# Kai Bond

> Kai Bond is a seed investor at Courtside Ventures (New York) backing Gaming and FinTech. See 7 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Courtside Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/courtside-ventures)
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 7
- Last investment: Apr 2025
- Lead investor: 57%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/kaibond
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/kagisobond
- Website: https://x.com/kagisobond

Kai Bond is a Partner at Courtside Ventures. He previously worked at Comcast Ventures as an Investor. Kai Bond attended Wesleyan University.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Gaming | 2 | 29% |
| FinTech | 2 | 29% |
| Financial Services | 2 | 29% |
| Legal | 1 | 14% |
| Video | 1 | 14% |

23 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 3 | 43% |
| Series A | 2 | 29% |
| Series B | 1 | 14% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 14% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 3 | 43% |
| India | 2 | 29% |
| Belgium | 1 | 14% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Storycraft | Storycraft is a mobile video game creation platform with AI-powered maps, characters, and gameplay. | $3M | Seed | Apr 11, 2025 |  |
| EloElo | 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 | $22M | Series B | Sep 20, 2023 |  |
| Bebopbee | BebopBee crafts exceptional, emotive and enduring casual gaming experiences | $4M | Venture - Series Unknown | Apr 07, 2023 |  |
| Fello | Fello is a savings and investment platform that helps to save, invest and earn higher returns than a traditional savings account. | $4M | Seed | Jan 05, 2023 |  |
| Venly | Venly is a blockchain technology and financial services company that builds infrastructure connecting digital asset rails to traditional banking systems. Through its regulated subsidiary Venly Finance (Poland, EU VASP registered), the company operates stablecoin settlement infrastructure that enables fintechs, platforms, and financial institutionsto move money across borders faster and at lower cost than traditional correspondent banking.Venly's platform combines blockchain technology expertise with regulated financial services — including stablecoin settlement orchestration, digital asset custody, card issuance, and multi-rail payment routing across 40+ corridors. The technology layer handles the complexity of bridging crypto and fiat rails (SEPA, SWIFT, ACH, Faster Payments), while the regulated entity structure ensures compliance across jurisdictions.Founded in Belgium in 2018, Venly has evolved from a blockchain developer tools provider into a full-stack financial infrastructure company. The group holds SOC 2 Type II certification and ISO 27001, with CASP authorization pending under MiCA. Key verticals include iGaming, affiliate networks, prop trading, and cross-border B2B payments.Categories: Blockchain, Financial Services, Payment Infrastructure, Stablecoin Payments, Cross-border Payments, FinTech | $22.1M | Series A | Apr 28, 2022 |  |
| Every Mother | Every Mother offers streaming workouts, prenatal fitness, postpartum fitness, diastasis recti recovery system, motherhood, pelvic floor, core health, and exercise therapy services. | $1.5M | Seed | May 06, 2020 |  |
| ROSS Intelligence | ROSS Intelligence builds artificially intelligent tools to enhance lawyer’s abilities – allowing them to do more than ever before humanly possible. Their vision is to create the world’s smartest lawyer. Their first product, ROSS, is an artificially intelligent lawyer.ROSS Intelligence's customers include many of the top law firms andcorporate legal departments, both in the United States and abroad. ROSS Intelligence transforms lawyers' workflow with artificial intelligence.ROSS Intelligence operates out of Toronto, San Francisco, and New York. | $8.7M | Series A | Oct 11, 2017 |  |

7 of 7 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Everywhere Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/everywhere-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Alpaca VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alpaca-vc) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Andover Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andover-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [BITKRAFT Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bitkraft-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Techstars Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bullet-time-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Coinbase Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/coinbase-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Courtside Ventures

VC Fund · New York, United States

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.

5 contacts available at Courtside Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Deepen Parikh | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/deepen-parikh |
| Deepen Parikh | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/deepen-parikh-33d3 |
| George Pyne | Non-Executive Chairman | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/george-pyne |
| Kai Bond | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kai-bond |
| Oliver Ressler | Associate | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/oliver-ressler |

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## FAQ

### What does Kai Bond invest in?

Kai Bond invests primarily in Gaming, FinTech and Financial Services startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 7 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 Kai Bond last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Kai Bond closed in Apr 2025. Shizune tracks 7 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?

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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