JDS Sports
VC Fund
New York, United States
JDS Sports is a VC fund in New York focused on Sports and Software. JDS Sports invests in early-stage, high-potential companies that are disrupting the status quo. They also help their portfolio brands realize synergy with each other.
- Total investments:
- 21
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 10%
Last updated:
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Industries JDS Sports invests in
Stages JDS Sports invests in
Countries JDS Sports invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Round size
- Seed
- $1M–$4.5M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Sports 7 (33%)
- Software 4 (19%)
- Advertising 4 (19%)
- SaaS 3 (14%)
- Video 3 (14%)
Stage
- Seed 6 (29%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 6 (29%)
- Funding Round 4 (19%)
- Series A 3 (14%)
- Series B 1 (5%)
Country
- United States 17 (81%)
- Canada 1 (5%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Joe Samberg
Founder
|
Founder | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Peter Robert Casey
Founding Partner & CEO
|
Founding Partner & CEO | Total investments: 1 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
StatusPro
|
StatusPro is a sports technology company that combines data with augmented and virtual reality to provide a suite of training and gaming products. | $20M / Series A / Feb 05, 2024 | |
SuperNFT
|
SuperNFT is the developer of virtual event platform intended to organize decentralized music festivals and events. | $7M / Series A / Jul 12, 2022 | |
Aglet
|
Aglet is a digital platform that connects sneakerheads, creators, and brands through virtual sneakers. Aglet is headquartered in Los Angeles, California. | Venture - Series Unknown / Mar 01, 2022 | |
Streamwise
|
Streamwise is an enterprise SaaS platform helping content distributors centralize and standardize their data, providing actionable business intelligence for daily business decisions and enabling game-changing data sharing, all without needing a data science department. | Seed / Jan 01, 2022 | |
Rumble League Studios
|
Rumble League Studio's purpose is to empower players by changing the existing quo of digital ownership. | $4.5M / Seed / Dec 14, 2021 | |
Buzzer
|
Buzzer is scaling its proprietary technology and custom services to support an evolving industry embracing a more fan-centric approach and looking to connect with Gen Z audiences. Buzzer’s technology enables partners’ D2C platforms to be lighter, faster, curated, and personalized while saving on costly manual oversight and editorial resourcing,solving for a content-saturated and disaggregated consumer environment. | $20M / Series A / Jun 30, 2021 | |
The GIST
|
The GIST is a media company that provides sports content, experiences, and community for women. The company curates and contextualizes sports news and offers e-newsletters, daily Instagrams, website, and GIST Viewing Parties. The GIST was founded in 2017 and is based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. | $1M / Seed / Apr 16, 2021 | |
Slate Milk
|
Slate is a brand of lactose-free, all-natural chocolate milks and lattes with decreased sugar and high protein content. Slate Craft Goods sells high-protein chocolate milk under the "Slate Milk" brand. | $1.7M / Seed / Feb 18, 2021 | |
Dibbs
|
With a secure platform for the minting and redemption of physical-backed digital collectibles, Dibbs is the physical world’s onramp to Web3, helping brands and IP holders create a digital presence for their real-life collectibles and forge a new path for deeper connection within their communities. Launched in 2021, Dibbs has raised more than $15million in venture capital from a variety of notable investors, ranging from Amazon, Tusk Venture Partners, Foundry Group, CourtsideVC, and Founder Collective; to athletes including Chris Paul, Channing Frye, Skylar Diggins-Smith, DeAndre Hopkins, Kevin Love and Kris Bryant. The company is based in Los Angeles, CA. | $2.8M / Seed / Oct 15, 2020 | |
VidMob
|
VidMob is the world's leading platform for Intelligent Creative. We provide an end-to-end technology solution for all of a brand’s creative needs. It is an integrated platform combining AI-powered creative analytics with a production workflow system connected to a global network of expert creators. VidMob’s platform dramatically improves adcampaign ROI through actionable creative insights, faster creative turnaround, better performing ads and streamlined workflow. We are the only company in the world to receive a certified creative marketing partner badge from every major social and digital platform. A portion of every dollar VidMob receives is used to fund pro bono creative services for non-profits through the 501(c)(3) VidMob Gives. | $25M / Series B / Jun 13, 2019 | |
| See all 21 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does JDS Sports invest in?
JDS Sports invests primarily in Sports, Software and Advertising startups, most often at Seed and Venture - Series Unknown stage. Most of the 21 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 JDS Sports's check size?
JDS Sports typically joins rounds of $1M–$4.5M at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds JDS Sports participates in.
How do I contact JDS Sports?
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Who are the partners at JDS Sports?
The team at JDS Sports includes Joe Samberg (Founder) and Peter Robert Casey (Founding Partner & CEO). 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 Sep 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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