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Top 50 Sporting Goods Angel Investors in United States (June 2026)

The most active angel investors investing in United States Sporting Goods startups. This investor list is updated monthly from the Shizune investor database, ranked by number of investments in United States Sporting Goods startup companies. Find investors to raise a Seed, Series A or Series B round with Shizune.
Investor Relevant Deals Geography Stage Focus Round Size
Daren Cotter
Angel
2 United States Seed, Series A Software, Health Care, E-Commerce $1M–$19M
Frank Bober
Angel
2 United States Seed Hardware, Mobile Apps, Sporting Goods
David Blitzer
Angel
2 Portugal, United States Series A Sports, Fantasy Sports, Sporting Goods
David J. Adelman
Angel
2 United States Series A, Seed Food and Beverage, Sports, E-Commerce $3.6M–$11M
Blake Griffin
Angel
2 United States Seed, Series A Retail, Sports, Consumer Goods
John Elstrott
Angel
2 United States Seed, Pre-Seed Apps, Sports, Consumer $1.5M–$7M
Maria Thomas
Angel
2 United States Seed, Series B, Series A E-Commerce, SaaS, Retail $1.2M–$19M
Lloyd Danzig
Angel
2 United States, United Kingdom Seed, Series A Gaming, Sports, Mobile Apps $2.3M–$20M
Roger Ehrenberg
Angel
2 United States, United Kingdom, Canada Series A, Seed, Series B FinTech, Advertising, Software $900k–$20M
Mark Pincus
Angel
2 United States, Canada, United Kingdom Seed, Series A Internet, FinTech, Software $1.1M–$40M
Gary Vaynerchuk
Angel
2 United States, Australia, Canada Seed, Series A, Series B Software, Mobile, Internet $1M–$55M
Christopher J. Dean
Angel
2 United States, Brazil Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B Software, Service Industry, Retail $1.8M–$2.1M
Matthew Ocko
Angel
2 United States, Canada, New Zealand Seed, Series A, Series B Software, Information Technology, Mobile $1M–$143M
Steve Simon
Angel
1 United States Seed, Series A, Series D Media and Entertainment, Music, Video
Bill Warner
Angel
1 United States Seed, Angel Finance, Crowdfunding, Film $200k–$1.5M
Don McLagan
Angel
1 United States Seed Sports, Finance, Software $400k–$1.1M
David Chang
Angel
1 United States, Canada, Hong Kong Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS $250k–$85M
Hans Tung
Angel
1 United States, Brazil, India Series A, Series B, Series C E-Commerce, Internet, Financial Services $5.3M–$216M
Jesse Bardo
Angel
1 United States Seed Retail, E-Commerce, Marketplace
Trae Young
Angel
1 United States Series A, Seed, Series B Sports, Events, Gaming $8M–$48M
Marc Michel
Angel
1 United States Seed, Pre-Seed Apps, iOS, SaaS $1.8M–$3.7M
JJ Watt
Angel
1 United States Series A, Series B, Series C Fitness, Sports, FinTech
Sandy Cass
Angel
1 United States, Colombia, United Arab Emirates Seed, Series A, Series C E-Commerce, Software, Financial Services $1.2M–$85M
Chris Paul
Angel
1 United States, France, Portugal Seed, Series A Food and Beverage, Sports, Wellness $1.8M–$48M
Thomas Lehrman
Angel
1 United States Seed, Series A, Series B Software, Education, FinTech $550k–$157M
Naveen Rao
Angel
1 United States, Canada, Israel Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Software $2.3M–$102M
Nnamdi Okike
Angel
1 United States, United Kingdom, Brazil Seed, Series A, Series B Software, SaaS, Information Technology $150k–$100M
Joe Zawadzki
Angel
1 United States Seed, Angel, Series A Analytics, SaaS, Software $1.1M–$5M
Jason Fiedler
Angel
1 United States, Germany, France Series A, Seed, Series B Food and Beverage, E-Commerce, Health Care $1.5M–$75M
Seth Curry
Angel
1 United States Series A News, Sports, Fitness
Russell Westbrook
Angel
1 United States Series A, Series B Health Care, Food and Beverage, Apps $14M–$106M
Patrick Mahomes
Angel
1 United States Series A, Series E Sports, Fitness, Wellness
Naomi Osaka
Angel
1 United States, Bahamas Series A, Seed, Series C Food and Beverage, Sports, iOS $10M–$48M
Kelly Slater
Angel
1 United States Seed, Series A Fitness, Wellness, Health Care
Ja Morant
Angel
1 United States Series A Sports, Fitness, Wellness
Doc Rivers
Angel
1 United States Series A, Series B Sports, Banking, FinTech
Christian McCaffrey
Angel
1 United States Series A, Series B Retail, Sports, Eyewear $12M–$48M
Ben Simmons
Angel
1 United States Series A Sports, Fitness, Wellness
Anthony Davis
Angel
1 United States Series A Sports, Fitness, Wellness
Greg Zeeman
Angel
1 United States Series A E-Commerce, Manufacturing, Sporting Goods
Shereen Shermak
Angel
1 United States Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel Internet, Health Care, SaaS $120k–$1.2M
Robert Nelsen
Angel
1 United States, China, Israel Series A, Series B, Series C Biotechnology, Health Care, Therapeutics $13M–$217M
Will Herman
Angel
1 United States, South Africa, United Kingdom Seed, Series A, Convertible Note Software, Mobile, Enterprise Software
Len Critcher
Angel
1 United States Seed, Angel Sales, Sports, Consumer
Dave Hanson
Angel
1 United States Seed, Angel Mobile Apps, Sales, Sporting Goods
Jordan Mclain
Angel
1 United States Seed, Angel Mobile Apps, Sales, Computer Vision
Zach Weinberg
Angel
1 United States, Israel, Colombia Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Health Care, Software, Medical
Shaun White
Angel
1 United States Series A, Seed, Pre-Seed E-Commerce, Hospitality, Retail
Drew Brees
Angel
1 United States, Canada Seed, Series B Sports, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning
Alexandre Cohen
Angel
1 United States Seed, Series A Gaming, E-Commerce, Gamification
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Daren Cotter
Angel · Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States · 2 investments in United States 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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Frank Bober
Angel · 2 investments in United States 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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David Blitzer
Angel · Scotch Plains, New Jersey, United States · 2 investments in United States 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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David J. Adelman
Angel · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States · 2 investments in United States 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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Blake Griffin
Angel · Los Angeles, California, United States · 2 investments in United States 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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John Elstrott
Angel · New Orleans, Louisiana, United States · 2 investments in United States 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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Maria Thomas
Angel · Washington, District of Columbia, United States · 2 investments in United States 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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Lloyd Danzig
Angel · New York, New York, United States · 2 investments in United States Sporting Goods startups

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

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Gaming, Sports, Mobile Apps
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 10
  • Round size: Seed $2.3M–$11M; Series A $5M–$20M
  • Lead/follow: 30% lead, 70% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Packz — Packz is a gamified collectibles platform that offers trading cards with fun animations and images.
  • 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.
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Roger Ehrenberg
Angel · New York, New York, United States · 2 investments in United States 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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Mark Pincus
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 2 investments in United States 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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Gary Vaynerchuk
Angel · New York, New York, United States · 2 investments in United States 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

  • SlamBall — SlamBall is a global sports league association. It was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.
  • Respeecher — Voice cloning: create speech that's indistinguishable from the original speaker. Perfect for filmmakers, game developers, and other content creators.
  • 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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Christopher J. Dean
Angel · Boston, Massachusetts, United States · 2 investments in United States 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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Matthew Ocko
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 2 investments in United States 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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Steve Simon
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 1 investments in United States Sporting Goods startups

Stephen H. Simon, is a co-founder of Simon Equity Partners, LLC and has been a managing member since January 2007. From February 1997 to December 2006, Mr. Simon served as president and chief executive officer of Melvin Simon & Associates, Inc., a privately-held real estate and investment company. Mr. Simon serves on the board of directors ofthe Pacers Basketball Corporation, Starwood Waypoint Residential Trust, Yes To, Inc., and Coalision. Mr. Simon is a director for the Herbert Simon Family Foundation and serves on the boards of the following non-profit organizations - Conscious Alliance, Simon Youth Foundation and HeadCount. Mr.Simon holds a degree in General Studies with a concentration in Public and Environmental Affairs from Indiana University.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Media and Entertainment, Music, Video
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series D
  • Geography: United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 4
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% 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.
  • Team SoloMid — Find breaking news, multimedia, roster changes, interviews, & more at TSM.gg
  • ClearScholar — A comprehensive student success platform for higher education with adaptive analytics and connected workflows to improve student outcomes.
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Bill Warner
Angel · Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States · 1 investments in United States Sporting Goods startups

Bill loves the process of starting and building great companies. In 1987 he started Avid Technology, Inc. They built a great product and a great team, and today Avid is the world leader in video, film, and music editing systems.In 1991 Bill started Wildfire Communications along with co-founders Nick d’Arbleloff, Rich Miner, and Tony Lovell. Theybuilt a ground-breaking speech-based electronic assistant that worked over the phone. Wildfire was sold to Orange, PLC in 2000.In 1999 Bill started FutureBoston which built advanced mapping tools that let you understand the story of a place by looking precisely aligned maps over time. This is now the Boston Atlas – a great online resource maintained by the Boston Redevelopment Authority.In 2002 he created a shared workspace called the Collaboration Space at Warner Research, in Cambridge, near Fresh Pond. Bill believes that shared workspaces are one key to creating the energy and relationships for startups. Now called the Brickyard Collaboration Space, it is run by the owner of the building.Starting in 2004, and continuing to today, he began work on a book about “How to Build Your Startup From the Heart.” This book is based on my experiences and on what he has learned from angel investing over the years.In 2008, Bill worked with Tom Hopcroft and Heather Johnson at MassTLC, they created a new type of conference focused on helping early stage entrepreneurs. Called the MassTLC Innovation unConference, the most recent event sponsored 160 entrepreneurs and gathered over 600 people to help them.Bill’s focus now is on helping entrepreneurs with tools that are part of my Build Your Startup From the Heart work. One of those tools is very early stage investing, usually about $25,000. He generally likes to be the very first money into the company. He is willing (and even prefer) investing so early that the only traction is in the entrepreneur’s head. Bill chooses his investments based mainly on the entrepreneur, and not on the details of the idea.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Finance, Crowdfunding, Film
  • Stage:Seed, Angel
  • Geography: United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 10
  • Round size: Seed $200k–$1.5M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Testive — Testive combines technology with human coaches to keep your college-bound kid on track and ready to conquer the ACT or SAT.
  • Seed&Spark — Crowdfunding, events and community that celebrate diverse voices and foster vibrant conversation. Find your next spark of curiosity, inspiration and community!
  • 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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Don McLagan
Angel · Sudbury, Massachusetts, United States · 1 investments in United States Sporting Goods startups

Don McLagan - Board Member @ Testive

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Sports, Finance, Software
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 5
  • Round size: Seed $400k–$1.1M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Libboo — Libboo connects buzzers (readers who love to share and talk about books) with books they'll enjoy, to create the next digital bestseller and help talented authors get discovered. Buzzers get rewards such as free ebooks, and increase their influence by sharing great writing with their friends and followers via social media, email, and otheronline channels.
  • Testive — Testive combines technology with human coaches to keep your college-bound kid on track and ready to conquer the ACT or SAT.
  • DRAFT — Join PlayDraft for daily fantasy sports, live fantasy contests, real-time scoring and community play.
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David Chang
Angel · Boston, Massachusetts, United States · 1 investments in United States Sporting Goods startups

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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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, 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

  • Reasoner — Problems solved: - Multi-hop reasoning - Compound system data portability - Sub-second, multi-thousand data point synthesization - Multi-domain, multi-topic, multi-subject simultaneous analysis - Lossless recall - Zero hallucinations - And many, many more...Built. In Production. (Currently the reasoning engine powering Patented.ai to solve thehardest problems in litigation.)
  • Wishroute — Gain, retain and engage customers with conversational text messaging built for wellness apps, products and services. We do the 2-way texting for you and will help you optimize user experiences to increase revenue, engagement, conversion rates, activation rates, retention and more.
  • Hermetica — Hermetica is a crypto-native team with extensive financial technology experience, having worked with big organizations such as Kraken and State Street. Hermetica is dedicated to developing innovative financial products that capitalize on Bitcoin's security and transparency.
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Hans Tung
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 1 investments in United States Sporting Goods startups

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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Investment focus

  • Industry: E-Commerce, Internet, Financial Services
  • Stage:Series A, Series B, Series C
  • Geography: United States, Brazil, India

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 108
  • Round size: Series A $5.3M–$40M; Series B $17M–$90M; Series C $38M–$216M
  • Lead/follow: 41% lead, 59% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Melonn — Melonn enables any retailer to offer Amazon Prime-like deliveries with its e-commerce fulfillment & back-end technology services
  • Laurel — Time by Ping frees lawyers from timekeeping so they can focus on their work, and firms can understand where time is being spent.
  • Prisms VR — The new paradigm for math education. Learn math through movement, experience, and meaningful discovery.
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Jesse Bardo
Angel · 1 investments in United States Sporting Goods startups

Jesse Bardo is the Director at Silicon Valley Bank.

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Investment focus

  • 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.
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Trae Young
Angel · Atlanta, Georgia, United States · 1 investments in United States Sporting Goods startups

Rayford Trae Young is an American professional basketball player for the Atlanta Hawks of the National Basketball Association.

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Investment focus

  • 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

  • Hyperice — From massage guns to compression boots and contrast therapy. Hyperice creates professional-grade recovery tools trusted by elite athletes and everyday movers worldwide.
  • Overtime — Overtime is the leading brand for the next generation of sports fans. As both a publisher and an influencer, we've built the inclusive world of sports we all wish was the norm by giving a platform to our community to be seen AND heard.
  • StarStock — StarStock is a marketplace for sports fans and card hobbyists to buy, sell, and invest in their favorite athletes.
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Marc Michel
Angel · New York, New York, United States · 1 investments in United States Sporting Goods startups

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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Investment focus

  • 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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JJ Watt
Angel · 1 investments in United States 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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Sandy Cass
Angel · New York, New York, United States · 1 investments in United States Sporting Goods startups

CFO / COO at Artsy Managing Partner at Red Swan

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Investment focus

  • Industry: E-Commerce, Software, Financial Services
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series C
  • Geography: United States, Colombia, United Arab Emirates

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 37
  • Round size: Seed $1.2M–$6.6M; Series A $3.5M–$17M; Series C $25M–$85M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Leal — Leal is the largest and fastest growing loyalty network in Colombia with over 400 participating brands.For affiliated merchants, Leal provides the technology they need to compete in a digital world. Their digital platform combines business analytics, a powerful CRM, and Point of Sale (POS) system integration to enable merchants to grow theirbusiness and communicate effectively with their customers.For registered users, Leal brings together multiple loyalty programs in a single app/card that allows them to earn rewards for their purchases at their favorite merchants.
  • Lockstep — Connected accounting starts at Lockstep. Eliminate cash traps with our AR automation software and discover our modern, easy-use accounting API platform.
  • Disco — Co-op commerce is a network of the world's best brands partnering together to grow.
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Chris Paul
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 1 investments in United States Sporting Goods startups

Christopher Emmanuel Paul is an American professional basketball player for the Oklahoma City Thunder of the National Basketball Association.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Food and Beverage, Sports, Wellness
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, France, Portugal

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 19
  • Round size: Seed $1.8M–$18M; Series A $13M–$48M
  • Lead/follow: 16% lead, 84% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Scout - Make Money Moves — Scout is the financial wellness platform for student athletes in the new NIL era. We empower athletes to make better financial decisions with live financial education sessions and personalized, tech-enabled service.
  • Buoy — Nutrients in their original forms. Bioavailable and complete support, the way nature intended. No synthetics, sweeteners, isolates or additives.
  • Umaro Foods — Umaro Foods specializes in developing a plant-based protein source from ocean-farmed seaweed.
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Thomas Lehrman
Angel · New York, New York, United States · 1 investments in United States Sporting Goods startups

Thomas D. Lehrman is the Board Director at Gerson Lehrman Group.He is a Co - Founder and former Co - Chief Executive Officer of Gerson Lehrman Group, Inc. Thomas Lehrman most recently served as Director of the Office of WMD Terrorism at the U.S. Department of State and previously as a member of the professional staff on the President's WMDCommission. Earlier in his career, he worked as a Financial Analyst at Tiger Management. He is also a Co - Founder & Board Member of the Brooklyn Excelsior Charter School and the Hillhouse Scholars Program. Thomas Lehrman is a Chartered Financial Analyst and graduated from Duke University and Yale Law School.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Education, FinTech
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 41
  • Round size: Seed $750k–$5.4M; Series A $550k–$13M; Series B $10M–$157M
  • Lead/follow: 2% lead, 98% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • G2 — Compare the best business software and services based on user ratings and social data. Reviews for CRM, ERP, HR, CAD, PDM and Marketing software.
  • Smarterer — Individuals and Fortune 500 companies use Smarterer to help close the gap between the skills they have and the skills they need. Their dynamic assessment engine leverages the freshest crowdsourced tests around, to rapidly pinpoint skill level with a credible score. In November 2014, Pluralsight, the global leader in online learning for serioussoftware developers, IT specialists and creative technologists, acquired Smarterer. As the world's largest curated e-learning library for professionals, the company offers instant access to more than 3,500 courses authored by top experts. Smarterer will continue to power crowdsourced assessments for freelancer marketplaces, e-learning providers and enterprise companies anywhere people need to prove their skills to connect with professional opportunities. The Smarterer community has answered over 56 million during 1.7 million test sessions, across hundreds of tests.
  • Journeyfront — Journeyfront helps you get hiring right. Hiring accuracy solves costly problems including low job performance and turnover before you even hire.
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Naveen Rao
Angel · San Diego, California, United States · 1 investments in United States Sporting Goods startups

Naveen Rao - CEO and Co-Founder @ MosaicML

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Software
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United States, Canada, Israel

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 9
  • Round size: Seed $2.3M–$12M; Series A $15M–$102M
  • Lead/follow: 22% lead, 78% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • DatologyAI — DatologyAI optimize training efficiency, maximize performance and reduce compute costs with expert curation.
  • NeuReality — NeuReality is a semiconductor start-up that designs AI-as-a-service infrastructure. It addresses the challenges posed by the growing deployment of AI in the cloud, edge, and fog systems.
  • Sphinx — Sphinx is AI that thinks in statistics and patterns and generates artifacts and insights that an adult can reproduce and fully own.
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Nnamdi Okike
Angel · New York, New York, United States · 1 investments in United States 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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Joe Zawadzki
Angel · New York, New York, United States · 1 investments in United States Sporting Goods startups

Joe Zawadzki is the General Partner at AperiamVentures. He attended Harvard University.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Analytics, SaaS, Software
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
  • Geography: United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 8
  • Round size: Seed $1.1M–$5M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Bomoda — Bomoda makes China simple, clear and profitable for the world's leading brands. Our business intelligence platform provides companies with a clear understanding of their current competitive positioning with the Chinese consumer. Our strategists leverage these insights to create a foundation for profitable growth.
  • 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.
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Jason Fiedler
Angel · New York, New York, United States · 1 investments in United States Sporting Goods startups

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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Investment focus

  • 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

  • Tablelist — Provides instant access to VIP bottle service, private tables and exclusive events in a growing number of cities across the country.
  • 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.
  • The Farmer's Dog — A smarter, healthier dog food: 100% human-grade food, pre-portioned and delivered to your door. Better for them & easier for you. Create your plan today!
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Seth Curry
Angel · 1 investments in United States Sporting Goods startups

Seth Curry is an American professional basketball player for the Dallas Mavericks of the National Basketball Association.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • eFuse — efuse is an AI-powered ad-tech company delivering access to gamers at scale.
  • 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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Russell Westbrook
Angel · Los Angeles, California, United States · 1 investments in United States Sporting Goods startups

Russell Westbrook is the current Founder and CEO of Russell Westbrook Enterprises.

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  • Industry: Health Care, Food and Beverage, Apps
  • Stage:Series A, Series B
  • Geography: United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 10
  • Round size: Series A $14M–$48M; Series B $24M–$106M
  • Lead/follow: 10% lead, 90% 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.
  • Shef — Enter code FIRST10 at checkout and save $10 on your first order
  • BlocPower — BlocPower is your one-stop-shop for modern, all-electric heating and cooling. Secure big incentives & save up to 40% on energy bills when upgrading to a sleek, comfortable and extremely efficient heat pump system.
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Patrick Mahomes
Angel · 1 investments in United States Sporting Goods startups

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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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 3
  • Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% 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.
  • 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.
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Naomi Osaka
Angel · 1 investments in United States Sporting Goods startups

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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Investment focus

  • Industry: Food and Beverage, Sports, iOS
  • Stage:Series A, Seed, Series C
  • Geography: United States, Bahamas

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 9
  • Round size: Series A $10M–$48M
  • Lead/follow: 22% lead, 78% 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.
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Kelly Slater
Angel · 1 investments in United States Sporting Goods startups

Robert Kelly Slater is an American professional surfer, best known for his unprecedented 11 world surfing championships

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Investment focus

  • 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.
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Ja Morant
Angel · 1 investments in United States Sporting Goods startups

Temetrius Jamel "Ja" Morant is an American professional basketball player for the Memphis Grizzlies of the National Basketball Association.

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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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Doc Rivers
Angel · 1 investments in United States Sporting Goods startups

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doc_Rivers

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Sports, Banking, FinTech
  • Stage:Series A, Series B
  • 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.
  • Aspiration — Aspiration is an online financial firm that offers retail banking and investing services built for everyone. Aspiration delivers the financial products that people need in a consumer-focused model that empowers people to choose their fee and aligns the interests of Aspiration and its customers. The company donates a dime of every dollar it earns tohelp Americans that work to climb the ladder of opportunity while making it possible for its customers to choose to give a portion of their profits to a charitable cause of their choice.
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Christian McCaffrey
Angel · 1 investments in United States Sporting Goods startups

Christian Jackson McCaffrey is an American football running back for the Carolina Panthers of the National Football League.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Retail, Sports, Eyewear
  • Stage:Series A, Series B
  • Geography: United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 3
  • Round size: Series A $12M–$48M
  • 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.
  • Pair Eyewear — Customizable glasses and sunglasses that you'll love. Get your first Pair for $54, including prescription lenses.
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Ben Simmons
Angel · 1 investments in United States Sporting Goods startups

Benjamin David Simmons is an Australian professional basketball player for the Philadelphia 76ers of the National Basketball Association.

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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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Anthony Davis
Angel · 1 investments in United States Sporting Goods startups

Anthony Marshon Davis Jr. is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association.

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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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Greg Zeeman
Angel · Lake Forest, California, United States · 1 investments in United States 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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Shereen Shermak
Angel · Boston, Massachusetts, United States · 1 investments in United States Sporting Goods startups

Shereen is a Boston-based angel investor and entrepreneur who works with Flybridge Capital Partners and its general partners as an advisor to support and broaden the firm’s investment activities in the Boston region.Shereen served as a Fund Manager and CEO at Launch Angels, a Boston-based seed stage VC firm. She co-founded BuysideFX, where sheled Product and was a member of the management team, and held a similar role at Boston-based Currensee (acq. Oanda). Her earlier career consisted of launching internal fintech ventures for large financial services firms, after joining the technology strategy firm DiamondCluster (acq. PWC) in its early days. Shereen also spent six years working as an environmental engineer after graduating from Duke University’s School of Engineering.Shereen received her M.B.A. from MIT’s Sloan School and holds an M.P.A. from Harvard’s Kennedy School. She currently serves on the Board of Overseers of Big Brothers Big Sisters Massachusetts Bay.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Internet, Health Care, SaaS
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
  • Geography: United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 6
  • Round size: Seed $120k–$1.2M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Edmit — Edmit is an operator of an ed-tech platform designed to create greater price and value transparency in higher education.
  • Jolt Athletics — Jolt is on a mission to help athletes train smarter and safer through innovative technology solutions. They aim to provide highly-functional and intuitive products that provide athletes, parents, and coaches real-time feedback, and enable them to make smarter more timely decisions.
  • Powerspike — Powerspike is a new type of advertising network based on content creators - where any marketer can make their brand famous in a few clicks. Our Endorsement Serving technology automatically buys, executes, and optimizes content creator endorsements - replacing the traditionally lengthy process of RFP’s, human negotiations, and insertion orders.
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Robert Nelsen
Angel · New York, New York, United States · 1 investments in United States Sporting Goods startups

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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Investment focus

  • Industry: Biotechnology, Health Care, Therapeutics
  • Stage:Series A, Series B, Series C
  • Geography: United States, China, Israel

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 90
  • Round size: Series A $13M–$217M; Series B $20M–$200M; Series C $31M–$205M
  • Lead/follow: 36% lead, 64% 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.
  • Colossal Biosciences — The science of genetics. The business of discovery.
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Will Herman
Angel · Boston, Massachusetts, United States · 1 investments in United States Sporting Goods startups

Will Herman is an active angel investor, corporate director, author, and startup mentor. He was previously a serial entrepreneur, having started five companies, taking two of them public. Will is an adviser at the hardware incubator, Bolt, and a mentor at TechStars. He lives and works mostly in the Boston area.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Mobile, Enterprise Software
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Convertible Note
  • Geography: United States, South Africa, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 60
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • VueBox — VueBox places interactive content in rideshare vehicles
  • Pristeem — The laundry & dry cleaning services industry has seen no hardware innovation in a long time resulting in 24 hr+ turnarounds, insanely expensive prices, and a complete lack of reliability. Pristēm has built a magical new clothing care experience that's 150x faster, 10x cheaper, and hassle free. Our smart hardware and consumable cleansyour outfit exactly when you need it, not 24 hours later.Our nationwide network of smart hardware products can be accessed through your mobile phone and a monthly subscription. Pristēm provides the best customer experience that's a faster, greener, and more enjoyable alternative to the laundry and dry cleaning services available today.
  • Looking Glass Factory — Introducing Looking Glass Portrait, your first personal holographic display. Designed for people, real and imagined. Available for pre-order today.
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Len Critcher
Angel · 1 investments in United States Sporting Goods startups

Len Critcher - Investor & Advisor @ HipPocket

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Sales, Sports, Consumer
  • Stage:Seed, Angel
  • Geography: United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 3
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • HipPocket — It takes too long to find or to sell a home—10 weeks on average to search for a home to buy and 12 weeks to sell a home. AI can improve this but seller-focused property websites and Multiple Listing Service (MLS’s) have no incentive or ability to change. Zillow does not want to disrupt $750M of ad revenues and the 850 MLS’s are agent-only tools andeach organization does not have the ability, funds and scale to introduce AI. Buyers and Sellers will continue to suffer if this status quo is not broken.At HipPocket we’re developing an intelligent real estate platform that reduces search and sale times by matching buyers faster to more relevant homes using machine learning, and powering rapid collaboration between buyer, agents and seller through AI enhanced messaging.
  • Fixd Repair — Fixd Repair is a Dallas-Fort Worth HVAC and Appliance Services Company, Providing Appliance Repairs, HVAC Repairs, Service and Installation. HVAC services include AC & Heating. Appliances Include Refrigerators, Dishwashers, Washers and Dryers. Call Today to Schedule.
  • OrderMyGear — OrderMyGear (OMG) is different from other online store platforms because it's tailor-made to meet the specific needs of dealers, distributors, and decorators.
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Dave Hanson
Angel · Dallas, Texas, United States · 1 investments in United States Sporting Goods startups

Investor / YouTuber

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Mobile Apps, Sales, Sporting Goods
  • Stage:Seed, Angel
  • Geography: United States

Investor stats

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

Portfolio highlights

  • HipPocket — It takes too long to find or to sell a home—10 weeks on average to search for a home to buy and 12 weeks to sell a home. AI can improve this but seller-focused property websites and Multiple Listing Service (MLS’s) have no incentive or ability to change. Zillow does not want to disrupt $750M of ad revenues and the 850 MLS’s are agent-only tools andeach organization does not have the ability, funds and scale to introduce AI. Buyers and Sellers will continue to suffer if this status quo is not broken.At HipPocket we’re developing an intelligent real estate platform that reduces search and sale times by matching buyers faster to more relevant homes using machine learning, and powering rapid collaboration between buyer, agents and seller through AI enhanced messaging.
  • TickerTags — TickerTags believe that the social web provides investors with the means to keep up with the evolving landscape of culture and news more efficiently than any conventional form of financial media or research.
  • Fixd Repair — Fixd Repair is a Dallas-Fort Worth HVAC and Appliance Services Company, Providing Appliance Repairs, HVAC Repairs, Service and Installation. HVAC services include AC & Heating. Appliances Include Refrigerators, Dishwashers, Washers and Dryers. Call Today to Schedule.
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Jordan Mclain
Angel · 1 investments in United States Sporting Goods startups

Jordan Mclain

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Mobile Apps, Sales, Computer Vision
  • Stage:Seed, Angel
  • Geography: United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 3
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Reveel Technologies — Join the media REVEELution!Reveel is the first company to allow audiences to view an interactive media experience from print, digital, video and broadcast media on any browser – without downloading an app or producing additional creative. Reveel's patent pending cloud-based platform allows brands, agencies and media outlets to increaseaudience engagement and revenue by seizing the moment of interest and converting it into measurable action. Consumers go to Reveel.it on their mobile browser and snap a photo of print or broadcast media or click on digital media displayed on websites or online video to explore, learn and buy. Anyone can create a custom Reveel landing page online in minutes, then publish it across media channels so it can be viewed on mobile and desktop devices.
  • Fixd Repair — Fixd Repair is a Dallas-Fort Worth HVAC and Appliance Services Company, Providing Appliance Repairs, HVAC Repairs, Service and Installation. HVAC services include AC & Heating. Appliances Include Refrigerators, Dishwashers, Washers and Dryers. Call Today to Schedule.
  • OrderMyGear — OrderMyGear (OMG) is different from other online store platforms because it's tailor-made to meet the specific needs of dealers, distributors, and decorators.
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Zach Weinberg
Angel · New York, New York, United States · 1 investments in United States Sporting Goods startups

Before co-founding Flatiron, Zach was Co-Founder, President and COO of Invite Media, an advertising technology company based in NYC. Invite Media built the industry's first enterprise advertising platform for buying and optimizing online media in real-time. Invite Media was acquired by Google in 2010. Prior to Invite Media, Zach co-foundedEatNow.com which was privately acquired. An active angel investor, Zach has invested in over 30 technology startups throughout the country, including Bell Biosystems, Breakthrough.com, Care at Hand, DocPhin, Doctor Evidence, Genomera, Meddik, Oscar, and Predilytics. Zach studied economics and entrepreneurship at The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Health Care, Software, Medical
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United States, Israel, Colombia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 67
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Iterative Scopes — Iterative Scopes provides gastroenterologists with machine learning-powered diagnostic tools that help them prevent colon cancer and improve patient outcomes
  • Overwatch Research — Generate accurate in vivo study data as a part of your efficient, connected R&D.
  • Nym — Nym Health leverages advanced AI for medical coding, revolutionizing accuracy and speed within revenue cycle management. Discover the difference.
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Shaun White
Angel · Los Angeles, California, United States · 1 investments in United States Sporting Goods startups

Born in San Diego, California in 1986, Shaun Roger White endured two major surgeries to correct a heart defect before he was 1 years old. Despite this challenging start Shaun proved he was far from frail, charging into sports like surfing, soccer and snowboarding at a young age. Shaun grew up in a family of five and one of the family'sfavorite pastimes included skiing. At the age of 4, Shaun proved to be fearless on his skis racing down the slopes with older brother Jesse. In an attempt to slow down Shaun when he was 6, his mom decided to put him on a snowboard and instructed him to copy everything Jesse did. Unfortunately for her, it only encouraged Shaun to go faster.While Shaun was being lauded as a snowboard prodigy, in the summertime he was simultaneously turning heads on the skateboard scene. Professional skateboarder Tony Hawk befriended the 9-year-old at a skate park and mentored the up-and-comer, encouraging Shaun and helping him turn pro at the age of 17. Participating in both sports was far from usual, but for Shaun this duality helped excel his progression.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: E-Commerce, Hospitality, Retail
  • Stage:Series A, Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United States

Investor stats

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

Portfolio highlights

  • AvantStay — Travel with the people you love. Group travel has never been this easy - check out our homes and locations across the country.
  • 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.
  • Masters — Train mind and body on the Masters app with full workout programs designed and run by the world's best athletes. Join today and start training like a pro.
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Drew Brees
Angel · New Orleans, Louisiana, United States · 1 investments in United States Sporting Goods startups

Drew Brees is an American football quarterback for the New Orleans Saints of the NFL, an entrepreneur, and an investor.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Sports, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning
  • Stage:Seed, Series B
  • Geography: United States, Canada

Investor stats

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

Portfolio highlights

  • North One — NorthOne is an online Business Account with built-in features to make business banking fast and easy. No overdraft fees. No minimum balance. No hidden fees.
  • Nightfall — Nightfall is one trusted DLP platform to discover, classify, and protect sensitive data across SaaS and cloud apps with machine learning.
  • WeBuild Stuff — WeBuild Stuff is a disruptive fabrication, manufacturing and installation firm focusing on wood furniture.
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Alexandre Cohen
Angel · Santa Monica, California, United States · 1 investments in United States Sporting Goods startups

Alexandre Cohen

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Gaming, E-Commerce, Gamification
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • 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.
  • End Game Interactive — End Game Interactive is a game development company that built third-party apps for games such as Pokévision. End Game Interactive is a developer of ZombsRoyale.io, a real-time multiplayer shooter that runs in browsers across numerous platforms. It was founded in 2019 and headquartered in Bellevue, Washington.
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Sporting Goods Angel investor funding in United States at a glance

Stats across 49 deals from 114 investors.

114
investors
in United States Sporting Goods startups
49
deals
in United States Sporting Goods startups
$2.1M
median round
in United States Sporting Goods startups
6%
lead investors
lead at least one round
45%
Seed
most common funding stage

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