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Hallstone

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Kingmaker Tier: 81 out of 100

Also known as Hallstone Ventures Fund 1, LP, Hallstone Ventures, LLC

  • AI models & AI infrastructure
  • Media, entertainment & gaming
  • Sales & marketing tech
  • Seed
Investor type
VC
Investing status
Activeas of 2026-09-28
Headquarters
Los Angeles, California, United States
Latest fund size
$11.1MSEC amount sold, as of 2026-10-13Source (opens in a new tab)
Funds
1
Legal name
Hallstone Ventures, LLC
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Record updated 23 October 2026

About

Hallstone Ventures is a Los Angeles-based seed fund (Fund I, now deploying) backing seed-stage founders building AI-driven infrastructure for media, entertainment, and advertising, across creator infrastructure, adtech and monetization rails, immersive/spatial media, and frontier media infrastructure. The firm is led by Founder and Managing Partner Seth Hallen and backed by an LP network of roughly 70 senior media/tech operators who support diligence, workflow validation, and buyer introductions.

Investment approach

Thesis
“AI is accelerating a rebuild of the infrastructure behind how media is created, distributed, measured, protected, and monetized. Hallstone was formed to back the founders building those foundational layers.”Source (opens in a new tab)
Investing status notes
"Hallstone Ventures Fund I is now deploying." Portfolio page: "One new company added each month."

Funds

Hallstone Ventures Fund 1, LP
$11.1MVintage 2025, Main fund, SEC amount sold

SEC registration

SEC CIK
2054954

Locations

Headquarters
Los Angeles, California, United States
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