Craft Ventures

Massachusetts
Craft Ventures is an early-stage venture fund specializing in the craft of building great companies. It has brought together a rare combination of entrepreneurial experience and investor acumen. Over the past twenty years, David, Bill, Jeff, and Sky have built and invested in some of the most iconic companies of this generation. The firm consistsof a team of 15 investors and operators that are united by a quest to find the next generation of world-changing companies and deep respect for the founders who create them.
Founded:2017
Firm Location:Massachusetts • New York, New York • Chicago, Illinois • San Francisco, California • Santa Monica, California • Menlo Park, California • San Francisco Bay Area • Los Angeles / Southern California • United Kingdom
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Craft Ventures Team
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Sky Dayton
Craft Ventures·Venture Partner
Sweet spot: $25.0M
Range: $1M - $50.0M
Investors in Santa Monica (CA)
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Georg Ell
Craft Ventures·Venture Partner
Sweet spot: $25.0M
Range: $1M - $50.0M
Investors in United Kingdom
Investors in Education (Series B), Investors in Education (Series A), Investors in Marketplaces (Series B), Investors in Education (Seed), Investors in Enterprise (Series B), Investors in Marketplaces (Series A), Investors in SaaS (Series B), Investors in Enterprise (Series A), Investors in Enterprise Applications (Series B), Investors in Enterprise Applications (Series A), Investors in Enterprise Applications (Seed), Investors in SaaS (Series A), Investors in Marketplaces (Seed), Investors in SaaS (Seed), Investors in Enterprise (Seed)
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Jeff Fluhr
Sweet spot: $12.5M
Range: $50K - $25.0M
Investors in SF Bay Area (CA), Investors in San Francisco (CA)
Investors in E-commerce (Series A), Investors in Marketplaces (Series A), Investors in E-commerce (Seed), Investors in E-commerce (Seed), Investors in Marketplaces (Seed), Investors in San Francisco Bay Area (Other Lists), Investors in E-commerce (Series A), Investors in Marketplaces (Series A), Investors in Marketplaces (Seed)
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Ryan Hrabak
Craft Ventures·Principal
Sweet spot: $25.0M
Range: $1M - $50.0M
Investors in Chicago (IL), Investors in Boston (MA)
Investors in Marketplaces (Series B), Investors in Enterprise (Series B), Investors in SaaS (Series B), Investors in Enterprise (Seed), Investors in Enterprise (Seed), Investors in Marketplaces (Seed), Investors in Marketplaces (Seed), Investors in SaaS (Seed), Investors in SaaS (Seed), Investors in Enterprise (Series B), Investors in Enterprise (Series B), Investors in Marketplaces (Series B), Investors in Marketplaces (Series B), Investors in SaaS (Series B), Investors in SaaS (Series B), Investors in Midwest (Other Lists), Investors in Boston / New England (Other Lists), Investors in Marketplaces (Seed), Investors in SaaS (Seed), Investors in Enterprise (Seed)
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Bill Lee
Craft Ventures·General Partner
Sweet spot: $25.0M
Range: $1M - $50.0M
Investors in SF Bay Area (CA)
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Mike Marg
Sweet spot: $25.0M
Range: $1M - $50.0M
Investors in San Francisco (CA), Investors in B2B
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Sean Marshall
Sweet spot: $12.5M
Range: $50K - $25.0M
Investors in Massachusetts
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Brian Murray
Sweet spot: $12.5M
Range: $50K - $25.0M
Investors in SF Bay Area (CA)
Investors in Web3/Crypto (Series B), Investors in E-commerce (Series B), Investors in E-commerce (Series A), Investors in Enterprise (Series B), Investors in Web3/Crypto (Series A), Investors in SaaS (Series B), Investors in Web3/Crypto (Seed), Investors in E-commerce (Seed), Investors in E-commerce (Seed), Investors in Web3/Crypto (Seed), Investors in Enterprise (Series A), Investors in Enterprise (Seed), Investors in San Francisco Bay Area (Other Lists), Investors in SaaS (Seed), Investors in Web3/Crypto (Series A), Investors in E-commerce (Series A), Investors in Enterprise (Series A), Investors in SaaS (Series A), Investors in Web3/Crypto (Series B), Investors in E-commerce (Series B), Investors in Enterprise (Series B), Investors in SaaS (Series B), Investors in SaaS (Series A), Investors in SaaS (Seed), Investors in Enterprise (Seed)
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Lainy Painter
Sweet spot: $12.5M
Range: $50K - $25.0M
Investors in SF Bay Area (CA), Investors in San Francisco (CA)
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Elena (Lainy) Painter
Sweet spot: $1.5M
Range: $100K - $5.0M
Investors in SF Bay Area (CA)
Investors in FinTech (Seed), Investors in San Francisco Bay Area (Other Lists), Investors in FinTech (Series A), Investors in FinTech (Series A), Investors in FinTech (Seed)
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Sitara Ramesh
Craft Ventures·Associate
Sweet spot: $3.5M
Range: $2.0M - $5.0M
Investors in San Francisco (CA)
Investors in Consumer Internet (Seed), Investors in Enterprise (Series A), Investors in Enterprise (Seed), Investors in Consumer Internet (Seed), Investors in SaaS (Seed), Investors in San Francisco Bay Area (Other Lists), Investors in Consumer Internet (Series A), Investors in Enterprise (Series A), Investors in SaaS (Series A), Investors in SaaS (Series A), Investors in Consumer Internet (Series A), Investors in SaaS (Seed), Investors in Enterprise (Seed)
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Bryan Rosenblatt
Sweet spot: $12.5M
Range: $50K - $25.0M
Investors in New York (NY)
Investors in Advertising (Series B), Investors in AR/VR (Series A), Investors in Advertising (Series A), Investors in AR/VR (Series B), Investors in Sales & CRM (Seed), Investors in Games (Seed), Investors in AR/VR (Seed), Investors in Advertising (Seed), Investors in AI (Series B), Investors in Gaming/eSports (Seed), Investors in Entertainment & Sports (Seed), Investors in Food and Beverage (Seed), Investors in Entertainment & Sports (Series B), Investors in E-commerce (Series B), Investors in Entertainment & Sports (Series A), Investors in Games (Series B), Investors in Food and Beverage (Series B), Investors in Games (Series A), Investors in Gaming/eSports (Series B), Investors in E-commerce (Series A), Investors in Consumer Internet (Series B), Investors in Gaming/eSports (Series A), Investors in Food and Beverage (Series A), Investors in Sales & CRM (Series B), Investors in Sales & CRM (Series A), Investors in AI (Seed), Investors in Advertising (Seed), Investors in AI (Series A), Investors in AI (Seed), Investors in E-commerce (Seed), Investors in Consumer Internet (Seed), Investors in E-commerce (Seed), Investors in Food and Beverage (Seed), Investors in New York City (Other Lists), Investors in Entertainment & Sports (Seed), Investors in Games (Seed), Investors in Gaming/eSports (Seed), Investors in Consumer Internet (Seed), Investors in Sales & CRM (Seed), Investors in Advertising (Series A), Investors in AI (Series A), Investors in AR/VR (Series A), Investors in E-commerce (Series A), Investors in Consumer Internet (Series A), Investors in Food and Beverage (Series A), Investors in Entertainment & Sports (Series A), Investors in Games (Series A), Investors in Gaming/eSports (Series A), Investors in Sales & CRM (Series A), Investors in Advertising (Series B), Investors in AI (Series B), Investors in AR/VR (Series B), Investors in Entertainment & Sports (Series B), Investors in Consumer Internet (Series B), Investors in Games (Series B), Investors in Food and Beverage (Series B), Investors in Gaming/eSports (Series B), Investors in E-commerce (Series B), Investors in Sales & CRM (Series B), Investors in Angel, Scout, and Solo-Capitalists (Other Lists), Investors in Games (Pre-seed), Investors in AR/VR (Pre-seed), Investors in Advertising (Pre-seed), Investors in Advertising (Pre-seed), Investors in Food and Beverage (Pre-seed), Investors in Gaming/eSports (Pre-seed), Investors in Entertainment & Sports (Pre-seed), Investors in Sales & CRM (Pre-seed), Investors in AI (Pre-seed), Investors in E-commerce (Pre-seed), Investors in Consumer Internet (Pre-seed), Investors in AI (Pre-seed), Investors in AR/VR (Pre-seed), Investors in E-commerce (Pre-seed), Investors in Games (Pre-seed), Investors in Gaming/eSports (Pre-seed), Investors in Entertainment & Sports (Pre-seed), Investors in Food and Beverage (Pre-seed), Investors in Consumer Internet (Pre-seed), Investors in Sales & CRM (Pre-seed), Investors in AR/VR (Seed), Investors in Consumer Internet (Series A)
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Ethan Ruby
Sweet spot: $25.0M
Range: $1M - $50.0M
Investors in SF Bay Area (CA)
Investors in SaaS (Series B), Investors in San Francisco Bay Area (Other Lists), Investors in SaaS (Seed), Investors in SaaS (Series A), Investors in SaaS (Series B), Investors in SaaS (Series A), Investors in SaaS (Seed)
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David Sacks
Craft Ventures·General Partner
Sweet spot: $25.0M
Range: $1M - $50.0M
Investors in SF Bay Area (CA), Investors in San Francisco (CA)
Investors in Sales & CRM (Seed), Investors in Sales & CRM (Series A), Investors in Consumer Internet (Seed), Investors in Enterprise (Series A), Investors in Enterprise (Seed), Investors in Consumer Internet (Seed), Investors in Enterprise (Seed), Investors in San Francisco Bay Area (Other Lists), Investors in SaaS (Seed), Investors in Sales & CRM (Seed), Investors in Consumer Internet (Series A), Investors in Enterprise (Series A), Investors in SaaS (Series A), Investors in Sales & CRM (Series A), Investors in SaaS (Series A), Investors in Consumer Internet (Series A), Investors in SaaS (Seed)
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J Zac Stein
Craft Ventures·Venture Partner
Sweet spot: $25.0M
Range: $1M - $50.0M
Investors in San Francisco (CA)
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Jennifer Sui
Craft Ventures·Principal
Sweet spot: $25.0M
Range: $1M - $50.0M
Investors in New York (NY), Investors in SF Bay Area (CA)
Investors in FinTech (Seed), Investors in FinTech (Seed), Investors in New York City (Other Lists), Investors in San Francisco Bay Area (Other Lists), Investors in FinTech (Series A), Investors in FinTech (Series A), Investors in FinTech (Series A), Investors in FinTech (Seed)
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Michael Tam
Sweet spot: $12.5M
Range: $500K - $25.0M
Investors in United States, Investors in Los Angeles (CA)
Investors in Analytics (Series B), Investors in TransportationTech (Series B), Investors in Analytics (Series A), Investors in Robotics (Seed), Investors in TransportationTech (Series A), Investors in Analytics (Seed), Investors in Real Estate/PropTech (Seed), Investors in TransportationTech (Seed), Investors in Consumer Internet (Series B), Investors in Marketplaces (Series B), Investors in Robotics (Series A), Investors in Robotics (Series B), Investors in Real Estate/PropTech (Series B), Investors in Real Estate/PropTech (Series A), Investors in Space (Series A), Investors in Space (Series B), Investors in Space (Seed), Investors in Health IT (Series A), Investors in Analytics (Seed), Investors in Health & Hospital Services (Series B), Investors in Marketplaces (Series A), Investors in Investors who invested in female founders (Other Lists), Investors in Investors who invested in diverse founders (Other Lists), Investors in TransportationTech (Seed), Investors in Consumer Internet (Seed), Investors in Los Angeles / Southern California (Other Lists), Investors in Health IT (Seed), Investors in Health & Hospital Services (Series A), Investors in Consumer Internet (Seed), Investors in Marketplaces (Seed), Investors in Robotics (Seed), Investors in Health & Hospital Services (Seed), Investors in Space (Seed), Investors in Real Estate/PropTech (Seed), Investors in Analytics (Series A), Investors in TransportationTech (Series A), Investors in Consumer Internet (Series A), Investors in Health IT (Series A), Investors in Marketplaces (Series A), Investors in Robotics (Series A), Investors in Health & Hospital Services (Series A), Investors in Space (Series A), Investors in Real Estate/PropTech (Series A), Investors in Analytics (Series B), Investors in Consumer Internet (Series B), Investors in TransportationTech (Series B), Investors in Health IT (Series B), Investors in Marketplaces (Series B), Investors in Real Estate/PropTech (Series B), Investors in Space (Series B), Investors in Robotics (Series B), Investors in Health & Hospital Services (Series B), Investors in Future of Work (Series B), Investors in Future of Work (Series A), Investors in Future of Work (Seed), Investors in TransportationTech (Pre-seed), Investors in Analytics (Pre-seed), Investors in Space (Pre-seed), Investors in Robotics (Pre-seed), Investors in Analytics (Pre-seed), Investors in Health IT (Pre-seed), Investors in Future of Work (Pre-seed), Investors in Real Estate/PropTech (Pre-seed), Investors in Health & Hospital Services (Pre-seed), Investors in Consumer Internet (Pre-seed), Investors in Marketplaces (Pre-seed), Investors in Health IT (Pre-seed), Investors in TransportationTech (Pre-seed), Investors in Robotics (Pre-seed), Investors in Marketplaces (Pre-seed), Investors in Consumer Internet (Pre-seed), Investors in Space (Pre-seed), Investors in Future of Work (Pre-seed), Investors in Health & Hospital Services (Pre-seed), Investors in Consumer Internet (Series A), Investors in Health IT (Seed), Investors in Real Estate/PropTech (Pre-seed), Investors in Health IT (Series B), Investors in Health & Hospital Services (Seed), Investors in Marketplaces (Seed)
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Kindle Van Linge
Craft Ventures·Investor
Sweet spot: $25.0M
Range: $15.0M - $70.0M
Investors in Palo Alto (CA), Investors in SF Bay Area (CA)
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Sean Whitney
Craft Ventures·Principal
Sweet spot: $25.0M
Range: $1M - $50.0M
Investors in SF Bay Area (CA)
Investors in Marketplaces (Series B), Investors in Enterprise (Series B), Investors in Marketplaces (Series A), Investors in SaaS (Series B), Investors in Enterprise (Series A), Investors in Enterprise (Seed), Investors in Marketplaces (Seed), Investors in SaaS (Seed), Investors in San Francisco Bay Area (Other Lists), Investors in Enterprise (Series A), Investors in Marketplaces (Series A), Investors in SaaS (Series A), Investors in Enterprise (Series B), Investors in Marketplaces (Series B), Investors in SaaS (Series B), Investors in SaaS (Series A), Investors in Marketplaces (Seed), Investors in SaaS (Seed), Investors in Enterprise (Seed)