5 Marketplaces Investors Based in Cambridge

Your odds of raising from local investors are better than trying to raise capital from outside your city. We put together this list to help Cambridge-based founders connect with marketplaces-based investors that write checks into Marketplaces companies. Here are 5 investors that match that criteria.

1) Chiyoung Kim

  • Fund: Playground Labs
  • Title: Head Of Partnerships
  • Location: Cambridge, MA
  • Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Sectors: AR/VR, Marketing, Agriculture Tech, AI, Art, Cosmetics, Fashion, Cloud, Communications, Developer Tools, Digital Health and Wellness, Future of Work, E-Commerce, Electronics, Entertainment, Fintech, Food and Beverage, eSports, Government Tech, DEI, Recruiting, Hospitality, Insurtech, Internet of Things, Legal, Logistics, Manufacturing, Marketplaces, Media, Consumer, Enterprise, Other Tech, Parenting, Food Services, Robotics, Sales Tech, Social Impact

2) Iris Liu

  • Fund: Dorm Room Fund
  • Title: Managing Partner
  • Location: Cambridge, MA
  • Stages: Pre-Seed
  • Sectors: AR/VR, Cloud, Web3, Cybersecurity, Communications, Developer Tools, Digital Health and Wellness, Future of Work, E-Commerce, EdTech, Electronics, Fintech, Marketplaces, Professional or Technical Services, Quantum Computing, Robotics, Sales Tech, Social Impact, Space, Transportation, Travel

3) Molly Fowler

  • Fund: Dorm Room Fund
  • Title: Founding GP
  • Location: Cambridge, MA
  • Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed
  • Sectors: AR/VR, Marketing, Agriculture Tech, AI, Art, Cosmetics, Internet of Things, Cannabis, Clean Tech, Fashion, Cloud, Communications, Web3, Cybersecurity, Developer Tools, Digital Health and Wellness, Future of Work, E-Commerce, EdTech, Electronics, Entertainment, Fintech, Food and Beverage, eSports, Government Tech, DEI, Recruiting, Hospitality, Insurtech, Internet of Things, Legal, Logistics, Manufacturing, Marketplaces, Chemicals, Media, Consumer, Enterprise, Other Tech, Parenting, Professional or Technical Services, Proptech, Quantum Computing, Food Services, Robotics, Sales Tech, Sex, Social Impact, Space, Transportation

4) Reva Nohria

  • Fund: General Catalyst
  • Title: Principal
  • Location: Cambridge, MA
  • Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Sectors: Digital Health and Wellness, Insurtech, Marketplaces

5) Ripley Hartmeyer

  • Fund: General Catalyst
  • Title: Director, Executive Talent
  • Location: Cambridge, MA
  • Stages: Series A, Series B
  • Sectors: Future of Work, E-Commerce, Fintech, Logistics, Marketplaces, Enterprise

Hopefully this list helps you find more local investors that invest in companies in your sector. If you’re looking to pitch these investors + the rest of the Confluence.VC investor network, make sure to check out Commonapp.VC