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Active Pre-seed Media Investors (2026)

18 investors currently writing pre-seed checks in Media. Synthesized from live platform activity · updated September 2026.

Raising capital in the Media space requires finding partners who understand your specific market dynamics. The investors listed here are actively deploying capital and looking for high-growth opportunities with defensible competitive advantages. Pre-seed investors primarily back the founders' vision, early prototypes, and initial market validation before substantial revenue exists.
Sector: Media Stage: Pre-Seed + Geography + Check size
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Apoorva Ranjan Sharma
Media · $100K - $500K
Dr. Apoorva Ranjan Sharma co-founded Venture Catalysts, India's first integrated incubator and multi-stage VC firm that nurtures early-stage...
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Sanjay Mehta
Media
100X.VC invests in early-stage startups using founder-friendly iSAFE (India SAFE) notes, with an ambitious target of investing in 100 startu...
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Luigi Ambrosi
Media
Luigi Ambrosi advises on food tech deals and brings value to the Food & Beverage vertical at Lombardstreet Ventures, a seed and pre-seed foc...
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Finian Tan
Media
Vickers Venture Partners, founded by Dr. Finian Tan in 2005, invests in early-stage deep-tech companies and life sciences ventures globally...
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Alan Kuan Hsu
Alan Kuan Hsu
Media · $100K–$500K
KK Fund is an early-stage venture capital firm focused on internet and mobile startups across Southeast Asia, Hong Kong, and Taiwan. The fun...
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Abhishek Sharma
Abhishek Sharma
Media · $100K–$10,000K
Nexus Venture Partners invests in software and AI startups at seed and Series A stages, with a focus on India-to-global B2B and SaaS compani...
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Pankaj Mitra
Media · $1,000K–$30,000K
Pankaj Mitra leads Bessemer Venture Partners' India investment strategy, focusing on enterprise technology, artificial intelligence, and cyb...
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Pankaj Jain
Pankaj Jain
Media · $50,000 - $500,000
Saka Ventures is a seed-stage venture capital firm that backs resilient founders building products and services targeting large global marke...
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Kabir Kochhar
Kabir Kochhar
Media · $500K-$5M
Audacity is a specialist media-tech fund backing audacious founders across their entire fundraising journey from seed to growth. The firm fo...
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Sahil Makkar
Sahil Makkar
Media
Sahil Makkar is an early-stage investor at IndiaQuotient who partners with bold founders solving hard problems in India. With experience in...
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Bénédicte de Raphélis Soissan
Bénédicte de Raphélis Soissan
Media · $544K–$3,264K
Emblem is a pre-seed venture capital firm that backs French and Nordic founders with hands-on company-building support. The fund deploys cap...
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Sergio Monsalve
Sergio Monsalve
Media · $500K–$2,000K
Sergio Monsalve is a Founding Partner at Roble Ventures deploying $500K–$2M per check into seed through Series B stage companies. The fund f...
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Allison Pickens
Allison Pickens
Media · $250K–$1,000K
Allison Pickens invests in early-stage B2B AI and data infrastructure companies, positioning herself as a fractional COO and go-to-market ar...
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Natasha Malpani
Media · $200,000 - $400,000
Boundless Ventures invests in AI-native founders building across science, systems, and identity, from first cheque to IPO. The fund deploys...
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Tom Williams
Tom Williams
Media · Up to $250K pre-investment threshold
Tom Williams founded Heron Rock Capital as an exclusively first-check investor platform backing exceptional founders and difficult ideas bef...
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Abhinav Mahipal
Media
Pentathlon Ventures is a seed-stage investor focused on Indian B2B SaaS companies and vertical AI solutions building for global markets. The...
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Ashwin Raguraman
Ashwin Raguraman
Media · $500K–$500K
Ashwin Raguraman invests in early-stage deep tech startups originating from India that address global markets. Through Bharat Innovation Fun...
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Deepak Sharma
Media · INR 50 Lacs to INR 1 Cr (Accelerator Fund); INR 2 Cr to INR 4 Cr (Seed Fund); INR 8 Cr+ (Series A lead)
India Accelerator, co-founded by Deepak Sharma, backs early-stage and frontier deep-tech startups with capital, mentorship, and ecosystem ac...
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