# Keith Bank

> Keith Bank is a seed investor at Club Champion backing Media and Entertainment and Video. See 14 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Club Champion](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/club-champion)
- Location: Highland Park, United States
- Total investments: 14
- Last investment: Aug 2025
- Lead investor: 86%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/keith-bank-aa09128/
- Website: https://www.kbpartners.com

Keith Bank is a seed investor at Club Champion in Highland Park focused on Media and Entertainment and Video. Keith Bank is based out of Highland Park, Illinois, and is the Founder & Managing Partner of KB Partners. Keith previously worked at Gutta Percha Productionsas a Producer/Principal. Keith Bank attended Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $3M–$6M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Media and Entertainment | 3 | 21% |
| Video | 2 | 14% |
| Events | 2 | 14% |
| Sports | 2 | 14% |
| Video Streaming | 2 | 14% |

32 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 6 | 43% |
| Series A | 3 | 21% |
| Funding Round | 2 | 14% |
| Series B | 1 | 7% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 7% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 8 | 57% |
| Israel | 1 | 7% |
| Ireland | 1 | 7% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| VOW | VOW is a vertical SaaS future-of-work platform that enables sports, media, and entertainment professionals to streamline event and guest management, by eliminating massive fragmentation from stacking disjointed tools, integrating seating, ticketing, communications, and stakeholder interactions, saving 33% in operational costs while dramaticallyenhancing guest experiences at scale. |  | Seed | Aug 07, 2025 |  |
| PLATFORM Golf | PLATFORM Golf is a pioneering golf technology firm focusing on transforming the sport of golf. | $5M |  | Dec 11, 2024 |  |
| Rypplzz | Through Interlife™, our mission is to advance humanity by spatially engineering the flow of the environment to create optimal efficiency. Interlife™ enables unique location-based experiences and transforms physical spaces into smart environments with precise geolocation and enhanced connectivity. The evolving use and omnipresence of connecteddevices and the increasing demand for experiential content, including mixed reality, are resulting in an exponentially increasing need for Interlife™ and its applications.Rypplzz partners with investors who like to back companies creating breakthrough proprietary tech and are on a mission to build a more sustainable world. | $3M | Seed | Dec 14, 2023 |  |
| OMORPHO | OMORPHO manufactures and sells Gravity Sportswear™ - revolutionary weighted training gear that helps any athlete reach their goals faster. | $6M | Seed | May 24, 2022 |  |
| 3ICE | 3ICE is an independent 3-on-3 professional ice hockey league. It organizes ice hockey leagues that consist of no penalties, no long intermissions, and video reviews to provide customers with a game moving at an unprecedented pace. | $9.5M | Venture - Series Unknown | Oct 13, 2021 |  |
| OMORPHO | OMORPHO manufactures and sells Gravity Sportswear™ - revolutionary weighted training gear that helps any athlete reach their goals faster. |  | Seed | Aug 18, 2021 |  |
| Phenix | Phenix is the go-to provider for real-time video streaming solutions and the only company that can stream synchronous real-time video to broadcast-sized audiences. The company offers an end-to-end solution that delivers video with less than ½ second of latency. Phenix's technology, which was built from the ground up, enables rights holders andcontent creators to create next-generation interactive media experiences. Real-time is the next frontier for companies to drive interactivity, enabling them to acquire, engage and retain viewers in areas such as sports, esports, microwaving, and entertainment. Phenix's customers include content owners in sports, eSports, gaming/gambling, social media, and auction verticals well as network owners/operators such as CDNs, cloud service providers, carriers, and MVPDs.It was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. | $16.7M | Series B | Mar 09, 2021 |  |
| StreamLayer | StreamLayer is an online media platform that develops interactive viewing experiences for mobile video services. StreamLayer was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. StreamLayer enables media distributors to transform their streaming platforms into a highly interactive, engaging, and hyper-personalized experiences for theirviewers. | $4M | Series A | Jul 30, 2020 |  |
| Hammerhead | Hammerhead believes in a world where cyclists can use sophisticated, integrated software to achieve their athletic potential and enhance their rides. | $4.5M | Series A | Apr 17, 2020 |  |
| Phenix | Phenix is the go-to provider for real-time video streaming solutions and the only company that can stream synchronous real-time video to broadcast-sized audiences. The company offers an end-to-end solution that delivers video with less than ½ second of latency. Phenix's technology, which was built from the ground up, enables rights holders andcontent creators to create next-generation interactive media experiences. Real-time is the next frontier for companies to drive interactivity, enabling them to acquire, engage and retain viewers in areas such as sports, esports, microwaving, and entertainment. Phenix's customers include content owners in sports, eSports, gaming/gambling, social media, and auction verticals well as network owners/operators such as CDNs, cloud service providers, carriers, and MVPDs.It was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. | $7.6M | Series A | Mar 31, 2020 |  |

10 of 14 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Alumni Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alumni-ventures-group) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Blue Falcon Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/blue-falcon-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Courtside Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/courtside-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Everywhere Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/everywhere-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Primary Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/primary-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Techstars](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/barclays-accelerator) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Club Champion

VC Fund · Willowbrook, United States

Club Champion is a provider of custom fitting services and golf equipment in the US. The company offer the finest brands and services for custom golf club fitting that will produce results.

3 contacts available at Club Champion.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Keith Bank | Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/keith-bank |
| Adam Levy | CEO & President | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/adam-levy-de07 |
| Nick Sherburne | Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nick-sherburne |

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## FAQ

### What does Keith Bank invest in?

Keith Bank invests primarily in Media and Entertainment, Video and Events startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 14 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 Keith Bank's check size?

Keith Bank typically joins rounds of $3M–$6M 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 Keith Bank participates in.

### When did Keith Bank last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Keith Bank closed in Aug 2025. Shizune tracks 14 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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