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Top 50 Sporting Goods Angel Investors (June 2026)

The most active angel investors investing in Sporting Goods startups. This investor list is updated monthly from the Shizune investor database, ranked by number of investments in Sporting Goods startup companies. Find investors to raise a Pre-Seed, Seed or Series A round with Shizune.
Investor Relevant Deals Geography Stage Focus Round Size
Mark Livings
Angel
2 Australia, Sweden, United Kingdom Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed Software, Education, Communities $269k–$5M
Lloyd Danzig
Angel
2 United States, Canada, United Kingdom Seed, Series A Gaming, Sports, Fantasy Sports $2.3M–$20M
Tony Parker
Angel
2 France Seed, Angel, Series A Sporting Goods, Sports, Finance
Daren Cotter
Angel
2 United States Seed, Series A Software, Health Care, E-Commerce $1M–$19M
Giovanni Gardelli
Angel
2 United States, Italy, United Kingdom Seed, Angel E-Commerce, Fashion, Software $66k–$2.4M
Blake Griffin
Angel
2 United States Seed, Series A Retail, Sports, Consumer Goods
Alex Hoye
Angel
2 United Kingdom, United States, Romania Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed Software, Apps, Internet $20k–$1.5M
Matthew Ocko
Angel
2 United States, Canada, New Zealand Seed, Series A, Series B Software, Information Technology, Mobile $1M–$143M
David Blitzer
Angel
2 Portugal, United States Series A Sports, Fantasy Sports, Sporting Goods
Christopher J. Dean
Angel
2 United States, Brazil Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B Software, Service Industry, Retail $1.8M–$2.1M
Gary Vaynerchuk
Angel
2 United States, Australia, Canada Seed, Series A, Series B Software, Mobile, Internet $1M–$55M
Maria Thomas
Angel
2 United States Seed, Series B, Series A E-Commerce, SaaS, Retail $1.2M–$19M
Omar Fonseca
Angel
2 France, Portugal Seed, Pre-Seed Sports, Soccer, Fitness $1.1M–$2M
Mark Pincus
Angel
2 United States, Canada, United Kingdom Seed, Series A Internet, FinTech, Software $1.1M–$40M
David J. Adelman
Angel
2 United States Series A, Seed Food and Beverage, Sports, E-Commerce $3.6M–$11M
Roger Ehrenberg
Angel
2 United States, United Kingdom, Canada Series A, Seed, Series B FinTech, Advertising, Software $900k–$20M
John Elstrott
Angel
2 United States Seed, Pre-Seed Apps, Sports, Consumer $1.5M–$7M
Frank Bober
Angel
2 United States Seed Hardware, Mobile Apps, Sporting Goods
Michael Carrick
Angel
2 United Kingdom Seed Fitness, Wellness, Health Care
Peter Troensegaard Jensen
Angel
2 Denmark Angel, Seed Drones, Retail, Sports
Dave Morin
Angel
2 United States, France, Finland Seed, Series A Mobile, Internet, E-Commerce $1M–$13M
Todd Forest
Angel
1 Australia, United States Series A, Seed, Angel Real Estate, Apps, Marketplace
Andrew Paradise
Angel
1 United States Sports, Outdoors, Sporting Goods
Greg Zeeman
Angel
1 United States Series A E-Commerce, Manufacturing, Sporting Goods
Nat Turner
Angel
1 United States, China, Colombia Seed, Series A, Series B Health Care, Software, Medical
Thomas Rebaud
Angel
1 France, United States, Japan Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Software, Information Technology, Social Media
Paul Heywood
Angel
1 United States, United Kingdom Seed, Pre-Seed Software, Information Technology, Shoes
Kevin Kaplan
Angel
1 United States Series A, Series B Consumer Goods, Hardware, Sports
Ankit Mehrotra
Angel
1 India Pre-Seed, Seed, Series B SaaS, Gaming, Food Processing
Georg Kofler
Angel
1 Germany, Austria Angel, Seed Consumer Goods, E-Commerce, Pet
Jarvis Landry
Angel
1 United States Series A Sports, Fitness, Wellness
Sean Park
Angel
1 United States, United Kingdom, France Seed, Series A, Series B FinTech, Financial Services, SaaS $1.8M–$53M
JJ Watt
Angel
1 United States Series A, Series B, Series C Fitness, Sports, FinTech
Tim Dempsey
Angel
1 United Kingdom Seed, Series A Software, SaaS, Financial Services $962k–$2.5M
Trevor Folsom
Angel
1 Australia, United States, Singapore Seed, Angel Software, Marketplace, E-Commerce $65k–$4M
Andrew Weber
Angel
1 United States Seed Manufacturing, Sporting Goods
Jason Day
Angel
1 United States Angel Shoes, Sporting Goods
David Grubb
Angel
1 United States Seed Outdoors, Online Portals, Sporting Goods
Markus Zengerer
Angel
1 Austria Angel E-Commerce, Sporting Goods
Martin Kreiger
Angel
1 Austria Angel E-Commerce, Sporting Goods
Jonas Søholt Grundtvig
Angel
1 Denmark Retail, Sports, Cycling
John Wolgamott
Angel
1 United States Seed Outdoors, Online Portals, Sporting Goods
Tom Boonen
Angel
1 Belgium Seed Cycling, Manufacturing, Sporting Goods
Arpit Bhardwaj
Angel
1 India Pre-Seed Shopping, E-Commerce, Sporting Goods
David Lightburn
Angel
1 United States Pre-Seed Sports, Electronics, Sporting Goods
Nicholas Horbaczewski
Angel
1 United States Seed B2B, Sports, Internet
Sjaak Fleer
Angel
1 Austria Angel E-Commerce, Sporting Goods
Khalid Qazi
Angel
1 India Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B SaaS, AgTech, Events
Philippe Bubb
Angel
1 Switzerland, United Kingdom Pre-Seed, Series A, Seed Software, SaaS, Financial Services
Nnamdi Okike
Angel
1 United States, United Kingdom, Brazil Seed, Series A, Series B Software, SaaS, Information Technology $150k–$100M
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Mark Livings
Angel · Sydney, New South Wales, Australia · 2 investments in Sporting Goods startups

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

  • 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
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Lloyd Danzig
Angel · New York, New York, United States · 2 investments in Sporting Goods startups

Lloyd Danzig is the Founder and Managing Partner of Sharp Alpha Advisors.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Gaming, Sports, Fantasy Sports
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, Canada, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 12
  • Round size: Seed $2.3M–$11M; Series A $3M–$20M
  • Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • 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.
  • 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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Tony Parker
Angel · Boerne, Texas, United States · 2 investments in Sporting Goods startups

Tony Parker is a French-American former professional basketball player.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Sporting Goods, Sports, Finance
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
  • Geography: France

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 4
  • Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow

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.
  • 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.
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Daren Cotter
Angel · Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States · 2 investments in Sporting Goods startups

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

  • Industry: Software, Health Care, E-Commerce
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 82
  • Round size: Seed $1M–$5M; 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.
  • Continuum — Simplify B2B returns, warranties, and repairs with Continuum; the only Returns Management Software designed for distributors and manufacturers.
  • Evecxia Therapeutics — Evecxia Therapeutics is dedicated to realizing the therapeutic potential of 5-hydroxytryptophan (5-HTP) for the treatment of mental illness.
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Giovanni Gardelli
Angel · San Francisco Bay Area, California, United States · 2 investments in Sporting Goods startups

Giovanni Gardelli is the Senior Director at Verizon Media.

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Investment focus

  • 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.
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Blake Griffin
Angel · Los Angeles, California, United States · 2 investments in Sporting Goods startups

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

  • Industry: Retail, Sports, Consumer Goods
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: 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.
  • 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.
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Alex Hoye
Angel · London, England, United Kingdom · 2 investments in Sporting Goods startups

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

  • 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.
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Matthew Ocko
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 2 investments in Sporting Goods startups

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

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, Mobile
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: United States, Canada, New Zealand

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 104
  • Round size: Seed $1M–$5.5M; Series A $5.7M–$45M; Series B $13M–$143M
  • Lead/follow: 24% lead, 76% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Hey — Heyday’s mission is to help people remember the story of their life: the places they go, things they do, and people they’re with – privately, beautifully and effortlessly. Heyday is built around the life, for people to remember life the way they lived it. Heyday is headquartered in San Francisco.Heyday is an automatic journal. It willautomatically keep track of the places people go and the things they see, so they can remember moments big & small. Photos they take are automatically arranged into beautiful collages, which are easily customizable with exclusive layouts and filters. Using Heyday, people can instantly rediscover meaningful moments and memories from years ago. Search the story of their life by time, place, and people.
  • Bizly — Bizly is a meeting-building platform that provides everything you need to plan and run successful meetings. With Bizly, everybody can share ideas and insights across your company, turning every meeting into an opportunity to transform culture and productivity.
  • 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.
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David Blitzer
Angel · Scotch Plains, New Jersey, United States · 2 investments in Sporting Goods startups

David Blitzer joined HBSE Ventures as Founder.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Sports, Fantasy Sports, Sporting Goods
  • Stage:Series A
  • 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.
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Christopher J. Dean
Angel · Boston, Massachusetts, United States · 2 investments in Sporting Goods startups

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

  • Industry: Software, Service Industry, Retail
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B
  • Geography: United States, Brazil

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 5
  • Round size: Seed $1.8M–$2.1M
  • Lead/follow: 60% lead, 40% follow

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.
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Gary Vaynerchuk
Angel · New York, New York, United States · 2 investments in Sporting Goods startups

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

  • 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–$42M; Series B $7M–$55M
  • Lead/follow: 11% lead, 89% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Unite — We started Unite because we saw a problem.Two problems, in fact. A problem faced by marketplace sellers like you, who see high- quality traffic on your pages but have no way of retargeting shoppers who don’t end up purchasing, leaving potential sales on the table. And a problem faced by the marketplaces where you sell, which win by helping youdrive sales but aren’t equipped to offer you the sorts of online advertising tools like retargeting pixels, audience creation, and campaign management platforms that big brands have been using for years.That’s where we come in. Understanding these constraints and sharing the frustration faced by both sellers and marketplaces over lost revenue and lost customers, we created the perfect platform to put the industry’s most powerful advertising technology capabilities in the hands of people like you, building them into the marketplaces where you already sell. The result? Higher traffic and higher conversion rates. In other words, higher sales.Today, thousands of sellers across the Internet are using Unite to advertise like a big brand and drive sales. It’s time to join them.
  • SlamBall — SlamBall is a global sports league association. It was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.
  • 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.
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Maria Thomas
Angel · Washington, District of Columbia, United States · 2 investments in Sporting Goods startups

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

  • 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.
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Omar Fonseca
Angel · Issy-les-moulineaux, Ile-de-France, France · 2 investments in Sporting Goods startups

Omar da Fonseca is the Ex-player.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Sports, Soccer, Fitness
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: France, Portugal

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 4
  • Round size: Seed $1.1M–$2M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Nolt — Nolt provides high-quality sports equipment for athletes, offering durability, customization, and accessibility through their 3D Configurator, making it suitable for both amateurs and professionals.
  • 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.
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Mark Pincus
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 2 investments in Sporting Goods startups

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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Investment focus

  • Industry: Internet, FinTech, Software
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, Canada, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 100
  • Round size: Seed $1.1M–$10M; Series A $2.7M–$40M
  • Lead/follow: 2% lead, 98% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • ForeVR Games — Virtual Reality games you want to play forever. Bowl forever in ForeVR Bowl! Join our discord community of bowlers.Game on!
  • Stream Captain — Captain.tv makes games for streamers to play live with their viewers! Streamers are the hosts, and viewers play alongside them and each other live on sites like Twitch!
  • Moon Beast Productions — Moon Beast Productions is a company.
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David J. Adelman
Angel · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States · 2 investments in Sporting Goods startups

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

  • Industry: Food and Beverage, Sports, E-Commerce
  • Stage:Series A, Seed
  • Geography: United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 11
  • Round size: Series A $3.6M–$11M
  • Lead/follow: 18% lead, 82% follow

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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Roger Ehrenberg
Angel · New York, New York, United States · 2 investments in Sporting Goods startups

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

  • Industry: FinTech, Advertising, Software
  • Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
  • Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 113
  • Round size: Seed $900k–$5M; Series A $1.6M–$20M; Series B $6M–$20M
  • Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Evertune — Evertune is a SaaS company that offers enterprises AI chatbot brand monitoring and analytics services
  • 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
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John Elstrott
Angel · New Orleans, Louisiana, United States · 2 investments in Sporting Goods startups

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

  • 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.
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Frank Bober
Angel · 2 investments in Sporting Goods startups

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

  • 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.
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Michael Carrick
Angel · 2 investments in Sporting Goods startups

Michael Carrick is an English professional football coach.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Fitness, Wellness, Health Care
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Lead/follow: no public data

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.
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Peter Troensegaard Jensen
Angel · Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark · 2 investments in Sporting Goods startups

Peter Troensegaard Jensen

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Drones, Retail, 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
  • 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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Dave Morin
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 2 investments in Sporting Goods startups

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

  • Industry: Mobile, Internet, E-Commerce
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, France, Finland

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 68
  • Round size: Seed $1M–$3.5M; Series A $2.5M–$13M
  • Lead/follow: 4% lead, 96% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Zeel — Zeel delivers Massage On Demand:registered: - top-quality massages from licensed, vetted massage therapists to homes, hotels, workplaces, and events in as little as an hour, or up to a month in advance. With Zeel, customers enjoy a massage in the comfort, convenience, safety, and privacy of the place and time of their choosing, 7 days a week, 365days a year, with start times as early as 8 am and as late as 10:30 pm. Services by app for iPhone or Android . Our first service offering is Massage On Demand:registered:. Zeel has been offering Massage On Demand since December 2012, launching the app on April 2, 2013. Massage On Demand:registered: is disrupting the $15B US and $80B global massage market.The Zeel app allows customers to get massage at their home, hotel, workplace or event in as little as an hour, or up to a month in advance. They choose between a soothing Swedish and invigorating deep tissue massage. Customers pay a set price (including tax & tip), charged to their credit card on file. All therapists are fully vetted in person, licensed in their state of practice, insured (minimum of $1M), background-checked and trained by the Zeel team to reach the highest levels of customer service and experience. In September 2013, Zeel launched Massage Zeelot, the first-ever same-day, on-demand massage subscription service. Customers receive at least one in-home, on-demand Zeel Massage per month at a preferred rate, along with a free professional-grade massage table, theirs to keep.
  • 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
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Todd Forest
Angel · Sydney, New South Wales, Australia · 1 investments in Sporting Goods startups

Todd Forest - Managing Director @ NAB Ventures

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Real Estate, Apps, Marketplace
  • Stage:Series A, Seed, Angel
  • Geography: Australia, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 13
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • DisruptSports.com — Disrupt Sports offers a full range of promotional, custom, branded and wholesale sports equipment in USA, UK & Australia, that is premium quality.
  • DesignCrowd — Crowdsourced logo, freelance graphic and web design at DesignCrowd. 1,315,473 freelance designers compete to create amazing designs for your business. Start Today!
  • RecruitLoop — Zippia analyzed thousands of resumes and developed an AI algorithm to help you find the best candidates to fill your job posting.
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Andrew Paradise
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 1 investments in Sporting Goods startups

Andrew Paradise founded Skillz Inc. in 2012 and serves as its Chief Executive Officer. Prior to Skillz, Mr. Paradise was the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of AisleBuyer LLC, the first mobile self-checkout company that was acquired by Intuit and is now Intuit GoPayment. Prior to AisleBuyer, he served as Chief Executive Officer of DoublePicture LLC, a web 2.0 digital media and advertising company. Before his career as a technology entrepreneur, Andrew worked in private equity and venture capital investing for Fort Washington Capital Partners and The Watermill Group.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Sports, Outdoors, Sporting Goods
  • Geography: United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • FORTIFIED Bicycle — Hoki178 adalah situs slot88 online terbaik dan judi slot online terpercaya yang menyediakan berbagai provider slot gacor resmi dengan jackpot besar dan rtp live slot tertinggi.
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Greg Zeeman
Angel · Lake Forest, California, United States · 1 investments in Sporting Goods startups

Greg Zeeman is the CEO at Oasis Financial.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: E-Commerce, Manufacturing, Sporting Goods
  • Stage:Series A
  • Geography: United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: no public data

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.
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Nat Turner
Angel · New York, New York, United States · 1 investments in Sporting Goods startups

Nat Turner is based out of New York, New York, and is the CEO and Chairman of Collectors. Nat previously worked at OneOncology as a board member. Nat Turner attended the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Health Care, Software, Medical
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: United States, China, Colombia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 75
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Connie Health — At Connie Health, our Medicare advisors help older Americans find the right Medicare plan - all at no cost to you.
  • Memora Health — Meet patients where they are. Digitize your clinical workflows to modernize and simplify patient care.
  • Iterative Scopes — Iterative Scopes provides gastroenterologists with machine learning-powered diagnostic tools that help them prevent colon cancer and improve patient outcomes
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Thomas Rebaud
Angel · Paris, Ile-de-France, France · 1 investments in Sporting Goods startups

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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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, Social Media
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: France, United States, Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 24
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • 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.
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Paul Heywood
Angel · London, England, United Kingdom · 1 investments in Sporting Goods startups

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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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, Shoes
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United States, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 5
  • Lead/follow: no public data

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.
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  • Athena Alliance — Discover Athena Alliance, a SaaS-based executive community that makes it easy and accessible for women leaders to learn from their peers.
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Kevin Kaplan
Angel · Austin, Texas, United States · 1 investments in Sporting Goods startups

Kevin Kaplan is an enterprise onboarding specialist at Qualia. Attended School of Visual Arts.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Consumer Goods, Hardware, Sports
  • Stage:Series A, Series B
  • Geography: United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 5
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • 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.
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Ankit Mehrotra
Angel · Delhi, Delhi, India · 1 investments in Sporting Goods startups

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

  • Industry: SaaS, Gaming, Food Processing
  • Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Series B
  • Geography: India

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 7
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • 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.
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Georg Kofler
Angel · Berlin, Berlin, Germany · 1 investments in Sporting Goods startups

Georg Kofler is an angel investor.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Consumer Goods, E-Commerce, Pet
  • Stage:Angel, Seed
  • Geography: Germany, Austria

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 7
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Layzee — Layzee produces products related to outdoor living and camping.
  • KONKRUA — KONKRUA is a super delicious, gluten-free, healthy and easy original ingredients from Thailand.
  • Keego — Keego engages in the manufacture and supply of sports bottles.
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Jarvis Landry
Angel · 1 investments in Sporting Goods startups

Jarvis Charles Landry is an American football wide receiver for the Cleveland Browns of the National Football League.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Sports, Fitness, Wellness
  • Stage:Series A
  • Geography: United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • 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.
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Sean Park
Angel · Geneva, Geneve, Switzerland · 1 investments in Sporting Goods startups

Sean Park combines a powerful mix of entrepreneurial, investment and corporate experience and is widely recognized as a leading independent thinker on the future of financial services, informed by his many years as a senior executive in capital markets and investment banking.Founder of Anthemis Group SA, author of The Park Paradigm, andserving as non-executive director on the board of a number of high growth companies, Sean has a proven track record of successfully investing in and advising innovative and disruptive startups.A founding investor in innovative companies such as Betfair, The Climate Corporation (WeatherBill), Markit and an early investor in Zoopla, before founding Anthemis Group, Sean was part of the Global Markets Management Committee at Dresdner Kleinwort where he ran a number of businesses including their groundbreaking Digital Markets initiative. He was instrumental in driving the introduction and adoption of electronic book building in the European fixed income markets in early 2000s and authored the seminal “AmazonBay” video exploring the future of finance in 2005.Originally from Calgary, Alberta, Sean has a BSc in Materials Science from Rice University in Houston, Texas. He is now based in Geneva and refuses to give up on his dream of one day skiing in the Olympics.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, SaaS
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: United States, United Kingdom, France

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 47
  • Round size: Seed $1.8M–$10M; Series A $3M–$24M; Series B $6.5M–$53M
  • Lead/follow: 36% lead, 64% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Topia — Discover our professional services designed to elevate your business with expert solutions tailored to your needs. Contact us today for trusted support.
  • Perkbox — Discover a global employee benefits and rewards platform. Perkbox delivers perks, wellbeing, and engagement tools to help your teams thrive worldwide.
  • Roam International — Sign a single lease, and you can roam among magical properties across 3 continents.
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JJ Watt
Angel · 1 investments in Sporting Goods startups

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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Investment focus

  • 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.
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Tim Dempsey
Angel · 1 investments in Sporting Goods startups

Tim Dempsey is a Managing Partner at Epiphany Capital. He graduated from the University of Manchester.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, SaaS, Financial Services
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 16
  • Round size: Seed $962k–$2.5M
  • Lead/follow: 6% lead, 94% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Lunio — Say goodbye to wasted ad spend and false conversions. Use Lunio to stave off click fraud and invalid users, safeguarding the quality of your traffic and driving better returns from paid media
  • Mitra bio — We are transforming skin-care by approaching ageing as a disease to be fought. We are developing a genetic and epigenetic discovery platform to help skincare companies find and develop new compounds that actually fight the root cause of skin ageing.
  • PPC Protect — Say goodbye to wasted ad spend and false conversions. Use Lunio to stave off click fraud and invalid users, safeguarding the quality of your traffic and driving better returns from paid media
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Trevor Folsom
Angel · Sydney, New South Wales, Australia · 1 investments in Sporting Goods startups

Elevation Capital was formed by a group of successful entrepreneurs who have co-invested in order to pool together their capital and experience. We consider ourselves to be “venture accelerators” rather than venture capitalists. After starting my first fledgling business at the age of 17, I truly understand the unique challenges faced byentrepreneurs and I am aware that it takes more than just capital for a company to succeed.Recently, Blueprint Management and the various business's we developed (up to 10 companies over 13 years) has given me exposure to the difficult challenges that every entrepreneur will face. My experience has involved the creation of a company with only $10K start-up capital, which grew to over 950 staff. This business was then sold to a private equity group. The success of this venture has given me invaluable knowledge that I can now share with others to guide them in the future.Specialties:If there is one simple thing I have learnt in recent times about investing into growth companies, it is: "to not waste anyones time".Elevation Capital is a professional and committed organisation and is able to invest quickly when a good business opportunity presents itself. We appreciate the challenge that entrepreneurs face when trying to raise capital while also dealing with the daily time constraints of running their businesses.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Marketplace, E-Commerce
  • Stage:Seed, Angel
  • Geography: Australia, United States, Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 36
  • Round size: Seed $65k–$4M; Angel $248k–$252k
  • Lead/follow: 31% lead, 69% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • DisruptSports.com — Disrupt Sports offers a full range of promotional, custom, branded and wholesale sports equipment in USA, UK & Australia, that is premium quality.
  • LiveHeats — Liveheats powers better action sports events for surf, skate, snow and surf life saving. Used by local clubs, regional, state, and national federations around the world for live scoring, heat draws, registrations, rankings and more.
  • Car Next Door — Hire a car, van or ute from our community of local car owners, or rent out your car and make extra money. Peer-to-peer car share in Sydney, Melbourne, Newcastle.
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Andrew Weber
Angel · Seattle, Washington, United States · 1 investments in Sporting Goods startups

Andrew Weber is the President and CEO at GRAYL.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Manufacturing, Sporting Goods
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: no public data

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.
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Jason Day
Angel · 1 investments in Sporting Goods startups

Jason Day

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Shoes, Sporting Goods
  • Stage:Angel
  • Geography: United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • PAYNTR Golf — PAYNTR Golf shoes, harness ground forces with our speed technology.
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David Grubb
Angel · 1 investments in Sporting Goods startups

David Grubb

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Outdoors, Online Portals, Sporting Goods
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: no public data

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
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Markus Zengerer
Angel · 1 investments in Sporting Goods startups

Markus Zengerer

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Investment focus

  • 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
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Martin Kreiger
Angel · 1 investments in Sporting Goods startups

Martin Kreiger

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Investment focus

  • 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
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Jonas Søholt Grundtvig
Angel · 1 investments in Sporting Goods startups

Jonas Søholt Grundtvig

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Retail, Sports, Cycling
  • Geography: Denmark

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Cykom — Cykom is an online store that offers a wide range of sporting goods that include cycling clothes, wheels, and accessories.
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John Wolgamott
Angel · 1 investments in Sporting Goods startups

John Wolgamott

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Outdoors, Online Portals, Sporting Goods
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: no public data

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
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Tom Boonen
Angel · 1 investments in Sporting Goods startups

Tom Boonen is an individual investor.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Cycling, Manufacturing, Sporting Goods
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Belgium

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Classified Cycling — Classified Cycling
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Arpit Bhardwaj
Angel · Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates · 1 investments in Sporting Goods startups

Arpit Bhardwaj

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Investment focus

  • 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.
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David Lightburn
Angel · Atlanta, Georgia, United States · 1 investments in Sporting Goods startups

David Lightburn - Co-Founder, President @ Atlanta Tech Village

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Investment focus

  • 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.
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Nicholas Horbaczewski
Angel · New York, New York, United States · 1 investments in Sporting Goods startups

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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Investment focus

  • 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.
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Sjaak Fleer
Angel · 1 investments in Sporting Goods startups

Sjaak Fleer

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Investment focus

  • 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
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Khalid Qazi
Angel · Gurgaon, Haryana, India · 1 investments in Sporting Goods startups

Khalid Qazi is a founders of Dineout

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Investment focus

  • Industry: SaaS, AgTech, Events
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B
  • Geography: India

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 4
  • Lead/follow: no public data

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.
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Philippe Bubb
Angel · 1 investments in Sporting Goods startups

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

  • Industry: Software, SaaS, Financial Services
  • Stage:Pre-Seed, Series A, Seed
  • Geography: Switzerland, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 6
  • Lead/follow: no public data

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.
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Nnamdi Okike
Angel · New York, New York, United States · 1 investments in Sporting Goods startups

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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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, SaaS, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Brazil

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 49
  • Round size: Seed $150k–$7M; Series A $7.5M–$60M; Series B $6.7M–$100M
  • Lead/follow: 41% lead, 59% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • MM.LaFleur — M.M.LaFleur is a New York-based womenswear brand known for introducing the world to Power Casual: the clothing equivalent of work-life balance. They were founded on the belief that when women succeed, the world becomes a better place.
  • Trendalytics Innovation Labs — Discover data-driven insights with Trendalytics AI. Analyze millions of data points to refine product development, craft compelling marketing strategies, and stay ahead of industry trends.
  • 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.
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Sporting Goods Angel investor funding at a glance

Stats across 111 deals from 202 investors.

202
investors
in Sporting Goods startups
111
deals
in Sporting Goods startups
$1.9M
median round
in Sporting Goods startups
13%
lead investors
lead at least one round
35%
Seed
most common funding stage

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