Verance Capital
VC Fund
Verance Capital is a VC fund focused on Sports and Media and Entertainment. Verance Capital provides early and growth-stage capital across sports, media, and live entertainment.
- Total investments:
- 19
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 26%
Last updated:
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Industries Verance Capital invests in
Stages Verance Capital invests in
Countries Verance Capital invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Round size
- Series A
- $6M–$22M
- Series B
- $10M–$27M
- Venture - Series Unknown
- $6M–$26M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Sports 8 (42%)
- Media and Entertainment 7 (37%)
- Analytics 3 (16%)
- Content 2 (11%)
- E-Commerce 2 (11%)
Stage
- Series A 6 (32%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 6 (32%)
- Series B 3 (16%)
- Series C 1 (5%)
- Funding Round 1 (5%)
Country
- United States 13 (68%)
- United Kingdom 3 (16%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Lyle Ayes
Founder & CEO
|
Founder & CEO | Total investments: 6 | Find email | |
Jeremy Hoffman
Principal
|
Principal | Total investments: 1 | Find email | |
Julian Kershaw-Weih
Principal
|
Principal | Total investments: 1 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Invisible Narratives is a digital content studio founded by Adam Goodman, former President of Paramount Pictures and Dreamworks SKG. Invisible Narratives creates original franchises using the most-engaged social media influencers and partners them with Hollywood filmmakers and authentic brands. | $25M / Private Equity / Jun 17, 2026 | ||
| Professional Triathletes Organisation is a nonprofit company that organizes events of the triathlon sport. | $40M / Series C / Jul 28, 2025 | ||
| One League. For Youth. For Pro. For Life. | $100M / Nov 21, 2024 | ||
| Range Media Partners provides artists, directors, writers, professional athletes, and others with management and representation services. | Venture - Series Unknown / Apr 22, 2024 | ||
| Swag Golf is a manufacturer and supplier of milled putters, insane headcovers, and apparel with online services. | $10M / Series A / Oct 04, 2023 | ||
| Headquartered in the heart of Austin, Texas, MVP is the emerging standard global brands use to value their sports and entertainment sponsorships and understand who engages with, or purchases, their products. Nearly 100 Brands, media, and sports organizations around the world use MVP as the standard for benchmarking sponsorship performance,understanding audiences, and deciding where to run and how to measure campaigns. | $20M / Series B / Jun 26, 2023 | ||
| OnePlan is a collaborative, real-time platform that provides the full suite of event planning, design and management tools. | $6M / Venture - Series Unknown / Mar 02, 2023 | ||
| One League. For Youth. For Pro. For Life. | $22.1M / Series A / Sep 28, 2022 | ||
| Winners Alliance provides services for sports licensing programs that are aimed at helping athletes. Professional athletes train aspiring athletes through the company's sports program, which also includes trading cards, collectibles, and video games. This helps the athletes improve both on and off the field. | $26M / Venture - Series Unknown / Aug 16, 2022 | ||
| Stix makes modern golf clubs at a fair price, challenging the current culture of over-priced equipment. | $10M / Series A / Apr 08, 2022 | ||
| See all 19 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does Verance Capital invest in?
Verance Capital invests primarily in Sports, Media and Entertainment and Analytics startups, most often at Series A and Venture - Series Unknown stage. Most of the 19 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 Verance Capital's check size?
Verance Capital typically joins rounds of $6M–$22M at Series A, $10M–$27M at Series B and $6M–$26M at Venture - Series Unknown. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Verance Capital participates in.
How do I contact Verance Capital?
Public channels for Verance Capital include LinkedIn and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.
Who are the partners at Verance Capital?
The team at Verance Capital includes Lyle Ayes (Founder & CEO), Jeremy Hoffman (Principal) and Julian Kershaw-Weih (Principal). 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 Oct 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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