Top 50 Sporting Goods Angel Investors in May 2025
A list of 50 angel investors that invest in Sporting goods startups. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Sporting goods companies. This investor list updates every month.Top 50 Sporting Goods Angel Investors in May 2025
Investor | Sporting Goods investments |
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Roger Ehrenberg | 2 |
Mark Livings | 2 |
Matthew Ocko | 2 |
Lloyd Danzig | 2 |
Christopher J. Dean | 2 |
Michael Carrick | 2 |
Gary Vaynerchuk | 2 |
Alex Hoye | 2 |
Daren Cotter | 2 |
Blake Griffin | 2 |
John Elstrott | 2 |
Maria Thomas | 2 |
Mark Pincus | 2 |
Dave Morin | 2 |
Frank Bober | 2 |
David Blitzer | 2 |
Giovanni Gardelli | 2 |
David J. Adelman | 2 |
Dave Hanson | 1 |
Blake Luse | 1 |
Brad Griffith | 1 |
Nat Turner | 1 |
David Lightburn | 1 |
Howard Lindzon | 1 |
Tony Parker | 1 |
Andrew Weber | 1 |
Thomas Rebaud | 1 |
Arno Gerken | 1 |
Lijie Wang | 1 |
Rick Shor | 1 |
Patrick Bamford | 1 |
Andrea Lederer | 1 |
Emir Selimovic | 1 |
Nicholas Horbaczewski | 1 |
Sjaak Fleer | 1 |
Teddy Riner | 1 |
Paul Heywood | 1 |
Khalid Qazi | 1 |
Jason Day | 1 |
David Grubb | 1 |
Philippe Bubb | 1 |
Robin Knox | 1 |
Dusan Miletich | 1 |
Kevin Kaplan | 1 |
Sahil Jain | 1 |
Ankit Mehrotra | 1 |
Von Miller | 1 |
Georg Kofler | 1 |
David Bohan | 1 |
Todd Arky | 1 |
Roger Ehrenberg is the founder and Managing Partner of IA Ventures, a firm that invests in companies creating competitive advantage through data.
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Investment focus
- Advertising, FinTech, Software
- Series A, Seed, Series B
- United States, United Kingdom, Canada
Portfolio highlights
- SlamBall — SlamBall is a global sports league association. It was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.
- FL Newsletter — Fantasy Life keeps you up to date on all of the latest NFL news, fantasy analysis, sports betting tips, and hot topics around the fantasy watercooler.
- Gemini Sports Analytics — The first AI cloud for sports
Founder of a diverse group of businesses including globally-distributed consumer brands (Lyre's Spirits Co) as well as growth-award winning companies specialising in the supply of marketing services and products to the FMCG\ CPG industry. These businesses include an integrated creative agency, a digital printing and personalisation platform,a branded merchandise and speciality packaging supplier as well as a specialty promotional logistics and fulfilment provider.Mark has worked closely with over 50 major FMCG organisations in the grocery, pharma, liquor and health and beauty space and has grown a portfolio of businesses servicing their go to market requirements over the last seven years.Passionate about technology, Mark has invested across all business units ensuring a competitive edge is maintained with best in class platforms to delivery quality creative, product production and fulfilment services to some of the world's most recognisable businesses and brands.
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Investment focus
- Content Marketing, Information Technology, Software
- Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Australia, Sweden, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Edoome — The most friendly and easy to use social learning management system that connects teachers with their students for effective communication and collaboration and provides tools to help teachers save time in planning, assessing and keeping track of their students’ progress, unifying everything in just one platform.
- Compono — Smart, easy-to-use HR management products for sourcing talent and helping them grow.
- Creatively Squared — Digital content that brings consumers closer to brands. Create engaging photos, videos and digital ads at scale
Matthew Ocko has nearly three decades of experience as a technology entrepreneur, operating executive and venture capitalist, with over 20 patents granted or pending in areas as diverse as hardware systems and social games. He still reads C++ code but admits to occasional struggles with Erlang. Matthew is a co-founder & co-managing partner ofData Collective, a venture fund with a unique team of experienced venture capitalists, technology entrepreneurs and practicing engineers, investing together in seed and early stage Big Data and IT infrastructure companies. During his venture capital tenure, he has invested in and/or helped grow a variety of companies including XenSource (CTRX), Zynga (ZNGA), Impermium, Verisign (VRSN), Facebook (FB), Virtuata (CSCO), Akimbi Systems (VMW), Cotendo (AKAM), Tango.me, MetaWeb (GOOG), FlashSoft (SNDK), DataMirror (IBM), UltraDNS (NSR), Kenshoo, Metamarkets, Fortinet (FTNT), SupportSoft (SPRT), Alantro (TXN), CouchBase, Spool (FB), BranchOut, On-Ramp Wireless, and many others.
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Investment focus
- Software, Information Technology, Mobile
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- United States, Canada, New Zealand
Portfolio highlights
- Toku — Seamless employment, built for Web3. WorkDAO is the only Web3-native employment service that provides legal employment, token payroll, and employee benefits that make a difference, globally. We're building the infrastructure to scale DAOs and Web3 organizations so you can focus on building.
- Mesh — Mesh enables safer, easier crypto transfers and payments from 300+ leading exchanges and wallets, all without leaving your platform
- VMind AI — VMind is a frontier technology company building artificial general intelligence (AGI).
Lloyd Danzig is the Founder and Managing Partner of Sharp Alpha Advisors.
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Investment focus
- Gaming, Sports, Fantasy Sports
- Series A, Funding Round, Seed
- United States
Portfolio highlights
- Linq.gg — Fintech solution tailored for mobile game developers to create, publish, and scale real-money games.
- SlamBall — SlamBall is a global sports league association. It was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.
- GridRival — GridRival is a sports betting startup built for race fans with the mission of making motorsports more engaging. We accomplish this through a valuable and unique fusion of fantasy-style gaming & betting, motorsports content, and built-in social functionality.
Christopher J. Dean joined Summit Partners in 2001. Prior to Summit, he worked for Morgan Stanley, J.H. Whitney & Co. and Sun Microsystems. Based in Summit’s Boston office, Chris is active in the firm’s investment activities in North America, Europe and Asia.During his 12 years with Summit Partners, Chris has served as a director ofmany companies. He is currently a director of Aurora Diagnostics, Champion Windows, Commercial Defeasance, Focus Financial Partners and Salient Partners. His prior directorships include optionsXpress Holdings (NASDAQ: OXPS, later acquired by Charles Schwab), PSC Info Group (acquired by Roark Capital Group) and Senior Home Care (acquired by Oaktree Capital Management).Chris holds a BA in history, summa cum laude, from the University of Notre Dame and an MBA from Harvard Business School.
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Investment focus
- E-Commerce, Service Industry, Software
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B
- United States, Brazil
Portfolio highlights
- AceUp, Inc. — AceUp is the premier leadership development coaching solution, with unparalleled coaches, technology, and analytics.
- Celcoin — Founded in 2016 by Marcelo França and Adriano Meirinho, Celcoin, the company offers a platform that allows companies to connect to the financial system simply and without bureaucracy to offer innovative experiences to their customers, whether in the digital world, with more than 170 clients including banks, fintechs, brokerages and loyaltycompanies, in other words, in the physical world, where it has its own network of more than 38,000 digital correspondents in 3,200 Brazilian municipalities. A pioneer in its segment, Celcoin adopts a unique multi-channel strategy in its segment, and already processes more than 11 million financial transactions and a volume in excess of R$1.8 billion monthly.Celcoin came up with the idea of facilitating new players to the financial system, which until its inception was completely closed, difficult to access and difficult to connect. With its set of Open Finance solutions (APIs for Transactions, APIs for Physical Networks and Open Banking APIs), more than 8 million Brazilians are impacted monthly in the physical and virtual world with their solutions.
- SidelineSwap — SidelineSwap connects athletes so they can buy, sell, and learn about new and used sports gear. They were founded in 2012 by former college athletes who realized how difficult it was to find high-quality used sports gear online. Since launching the marketplace, hundreds of thousands of athletes have joined their community and contributed to theirmission of making sports more affordable.On SidelineSwap you’ll not only find the largest collection of high-quality new and used sports gear on the internet, you will also connect with athletes who know about gear and love their sport. If you browse long enough, you might even find a few pros.We’re entrepreneurs at heart, and we’re proud to empower their community of sellers. Sellers on SidelineSwap come in all shapes and sizes, from high school athletes selling last season’s gear, to former college players unloading a career’s worth of equipment, to business owners like Eric (see below) who make a living on SidelineSwap.We’re backed by Global Founders Capital, Riverpark Ventures, Fullstack Sports Ventures, Teamworthy Ventures, FJ Labs, and 500 Startups, and their advisors include former executives from Amazon, Etsy, Seamless, Staples, and ESPN. We’re alumni of 500 Startups, MassChallenge, and the Harvard Innovation Lab.
Michael Carrick is an English professional football coach.
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Investment focus
- Fitness, Wellness, Health Care
- Seed, Funding Round
- United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- GoJoe — Ditch the step challenge apps and employee engagement platforms and boost inclusivity and engagement with GoJoe.The employee engagement and wellbeing app that people actually use.
Gary Vaynerchuk is the Chairman of VaynerX. He previously worked at Resy as a Co-Founder. Gary Vaynerchuk attended Mount Ida College.
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Investment focus
- Software, Mobile, Internet
- Seed, Series A, Angel
- United States, Australia, Canada
Portfolio highlights
- OpenFortune — www.openfortunemedia.com
- Metalink — Metalink is a private chat app that provides NFT collection. They also offer the punk owners to find and chat with other verified holders by simply connecting their wallet.
- Unrivaled — A 3v3 league built in collaboration with the biggest stars in women's basketball, co-founded by Napheesa Collier and Breanna Stewart. Launching in January 2025.
Alex Hoye is the Co-founder and CEO of Full Stack Supply Co. He previously worked at Runway East as a Co-founder. Alex Hoye attended Stanford University.
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Investment focus
- Software, Apps, Advertising
- Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- United Kingdom, United States, Romania
Portfolio highlights
- Motion - Activity Goals — Use Motion to set your personal weekly activity goal and visualise progress. Create a team with friends and share your goals.
- Grabble — Grabble is an application that enables its users to discover daily hand-picked fashion. It allows its users to browse, save, and purchase fashion apparel and accessories from retailers. It also provides them with sales alerts. Grabble was launched on May 1, 2013 in London, United Kingdom.
- Carv — Carv 2 clips onto any ski boot, analyzes your technique, and coaches you with live audio as you ski.
Daren was the Founder and CEO of InboxDollars, an online marketing company that connects consumers and advertisers in a way that benefits both. He founded the company as a Freshman in college in 2000 and bootstrapped the company to more than $25 million in annual revenues. InboxDollars was acquired by Prodege in 2019. Daren is active in the MNstart-up community as an investor, advisor and mentor.
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Investment focus
- Software, E-Commerce, Health Care
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- United States
Portfolio highlights
- Delfina — Intelligent pregnancy care for healthier moms and babies.
- Continuum — Simplify B2B returns, warranties, and repairs with Continuum; the only Returns Management Software designed for distributors and manufacturers.
- Pakal Technologies — Pakal Technologies is a developer of IGTO-based semiconductors intended to revolutionize the IGBT market. The company's semiconductors use IGTO, a silicon device, that is a drop-in replacement for IGBTs and provides a significant performance upgrade, providing clients with efficient, scalable, and compatible semiconductors.
Blake Griffin, the six-time All-Star, former Rookie of the Year and Slam Dunk Champion, is regarded as one of the most influential players in recent history. Second only to his basketball talent is his innate knack for comedic timing, which has been showcased in numerous national ad campaigns, top-tier media, and through his annual charity comedyshow, Comedy.by blake. Behind the camera, Blake serves as the Cofounder of Mortal Media, his Hollywood production company, which works on projects in the film, TV, and digital spaces. A true triple-threat, adding to athlete and actor, Blake and his brother Taylor also run the Team Griffin Foundation, their non-profit organization that provides young men and women with opportunities to learn the essential lessons of life, competition, and hard work by inspiring them to nurture their passions in athletics, academics and the arts.
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Investment focus
- Retail, Sports, Consumer Goods
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- United States
Portfolio highlights
- SlamBall — SlamBall is a global sports league association. It was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.
- Lemon Perfect — Lemon Perfect is a zero-sugar cold-pressed lemon water that’s full of flavor and packed with antioxidant vitamin C. We squeeze half a California-grown organic lemon into every bottle and can—and add no artificial ingredients—making healthy hydration more convenient, refreshing, and delicious than ever.The Lemon Perfect Company is headquartered inAtlanta, GA.
John Elstrott is the Mentor, The LePage Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation In-Residence Program Mentor at Tulane University School of Medicine. He attended the University of Colorado Boulder.
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Investment focus
- Apps, Sports, Consumer
- Seed, Pre-Seed
- United States
Portfolio highlights
- Dinner Lab — Dinner Lab is a membership-based social dining experiment that unites undiscovered chefs with adventurous diners who are looking for something different from the traditional restaurant experience. Whether it happens on the roof of an abandoned building, the floor of a paper mill, or inside a motorcycle dealership, they believe that good people,good food and good drink are the only elements paramount to a memorable meal.The company was founded in 2011 and headquartered in New Orleans, Louisiana.
- Tigeraire — The Tigeraire Cyclone helmet airflow system for youth, college, and professional athletes. It's time to get some aire.
- Good2Go, Inc — Good2Go leverages IoT technology to make everyday experiences more enjoyable. Good2Go handles everything from locating the nearest facility to unlocking and opening the door.
Maria Thomas is a consumer Internet pioneer and entrepreneurial business builder. She is also a well-respected member of the Board of Directors of both a publicly traded and a private equity backed company. She's currently (2017) an expert advisor and hands-on contributor to Remote Year.In 2016, Maria was Interim CEO at Glamsquad:http://blog.glamsquad.com/post/145956909567/corepower-yoga-amy-shecter-glamsquad-ceo. Maria is the former CEO of Etsy, a position she took in July of 2008 after Founding CEO Maria Prior to
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Investment focus
- E-Commerce, SaaS, Enterprise Software
- Seed, Series B, Series A
- United States
Portfolio highlights
- Twice — Buy & sell electronics, cars, clothes, collectibles & more on eBay, the world's online marketplace. Top brands, low prices & free shipping on many items.
- Catalant — Access on-demand consulting services for strategic business planning, data & business analytics, digital transformation, M&A, market research, and more.
- SidelineSwap — SidelineSwap connects athletes so they can buy, sell, and learn about new and used sports gear. They were founded in 2012 by former college athletes who realized how difficult it was to find high-quality used sports gear online. Since launching the marketplace, hundreds of thousands of athletes have joined their community and contributed to theirmission of making sports more affordable.On SidelineSwap you’ll not only find the largest collection of high-quality new and used sports gear on the internet, you will also connect with athletes who know about gear and love their sport. If you browse long enough, you might even find a few pros.We’re entrepreneurs at heart, and we’re proud to empower their community of sellers. Sellers on SidelineSwap come in all shapes and sizes, from high school athletes selling last season’s gear, to former college players unloading a career’s worth of equipment, to business owners like Eric (see below) who make a living on SidelineSwap.We’re backed by Global Founders Capital, Riverpark Ventures, Fullstack Sports Ventures, Teamworthy Ventures, FJ Labs, and 500 Startups, and their advisors include former executives from Amazon, Etsy, Seamless, Staples, and ESPN. We’re alumni of 500 Startups, MassChallenge, and the Harvard Innovation Lab.
Mark Pincus is the founder and Executive Chairman of the Board of Zynga. He has served as our Chairman from April 2007 to March 2016 and the company's Executive Chairman since March 2016. He previously served as Chief Executive Officer from April 2007 to July 2013 and from April 2015 to March 2016, and as Chief Product Officer from April2007 to April 2014. In 2014, he founded superlabs, a San Francisco-based product lab focused on developing products that connect and empower people, which was acquired by Zynga in 2015. Pincus also founded Zynga.org in 2009, a non-profit organization dedicated to using social games for social good.From 2003 to 2007, Pincus served as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of Tribe.net, a company he launched and one of the first social networks in the industry. From 1997 to 2000, he served as Chairman of Support.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: SPRT), a help desk automation software company he founded, and he served as Chief Executive Officer and President from December 1997 to July 1999. From 1996 to 1997, he served as Chief Executive Officer of FreeLoader, Inc., a web-based news company he founded.Pincus also made founding investments in Napster, Twitter, and Facebook.Pincus graduated summa cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business and earned an MBA from Harvard Business School. He is an angel investor in multiple Silicon Valley startups and regularly gives lectures to aspiring entrepreneurs.
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Investment focus
- Internet, FinTech, Software
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- United States, Canada, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Substack — Substack makes it simple for a writer to start an email newsletter that makes money from subscriptions.
- Troveo AI — AI companies are scouring the internet for high-quality video. Troveo helps you capture the value and turn your video into revenue.
- Echo Chunk AI — We build epic strategy games that generate themselves. Starting with Echo Chess: the daily chess puzzler where you are what you eat.
Dave is the Co-Founder & Managing Director of Offline Ventures.He was Founder & Partner Emeritus of Slow Ventures. A leading Silicon Valley venture capital firm that champions long term thinking and innovation. Slow serves a community of over 200 of the most innovative entrepreneurs and companies in the world. Including Slack, Pinterest,Evernote, NextDoor, Postmates, Blue Bottle and more.He was the Co-Founder and CEO of Path which was acquired by Kakao in 2015. He co-founded Path with the mission of being a source of happiness, meaning, and connection through simplicity, quality, and privacy in technology and design. Path continues to serves tens of millions of people each month to this day.Dave has had a lifelong passion for technology, entrepreneurship, culture, design, photography, nature, skiing, and improving society. He served both Apple and Facebook for several years during periods of rapid innovation and growth. Today, he serves on the Board of Directors of Eventbrite, Dwell, and Hinge. And, on the Boards of three Non-Profit Organizations, the United States Ski and Snowboard Association, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA), and Montana ExplorationWorks. He holds a degree in Economics from the University of Colorado at Boulder. He grew up under the big sky of Montana where he was ranked as one of the top downhill ski racers in America. Today, he lives and works in the beautiful San Francisco Bay Area with his wife Brit, son Ansel, and dog Pixel.
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Investment focus
- Mobile, Internet, Software
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- United States, France, Finland
Portfolio highlights
- Dance — Dance is an electric mobility subscription company that makes it easy to explore your city with an electric bike or moped.
- Oura — Oura Ring: the most accurate sleep and activity tracker is all about you: it measures the physiological signals of your body, understands your lifestyle, and guides you to make your own optimal daily choices. The ring features scientifically validated sleep tracking and personalized guidance.
- Dash Radio — 100% Free Music. More Variety. Zero Commercials. The Best DJ's & Stations. No BS
Frank Bober founded Stylesight in 2003 in response to the growing industry demand for a faster and more effective Web-based approach to the process of product inspiration and development.Stylesight is the continuation of a career that spans every aspect of the fashion industry including design, manufacturing, trend forecasting, productdevelopment and merchandising.Frank’s career began in the 1960s as a menswear designer with an eponymous collection. He later held senior executive positions at Arthur Richards and Polo Ralph Lauren before founding CMT Enterprises in 1979. At CMT, he pioneered the private label concept by both designing and producing private label men’s and women’s apparel for many of America’s top retailers. He sold CMT Enterprises in 2000 after 21 successful years.
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Investment focus
- Hardware, Mobile Apps, Sporting Goods
- Seed
- United States
Portfolio highlights
- FUSAR — FUSAR Technologies builds a platform for connected cameras, communication, and safety technology. FUSAR stands for the fusion of technology and adventure. Their mission is to make technology as easy to use in motion as it is when standing still. The FUSAR app is the cornerstone of their ecosystem and their line of companion hardware devicesallows users to interact with the app on-the-go, enabling entirely new experiences.It was founded in 2014 and is based in Kearny, New Jersey.
David Blitzer joined HBSE Ventures as Founder.
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Investment focus
- Sports, Fantasy Sports, Sporting Goods
- Funding Round, Series A
- Portugal, United States
Portfolio highlights
- SlamBall — SlamBall is a global sports league association. It was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.
- TMRW Sports — TMRW Sports is harnessing technology to build modern approaches to sports, media, and entertainment.
Giovanni Gardelli is the Senior Director at Verizon Media.
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Investment focus
- E-Commerce, Fashion, Software
- Seed, Angel, Funding Round
- United States, Italy, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- HiNelson — HiNelson an Italian-based online store for nautical accessories. HiNelson is the first nautical online store about high-level boating components. They select the best and successful brands in the nautical worldwide market, such as Veleria San Giorgio to guarantee maritime safety with their life jackets, moving through Polyform’s boat fenders foryacht protection, or the best anchoring and docking system by Lofrans’, Max Power and Quick and finishing with the most famous Plastimo’s compasses or and Bartomarine sail’s accessories.
- Promoted.ai — Sort search and promote the best listing at the top to increase revenue. Designed for top engineering teams at scaled online marketplace e-commerce companies.
- Growth Kitchen — Growth Kitchen provides a network of delivery-optimized kitchens coupled with food delivery solutions and support.
As the CEO of Campus Apartments, David Adelman leverages more than three decades of experience in real estate investing and development to oversee a portfolio of student housing properties at 80 schools in 23 states. He was mentored from an early age by the founder of Campus Apartments and has played a major role in the company’s growth sincetaking over as CEO. Specifically, David Adelman fostered a relationship with sovereign wealth fund GIC Real Estate of Singapore to invest in the company in 2006. Mr. Adelman is also the founder of Darco Capital and co-founder and vice chair of FS Investments. Through Darco, he has invested in dozens of venture capital and private equity businesses, including digital healthcare company Virta, tequila brand Lobos 1707, Fleetzero electric ships, Prolific Machines cultured meat, Crystal Palace football club, and athletic apparel maker Fanatics. FS Investments is a prominent manager of alternative investment funds with more than $38 billion in assets under management. A basketball fan, David Adelman leveraged his success in real estate and business investing in October 2022 to purchase a $250 million equity stake in Harris Blitzer Sports and Entertainment, the firm that owns the Philadelphia 76ers NBA franchise. Mr. Adelman is also the chairman of 76 Devcorp, through which he is leading efforts to build a new sports and entertainment venue for the team and revitalize the Fashion District mall at Tenth and Market Streets in Center City. David Adelman is a former Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year in the real estate category for Greater Philadelphia. He currently belongs to the Young Presidents' Organization and Real Estate Roundtable and serves on the University City District Board of Directors and Penn Medicine Board of Trustees. In addition, he is a past chairman of the Philadelphia Holocaust Remembrance Foundation. He holds a bachelor of arts in political science from Ohio State University. Away from work, he enjoys spending his free time with his wife and daughters.
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Investment focus
- Food and Beverage, E-Commerce, Sports
- Series A, Seed, Funding Round
- United States
Portfolio highlights
- SlamBall — SlamBall is a global sports league association. It was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.
- Framebridge — Framebridge makes online custom picture framing ridiculously easy, fast, and affordable.
- Harris Blitzer Sports & Entertainment — Harris Blitzer Sports & Entertainment (HBSE), founded by Josh Harris & David Blitzer in 2017, is a proud family of diverse, global brands and sports properties including the Philadelphia 76ers and the New Jersey Devils among many others.
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Investment focus
- Mobile Apps, Sales, Sporting Goods
- Seed, Angel
- United States
Portfolio highlights
- HipPocket — It takes too long to find or to sell a home—10 weeks on average to search for a home to buy and 12 weeks to sell a home. AI can improve this but seller-focused property websites and Multiple Listing Service (MLS’s) have no incentive or ability to change. Zillow does not want to disrupt $750M of ad revenues and the 850 MLS’s are agent-only tools andeach organization does not have the ability, funds and scale to introduce AI. Buyers and Sellers will continue to suffer if this status quo is not broken.At HipPocket we’re developing an intelligent real estate platform that reduces search and sale times by matching buyers faster to more relevant homes using machine learning, and powering rapid collaboration between buyer, agents and seller through AI enhanced messaging.
- TickerTags — TickerTags believe that the social web provides investors with the means to keep up with the evolving landscape of culture and news more efficiently than any conventional form of financial media or research.
- Fixd Repair — Fixd Repair is a Dallas-Fort Worth HVAC and Appliance Services Company, Providing Appliance Repairs, HVAC Repairs, Service and Installation. HVAC services include AC & Heating. Appliances Include Refrigerators, Dishwashers, Washers and Dryers. Call Today to Schedule.
Blake Luse is a Senior Director, Enterprise Strategy and Planning at Ferguson Enterprises. He attended Auburn University.
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Investment focus
- Software, Water, Sporting Goods
- Series B, Funding Round, Seed
- United States, Canada
Portfolio highlights
- VODA.ai — Virtual condition assessments for water pipes
- Higharc — Higharc is the all-in-one web platform that simplifies, connects and improves each step of design, construction and sales for home building.
- Tigeraire — The Tigeraire Cyclone helmet airflow system for youth, college, and professional athletes. It's time to get some aire.
Brad Griffith is the Founder and CEO at Gametime. He attended Stanford University and Stanford University Graduate School of Business.Brad Griffith After nearly missing a San Francisco Giants NLCS game because he didn’t have access to print his tickets, Brad Griffith reimagined a simpler process for buying tickets on the go. Focusing completelyon the mobile experience, Brad wrote v1.0 of the Gametime iOS application in 2012 and now leads a passionate team focused on mobilizing the ticket buying process for fans. He’s fascinated with fan experience - answering the question: How can we make it faster and easier to attend games? Brad is a Santa Cruz native and huge S.F. Giants, Golden State Warriors and 49ers fan. After earning an Engineering degree from Stanford, he followed his dreams to work in sports by helping the Colorado Rockies and Chicago White Sox (2005 World Series Champs!) build statistical infrastructure to analyze player value. In 2010, he helped launch Zappedy, which delivered customer analytics for local businesses (sold to Groupon in 2011). At Gametime, he's able to combine his love of sports and analytics to help fans attend more games and connect with their communities.
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Investment focus
- Manufacturing, Sporting Goods
- Seed
- United States
Portfolio highlights
- Fairway Bikes — Game-changing electric bikes purpose-built for golf. Fairway Bikes are an active and fun alternative to golf carts, speeding up play and making it easier to get around the course.
Before co-founding Flatiron, Nat was Co-Founder and CEO of Invite Media, an advertising technology company based in NYC. Invite Media built the industry's first enterprise advertising platform for buying and optimizing online media in real-time. Invite Media was acquired by Google in 2010. Prior to Invite Media, Nat started numerousinternet companies and also worked at Say Media and First Round Capital. An active angel investor, Nat has invested in over 30 technology startups throughout the country, including Bell Biosystems, Breakthrough, Care at Hand, DocPhin, Doctor Evidence, Genomera, Meddik, Oscar, and Predilytics. Nat earned a Bachelor of Science degree cum laude in Economics with concentrations in Entrepreneurship and Marketing from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. In his spare time, Nat is an avid golfer and tries to trick trout with fake bugs.
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Investment focus
- Health Care, Software, Medical
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- United States, China, Colombia
Portfolio highlights
- CollX — Snap photos of them and instantly get the current market price. Add them to your collection and track your overall portfolio value.
- Collectors — Helping collectors to pursue their passion.
- Iterative Scopes — Iterative Scopes provides gastroenterologists with machine learning-powered diagnostic tools that help them prevent colon cancer and improve patient outcomes
David Lightburn - Co-Founder, President @ Atlanta Tech Village
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Investment focus
- Sports, Electronics, Sporting Goods
- Pre-Seed
- United States
Portfolio highlights
- Tigeraire — The Tigeraire Cyclone helmet airflow system for youth, college, and professional athletes. It's time to get some aire.
Howard Lindzon - Founder & General Partner @ Social Leverage
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Investment focus
- Software, FinTech, Financial Services
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- United States, India, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Swag Golf — Premium milled golf putters designed and assembled in the USA, insane limited release golf club head covers, men's golf clothing & apparel, and the coolest golf accessories for all players who don't give a putt.
- Vestaboard — Vestaboard has totally re-imagined the design of a split-flap display you might see at a train station in Europe.
- Whoosh — Modern golf operations software for private golf clubs that streamlines your workflows to improve member experiences and reduce revenue loss.
Tony Parker is a French-American former professional basketball player.
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Investment focus
- Marketplace, Sporting Goods
- Series A
- France
Portfolio highlights
- Colizey — Colizey is building a global sports marketplace, starting with France. It is connecting technical and inspiring brands (and edgy retailers) to passionate consumers. It is centralizing, simplifying and elevating the experience of shopping for sports equipment for men, women and children.
Andrew Weber is the President and CEO at GRAYL.
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Investment focus
- Manufacturing, Sporting Goods
- Seed
- United States
Portfolio highlights
- Fairway Bikes — Game-changing electric bikes purpose-built for golf. Fairway Bikes are an active and fun alternative to golf carts, speeding up play and making it easier to get around the course.
Thomas Rebaud is 28 years old when he founds Meero in 2016, driven by the desire to make the Internet more beautiful. The story begins in 2007 when he joins EMLyon Business School. Still a student, he becomes president of the Junior branch of the World Entrepreneurship Forum, a cooperation present in 15 countries whose aim is to developentrepreneurship as a vector of growth and employment in the world. Through this, Thomas develops a solid knowledge of good business practices. In 2013, with a second Masters under his belt, he sets up his first Internet-free loan comparison company, which works well but doesn’t take off. So he takes up an opportunity with Diji, a new kind of IT consultancy and engineering company. And that’s it. His progress at Diji leads him to discover the professional photography market, which is just waiting to be disrupted. Thomas gets it and seizes the opportunity by creating Meero!
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- Software, Information Technology, Social Media
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- France, United States, Japan
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- autone — Autone is a SaaS operational platform enabling retail & CPG businesses to make optimal decisions easily and quickly
- 58 Facettes — Jewelry
- The Poken Company — We are a blockchain based technology startup which wants to put the spotlight back to the content creators and artists.
Arno Gerken
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- Consumer, Sporting Goods, Sustainability
- Pre-Seed
- Germany
Portfolio highlights
- PLANETICS — Planetics revolves around “sustainable and fair sporting goods”. This means clothing, equipment, and nutrition.
Leo Wang is recognized as an active angel investor and leading proponent of Mobile Internet, Blockchain, and Angel Investment in China. Boasting over twenty years in mobile internet and tech, he has invested in 300 startups, spanning healthcare to fintech and blockchain, including 2 NASDAQ-listed companies and 5 unicorns.
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- Manufacturing, Aerospace, E-Commerce
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- China, United States
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- Huma Finance — Huma is an Income backed DeFi.
- Huojianpai — Huojianpai is a commercial aerospace company providing earth-moon space economy and future-oriented deep space exploration.
- Reserve — Reserve is a universal currency company. Reserve provides people with hyperinflation protected savings accounts to protect and use their money globally. They offer rtokens, collateral baskets, and over collateralization.
Rick Shor
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- Outdoors, Online Portals, Sporting Goods
- Seed
- United States
Portfolio highlights
- Rerouted — Rerouted believes that all used gear deserves a good home. That's why we made it easy to buy, sell & donate second hand outdoor gear with all the expertise of a local gear shop and the convenience of the internet
Patrick Bamford
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- B2C, Shoes, Sporting Goods
- Series A
- United Kingdom
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- Hylo Athletics — Hylo Athletics manufactures Athletic Footwear.
Andrea Lederer
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- Consumer, Sporting Goods, Sustainability
- Pre-Seed
- Germany
Portfolio highlights
- PLANETICS — Planetics revolves around “sustainable and fair sporting goods”. This means clothing, equipment, and nutrition.
Emir Selimovic
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Investment focus
- E-Commerce, Sporting Goods
- Angel
- Austria
Portfolio highlights
- Plusgear — PlusGear smart gear will solve all of your common sports problems. All product concepts
Nicholas Horbaczewski is the founder and CEO at The Drone League Racing and also the founder of Leeden Media. He is the previous senior vice president revenue and business development
at Tough Mudder Inc.
Nicholas ha a MBA at Harvard Business School and a bachelor's degree in history and literature at Harvard University.
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- B2B, Sports, Internet
- Seed
- United States
Portfolio highlights
- FANCHEST — Slot4d merupakan situs slot online terpercaya dengan game terlengkap seperti togel online serta judi bola hanya dengan 1 UserID.
Sjaak Fleer
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Investment focus
- E-Commerce, Sporting Goods
- Angel
- Austria
Portfolio highlights
- Plusgear — PlusGear smart gear will solve all of your common sports problems. All product concepts
Teddy Riner is the three-time Olympic champion and ten-time World champion of judo.
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Investment focus
- FinTech, Finance, Software
- Series A
- France
Portfolio highlights
- Colizey — Colizey is building a global sports marketplace, starting with France. It is connecting technical and inspiring brands (and edgy retailers) to passionate consumers. It is centralizing, simplifying and elevating the experience of shopping for sports equipment for men, women and children.
- Climb — TacoTax offers an online platform that enables its users to file their taxes while automatically optimizing for the highest tax return and to talk to an expert in order to make financial investments TacoTax was founded by Aldric Emie and Rodrigue Menegaux in April 2016.
Paul Heywood is Chief Operating Officer at IPInfo, Chairman at Memory.AI, Board Member at UNRVLD and Partner at York.IE. He is the former Chief Revenue Officer of Puppet, VP Worldwide Sales at Oracle, VP Worldwide Sales at Dyn and Chairman of DevOpsGroup. He attended University of Wales, Cardiff.
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- Software, Information Technology, Shoes
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
- United States, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- OXYGEN Healthcare — OXYGEN Healthcare - one-stop shop platform for healthcare providers combining:Artificial Intelligence Intelligent automation & Robotic Process Automation Real-time patient monitoringDigital healthcare technologies that provide a unique hybrid virtual-first healthcare experience. Oxygen Healthcare gives for caregivers the tools toincorporate real world data to deliver individualized care to their patients in a modern platform with direct integrations for labs, diagnostic tests, Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) and Internet of Medical Things (IoMT) devices, e-prescriptions, supplements, and billing. OXYGEN Healthcare is aggregating and merging all forms of individualized patient and medical data (EMR, EHR, PHR), resulting in a more holistic and longitudinal understanding of each patient’s health and needs. This, in turn, is leading us to better health outcomes, more precise clinical research for drug development, and a better underwriting of risk for value-based care.It's a multi-platform - patient portal (mobile & web) and provider web application. Applications are integrated to create automated workflows and customized experiences. OXYGEN Healthcare system is enrolled in the largest interoperability networks, APIs are based on the newest, most trusted standard for healthcare IT systems (FHIR and HL7). ISO 27001 certified and HIPAA compliant.
- DevOpsGroup — [...]Read More... from DevOpsGroup
- Athena Alliance — Discover Athena Alliance, a SaaS-based executive community that makes it easy and accessible for women leaders to learn from their peers.
Khalid Qazi is a founders of Dineout
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- SaaS, AgTech, Events
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B
- India
Portfolio highlights
- Eggoz — Welcome to the World of Eggoz Nutrition, where you will get bright Orange Yolk Eggs which is an indicator of better nutrition.
- Samaaro — Award-winning end-to-end event management software solution that empowers global brands to manage and execute their events seamlessly.
- MetaShot — Experience cricket like never before with Metashot. Immerse yourself into the ultimate cricket gaming with our groundbreaking console-like cricket game.
Jason Day
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- Shoes, Sporting Goods
- Angel
- United States
Portfolio highlights
- PAYNTR Golf — PAYNTR Golf shoes, harness ground forces with our speed technology.
David Grubb
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Investment focus
- Outdoors, Online Portals, Sporting Goods
- Seed
- United States
Portfolio highlights
- Rerouted — Rerouted believes that all used gear deserves a good home. That's why we made it easy to buy, sell & donate second hand outdoor gear with all the expertise of a local gear shop and the convenience of the internet
Philippe Bubb is the Founder at session.vc. Philippe Bubb attended at University of St.Gallen - University of Economics, Law and Social Sciences.
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Investment focus
- Software, SaaS, Financial Services
- Pre-Seed, Series A, Seed
- Switzerland, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- bexio — Bexio is a Swiss-based company that helps small businesses with cloud-based business and accounting software to grow their businesses. It develops and sells accounting software for small and medium companies. Bexio was founded in 2013 and is based in Rapperswil, Zurich.
- Dagsmejan — Dagsmejan changed this by introducing the technology from the sportswear to sleepwear sector. The company has launched two product lines – BALANCE, adjusting to the natural temperature of the sleeper, - and STAY WARM.
- Verity — Our automated inventory tracking system powered by self-flying inventory drones makes the zero-error warehouse a reality.
Robin Knox is the Founder and CEO at Boundary.
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- Software, SaaS, Social Network
- Pre-Seed, Seed, Funding Round
- United Kingdom, Canada, United States
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- DragonflAI — Phone-Based AI Moderation Moderate user-uploaded images and videos before they leave mobile devices and reach the internet. Keep your platform and servers free from indecent or illegal content.
- Handl — We deliver car care services to you. Order from professional valets, oil, adblue, washer and care services and subscribe to monthly services to save money.
- My Probate Partner — Find out how to deal with a death in Scotland, with or without a Will. We remove the uncertainty and allow you to stay in control with our 5-star support services.
Real estate investor with a side gig investing in early stage companies.
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- Health Care, Sports, Fitness
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- United States
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- INLT —
- Hypothermia Devices —
- Welcome Tech — Welcome Tech leverages proprietary data to provide trusted information and tailored services for immigrant families pursuing the American dream.
Kevin Kaplan is an enterprise onboarding specialist at Qualia. Attended School of Visual Arts.
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Investment focus
- Consumer Goods, Hardware, Sports
- Series A, Series B, Funding Round
- United States
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- Fundrise — Fundrise helps locals claim ownership in the development of their city. Its first project and the first-ever crowdfunded real estate deal, was the development of acclaimed D.C. restaurant and retail store, Maketto, in 2013. It has grown since then, but its mission of providing people with a simpler, smarter, and more reliable way to invest hasremained the same.Today, Fundrise continues to shape the investment industry, creating a new alternative to investing in stocks and bonds. By combining technology with new federal regulations, they have opened up the once-unattainable world of direct private investments to everyone in the US, regardless of net worth.Fundrise was launched in Washington, D.C. in 2012.
- Schiller Bikes — Schiller water bikes are extraordinary machines designed to propel you across the water. Water biking is the penultimate human sporting experience for a modern age, blending physical stamina and the drama of competition with an escape from the confinements of land.
- Knightscope — Knightscope builds Autonomous Security Robots (ASRs) that are patrolling across the country 24/7/365 helping secure the places you live, work, study, and visit.
Sahil is an alumnus of B.M.E College of Engineering, with a strong foundation in Engineering. He further went to IIM Kozhikode to study MBA in finance, strategy, and marketing. He has enjoyed a fruitful career of over 13 years in information technology and data analytics space. Focusing especially on building innovative and scalable techproducts, Sahil is spearheading the product development and growth retention strategies at Dineout. Sahil, along with the other 3 Co-founders, has successfully led Dineout to India’s largest dining out and restaurant tech platform which seats over 3.5 million diners every month and has 45,000 restaurants on its platform. Before Co-founding Dineout, Sahil served as a senior marketing analyst for NexTag and was settled in Chicago. He has also worked with globally recognized data analytics firm Mu Sigma as a senior business analyst and managed a team responsible for revenue management.
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Investment focus
- Gaming, Apps, AgTech
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B
- India
Portfolio highlights
- Eggoz — Welcome to the World of Eggoz Nutrition, where you will get bright Orange Yolk Eggs which is an indicator of better nutrition.
- MetaShot — Experience cricket like never before with Metashot. Immerse yourself into the ultimate cricket gaming with our groundbreaking console-like cricket game.
- Bullspree — Bullspree is an experiential stock market gaming and learning mobile app.
Ankit Mehrotra is the CEO & one of the four Co-founders of Dineout, India’s largest dining out and restaurant tech solutions platform in B2C and B2B front offering the most comprehensive suite of F&B tech products.
An engineer by a degree and a technology lover at heart, Ankit started Dineout with his friends in 2012 to change thelandscape of the dining industry in India.
Before turning into a passionate entrepreneur, Ankit lived in London for 10 years and worked for 7 years with BNP Paribas in London in various divisions including Investment Banking & Wealth Management, managing a portfolio of UHNWI while also studying for the CFA charter, which he got in 2011. He has enjoyed a fruitful career of over 10 years in the internet product space, including e-commerce marketplaces, online payments, operations and trade logistics.Ankit’s work has led him to be a winner of the 2016 Education UK Alumni Awards, Entrepreneur of the Year award 2016, and Young Entrepreneur of the year award in the year 2012.
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Investment focus
- SaaS, Gaming, Food Processing
- Pre-Seed, Seed, Series B
- India
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- Samaaro — Award-winning end-to-end event management software solution that empowers global brands to manage and execute their events seamlessly.
- MetaShot — Experience cricket like never before with Metashot. Immerse yourself into the ultimate cricket gaming with our groundbreaking console-like cricket game.
- Bullspree — Bullspree is an experiential stock market gaming and learning mobile app.
Vonnie B'Vsean Miller Jr. is an American football outside linebacker for the Denver Broncos of the National Football League (NFL). Miller played college football at Texas A&M, where he earned consensus All-American honors and was awarded the Butkus Award as the most outstanding college linebacker in the nation. He was drafted by theBroncos second overall in the 2011 NFL Draft. He is a five-time Pro Bowl selection, receiving first-team All-Pro honors as a rookie. At the conclusion of the 2015 NFL season, Miller was named Super Bowl MVP after the Broncos defeated the Carolina Panthers in Super Bowl 50. Following his Super Bowl victory, he appeared on season 22 of Dancing with the Stars.
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- E-Commerce, B2B, Sports
- Seed, Series A
- United States
Georg Kofler is an angel investor.
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- Consumer Goods, E-Commerce, Pet
- Angel, Seed
- Germany, Austria
David Bohan is the Chief Financial Officer at Ziply Fiber. He attended Loyola Marymount University.
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- Lifestyle, E-Commerce, Manufacturing
- Pre-Seed
- United States
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- Heroclip — Heroclip is a designer, manufacturer, and seller of a carabiner hook clip designed to help users hold and hang gear anywhere. The company's product is a fully functional clip with an attached hook that rotates 360 degrees, folds at two joints for maximum versatility, and has a rubber tip to stay put, enabling users to get multi-purposeremedies for everyday problems.It was founded in 2015 and headquartered in Seattle, Washington.
Todd Arky is the Chairman Of The Board of Experience Camps for Grieving Children.
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Investment focus
- Marketplace, Food Delivery, E-Commerce
- Seed, Series A
- United States
Portfolio highlights
- Sharebite — Sharebite is a food ordering platform built exclusively for companies. The company's platform enables users to place their pickup or delivery order at the restaurant of their choice while supporting a cause they are truly passionate about all at no additional cost.Founded by Ahsen Saber, Dilip Rao, and Mohsin Memon, Sharebite isheadquartered in New York.
- SidelineSwap — SidelineSwap connects athletes so they can buy, sell, and learn about new and used sports gear. They were founded in 2012 by former college athletes who realized how difficult it was to find high-quality used sports gear online. Since launching the marketplace, hundreds of thousands of athletes have joined their community and contributed to theirmission of making sports more affordable.On SidelineSwap you’ll not only find the largest collection of high-quality new and used sports gear on the internet, you will also connect with athletes who know about gear and love their sport. If you browse long enough, you might even find a few pros.We’re entrepreneurs at heart, and we’re proud to empower their community of sellers. Sellers on SidelineSwap come in all shapes and sizes, from high school athletes selling last season’s gear, to former college players unloading a career’s worth of equipment, to business owners like Eric (see below) who make a living on SidelineSwap.We’re backed by Global Founders Capital, Riverpark Ventures, Fullstack Sports Ventures, Teamworthy Ventures, FJ Labs, and 500 Startups, and their advisors include former executives from Amazon, Etsy, Seamless, Staples, and ESPN. We’re alumni of 500 Startups, MassChallenge, and the Harvard Innovation Lab.
- Love Stories TV — The New Way To Plan Your Wedding.
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