# Thaddeus Young

> Thaddeus Young is a seed investor at Reform Ventures (Memphis) backing Software and Sports. See 10 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Reform Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/reform-ventures)
- Location: Memphis, United States
- Total investments: 10
- Last investment: Aug 2022
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thadyoung21

Thaddeus Young is a seed investor at Reform Ventures in Memphis focused on Software and Sports. Thaddeus Young is the current Founder of Reform Ventures. He previously worked at Brooklyn Nets as a Professional Athlete. Thaddeus Young attended Georgia Institute of Technology.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $2.2M–$2.5M |
| Series C | $80M–$305M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 3 | 30% |
| Sports | 2 | 20% |
| Fitness | 2 | 20% |
| Health Care | 2 | 20% |
| Marketplace | 2 | 20% |

35 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 4 | 40% |
| Series C | 2 | 20% |
| Series A | 1 | 10% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 10% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 5 | 50% |
| Canada | 3 | 30% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Huupe | Huupe is a smart basketball hoop that allows players to train like pros, track their progress, and compete against other huupe users. The huupe uses cutting-edge technology to track a player's shooting percentage, position on the court, speed, agility, release time, and more while providing real-time feedback so they can see all of their statsand improve. Huupe provides customized workouts and drills from NBA skills trainers, youth trainers, and everyone in between. |  | Seed | Aug 02, 2022 |  |
| OxeFit | OxeFit provides a strength training system that uses AI-powered technology that integrates robotics, movement, and performance tracking. It also provides real-time feedback and deep learning analysis to meet the client's fitness goals. OxeFit was founded in 2019 and is based in Plano, Texas, United States. | $7.5M | Series A | May 10, 2022 |  |
| Plantiga | Plantiga provides human movement intelligence, a deep insight into health based on the way people move. Its platform is built to optimize health, prevent injury, and monitor recovery by detecting changes in functional movement patterns that the eye cannot see. The company was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia. | $1.2M | Venture - Series Unknown | Jun 29, 2021 |  |
| Overtime | Overtime is a sports network for the next generation of sports fans. It produces original content across YouTube, Snapchat, and IGTV, as well as highly engaging short-form content on Instagram and TikTok.Based in NYC, Overtime is funded by top VC firms like Andreessen Horowitz and Greycroft Ventures as well as industry leaders like Kevin Durantand former NBA Commissioner David Stern. | $80M | Series C | Apr 22, 2021 |  |
| Dapper Labs | Dapper Labs, the company behind NBA Top Shot, uses blockchain technology to bring NFTs and new forms of digital engagement to fans around the world. Since it was founded in 2018, Dapper Labs has given consumer enthusiasts a real stake in the game by bringing them closer to the brands they love, building engaged and exciting communities for them tocontribute to, and producing new pathways for them to become creators themselves. | $305M | Series C | Mar 30, 2021 |  |
| Dapper Labs | Dapper Labs, the company behind NBA Top Shot, uses blockchain technology to bring NFTs and new forms of digital engagement to fans around the world. Since it was founded in 2018, Dapper Labs has given consumer enthusiasts a real stake in the game by bringing them closer to the brands they love, building engaged and exciting communities for them tocontribute to, and producing new pathways for them to become creators themselves. |  | Series C | Mar 30, 2021 |  |
| Dapper Labs | Dapper Labs, the company behind NBA Top Shot, uses blockchain technology to bring NFTs and new forms of digital engagement to fans around the world. Since it was founded in 2018, Dapper Labs has given consumer enthusiasts a real stake in the game by bringing them closer to the brands they love, building engaged and exciting communities for them tocontribute to, and producing new pathways for them to become creators themselves. | $305M | Series C | Mar 30, 2021 |  |
| Surf | Surf provides brands a better way to engage and understand consumers while compensating consumers for their data.Surf’s revolutionary browser extension passively rewards people for their everyday browsing and helps them save when shopping with their favourite brands. The extension is growing quickly and on track to be at 800,000 users by the endof 2022. Download the extension on joinsurf.com.Surf’s enterprise division provides high fidelity data and commerce enablement opportunities to some of the world’s biggest brands like Netflix, NBA, Sony Music, L’Oreal, Electronic Arts, etc. To learn more about our data or how to get in front of Surf consumers, schedule a call on joinsurf.com/brands.Surf’s vision is to build an equitable data economy for consumers that want to receive value in both a Web2 and Web3 environment. Surf is backed by several investors including Moneta Ventures, Round13 Capital, MAGIC Fund, Kyle Kuzma (Washington Wizards), Cody Ko (popular creator) and unicorn founders like Devon Townsend (Co-Founder, Cameo), Roham Gharegozlou (Co-Founder, Dapper Labs), Ryan Holmes (Founder, Hootsuite), Brad Shaw (CEO, Shaw Communications), Michele Romanow (President, Clearco), and Jason Robins (CEO, DraftKings). | $2.4M | Seed | Mar 09, 2021 |  |
| ShearShare | ShearShare is a verticalized SaaS that aggregates labor in a specialized market and provides affordable B2B tools to the self-employed stylist, starting with space to work and usage-based liability insurance. The company currently has the largest database of on-demand salon and barbershop space rentals and the most affordable leases in the market. | $2.2M | Seed | Oct 26, 2020 |  |
| Claim it! | Claim it! is a social marketplace mobile app that breaks down the walls between people and brands, available through the Apple App Store and coming soon to Google Play. | $2.5M | Seed | Aug 10, 2017 |  |

10 of 10 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Venrock](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/venrock) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Andreessen Horowitz](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andreessen-horowitz) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Roosh Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/roosh-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Dreamers VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/the-dreamers-fund) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [True Capital Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/true-capital-management) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [U.S. Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/us-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About Reform Ventures

VC Fund · New Orleans, United States

Reform Ventures is an through tech & start up investments ranging from early to late stage products & platforms.

1 contacts available at Reform Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Thaddeus Young | Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/thaddeus-young |

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## FAQ

### What does Thaddeus Young invest in?

Thaddeus Young invests primarily in Software, Sports and Fitness startups, most often at Seed and Series C stage. Most of the 10 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 Thaddeus Young's check size?

Thaddeus Young typically joins rounds of $2.2M–$2.5M at Seed and $80M–$305M at Series C. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Thaddeus Young participates in.

### When did Thaddeus Young last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Thaddeus Young closed in Aug 2022. Shizune tracks 10 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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