# Elysian Park Ventures

> Elysian Park Ventures is a VC fund in Los Angeles backing Sports and Software. See 78 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Los Angeles, United States
- Total investments: 78
- Last investment: Jan 2026
- Lead investor: 29%
- Last fund: Nov 2019
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/elysian-park-ventures
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/elysianparkvc
- Website: http://www.elysianpark.ventures/

Elysian Park Ventures is a VC fund in Los Angeles focused on Sports and Software. Elysian Park Ventures is the private investment arm of the LA Dodgers Ownership Group innovating in sports, technology and entertainment.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $100k–$8M |
| Series A | $5M–$42M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Sports | 21 | 27% |
| Software | 11 | 14% |
| Health Care | 7 | 9% |
| Video | 5 | 6% |
| Fitness | 5 | 6% |

82 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 25 | 32% |
| Seed | 17 | 22% |
| Funding Round | 13 | 17% |
| Series B | 10 | 13% |
| Series C | 3 | 4% |

7 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 36 | 46% |
| Israel | 3 | 4% |
| Canada | 2 | 3% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 3% |
| India | 1 | 1% |

9 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Cole Van Nice | Co-Founder & Managing Partner | 5 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cole-van-nice |
| Jay Adya | Managing Partner | 4 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jay-adya-70a2 |
| Ami Galani | Venture Partner | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ami-galani |
| Brendan Bilko | Entrepreneur In Residence | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brendan-bilko |
| Nihar Singhal | Venture Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nihar-singhal |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| The Realest | The Realest is an online auction website that offers next-generation authentication standard and marketplace for entertainment memorabilia. | $12M | Series A | Jan 28, 2026 |  |
| Diamond Kinetics | Diamond Kinetics develops motion data and analytics of baseball and softball for players and their coaches. It focuses on bringing motion data and analytics to players of all ages and skill levels, and their coaches, in baseball and softball. It was founded in 2012 and headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. | $12M | Venture - Series Unknown | Jan 15, 2026 |  |
| FCTRY LAb | Fctry lab combine traditional manufacturing methods with modern technology, allowing us to redefine techniques and invent new construction methods | $8M | Series A | Mar 11, 2025 |  |
| Guidesly | Guidesly is building a new platform for outdoor enthusiasts! The first app-based marketplace connecting anglers with trusted guides. Making the searching and booking process easy for anglers and offering guides an app to manage their business. Trusted, certified and instantaneous, Guidelsy is building the next generation of enthusiast tools. | $9.5M | Series A | Jan 16, 2025 |  |
| 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). | $2M | Seed | Oct 31, 2024 |  |
| Pro Shop | Pro Shop is a media, business, and entertainment enterprise. | $20M | Series A | Mar 07, 2024 |  |
| SweetSpot | SweetSpot products make sports and outdoors more accessible, more affordable and more fun to play anytime, anywhere. |  | Seed | Feb 07, 2024 |  |
| Splash Sports | Splash Sports is a platform for real-money gaming that allows friends and groups to play in skill-based activities and modernizes the sports pool industry. Splash Sports, which is now in private beta, offers a much-needed substitute to conventional betting options. | $14.1M | Series A | Jan 31, 2024 |  |
| FORTË (acquired by Echelon Fitness) | FORTË enables fitness brands globally to create a high-quality, premium digital fitness platform cost-effectively. FORTË installs its proprietary streaming hardware and software at one or more of its clients’ locations, deploys a customized website and accompanying mobile apps, and assists the client to launch and promote its new virtual offering.End-users can stream live and on-demand fitness classes from their favorite gym while interacting with their community on two-way video, tracking their performance in real-time on leaderboards and through wearable integrations, participate in challenges, and get social with their friends. FORTË powers UFC, Goodlife Fitness, YMCA's, NFL Player's Association, The Edge, Heartcore, GYMVMT, and many other well-known gym chains and boutique studios. |  |  | Jul 10, 2023 |  |
| Splash Sports | Splash Sports is a platform for real-money gaming that allows friends and groups to play in skill-based activities and modernizes the sports pool industry. Splash Sports, which is now in private beta, offers a much-needed substitute to conventional betting options. |  |  | Jun 05, 2023 |  |

10 of 78 investments shown.

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- [Los Angeles Dodgers](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/los-angeles-dodgers) — VC Fund, 4 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Elysian Park Ventures invest in?

Elysian Park Ventures invests primarily in Sports, Software and Health Care startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 78 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 Elysian Park Ventures's check size?

Elysian Park Ventures typically joins rounds of $100k–$8M at Seed and $5M–$42M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Elysian Park Ventures participates in.

### How do I contact Elysian Park Ventures?

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### Who are the partners at Elysian Park Ventures?

The team at Elysian Park Ventures includes Cole Van Nice (Co-Founder & Managing Partner), Jay Adya (Managing Partner) and Ami Galani (Venture Partner), among 6 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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