Top 50 Sporting Goods Angel Investors (August 2026)
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| Investor | Relevant Deals | Geography | Stage | Focus | Round Size |
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Michael Carrick
Angel
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3 | United Kingdom | Seed, Venture - Series Unknown | Fitness, Wellness, Health Care | $1.5M–$1.5M |
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Roger Ehrenberg
Angel
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2 | United States, United Kingdom, Canada | Series A, Seed, Series B | FinTech, Advertising, Analytics | $900k–$20M |
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Maria Thomas
Angel
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2 | United States | Seed, Series B, Series A | E-Commerce, SaaS, Retail | $1.2M–$19M |
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Gary Vaynerchuk
Angel
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2 | United States, Australia, Canada | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, Mobile, Internet | $1M–$55M |
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Mark Livings
Angel
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2 | Australia, Sweden, United Kingdom | Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed | Software, Education, Communities | $269k–$5M |
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Blake Griffin
Angel
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2 | United States | Series A, Seed, Series B | Retail, Sports, Health Care | $11M–$53M |
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Peter Troensegaard Jensen
Angel
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2 | Denmark | Angel, Seed | Retail, Drones, Sports | |
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Dave Morin
Angel
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2 | United States, France, Finland | Seed, Series A | Mobile, Internet, E-Commerce | $1M–$13M |
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Jonas Søholt Grundtvig
Angel
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2 | Denmark | Seed | Retail, Sports, Cycling | |
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Lloyd Danzig
Angel
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2 | United States, Austria, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A | Gaming, Sports, Fantasy Sports | $1M–$42M |
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David Blitzer
Angel
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2 | Portugal, United States | Series A, Venture - Series Unknown | Sports, Fantasy Sports, Sporting Goods | |
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Frank Bober
Angel
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2 | United States | Seed | Hardware, Mobile Apps, Sporting Goods | |
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Mark Pincus
Angel
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2 | United States, Canada, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A, Series B | FinTech, Internet, Software | $1.1M–$116M |
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John Elstrott
Angel
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2 | United States | Seed, Pre-Seed | Apps, Sports, Consumer | $1.5M–$7M |
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Christopher J. Dean
Angel
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2 | United States, Brazil | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B | Software, Retail, Artificial Intelligence | $1.8M–$2.1M |
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Tony Parker
Angel
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2 | France | Seed, Angel, Series A | Sporting Goods, Sports, Finance | $3.7M–$13M |
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Chris Paul
Angel
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2 | United States, France, Portugal | Seed, Angel | Sports, FinTech, Food and Beverage | $1.8M–$18M |
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Giovanni Gardelli
Angel
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2 | United States, Italy, United Kingdom | Seed, Angel | E-Commerce, Fashion, Software | $66k–$2.4M |
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David J. Adelman
Angel
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2 | United States | Series A, Seed | Food and Beverage, Sports, Wine and Spirits | $3.6M–$43M |
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Kåre Sand
Angel
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2 | Denmark | Seed | Retail, Sports, Cycling | |
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Alex Hoye
Angel
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2 | United Kingdom, United States, Romania | Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed | Software, Apps, Internet | $20k–$1.5M |
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Matthew Ocko
Angel
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2 | United States, Canada, New Zealand | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, Mobile, Information Technology | $1M–$150M |
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Daniel Lubetzky
Angel
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2 | United States | Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed | Food and Beverage, Health Care, Training | $50k–$2.5M |
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Omar Fonseca
Angel
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2 | France, Portugal | Seed, Pre-Seed | Sports, Soccer, Fitness | $536k–$2M |
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Daren Cotter
Angel
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2 | United States | Seed, Series A | Software, Health Care, E-Commerce | $1M–$19M |
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Jesse Bardo
Angel
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1 | United States | Seed | Retail, E-Commerce, Marketplace | |
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Robert Nelsen
Angel
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1 | United States, China, Israel | Series B, Series A, Series C | Biotechnology, Health Care, Therapeutics | $15M–$216M |
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Andrew Coppin
Angel
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1 | Australia | Angel, Series B | AgTech, Retail, Farming | $248k–$260k |
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Trae Young
Angel
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1 | United States | Series A, Seed, Series B | Sports, Events, Gaming | $8M–$48M |
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Bradley Horowitz
Angel
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1 | United States, United Kingdom, Germany | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence | $150k–$120M |
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Joe Zawadzki
Angel
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1 | United States | Seed, Angel, Series A | Software, Analytics, Advertising | $1.1M–$5M |
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Seth Curry
Angel
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1 | United States | Series A, Seed, Venture - Series Unknown | Wellness, Sports, Fitness | $4M–$48M |
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Patrick Mahomes
Angel
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1 | United States | Series A, Seed, Series E | Sports, Fitness, Wellness | $20M–$48M |
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Hans Tung
Angel
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1 | United States, Brazil, India | Series A, Series B, Series C | E-Commerce, Internet, Artificial Intelligence | $6M–$216M |
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Dave Balter
Angel
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1 | United States | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Software, Mobile, Apps | $565k–$3.3M |
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Scott Dorsey
Angel
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1 | United States, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, SaaS, Information Technology | $750k–$28M |
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Jason Fiedler
Angel
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1 | United States, Germany, France | Series A, Seed, Series B | Food and Beverage, E-Commerce, Health Care | $1.5M–$75M |
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Chung Ng
Angel
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1 | United States, Spain, France | Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown | E-Commerce, Real Estate, Internet | $1M–$15M |
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David Chang
Angel
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1 | United States, Canada, Hong Kong | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Artificial Intelligence, Software, SaaS | $250k–$85M |
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Marc Michel
Angel
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1 | United States | Seed, Pre-Seed | Apps, iOS, SaaS | $1.8M–$3.7M |
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JJ Watt
Angel
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1 | United States | Series A, Series B, Series C | Fitness, Sports, FinTech | |
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Kelly Slater
Angel
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1 | United States | Seed, Series A | Fitness, Wellness, Health Care | |
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Naomi Osaka
Angel
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1 | United States, Bahamas | Series A, Seed, Series C | Food and Beverage, Sports, iOS | $10M–$48M |
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Arpit Bhardwaj
Angel
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1 | India | Pre-Seed | Shopping, E-Commerce, Sporting Goods | |
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David Lightburn
Angel
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1 | United States | Pre-Seed | Sports, Electronics, Sporting Goods | |
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Sjaak Fleer
Angel
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1 | Austria | Angel | E-Commerce, Sporting Goods | |
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Nicholas Horbaczewski
Angel
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1 | United States | Seed | B2B, Sports, Internet | |
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Nnamdi Okike
Angel
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1 | United States, United Kingdom, Brazil | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, SaaS, Information Technology | $700k–$100M |
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Russell Westbrook
Angel
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1 | United States | Series A, Series B | Apps, Health Care, Food and Beverage | $14M–$106M |
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Ted Hettich
Angel
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1 | United Kingdom | Pre-Seed | Retail, Fashion, E-Commerce | |
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Michael Carrick is an English professional football coach.
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- Industry: Fitness, Wellness, Health Care
- Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Round size: Seed $1.5M–$1.5M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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.
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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- Industry: FinTech, Advertising, Analytics
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 116
- Round size: Seed $900k–$5M; Series A $1.6M–$20M; Series B $6M–$20M
- Lead/follow: 22% lead, 78% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Evertune — Brand analytics built for the AI era See what brand preferences different AI models have, benchmark against your competition and optimize your content strategy
- Fantasy Life — 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 — Your Next-Gen Roster Management Command Center
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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- Industry: E-Commerce, SaaS, Retail
- Stage:Seed, Series B, Series A
- Geography: United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 7
- Round size: Seed $1.2M–$2.1M; Series B $7.8M–$19M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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.
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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- Industry: Software, Mobile, Internet
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: United States, Australia, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 100
- Round size: Seed $1M–$6M; Series A $3.1M–$49M; Series B $7M–$55M
- Lead/follow: 11% lead, 89% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Stan — We work 1-on-1 with the Top Creators to monetize their business
- The 33rd Team — The 33rd Team is a sports entertainment platform that offers spectator sports content.
- Pro Padel League — The Premier Professional Padel League in North America. Elevating padel, exploring teams, and bringing you closer to the action with stories, highlights, and behind-the-scenes moments.
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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- Industry: Software, Education, Communities
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Australia, Sweden, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 10
- Round size: Seed $269k–$5M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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
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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- Industry: Retail, Sports, Health Care
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 5
- Round size: Series A $11M–$53M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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 super-refreshing, great-tasting, and hydrating flavored lemon water with zero sugar and no artificial flavors or sweeteners. Powered by squeezed organic lemons, Lemon Perfect contains electrolytes from potassium and is packed with vitamin C, making healthy hydration more convenient, delicious, and refreshing than ever.TheCompany’s mission is to promote healthy hydration and deliver the joy of flavor—anytime, anywhere, and for everyone.The Lemon Perfect Company is headquartered in Atlanta, GA.
- Function Health — Test your whole body and own your health. Function, co-founded by Dr. Mark Hyman, is a lifelong routine of 100+ lab tests for the whole body including thyroid, hormones, fertility, autoimmunity, heart, kidney, liver and more. Lab results direct to you with insights from top doctors.
Peter Troensegaard Jensen
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- Industry: Retail, Drones, Sports
- Stage:Angel, Seed
- Geography: Denmark
Investor stats
- Total investments: 4
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Robotto — Advanced drone software with cutting-edge ai technology. Giving you the ability to benefit from autonomous flight, dynamic flight paths, situational behavior, and visualized data in real-time. Intelligent drone mapping software that saves lives and saves nature.
- KEEPR — KEEPR breathes new life into discarded and used designer furniture and interior design. It helps you furnish with care, which encourages more responsible consumption and shapes the future of furniture design.
- CYKOM — The all-in-one app for runners & cyclists. Discover and join communities, organize and create runs & rides and earn rewards while having fun and being active.
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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- Industry: Mobile, Internet, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, France, Finland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 69
- Round size: Seed $1M–$4M; Series A $2.5M–$13M
- Lead/follow: 4% lead, 96% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Dance — Dance is an electric mobility subscription company that makes it easy to explore your city with an electric bike or moped.
- Dash Radio — 100% Free Music. More Variety. Zero Commercials. The Best DJ's & Stations. No BS
- Blueprint Bryan Johnson — On the surface, Blueprint may seem something about health, wellness and aging. It's really a system to make tomorrow better for you, me, the planet and our shared future with AI.
Jonas Søholt Grundtvig
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- Industry: Retail, Sports, Cycling
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Denmark
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- CYKOM — The all-in-one app for runners & cyclists. Discover and join communities, organize and create runs & rides and earn rewards while having fun and being active.
Lloyd Danzig is the Founder and Managing Partner of Sharp Alpha Advisors.
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- Industry: Gaming, Sports, Fantasy Sports
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, Austria, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 17
- Round size: Seed $1M–$11M; Series A $3M–$42M
- Lead/follow: 29% lead, 71% follow
Portfolio highlights
- SlamBall — SlamBall is a global sports league association. It was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.
- Almost Friday — Almost Friday is a media platform, production company, and lifestyle brand.
- Five Iron Golf — Five Iron offers a unique indoor golf experience for golfers and non-golfers alike. Enjoy golf simulators, lessons, a sports bar, and more.
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- Industry: Sports, Fantasy Sports, Sporting Goods
- Stage:Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Portugal, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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.
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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- Industry: Hardware, Mobile Apps, Sporting Goods
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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.
Mark Pincus is based out of San Francisco, California and is the Founder of Playful.AI. Mark previously worked at Tribe.net as a CEO and Co-Founder. Mark Pincus attended Harvard Business School.
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- Industry: FinTech, Internet, Software
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: United States, Canada, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 101
- Round size: Seed $1.1M–$10M; Series A $2.7M–$40M; Series B $8.5M–$116M
- Lead/follow: 2% lead, 98% follow
Portfolio highlights
- fomo — Fomo is a cutting-edge fintech startup revolutionizing the financial landscape through innovative technology and strategic partnerships.
- PlayerZero — PlayerZero builds a production world model so SRE, QA, and support resolve incidents, prevent defects, and close tickets faster. Trusted by Verizon & Zuora.
- SalesPatriot — We deploy AI into supply chains that the West depends on.
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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- Industry: Apps, Sports, Consumer
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 4
- Round size: Seed $1.5M–$7M
- Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow
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.
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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- Industry: Software, Retail, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B
- Geography: United States, Brazil
Investor stats
- Total investments: 6
- Round size: Seed $1.8M–$2.1M
- Lead/follow: 67% lead, 33% follow
Portfolio highlights
- AceUp, Inc. — AceUp is the premier leadership development coaching solution, with unparalleled coaches, technology, and analytics.
- Quantifind — Risk screening & investigations, supercharged by science.
- 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.
Tony Parker is a French-American former professional basketball player.
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- Industry: Sporting Goods, Sports, Finance
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
- Geography: France
Investor stats
- Total investments: 4
- Round size: Seed $3.7M–$13M
- Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow
Portfolio highlights
- ADN Skis — ADN Skis are developing a technology that integrates eco-design and composite material dismantling processes for the outdoor sports industry. The company shifted its business model to focus on technology licensing, transforming ADN into an ingredient brand, offering solutions for ski manufacturers and recycling players.
- Wavo — Wavo provides debt-free inventory financing for SMEs, allowing them to grow without cash constraints.Unlike traditional financing, Wavo purchases inventory upfront, so businesses don’t have to immobilize cash or take on debt. Repayments are directly tied to sales, ensuring flexibility and preserving financial capacity. The solution is accessibleto fast-growing businesses, as it does not require balance sheet analysis or financial ratios.With Wavo, SMEs can seize new opportunities, optimize working capital, and scale faster—without financial constraints.
- Bricks — Bricks is a real estate investment platform that enables people to invest in real estate and benefit from a rental income every month. Bricks' solution enables anyone to accumulate wealth with a few clicks starting at €10. Bricks is on a mission to make real estate investing simple and accessible.
Christopher Emmanuel Paul is an American professional basketball player for the Oklahoma City Thunder of the National Basketball Association.
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- Industry: Sports, FinTech, Food and Beverage
- Stage:Seed, Angel
- Geography: United States, France, Portugal
Investor stats
- Total investments: 26
- Round size: Seed $1.8M–$18M
- Lead/follow: 15% lead, 85% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Altro (fka Perch) — Perch Credit (also known as Perch), is a fin-tech mobile app that allows users to take common recurring expenses, such as their subscriptions & rent, and turn these into creditworthy data points. Perch is currrently live on iOS and plans to be on Android in the coming months.Perch recently graduated YC (S20) and closed 2.5M in their mostrecent round.
- Umaro Foods — Umaro Foods specializes in developing a plant-based protein source from ocean-farmed seaweed.
- Angel City Football Club — Angel City Football Club enables people to take part in the football club by providing membership programs with limited virtual and physical club events, members-only items, discounts on discounts, and private community discussions.
Giovanni Gardelli is the Senior Director at Verizon Media.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Fashion, Software
- Stage:Seed, Angel
- Geography: United States, Italy, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 23
- Round size: Seed $638k–$2.4M; Angel $66k–$878k
- Lead/follow: 4% lead, 96% follow
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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- Industry: Food and Beverage, Sports, Wine and Spirits
- Stage:Series A, Seed
- Geography: United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 14
- Round size: Series A $3.6M–$43M
- Lead/follow: 21% lead, 79% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Wheels Up — Wheels Up is a membership-based private aviation company that focuses on reducing the upfront cost to fly privately, providing flexibility, service, and safety. Its mobile app enables members to book flights, manage their accounts, and participate in ride-share opportunities. Its members also have given access to the Wheels Down program.
- Beach Whiskey — Beach Whiskey™ was founded in 2015 by entrepreneurs including TV and radio personality Billy Bush, music stars Jake Owen and Gavin DeGraw, beverage industry veteran J. Smoke Wallin and co-founding investor and advisor Ken Austin, and entrepreneurs co-founder Andrew McGinnis and co-founding investors Kenny Dichter and Andrew Kline. Beach Whiskey isa flavored American whiskey made for sun worshiping, moon chasing, and fun seekers. A whiskey for the wise and the whimsical. A whiskey for those drawn to the water, the waves, who welcome a little wickedness. Beach Whiskey is about time…your time, day time! Born on the beach, enjoyed everywhere. No matter where you are, our mission is to bring the beach – “your place in the sun” – to thirsty, fun-loving whiskey drinkers everywhere. Please sip and swim responsibly!
- Quartermaster AI — A distributed sensor network delivering HD video and real-time AI insights to help civil and commercial operators monitor, detect and respond across global waters.
Kåre Sand
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- Industry: Retail, Sports, Cycling
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Denmark
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- CYKOM — The all-in-one app for runners & cyclists. Discover and join communities, organize and create runs & rides and earn rewards while having fun and being active.
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Browse database — It's Free!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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- Industry: Software, Apps, Internet
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United Kingdom, United States, Romania
Investor stats
- Total investments: 12
- Round size: Seed $53k–$943k; Angel $20k–$1.5M
- Lead/follow: 8% lead, 92% follow
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 — Improve your skiing technique with real-time audio coaching. Carv uses pressure and motion analysis to score your technique and help you improve.
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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- Industry: Software, Mobile, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: United States, Canada, New Zealand
Investor stats
- Total investments: 106
- Round size: Seed $1M–$5M; Series A $5.7M–$45M; Series B $13M–$150M
- Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Hybron — Stronger. Lighter. Tougher. Built on U.S. soil. Hybron is redefining composites manufacturing for what comes next.
- FetchyFox AI — FetchyFox is the digital infrastructure and intelligence platform to help public spaces, like airports, improve the customer experience, maximize revenue, and extract insights with AI. We are a passionate team of technologists and innovators on a mission to deliver seamless end-to-end customer experiences of the future.Based in the heart ofSilicon Valley, California, the AI company has attracted top industry experts from AI, airports, airlines, and leading organizations around the world to invent the ultimate end-to-end integrated travel experience of the future. As avid adventurers, curious engineers, climbers, martial artists and travelers, ourselves - we are working tirelessly to improve the customer experience for everyone, everywhere.
- formsense — formsense technology helps improve player potential and avoid injuries by better understanding functional and dynamic form in real-time.
Daniel Lubetzky is based out of New York and is the Founder of Camino Partners. Daniel previously worked at KIND as a Founder. Daniel Lubetzky attended Stanford Law School.
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- Industry: Food and Beverage, Health Care, Training
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 18
- Round size: Seed $50k–$2.5M; Angel $150k–$1.4M; Pre-Seed $300k–$500k
- Lead/follow: 44% lead, 56% follow
Portfolio highlights
- BRCĒ — BRCĒ manufactures micro-interlocking shoelaces that stay tied, resist wear, and enhance stability for runners and all sports.
- Fysh Foods — Finneato Fysh Foods is making waves in the culinary world and offers a unique product: plant-based raw fish.
- 9 Strap Technology — 9 STRAP Technology develops strap-based sports training products that keep both hands connected during swings in baseball, softball, golf, and pickleball. The company’s patented straps attach between the top and bottom hands to promote two-handed finishes, more consistent mechanics, and reduced strain on the shoulder, elbow, and wrist. Its lineupincludes strap models for bats, golf clubs, and pickleball paddles, as well as integrated and compatible batting gloves and bat grips. 9 STRAP Technology sells directly through its ecommerce site and supports players from youth through professional levels.
Omar da Fonseca is the Ex-player.
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- Industry: Sports, Soccer, Fitness
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: France, Portugal
Investor stats
- Total investments: 4
- Round size: Seed $536k–$2M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Nolt — La marque de ceux qui font toujours le bon geste. Enfin presque...
- ScorePlay — ScorePlay is an AI-powered media asset manager dedicated to sports. The MAM centralizes assets in a single media workspace, with AI-tagging. Distribute to athletes and sponsors automatically through app. Amplify your brand.
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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- Industry: Software, Health Care, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 84
- Round size: Seed $1M–$4.3M; Series A $3.2M–$19M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Onsetto — Onsetto helps banks capture primary operating accounts by seamlessly switching payroll, AR/AP, and cash flows during customer onboarding.
- Bonsai — Bonsai is the first-party marketing intelligence platform that automates profitable growth. Trust your marketing data, make confident decisions, drive revenue.
- Evecxia Therapeutics — Evecxia Therapeutics is dedicated to realizing the therapeutic potential of 5-hydroxytryptophan (5-HTP) for the treatment of mental illness.
Jesse Bardo is the Director at Silicon Valley Bank.
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- Industry: Retail, E-Commerce, Marketplace
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- 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.
Robert Nelsen is a co-founder and a Managing Director of ARCH Venture Partners. He joined ARCH at its founding and played a significant role in the early sourcing, financing and development of more than 100 companies, including nineteen which have reached valuations exceeding $1 billion. His seed and early-stage investments include Illumina (ILMN);Alnylam Pharmaceuticals (ALNY); Juno Therapeutics (JUNO); Unity Biotechnology (UBX); Sienna Biopharmaceuticals (SNNA); Vir Biotechnology, Agios Pharmaceuticals (AGIO); Sage Therapeutics (SAGE); GRAIL, Ikaria; Kythera Biopharmaceuticals (KYTH), Receptos (RCPT); Aviron (AVIR); Denali Therapeutics (DNLI); Rubius Therapeutics, KSQ Therapeutics, Beam Therapeutics, NetBot; Bluebird Bio (BLUE); R2 Technology; XenoPort (XNPT); Caliper Life Sciences (CALP); Trubion Pharmaceuticals (TRBN); Adolor (ADLR); deCODE Genetics; Array BioPharma (ARRY); Editas (EDIT), IDUN Pharmaceuticals; Classmates.com; Hua Medicine; Fate Therapeutics (FATE); WuxiNextCODE; and Everyday Learning Corporation.Mr. Nelsen is a director of Vir Bio, GRAIL, Sienna Biopharmaceuticals, Beam Therapeutics, Unity Biotechnology, Denali Therapeutics, Arivale, Syros Pharmaceuticals, and serves as Chairman of Hua Medicine, among others. He previously served as a Trustee of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Institute, the Institute for Systems Biology, and was a director of the National Venture Capital Association. Mr. Nelsen holds an M.B.A. from the University of Chicago and a B.S. from the University of Puget Sound with majors in Economics and Biology.
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- Industry: Biotechnology, Health Care, Therapeutics
- Stage:Series B, Series A, Series C
- Geography: United States, China, Israel
Investor stats
- Total investments: 96
- Round size: Series A $15M–$216M; Series B $25M–$200M; Series C $31M–$205M
- Lead/follow: 35% lead, 65% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Gameto — Gameto is a new breed of biotechnology company in female reproductive longevity
- Katalyst — With one strength training session, you'll get a full-body workout in 20 minutes, with no external loads or joint impact. The Katalyst Training System uses low frequency impulses to stimulate and contract up to 90% of the muscle fibers in your body, for an intense workout equivalent to spending 2+ hours in the gym.
- Stability AI — AI for Humanity. Stability AI is a solution studio dedicated to innovating ideas. By using collective intelligence principles and augmented technology we design and implement feasible solutions to seemingly intractable problems.
Andrew Coppin - Advisor @ DisruptSports.com
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- Industry: AgTech, Retail, Farming
- Stage:Angel, Series B
- Geography: Australia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Round size: Angel $248k–$260k
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Farmbot — From tanks to troughs, weather to security,Farmbot helps you monitor your operations - all from your phone.
- DisruptSports.com — Disrupt Sports offers a full range of promotional, custom, branded and wholesale sports equipment in USA, UK & Australia, that is premium quality.
- Freight Exchange Pty Ltd — Multi-Carrier Shipping Software | TMS | FMS | ERP
Rayford Trae Young is an American professional basketball player for the Atlanta Hawks of the National Basketball Association.
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- Industry: Sports, Events, Gaming
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 6
- Round size: Series A $8M–$48M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- 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.
- Resurgens Gaming — Resurgens Gaming is a gaming and media company that offers live production, event venues, and influencer campaigns.
- Underdog Fantasy — Fantasy sports for real money
Bradley Horowitz is an Advisor and Vice President of Product Management at Google. Most recently he helped create Area 120, Google's incubator for internally-sourced innovation. He's led a large number of products, programs and initiatives at Google - including Google for Startups, Google Photos, Gmail, Google Voice, blogger, and GoogleNews.Before joining Google in February 2008, Horowitz was Yahoo's vice president of Advanced Development where he drove the acquisitions of Flickr and MyBlogLog, launched the Brickhouse incubator and developed new products like Yahoo! Pipes. Additionally, he was responsible for the company's initiative to open up its platform which included overseeing the Yahoo Developer Network (YDN).Previously, he was co-founder and CTO of Virage, where he oversaw the technical direction of the company from its founding through its IPO and eventual acquisition by Autonomy.Horowitz was a PhD candidate at the MIT Media Lab. While at the Media Lab, he worked on a number of topics related to computer vision, graphics and image processing, which resulted in a patented new technique for the recovery of structure, motion and camera parameters from video sequences.Horowitz holds an MS in Media Science from MIT and a BS in Computer Science from the University of Michigan.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Germany
Investor stats
- Total investments: 132
- Round size: Seed $150k–$18M; Series A $7.2M–$36M; Series B $19M–$120M
- Lead/follow: 1% lead, 99% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Key AI — Unlock new networking and career opportunities with Key, the leading AI-powered professional networking platform. Build and manage communities, host and join exclusive events, and create meaningful connections to supercharge your growth all in one place.
- Catena Labs — Catena is a product studio where we transform complex computing advancements into accessible, practical tools for users and developers. Leveraging AI and web3 technology our aim is to turn innovative ideas into real-world applications that are easy to use.
- Odyssey — Odyssey is an AI lab pioneering general world models: causal, multimodal systems that learn to understand and simulate the world.
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Browse database — It's Free!Joe Zawadzki is the General Partner at AperiamVentures. He attended Harvard University.
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- Industry: Software, Analytics, Advertising
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
- Geography: United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 9
- Round size: Seed $1.1M–$5M
- Lead/follow: 11% lead, 89% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Bomoda — Weber Shandwick is a leading global PR, communications, and consulting agency helping brands earn trust, shape culture, and drive transformation.
- Ergatta — Ergatta is a game-based connected rowing machine designed for your living room. Get inspired to achieve your fitness goals, establish a routine, and row with a community.
- Siftery — Siftery is a database of sorts where companies list their software stacks. Siftery compares companies with similar stacks and looks for differences to make some recommendations.
Seth Curry is an American professional basketball player for the Dallas Mavericks of the National Basketball Association.
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- Industry: Wellness, Sports, Fitness
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 4
- Round size: Series A $4M–$48M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- eFuse — efuse is an AI-powered ad-tech company delivering access to gamers at scale.
- Mezcla — Mezcla produces plant-based protein bars to provide snack alternatives. Its first product, the Puff-Crispy, replaces the traditional slab-style protein bar with an innovative, crunchy texture developed from puffed pea protein. The company's products use soy, dairy, and gluten-free ingredients to produce protein bars in various flavors such asvanilla, cocoa peanut butter, and hot chocolate to let customers enjoy a delicious and convenient snack that is also packed with protein and nutrients.
- Uplift Labs — Optimize human movement performance with AI-powered insights. Uplift provides detailed movement analysis for teams, coaches, trainers, and broadcasters, using existing mobile devices or video feeds.
Patrick Lavon Mahomes II is an American football quarterback for the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League. He is the son of former Major League Baseball pitcher Pat Mahomes.
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- Industry: Sports, Fitness, Wellness
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series E
- Geography: United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 4
- Round size: Series A $20M–$48M
- Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Buzzer — Buzzer is scaling its proprietary technology and custom services to support an evolving industry embracing a more fan-centric approach and looking to connect with Gen Z audiences. Buzzer’s technology enables partners’ D2C platforms to be lighter, faster, curated, and personalized while saving on costly manual oversight and editorial resourcing,solving for a content-saturated and disaggregated consumer environment.
- WHOOP — Optimize sleep, strain, and recovery with WHOOP, the most advanced fitness and health wearable. With personalized insights, improve performance, build healthier habits, and extend healthspan with continuous health monitoring.
- Throne SPORT COFFEE — Throne Sport Coffee is Premium Charged ready-to-drink Cold Brews and Lattes with 150mg of natural caffeine, B vitamins, electrolytes, and Lattes with 10g of protein. Cold Brews are Low calorie, low sugar, and dairy-free. NSF Certified for Sport. Fuel your performance, whatever your game.
Hans Tung is based out of Menlo Park, California, and is the Managing Partner of GGV Capital and also Board Member of Wispr Flow. Hans previously worked at Poshmark as a Board Member. Hans Tung attended the Stanford University.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Internet, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Series C
- Geography: United States, Brazil, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 137
- Round size: Series A $6M–$41M; Series B $19M–$100M; Series C $38M–$216M
- Lead/follow: 39% lead, 61% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Swsh — Swsh is a social app that aims to strengthen true friendships rather than superficial relationships with followers.
- Laurel — Time by Ping frees lawyers from timekeeping so they can focus on their work, and firms can understand where time is being spent.
- Jump — Jump is the AI software that gives financial advisors a true AI assistant. Turn meetings, emails, and documents into notes, workflows, and audit-ready records.
Dave Balter is the Founder and CEO of Flipside Crypto. He previously worked at Broadlume as a Board Member. Dave Balter attended Skidmore College.
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- Industry: Software, Mobile, Apps
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 13
- Round size: Seed $565k–$3.3M
- Lead/follow: 23% lead, 77% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Frond — Building new spaces for communities that can't share a place.
- BRANDRANK.AI — Prompting Your Brand Truth
- evaluate.xyz — NFT Valuation Platform and Community
Scott Dorsey is a Managing Partner and Co-founder at High Alpha and was a Co-Founder, CEO, and Chairman at Salesforce. He attended Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management and the Indiana University - Kelley School of Business.
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- Industry: Software, SaaS, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 36
- Round size: Seed $750k–$7.3M; Series A $3.1M–$28M; Series B $11M–$25M
- Lead/follow: 19% lead, 81% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Ergatta — Ergatta is a game-based connected rowing machine designed for your living room. Get inspired to achieve your fitness goals, establish a routine, and row with a community.
- Markup AI — Markup AI Content Guardian Agents integrate seamlessly into your workflow to ensure your organization is on the same page with brand, tone, terminology, and compliance.
- beastcoast — M80 is a global esports & technology company, specializing in professional esports, gaming performance training, digital goods, partnerships, events, and consumer product goods.
Jason brings to early-stage investing a combination of experience as a startup founder, VC-backed operator, growth-stage institutional investor, and angel investor. In early 2013, Jason joined Uber in San Francisco where he launched and managed three of Uber's first 100 market launches. Prior to Uber, Jason spent two years at Insight VenturePartners as an investment analyst focused on growth-stage internet and software. Jason began his career in startups as a college Senior, co-founding Splash.FM, a social music discovery platform. Jason graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a BA in Economics and received the Frederick H. Gloeckner award in Entrepreneurship from The Wharton School. Jason was awarded Forbes 30 under 30 for Venture Capital in 2018.
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- Industry: Food and Beverage, E-Commerce, Health Care
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: United States, Germany, France
Investor stats
- Total investments: 28
- Round size: Seed $1.5M–$6.1M; Series A $8.1M–$20M; Series B $9.5M–$75M
- Lead/follow: 43% lead, 57% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Spaw — Stealth
- The Infatuation — Find the best restaurants around the world.
- Parachute Health — Delightfully simple digital ordering and E-Prescribing for medical equipment, supplies, and services.
Solving Human Problems for over 25 years as ex-CXO @Publicis Groupe | Exited $50M ARR Agency | Web 2&3 Investor & Advisor
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Real Estate, Internet
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: United States, Spain, France
Investor stats
- Total investments: 22
- Round size: Seed $1M–$2.8M; Series A $3M–$15M
- Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Stuf — Stuf Storage Homepage
- Daring Foods — Craveable delicious plant chicken made from non-GMO plants and a short list of wholesome ingredients.
- Hero Cosmetics — Hero Cosmetics is creating solutions for those times they have a pimple emergency. Their broader vision is to create products that can be their hero when their skin is in a pinch.
David is GM, Expert Network at Hunt Club and a Founding Member at TBD Angels. As an entrepreneur and angel investor, he has held operating roles at 6 startups and invested in 90 companies. He was recently the CEO of Gradifi, which was acquired by E*TRADE. Previously, he was Entrepreneur-in-Residence at Harvard Business School and Director of theBabson Summer Venture Program.David has held product and marketing roles at 6 Boston-based startups that were acquired. He previously led the PayPal Boston office and co-founded the Start Tank innovation space. Earlier in his career, he held roles at TripAdvisor (IAC), m-Qube (Verisign), edocs (Siebel), SnapMyLife (Exclaim Mobility), and Goldman Sachs.As a leader in the entrepreneurship community, he holds several advisor/board memberships and has made 90 angel investments in early-stage startups. Awards include Boston Business Journal's Power 50: Most Influential Bostonians, BostInno’s 50 on Fire: Education Winner / Investment Winner / Tech Finalist, and Finalist for NEVY Angel of the Year.David holds a BS with Distinction in Computer Science from Cornell University and an MBA from Harvard Business School.
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- Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Software, SaaS
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, Canada, Hong Kong
Investor stats
- Total investments: 32
- Round size: Seed $250k–$1.7M; Pre-Seed $4M–$4.5M; Series A $3.2M–$85M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Infringements — Monitor your patents and get instant alerts on potential infringements.
- Hermetica — Institutional-Grade Bitcoin Yield
- Patented.ai — The most powerful AI engine for intellectual property.
Marc has over 20 years of private equity and venture investment experience. He is the founding partner of Runway Venture Partners and was previously a co-founder of Metamorphic Ventures. Marc is the co-founder of Precyse, a large health data management company. Marc was formerly Group Head at TD Capital (USA) in New York, TD Bank's $500million private equity fund focused on the media and communications sectors. Prior to joining TD Capital, Marc was the Managing Partner of EOS Partners SBIC, a $60 million venture capital fund focused on business services, media and telecommunications. Marc began his career at Merrill Lynch Interfunding, a $1.3 billion middle market buyout fund.While leading TD Capital, Marc co-founded Precyse Solutions, a leading health information management company still operating and growing today. Marc's passion is helping entrepreneurs build their businesses from start-up to ramp to exit. He has helped management teams build their executive teams, develop their operational and corporate strategy and assisted them with executing financings of every type. Marc has been involved in many successful companies including Coinstar, Mountain Union Telecom, CADIS Software, FrontierVision, Open Development Software, Precyse Solutions, Telemundo, Robb Report, Reiman Publishing, Alaska Native Wireless, Tritel PCS, Triton PCS, Wireless One, Brooks Fiber, Bresnan Cable, and Peapod.Marc graduated with a BA degree from Emory University in 1983 and a MBA from Wharton School of Business of the University of Pennsylvania in 1987.Read more: http://metamorphic.vc/metamorphic-ventures-nyc/team#ixzz1JJsEbm3Z
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- Industry: Apps, iOS, SaaS
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 4
- Round size: Seed $1.8M–$3.7M
- Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% follow
Portfolio highlights
- June.ai — Discover June, a digital communication hub that replaces your email experience. June creates a new world for your existing email that gives you more control, interactivity and efficiency.
- Switch — Switch is a smart, addictively simple job hunting app that is reinventing the way you browse and find your next job. Powered by intelligent machine-learning algorithms, Switch recommends the best opportunities for your specific profile and interests, daily. On Switch, you can connect directly with hiring managers in real-time, without missing abeat. Switch is discreet, easy-to-use, and the most effective job discovery app on the market. Thousands of job seekers already use Switch's iOS app to get hired by world-leading companies like Walmart, Staples, Accenture, Nationwide, Facebook, Dropbox, eBay, Amazon, and more. Download the app and import your professional profile in seconds. Receive daily recommendations of jobs. Swipe right to like a job and apply immediately. Connect and interact with employers and hiring managers via in-app chat. Your personal information and email address always stay private and are not shared with recruiters. Learn more... http://switchapp.com/ http://switchapp.com/download http://switchapp.com/employers/
- 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.
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Browse database — It's Free!JJ WATT Dream Big Work Hard. Those four simple words have helped to transform Pewaukee native JJ Watt from small-town Wisconsin boy to being selected #11 Overall Pick in the 2011 NFL Draft by the Houston Texans. Watt won the NFL Defensive Player of the Year three times in his first five seasons. The journey from backyard football to the big stageof the NFL was not always smooth or easy and filled with adversity, but with unbelievable support from his friends and family, JJ turned his childhood dreams into reality. Since joining the Texans, Watt has been selected to the Pro-Bowl Team three times and won the AP NFL Defensive Player of the Year award twice in his first four seasons. He is the first player in NFL history to record two 20+ sack seasons in a career. He also occasionally shifts to defensive tackle and has also taken snaps as a tight end. He was voted #1 on the 2014 – 2015 NFL Top 100 list, which is voted on by fellow NFL players. Watt is the president and founder of the Justin J. Watt Foundation, which provides after school opportunities for children in various communities encouraging them to get involved in athletics in a safe environment. In the aftermath of 2017’s Hurricane Harvey, Watt organized a crowdfunding campaign to help Houston recover. His campaign raised more than $37 million through over 209,000 donations, nearly doubling his initial $20 million goal.
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- Industry: Fitness, Sports, FinTech
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Series C
- Geography: United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Hyperice — From massage guns to compression boots and contrast therapy. Hyperice creates professional-grade recovery tools trusted by elite athletes and everyday movers worldwide.
- Future — Get a dedicated coach, personalized training plan and unlimited workouts.
- Public — Invest in stocks. Learn from others. Public lets you invest in stocks with any amount of money and see what others invest in.
Robert Kelly Slater is an American professional surfer, best known for his unprecedented 11 world surfing championships
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- Industry: Fitness, Wellness, Health Care
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Hyperice — From massage guns to compression boots and contrast therapy. Hyperice creates professional-grade recovery tools trusted by elite athletes and everyday movers worldwide.
- Vessel — Vessel is an at-home wellness tracker that helps in accessing, understanding, and optimizing health and wellness from the comfort of home. With Vessel, users can test 10 different health metrics in less than 10 minutes for around $10. Vessel works with some of the best doctors, nutritionists, and scientists to create its wellness cards and buildfood, supplement, and lifestyle recommendations tailored based on the results. A variety of membership plans enables one to see how diet, supplements, and lifestyle affect the body over time so users can start to feel and perform better. With Vessel, the science of feeling great fits in the palm of the hand.
Naomi Osaka is a Haitian-Japanese professional tennis player. Osaka has been ranked No. 1 by the Women's Tennis Association, and is the first Asian player to hold the top ranking in singles.
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- Industry: Food and Beverage, Sports, iOS
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series C
- Geography: United States, Bahamas
Investor stats
- Total investments: 10
- Round size: Series A $10M–$48M
- Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Immi — Rich, satisfying ramen with bold flavor. Packed with protein and fiber, with fewer carbs.
- W Labs — W is a line of men's personal care products that are intended to work harder and smell amazing. W's better-for-you goods are made to last, especially when you need them most. The company was founded to provide men the confidence to succeed in all that they set their minds to.
- Athletic Brewing — Athletic Brewing Company is revolutionizing beer for the modern adult by proudly brewing great-tasting, craft non-alcoholic beer & hop-infused sparkling water.
Arpit Bhardwaj
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- Industry: Shopping, E-Commerce, Sporting Goods
- Stage:Pre-Seed
- Geography: India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Kibi Sports — The Company KIBI Sports Pvt. Ltd. is incorporated in Sep 2020. We at KIBI sports are creating a whole new digital sports ecosystem which will act as a one-stop solution for all sporting needs of the whole sports fraternity. KIBI Sports is working towards bridging the networking gap between the stake holders in the sports industry through digitalisation.
David Lightburn - Co-Founder, President @ Atlanta Tech Village
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- Industry: Sports, Electronics, Sporting Goods
- Stage:Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Tigeraire — The Tigeraire Cyclone helmet airflow system for youth, college, and professional athletes. It's time to get some aire.
Sjaak Fleer
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Sporting Goods
- Stage:Angel
- Geography: Austria
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: no public data
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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- Industry: B2B, Sports, Internet
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- FANCHEST — Slot4d merupakan situs slot online terpercaya dengan game terlengkap seperti togel online serta judi bola hanya dengan 1 UserID.
Nnamdi Okike is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner at 645 Ventures where he oversees the firm’s investment strategy.Nnamdi is a Board Member of the National Venture Capital Association, which unites the U.S. venture ecosystem to support the formation of high-growth companies. He serves alongside members from firms such as Benchmark Capital,Sequoia, a16z and Accel.Nnamdi also serves on the Boards of the New York Roadrunners, the Partnership Fund of New York City, and the Investment Committee of Phillips Andover Academy.Prior to that, he was a Principal at Insight Venture Partners.Nnamdi received his BA, JD, and MBA, all with honors from Harvard University.
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- Industry: Software, SaaS, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Brazil
Investor stats
- Total investments: 53
- Round size: Seed $700k–$7M; Series A $7.5M–$60M; Series B $6.7M–$100M
- Lead/follow: 42% lead, 58% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Innerwell — Innerwell combines personalized guidance from licensed therapists like you with the expansive power of psychedelics to treat anxiety and depression.
- Apero Health — Apero Health is a YC-backed medical billing company, serving digital health, outpatient clinics and medical facilities, simplifying medical payments for patients and providers. Apero is founded by the ex-CTO of Doctor On Demand, MIT and Stanford, and AAPC-certified coders, and offers enterprise-grade security.
- Verb Energy — Shop Caffeinated Energy Bars. As much caffeine as an espresso in a plant-based bar. Delicious, chef-crafted flavors like Birthday Cake, Vanilla Latte and S'mores. Better-for-you coffee, tea and energy drink alternative. Made with Organic Green Tea for jitter-free energy. Convenient caffeine on-the-go. $1.81 per bar.
Russell Westbrook is based out of Los Angeles, California, and is the Founder and CEO of Russell Westbrook Enterprises. Russell attended UCLA.
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- Industry: Apps, Health Care, Food and Beverage
- Stage:Series A, Series B
- Geography: United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 13
- Round size: Series A $14M–$48M; Series B $24M–$106M
- Lead/follow: 23% lead, 77% follow
Portfolio highlights
- OP3N — Founded in 2021 as a subsidiary of EST Media Holdings, OP3N is the global Web3 superapp that serves as a one-stop-shop for all communication, connection and commerce with on-chain interactions in a simple unified interface. With a mission to create a more frictionless, decentralized and democratized creator economy on a global scale, OP3Nconsolidates the tools needed to mint, share and engage with digital goods and digital tokens into one vertical stack. OP3N’s leadership team leverages its cross-industry expertise from the entertainment, gaming and tech ecosystems, to lay the foundations for a new era of community-driven, inclusive entertainment while bringing everyone together on a journey into Web3. OP3N is co-led by media executive, artist, and serial entrepreneur Jaeson Ma, who has a successful track record launching companies including EST Studios, Stampede Ventures, East West Ventures, and 88rising, and who’s raised capital and advised on transactions totaling over $1 billion; and Eric Tu, an award-winning development executive who’s worked with major brands including Nike, Beats by Dre and Google, and as an Executive Producer with Bjork, Radiohead, Kendrick Lamar and more. The company is headquartered in Los Angeles. For more information, please visit: https://op3n.world.OP3N’s portfolio of projects includes a partnership with Tokyo fashion label AMBUSH; an intergalactic children’s book from Grimes; a partnership with entertainment icon Simon Fuller to produce an innovative musical film with the global pop group Now United; and the “Maybe You’re the Problem” music video from the singer-songwriter Ava Max, directed by the celebrated music video director Joseph Kahn.
- Eazewell — Eazewell is an AI-powered funeral planning and facilitation platform founded by Donnell Beverly Jr., Russell Westbrook, and Kemba Walker. Driven by personal experiences of loss, Eazewell combines AI and autonomous agents with a human touch to guide families through end-of-life arrangements. From negotiating fair pricing and securing loans toautomating paperwork, Eazewell’s technology saves time and spares emotional strain. The platform offers dynamic checklists, 24/7 support, and compassionate human specialists who ensure nothing is overlooked. By modernizing a traditionally complex process, Eazewell enables families to focus on remembrance instead of red tape. Eazewell is proudly backed by an accomplished group of investors, including Tru Skye Ventures, co-founded by serial entrepreneur Stephen Stokols and former NBA All-Star Metta World Peace, alongside Chad Brownstein, Founder and Chairman of Rocky Mountain Resources and Co-Founder of Banc of California; Jeron Smith, former White House Strategist under President Obama, Nike executive, and Founder of Incubation Lab; Will Smith, former Chief Marketing Officer at PetSmart and Abercrombie & Fitch; and Echo Investment Capital.
- N4XT Experiences — N4XT Experiences is a live events platform that operates in fashion, beauty, gaming, and entertainment.Launched in 2022 by brand guru Ciarra Pardo, former Chief Creative Officer of Fenty, Imad Izemrane, President and co-founder of Spring Place, entertainment industry veteran Marcus Ticotin, and financial industry veterans Keith Abell and JackieTrebilcock.
Focusing on marketplace know-how, eCommerce retail sales, and project management I work daily to enable solutions for businesses globally.
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- Industry: Retail, Fashion, E-Commerce
- Stage:Pre-Seed
- Geography: United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- DAYUAN LIMITED — Global online retail platform in multiple shopping categories
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