Courtside Ventures
VC Fund
New York, United States
Courtside Ventures is a VC fund in New York focused on Sports and Gaming. Courtside Ventures invest in early-stage founders that are transforming the intersection of sports, technology, and media. Built on the backs of highly specialized sports and media entrepreneurs and investors, Courtside Ventures look to utilize their industry networks and deep domain knowledge to bring unparalleled value to their companies. Theybuild long-term partnerships with management, by providing ongoing strategic support across all aspects of operations.
- Total investments:
- 152
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 19%
- Last fund:
Last updated:
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Industries Courtside Ventures invests in
Stages Courtside Ventures invests in
Countries Courtside Ventures invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Round size
- Seed
- $1.3M–$13M
- Series A
- $5.4M–$50M
- Series B
- $10M–$44M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Sports 21 (14%)
- Gaming 18 (12%)
- Fitness 14 (9%)
- Software 14 (9%)
- Health Care 13 (9%)
Stage
- Seed 71 (47%)
- Series A 29 (19%)
- Series B 12 (8%)
- Funding Round 7 (5%)
- Pre-Seed 6 (4%)
Country
- United States 78 (51%)
- India 5 (3%)
- Canada 2 (1%)
- United Kingdom 2 (1%)
- Brazil 1 (1%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Deepen Parikh
Partner
|
Partner | Total investments: 4 | Find email | |
Deepen Parikh
Partner
|
Partner | Total investments: 14 | Find email | |
George Pyne
Non-Executive Chairman
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Non-Executive Chairman | Total investments: 2 | Find email | |
Kai Bond
Partner
|
Partner | Total investments: 7 | Find email | |
Oliver Ressler
Associate
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Associate | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
| See all 6 team members → | ||||
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
Rythm Health
|
Rythm Health is an at-home blood testing service that allows users to track their health | $31.5M / Series B / Jun 01, 2026 | |
Packz
|
Packz is a gamified collectibles platform that offers trading cards with fun animations and images. | $10.7M / Seed / Apr 07, 2026 | |
Clubs Poker
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Clubs Poker is a gaming company that offers an online platform for playing poker online. | Pre-Seed / Jan 01, 2026 | |
Jump
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Jump is a technology platform designed to personalize the fan experience and provide teams with new revenue opportunities. | $23M / Series A / Aug 12, 2025 | |
Commons Clinic
|
Commons Clinic is a multi-specialty clinic that provides healthcare treatment to patients. The company's clinic offers comprehensive specialty and surgical care programs for pain, orthopedics, women's health, and men's health, enabling patients to avail improved and efficient medical care.The company was founded in 2021 and isbased in Austin, Texas. | $26M / Series B / Jun 12, 2025 | |
Fermat Commerce
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Fermat Commerce develops an influencer-driven e-commerce platform. Its platform is engineered to empower influencers, up-level brand sales, and serve the end-user. | $45M / Series B / Jun 11, 2025 | |
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Rythm Health
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Rythm Health is an at-home blood testing service that allows users to track their health | $24.8M / Seed / Jun 02, 2025 | |
Fanstake
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Fanstake helps in organizing player specific programs by pooling funds from fans. | $6.3M / Seed / Apr 29, 2025 | |
Storycraft
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Storycraft is a mobile video game creation platform with AI-powered maps, characters, and gameplay. | $3M / Seed / Apr 11, 2025 | |
EloElo
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Look Good, Feel good daily with India’s #1 Short Videos App for Health, Beauty & Lifestyle ! 100% Made in India, Made for India App that lets you watch entertaining & informative 60 second videos and also win 100s of Products free | $13.3M / Series B / Apr 07, 2025 | |
| See all 152 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does Courtside Ventures invest in?
Courtside Ventures invests primarily in Sports, Gaming and Fitness startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 152 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is Courtside Ventures's check size?
Courtside Ventures typically joins rounds of $1.3M–$13M at Seed, $5.4M–$50M at Series A and $10M–$44M at Series B. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Courtside Ventures participates in.
How do I contact Courtside Ventures?
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Who are the partners at Courtside Ventures?
The team at Courtside Ventures includes Deepen Parikh (Partner), Deepen Parikh (Partner) and George Pyne (Non-Executive Chairman), among 6 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
Is Shizune's investor data accurate?
Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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