9 eSports Investors Based in Palo Alto

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 Palo Alto-based founders connect with esports-based investors that write checks into eSports companies. Here are 9 investors that match that criteria.

1) Arif Damji

  • Fund: Conductive Ventures
  • Title: Principal
  • Location: Palo Alto, CA
  • Stages: Series A, Series B
  • Sectors: Marketing, Agriculture Tech, AI, Digital Health and Wellness, Future of Work, E-Commerce, Food and Beverage, eSports, Government Tech, Recruiting, Insurtech, Internet of Things, Logistics, Manufacturing, Enterprise, Proptech, Robotics, Sales Tech, Travel

2) Brittany Walker

  • Fund: CRV
  • Title: Principal
  • Location: Palo Alto, CA
  • Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Sectors: Marketing, Agriculture Tech, AI, Cloud, Cybersecurity, Developer Tools, Future of Work, EdTech, Fintech, eSports, Recruiting, Insurtech, Logistics, Marketplaces, Consumer, Enterprise, Sales Tech, Travel

3) Israel Munoz

  • Fund: Acrew Capital
  • Title: Associate Investor
  • Location: Palo Alto, CA
  • Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Sectors: Agriculture Tech, AI, AR/VR, Clean Tech, Cloud, Communications, Developer Tools, Future of Work, EdTech, Fintech, Food and Beverage, eSports, Logistics

4) Lidiya Dervisheva

  • Fund: Next47
  • Title: Partner
  • Location: Palo Alto, CA
  • Stages: Seed, Series A
  • Sectors: Cloud, Cybersecurity, Developer Tools, Fintech, eSports, Insurtech, Logistics

5) Marta Saxena

  • Fund: Valo Ventures
  • Title: Finance
  • Location: Palo Alto, CA
  • Stages: Series A, Series B, Seed
  • Sectors: Clean Tech, Cloud, Fashion, Internet of Things, Cosmetics, Art, AR/VR, AI, Agriculture Tech, Digital Health and Wellness, Cybersecurity, EdTech, Fintech, Food and Beverage, Insurtech, eSports, Parenting, Travel, Sales Tech, Robotics, Quantum Computing, Future of Work

6) Michelle Nie

  • Fund: Norwest Venture Partners
  • Title: Venture Investor
  • Location: Palo Alto, CA
  • Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Sectors: Communications, Digital Health and Wellness, Future of Work, E-Commerce, Fintech, eSports, Marketplaces, Consumer, Proptech

7) Otilia Barbuta

  • Fund: HP
  • Title: Senior Associate / HP Tech Ventures
  • Location: Palo Alto, CA
  • Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Sectors: AR/VR, Marketing, Agriculture Tech, AI, Internet of Things, Clean Tech, Cloud, Communications, Cybersecurity, Developer Tools, Digital Health and Wellness, Future of Work, E-Commerce, EdTech, Fintech, eSports, Government Tech, DEI, Recruiting, Hospitality, Insurtech, Internet of Things, Legal, Logistics, Manufacturing, Marketplaces, Enterprise, Parenting, Proptech, Quantum Computing, Food Services, Robotics, Sales Tech, Space, Transportation, Travel

8) Patrick Ward

  • Fund: Western Technology Investment
  • Title: Senior Associate
  • Location: Palo Alto, CA
  • Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Sectors: AI, eSports, Fintech, Proptech, Logistics, EdTech, E-Commerce, Digital Health and Wellness, Web3, Fashion, Cosmetics, Travel, Other Tech, Marketplaces

9) Rob Hodgkinson

  • Fund: SignalRank
  • Title: Co-Founder / Managing Director
  • Location: Palo Alto, CA
  • Stages: Series B, Series A
  • Sectors: Marketing, Digital Health and Wellness, Future of Work, EdTech, Entertainment, eSports, Media, Consumer

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