# Cole Van Nice

> Cole Van Nice is a seed investor at Elysian Park Ventures (New York) backing Video and Sports. See 5 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Elysian Park Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/elysian-park-ventures)
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 5
- Last investment: Sep 2022
- Lead investor: 80%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/csvannice

Cole Van Nice is a partner at Elysian Park Ventures and Los Angeles Dodgers Sports & Entertainment Accelerator with RGA. Prior to this, Cole was the CEO at Flyby Media Inc before it was acquired by Apple earlier in 2016.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Video | 2 | 40% |
| Sports | 2 | 40% |
| Mobile | 1 | 20% |
| Content | 1 | 20% |
| Fitness | 1 | 20% |

16 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 1 | 20% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 20% |
| Series A | 1 | 20% |
| Series B | 1 | 20% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 20% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 4 | 80% |
| Canada | 1 | 20% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Curastory | Curastory is a video enablement tool for creators allowing them to edit, monetize, distribute, and analyze their videos across social media. For monetization, we are the first programmatic media buying solution for creator ad reads. | $100K | Seed | Sep 30, 2022 |  |
| Ida Sports | Ida Sports is a female-led footwear company designing for female athletes and putting women at the heart of the process. They make awesome women’s sports footwear, primarily for soccer and AFL Women’s (Australia’s national semi-professional Australian rules football league for female players). |  | Pre-Seed | Sep 07, 2022 |  |
| Snap! Mobile | Snap! Raise is a fundraising platform designed to support educational program leaders in their goal to positively impact the lives of the students they serve. | $90M | Series B | Aug 31, 2021 |  |
| Sports Innovation Lab | The Sports Innovation Lab identifies and evaluates the technology products and services that will power the future of sports. They have developed a digital market research platform and a world-class advisor network to help guide how companies make strategic technology decisions. | $2.2M | Venture - Series Unknown | Aug 12, 2021 |  |
| Flyby Media | Flyby Media is a venture-backed company that develops next-generation consumer mobile social applications that connect the physical world with digital content. Its team of mobile industry entrepreneurs and computer vision scientists is dedicated to building new technology that can elevate, rather than replace, real-world experiences. Founded in2010, Flyby Media is headquartered in New York. | $3.5M | Series A | May 26, 2010 |  |

5 of 5 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [R/GA Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/r-ga-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Gaingels](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gaing) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Aser Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aser-media) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Billie Jean King](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/billie-jean-king-3520) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Google for Startups](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/black-founders-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [CNF Investments, LLC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cnf-investments) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Elysian Park Ventures

VC Fund · Los Angeles, United States

Elysian Park Ventures is the private investment arm of the LA Dodgers Ownership Group innovating in sports, technology and entertainment.

5 contacts available at Elysian Park Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Cole Van Nice | Co-Founder & Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cole-van-nice |
| Jay Adya | Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jay-adya-70a2 |
| Ami Galani | Venture Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ami-galani |
| Brendan Bilko | Entrepreneur In Residence | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brendan-bilko |
| Nihar Singhal | Venture Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nihar-singhal |

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## FAQ

### What does Cole Van Nice invest in?

Cole Van Nice invests primarily in Video, Sports and Mobile startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 5 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Cole Van Nice last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Cole Van Nice closed in Sep 2022. Shizune tracks 5 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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