases with nonprofit donations, allowing brands on the platform to direct a portion of sales to nonprofits chosen by customers.
B2B MarketplacesImpact & Social GoodMarketing TechSaaSSocialNew York, US
Viveka Hulyalkar(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)inAlexandra Salvatore(Executive Officer, Director)Alex Sadhu(Founder)in
Co-investorsInterlace VenturesR/GA VenturesUlu VenturesApex GroupHearstLabIndex Ventures
Cambri is a product research and concept testing platform that helps brands and product teams run iterative consumer insights studies to validate product and service concepts before launch.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureMarketing TechSaaSHelsinki and Stockholm, FI
Oskar Korkman(Co-founder)Dr Heli Holttinen(Founder)Dani Kamras(Co-founder)inDr Outi Somervuori(Co-founder)
Co-investorsGorilla CapitalOctopus VenturesOpenOceanThe 98Spintop VenturesTrind Ventures
ID5 provides identity solutions that enable publishers and digital platforms to create addressable audiences across authenticated and non-authenticated traffic, helping them increase direct revenue and programmatic yield.
AdTechData & InfrastructureMarketing Tech
Mathieu Roche(Co-founder & Chief Executive Officer)Pierre-Antoine Durgeat(Co-founder & Chief Product Officer)
Co-investors360 CapitalProgress Ventures
Newton Research builds AI agents for marketing analytics that automate data analysis workflows.
AdTechAI & Machine LearningMarketing TechSaaSNeedham, US
Matthew Emans(CTO & Founder)inSteven Bennett(CDS & Co-Founder)inJohn Hoctor(CEO & Founder)in
BoardIan Sigalow(Director)inKent Bennett(Director)in
Co-investorsBessemer Venture PartnersGreycroft
Runway is an AI company building multimodal simulators to model the world through the integration of art and science, with a global team of researchers, engineers, artists, and designers.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechNew York, US
Co-investorsFelicis VenturesLightspeed Venture Partners
Provenance operates a claims-validation framework that independently verifies product sustainability and quality claims for consumer brands, mapping them to certification bodies and regulatory standards.
AI & Machine LearningRetail TechSaaS
Co-investorsAlumni VenturesAngel AcademeDigital Currency GroupMerian VenturesOpen Data Incubator for Europe (ODINE)Working Capital Fund+1 more
Runway builds AI models that simulate the world by merging art and science, pioneering general-purpose multimodal simulators focused on applications in robotics, scientific discovery, and disease modeling.
AI & Machine LearningCreator EconomyDeep TechMedia & EntertainmentNew York, US
Cristóbal Valenzuela(Founder)inAnastasis Germanidis(Founder)inAnastasios Germanidis(Director)Alejandro Matamala-Ortiz(Founder)Arya Asemanfar(Founder)Cristobal Valenzuela(Founder)
Co-investorsAmplify PartnersavraCoatue ManagementCompoundFelicis VenturesFirebolt Ventures Management Company, Llc+22 more
Tracer is an AI-based brand protection platform that monitors digital channels, removes infringing content, and maps brand abuse networks using patented graph technology and machine vision.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecuritySaaSMiddleburg, US
Peter Hayes(Executive Officer, Director)
Co-investorsEPIC VENTURESMultiplier CapitalOrigin VenturesBDMINewRoad Capital Partners, LLCProgress Ventures+1 more
Tracer is an enterprise analytics platform that consolidates data from multiple sources and automates reporting workflows.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Jeffrey Nicholson(Founder)inLeighton Welch(Founder)inGary Vaynerchuk(Founder)inVincent Hus(Founder)
Co-investorsA-Rod CorpProgress VenturesRSE VenturesService Provider CapitalBDMIImpatient Ventures+3 more
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Tracer is a research lab building Echo, an inference system that coordinates open-weight models behind a single OpenAI-compatible endpoint for chat, code, and agent workloads.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US
Co-investorsY CombinatorVela PartnersBDMINewRoad Capital Partners, LLCProgress VenturesThirty Five Ventures
tvScientific offers a connected TV (CTV) advertising platform with real-time reporting that integrates with Google Analytics to track traffic, conversions, and return on investment from CTV ad campaigns.
AdTechAI & Machine LearningMarketing TechSaaS
Jason Fairchild(Founder)inDavid Koye(Founder)inBill H. Gross(Founder)in
Co-investorsNewRoad Capital Partners, LLCNorwest Venture PartnersProgress VenturesSecond Alpha PartnersUnanimous CapitalAperiam Ventures+5 more
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Rows marked “SEC filing” are inferred from directors named on the company's SEC Form D — public regulatory data, not a portfolio list published by the firm.
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesTracer · ycombinator.com · Jul 31, 2026
Runway · thesaasnews.com · Jul 6, 2026
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has S4S Ventures made?
- S4S Ventures has 15 tracked investments, including 2 dated in the last 24 months.
- What stage does S4S Ventures invest at?
- S4S Ventures invests at the Seed, Series A, Series B, Growth stages.
- What sectors does S4S Ventures focus on?
- S4S Ventures focuses on AdTech, AI & Machine Learning, Data & Infrastructure, Marketing Tech, Media & Entertainment.
- Where is S4S Ventures located?
- S4S Ventures is headquartered in New York, US.
- Does S4S Ventures lead rounds?
- Yes, S4S Ventures leads investment rounds.
- Who does S4S Ventures co-invest with?
- S4S Ventures most often shares deals with Progress Ventures, Felicis Ventures, NewRoad Capital Partners, LLC, among 47 tracked co-investors.
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Spintop Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm that invests in software-based technology companies from the Nordics, helping them become sector leaders.
Kima Ventures is an early-stage investor associated with entrepreneur Xavier Niel, backing a large and diverse portfolio of startups worldwide.
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