Marketplace businesses live or die on network effects, and the firms below include specialists who've spent over a decade researching and codifying exactly how those network effects form, scale, and defend themselves against competition.
Figma's July 2025 IPO at a $56 billion valuation - Index backed the design platform years before its explosive public debut
Consumer InternetFintechAIMarketplaces
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Menlo Park, CA
Founded 1996
$10B+ (RIA regulatory AUM)
Assets Managed
Coupang's 2021 NYSE IPO - Altos was an early backer of the South Korean ecommerce company, which priced at an implied valuation of $62.1 billion
ConsumerEnterprise SoftwareMarketplacesFintech
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San Francisco, CA
Founded 1995
eBay - a $6.7 million Series A in 1997 that became one of the best-performing venture bets ever made
Consumer InternetMarketplacesEnterprise
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Palo Alto, CA
Founded 1970
DoorDash's December 2020 IPO at a $39 billion valuation - CRV led the company's seed round in 2013, when it was just nine weeks old
Consumer InternetMarketplacesEnterprise SoftwareCybersecurity
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Brooklyn, NY
Founded 2019
$3.8B (approximately, stated by the firm in its own 4 August 2026 announcement; its 8 January 2026 announcement stated approximately $2.5B)
Assets Managed
Jackpocket (acquired by DraftKings, completed 22 May 2024)
Artificial IntelligenceEcommerceEdtechFintech
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San Francisco, CA
Founded 2017
Reddit's 2024 IPO on NYSE - Craft backed the company in 2017, years before its public debut
SaaSMarketplacesAICloud/Infrastructure
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San Francisco, CA
Founded 2012
Warby Parker's 2021 NYSE direct listing - Forerunner led an early seed check into the eyewear company years before its founding as a formal firm, one of the clearest proof points of its consumer-first thesis
ConsumerCommerceDigital HealthFintech
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Tokyo, Japan
Founded 1998
$2.7B+ (the firm's own AUM figure, 2026; the Japanese site prints 運用総額 ¥400B+)
Assets Managed
Timee, Inc. (IPO, Tokyo Stock Exchange Growth Market, 26 July 2024)
FintechBlockchainHealthcareAI
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Stockholm, Sweden
Founded 2016
€2.3B+ (across three funds)
Assets Managed
Wolt's $8.1 billion acquisition by DoorDash in November 2021 - Sifted reported this delivered a roughly 200x multiple on EQT Ventures' original 2016 investment, one of the largest returns in European venture history
Enterprise SoftwareConsumerMarketplacesAI
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Seoul, South Korea
Founded 1990
$2.3B (approx.; the firm's figure is ₩3.236 trillion stated as 운용자산(AUM) across 45 funds, per Asia Economy, 26 August 2026 - no USD figure is published by the firm)
Assets Managed
Synap Soft (사이냅소프트) - KOSDAQ listing, November 2024
AIDataRoboticsSaaS
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San Francisco, CA
Founded 2012
$2B+ personal fund (2026, per CB Insights)
Assets Managed
Airbnb's 2020 IPO - one of dozens of pre-IPO checks across a track record including Coinbase, Instacart, Pinterest, and Roblox
AIFintechSaaSMarketplaces
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Buenos Aires, Argentina
Founded 2011
$2B+ raised across seven funds
Assets Managed
Nubank's 2021 NYSE IPO - Kaszek was an early backer of the Brazilian neobank, which reached a market capitalization of roughly $67 billion by 2026
FintechEcommerceMarketplacesEnterprise Software
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São Paulo, Brazil
Founded 2005
$1.5B (across 10 funds)
Assets Managed
99's 2018 acquisition by Didi Chuxing for roughly $1 billion - one of the earliest major venture-backed exits to come out of Latin America's ride-hailing sector
FintechMarketplacesLogisticsEdtech
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San Francisco, CA
Founded 2015
Lyft's 2019 Nasdaq IPO - one of NFX's earliest network-effects bets, backed years before the ride-sharing company's public debut, alongside fellow early portfolio company DoorDash
MarketplacesAIConsumerSaaS
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New York, NY
Founded 2003
Etsy's 2015 IPO - USV backed the handmade-goods marketplace in 2008 when it looked like a niche bet against Amazon
Consumer InternetFintechCryptoMarketplaces
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$770M (Fund X + Acceleration Fund IV, 2025)
Assets Managed
Redfin's 2017 Nasdaq IPO - one of several Madrona 'day one to IPO' partnerships, alongside Smartsheet's 2018 listing and Impinj's public debut
AICloud InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareMarketplaces
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Miami Beach, FL
Founded 2018
$750M (under management as reported Nov 2024; Fund IV closed at $270M)
Assets Managed
Weekend Health (acquired by WW International, 2023)
ConsumerFintechSaaSAI
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No standalone AUM disclosed; Phoenix Court family reported $500M first close (2022)
Assets Managed
Wise's 2021 direct listing on the London Stock Exchange, valuing the fintech company at about $11 billion
FintechConsumerMarketplacesEnterprise Software
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Salt Lake City, UT
Founded 2008
$500M+ (the firm's own FAQ Quick Facts line "Assets under management: $500M+", checked 2026; earlier dated figures were over $250M in April 2020 and nearly $500M in March 2023)
Assets Managed
Angel Studios (NYSE: ANGX, listed via SPAC merger with Southport Acquisition Corporation, September 2025); listed under the "Exits" heading on Kickstart's own partner biography pages.
AIEnterprise SoftwareSaaSFintech
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Sydney, Australia
Founded 2016
$500M+ (the homepage stat block reads "$500m+ / Assets / We manage over $500 million in assets"; the currency is not stated anywhere on the page - negative controls for "A$500 million" and "AUD" both returned not present - and the figure is undated. The firm is Australian but the currency is not asserted here)
Assets Managed
Instaclustr (acquired by NetApp, NASDAQ: NTAP, for more than $500 million, April 2022)
B2B SoftwareSaaSFintechMarketplaces
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Munich, Germany
Founded 1999
€400M+ (across six fund generations)
Assets Managed
Alando's acquisition by eBay within 100 days of Acton's first investment in 1999, for $43 million - the deal that sparked a wave of German startups and helped establish Berlin as a European tech hub, alongside Zooplus's …
FintechMarketplacesMobilityConsumer
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San Francisco, CA
Founded 2004
$300M+ (recent funds)
Assets Managed
SendGrid's 2017 IPO, followed by its 2019 acquisition by Twilio - Uncork backed the email infrastructure company as a seed investor years before either milestone
Consumer InternetSaaSMarketplaces
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ThredUp's 2021 Nasdaq IPO - NextView backed the online consignment marketplace as a seed-stage investor years before its public debut
MarketplacesConsumerDigital HealthVertical SaaS
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Berlin, Germany
Founded 2013
€300M (Rocket Internet balance-sheet allocation, 2024)
Assets Managed
FintechSoftwareHealth TechConsumer Tech
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$250M (2025)
Assets Managed
No single defined public exit documented - Golden Gate backs early-stage fintech, mobility, and SaaS startups across Southeast Asia
FintechMarketplacesEnterprise Software
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San Francisco, CA
Founded 2004
$200M+ (per fund, not cumulative)
Assets Managed
Uber's 2019 IPO - First Round led the company's first-ever institutional funding round in 2010, a roughly $1.25 million bet that became one of the highest-multiple returns in venture history
Consumer InternetMarketplacesFintechSaaS
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Los Angeles, CA
Founded 2016
$160M+ (Fund IV)
Assets Managed
SGNL's acquisition by CrowdStrike for $740 million in 2026 - Fika backed the identity security startup as an early investor, alongside earlier exits like Openpath Security to Motorola Solutions
B2B SoftwareFintechMarketplacesAI Services
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Menlo Park, CA
Founded 2008
$150M (latest closed fund)
Assets Managed
Lyft's 2019 Nasdaq IPO - Ann Miura-Ko's seed bet in the company then known as Zimride is among the best-known pre-seed checks in venture capital
Consumer InternetSaaSMarketplacesFintech
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New York, New York
Founded 2020
$140M (Fund II, closed 2022; ~$250M raised in total per Forbes, 2025)
Assets Managed
AI InfrastructureFintechCybersecurityMarketplaces
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Amsterdam, Netherlands
Founded 2008
€125M (fund size stated on peak.capital; Peak 5 announced with a €150M target at first close, December 2022)
Assets Managed
United Wardrobe (acquired by Vinted, 2020)
SaaSMarketplacesEnterprise SoftwareConsumer Internet
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Buenos Aires, Argentina
Founded 2011
$98M (Fund III, 2023)
Assets Managed
SaaSFintechMarketplacesLogistics
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New York, NY
Founded 2013
Not publicly disclosed (Fund III closed at $70M in 2021; debut fund closed at $33M in 2013)
Assets Managed
VNDLY (acquired by Workday, 2021)
Enterprise SoftwareSaaSMarketplaces
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Amsterdam, Netherlands
Founded -
€67.57M (henQ 5 first close, November 2025, against a €90M target)
Assets Managed
Mendix (acquired by Siemens, 2018)
Enterprise SoftwareSaaSMarketplacesLogistics
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Berlin, Germany
Founded 2011
Not publicly disclosed (Fund III closed at $60M, 2015; multiple funds since)
Assets Managed
Zendesk, Christoph Janz's very first angel check, went public in 2014 and was later taken private in a $10.2 billion deal led by Hellman & Friedman and Permira in 2022
SaaSMarketplacesAIFintech
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San Francisco, CA
Founded 2012
$55M (Fund VI close, 2025; RSCM publishes no firm-wide AUM figure)
Assets Managed
SoftwareAIMarketplaces
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Mexico City, Mexico
Founded 2012
Not publicly disclosed
Assets Managed
Cornershop's acquisition by Uber - an early ALLVP investment and one of the defining exits in Mexican tech
FintechMarketplacesHealthcare
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Not publicly disclosed (multiple $50-100M funds raised)
Assets Managed
No confirmed public exit yet - Carousell, one of Quest's earliest and largest bets, has explored a SPAC listing but remains private, alongside continued growth at ShopBack and 99.co
MarketplacesFintechConsumer
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Not publicly disclosed (300+ portfolio companies across seed to growth)
Assets Managed
Tokopedia, East Ventures' most famous early bet, merged with Gojek to form GoTo and completed one of Indonesia's largest-ever IPOs on the Jakarta exchange in 2022
Consumer InternetFintechMarketplacesLogistics
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Tokyo, Japan
Founded 2013
Not disclosed (70+ portfolio companies globally)
Assets Managed
Lyft's 2019 Nasdaq IPO - Rakuten led the ride-sharing company's $530 million Series E in March 2015, investing $300 million for an 11.9% stake at the time
Consumer InternetFintechMobilityMarketplaces
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Not publicly disclosed (no AUM or funds-under-management figure is published; the firm states the funds have invested over £280m across 230+ companies, which is cumulative capital invested)
Assets Managed
ContentCal (exited to Adobe, per Fuel Ventures' own homepage; the firm states no year)
SaaSFintechMarketplacesTechnology
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Not publicly disclosed (no source calls any Latitud figure AUM; Fund I invested USD 13M across 100+ early-stage startups and Fund II targets USD 25M with a USD 12M first close announced September 2023)
Assets Managed
FintechVertical SaaSHealthtechMarketplaces
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Salt Lake City, UT
Founded 1986
Not publicly disclosed (no firm-level AUM figure is published; the firm's own 28 January 2025 post states it raised $500m for its eighth venture fund, filed on EDGAR across Pelion Ventures VIII, VIII-A, VIII-C and an Entrepreneurs Fund)
Assets Managed
Aumni (acquired by J.P. Morgan, announced on Pelion's own news index dated 6 April 2023)
TechnologyAIMarketplacesSecurity
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