Top 50 Sporting Goods Startup Investors
A list of 50 angel investors and VC funds that invest in Sporting goods startups. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Sporting goods companies. This investor list updates every month.Top 50 Sporting Goods Startup Investors
Investor | Sporting Goods investments |
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Aster | 6 |
Listen | 4 |
Seventure Partners | 4 |
Jumpstart New Jersey Angel Network | 4 |
Bpifrance | 4 |
LocalGlobe | 3 |
Asimov Ventures | 3 |
1818 Venture Capital | 3 |
Foresight Group | 3 |
GoBeyond | 3 |
Creandum | 3 |
Eagles Fund | 3 |
Guild Capital | 3 |
Bread and Butter Ventures | 3 |
Investible | 3 |
Angels Den | 3 |
Turenne Capital | 2 |
Mark Livings | 2 |
Break Trail Ventures | 2 |
Christopher J. Dean | 2 |
Matthew Ocko | 2 |
The R-Group, LLC | 2 |
Frank Bober | 2 |
Mark Pincus | 2 |
Global Founders Capital | 2 |
FJ Labs | 2 |
Giovanni Gardelli | 2 |
Real Ventures | 2 |
Daren Cotter | 2 |
The FSE Group | 2 |
Maria Thomas | 2 |
10x Group | 2 |
SGPA | 2 |
VA Angels | 2 |
Aura Ventures | 2 |
Dundee Venture Capital | 2 |
Elkstone Capital Partners | 2 |
Cornwall & Isles of Scilly Investment Fund | 2 |
Equity Gap | 2 |
Octopus Ventures | 2 |
Sharp Alpha Advisors | 2 |
Wavemaker Partners | 2 |
David J. Adelman | 2 |
Roger Ehrenberg | 2 |
Lotte Ventures | 2 |
David Blitzer | 2 |
Teamworthy Ventures | 2 |
Gary Vaynerchuk | 2 |
Lloyd Danzig | 2 |
Alliance of Angels | 2 |
Aster is a Venture Capital firm with offices in 4 major innovation hubs: Paris, London, Tel Aviv and San Francisco. Since 2000, they have partnered with more than 60 teams of entrepreneurs that are transforming markets with disruptive offers and technologies. They are always open to exploring new ideas related to mobility, energy and industrysectors that they have been covering until now. They invest in all stages, with a preference for the early phase.They are more than investors and they intend to act as an ally for entrepreneurs by connecting them to a valuable ecosystem of experts, influencers and business leaders. From marketing to executive talent, their commitment to the growth of their portfolio companies as well as the entire venture ecosystem also involves the commitment of their dedicated Operations team, their innovation strategy consulting firm (Aster Fab) and a crowdfunding branch to further expand opportunities (Aster Crowd).Some of their success stories include Solairedirect (acquired by Engie in 2015), Digital Lumens (acquired by Osram in 2017) and Avantium (IPOed in 2017).
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Investment focus
- Software, Energy, Solar
- Series A, Funding Round, Series B
- France, United States, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- DCbrain — DCbrain helps Datacenters teams to run and optimize their buildings. They provide a systemic view of their systems displaying a dynamic map of all datacenter flows (energy, chilled water ...) and dynamic expert dashboards.
- FINALCAD — Finalcad is a construction software management specialist. We help on buildings, infrastructure and energy projects. We cover the whole construction lifecycle.
- Warehousing1 — Warehousing1 is building the number one warehousing and distribution network in Europe. Companies can utilize the innovative platform to find ideal warehousing solutions anywhere, manage them digitally and optimize processes by gaining real-time visibility and data transparency.
Listen is a consumer-focused venture capital firm that backs and builds the brands of tomorrow.
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Investment focus
- E-Commerce, Consumer Goods, Wellness
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- United States, Canada
Portfolio highlights
- Dame Products — Dame Products is your women-powered resource for game-changing products for pleasure and sexual wellness content.
- Black Buffalo — Black Buffalo is a smokeless tobacco alternative that has the same look, feel, smell, and experience as traditional dipping products like Copenhagen or Skoal, without using tobacco leaves or stems. The product comes in both long-cut and pouch varieties and contains pharmaceutical-grade nicotine.
- Fable — Fable Home dinnerware brings people together for love, laughter, and storytelling by delivering gorgeous cutlery, tableware, and glassware at affordable prices.
Seventure Partners is a French venture capital firm targeting in information and communication technology, and life sciences companies. It funds innovation and participates in the entrepreneurial adventure, alongside entrepreneurs and sharing their passion.Founded in 1997, Seventure Partners is one of the European leaders in venture capital, with€ 660 million under management as of December 31, 2016. It is an active partner of innovative companies that, according to the management team, show strong growth potential and evolving in two fields of activity: Digital Technologies and Life Sciences. With more than 20 employees, including some 15 investors, Seventure Partners has a proven track record and in-depth expertise in technology, entrepreneurship, and various private equity operations.Seventure's goal is to identify and support the development of tomorrow's European leaders in order to accelerate their growth. To do this, the firm provides entrepreneurs with the expertise, networks, and know-how of its internal team of investors.
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Investment focus
- Biotechnology, Health Care, Software
- Series A, Series B, Funding Round
- France, United States, Germany
Portfolio highlights
- Allozymes — Allozymes, Pte. Ltd. is a leading deep technology company applying innovative ultrahigh-throughput microfluidics technology to accelerate enzyme evolution and development. We developed sensitive, accurate, and generic assays for the detection of enzymatic reactions, proprietary microfluidic chips and proteomics technologies to take enzymedevelopment to the next level.
- Sinay — Use the full potential of your data with intelligent solutions. Become more efficient on a daily basis and reduce your environmental impact.
- Vedanta Biosciences — Vedanta Biosciences is a developer of immunotherapies designed to treat immune-mediated and infectious diseases. The company's immunotherapies include a suite of proprietary assays to select pharmacologically potent strains, vast proprietary datasets from human interventional studies, and facilities for cGMP-compliant manufacturing ofrationally-defined bacterial consortia in powder form, enabling physicians to access live bacteria drug to treat autoimmune and inflammatory diseases easily.It was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Jumpstart is a private, member-lead, angel group that invests in early-stage technology companies in the Mid-Atlantic region. As the leading angel group in New Jersey, Jumpstart members include many successful entrepreneurs, business executives and venture capitalists in the region.
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Investment focus
- Information Technology, Software, Wireless
- Seed, Funding Round, Angel
- United States
Portfolio highlights
- SunRay Scientific Inc. — SUNRAY SCIENTIFIC offers custom engineered interconnect solutions for advanced electronic packages.
- Deepwave Digital — Software and hardware technology at the intersection of deep learning, signal processing, wireless systems, and GPU computing with the AIR-T - Artifical Intelligence Radio Transceiver
- NeuroFlow — NeuroFlow integrates behavioral health across the care continuum by assessing and triaging people to get them to the right level of care
Bpifrance provides financial solutions for companies that are booting up the listing on the stock exchange and credit equity. It includes OSEO, CDC Entreprises, FSI, and FSI Regions to offer in your area of financial solutions at every stage of the life of your business.Bpifrance was founded in 2012 and is based in Maisons-alfort, Ile-de-France,France.
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Investment focus
- Software, Health Care, Information Technology
- Funding Round, Seed, Series A
- France, United States, Switzerland
Portfolio highlights
- Tribun Health — Tribun Health provides a complete digital pathology platform for diagnosis, prognosis and biomarker analysis.
- Dattak — Dattak offers cyber insurance solutions based on cybersecurity technologies. Their cybersecurity tools allow us to assess a company's level of cybersecurity without complex questionnaires. They provide their policyholders with a variety of cybersecurity tools to help them prevent and defend against cyberattacks.
- Atlendis Labs — Atlendis enables users to lend digital assets to real-world businesses on-chain. Choose your rate and control your portfolio. Start earning real yield today!
Seeding ambitious founders at places like @citymapper, @improbableio,@teamkano, @moo, @songkick,@seedcamp, @transferwise and @zoopla since 1999. Who's next?
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Investment focus
- Software, Financial Services, E-Commerce
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- United Kingdom, United States, France
Portfolio highlights
- Translucent — Translucent is next-gen accounting software.
- CYCLE — GetHenry is a rapidly growing subscription service for market-leading delivery companies. We make sure that thousands of couriers are on the move safely, quickly and comfortably every day. In this way, we not only create added value for delivery services, but also help to reduce transport-related CO2 emissions on the last mile.
- Sylvera — Sylvera Carbon offset ratings make offset quality and risks transparent. We make offsets auditable for offset sellers, intermediaries, buyers and investors.
Venture Capital for 3D Printing and Robotics
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Investment focus
- 3D Printing, Manufacturing, Medical Device
- Seed, Funding Round, Pre-Seed
- United States, Spain, Canada
Portfolio highlights
- Particle3D — Particle3D (P3D) is a Danish biomedical engineering company founded in 2017. The company is based on more than 3 years of research and is currently developing patient-fitted bone replacement implants from natural materials through 3D printing. The mission is to revolutionize the treatment of craniofacial patients by providing state of the artsolutions that will optimize the value chain for health care professionals, the health care system and most importantly the patients. Benefits of the technology include better aesthetic and functional outcomes for the patients, faster recovery and fewer complications, less complicated surgery and higher hospital productivity. The company aims at setting new standards in craniofacial reconstruction and will play a major role in a market segment with a very interesting commercial potential.
- Arka — Design custom boxes for Ecommerce with Arka! Use our integrations with Shopify, BigCommerce, Square & more! Order your sustainable custom boxes today.
- King Children — Made for you. Made to fit. Made for every face.
1818 Venture Capital is proud to invest in portfolios of tech startups that aim to generate wealth for our investors and do good in the world.
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Investment focus
- Software, Financial Services, FinTech
- Seed, Funding Round, Pre-Seed
- United Kingdom, United States, United Arab Emirates
Portfolio highlights
- RideTandem — Tandem turns local transport providers into smart shuttles for work, education and more. The smart way to move your community.
- Dexla — Build B2B apps quickly with an AI-powered front-end software engineer. Type in what your company does and watch Buck build your app for you.
- Greenspark — Turn your e-commerce business into a force for good, increase sales and engage your customers in climate action with Greenspark.
Foresight Group is a listed infrastructure and private equity investment manager which has been managing funds on behalf of institutions and retail clients for more than 35 years. Foresight has over £7.2 billion of assets under management across a number of funds on behalf of some of the world’s largest institutional investors, family offices,private and high net-worth individuals and retail investors. Foresight's investment strategies are underpinned by a strong environmental, social & governance (“ESG”) focus, which increasingly meets the demands of today’s investors and ensures we are consistently working towards creating a sustainable legacy for future generations.
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Investment focus
- Software, Manufacturing, Health Care
- Funding Round, Private Equity, Seed
- United Kingdom, United States, Jersey
Portfolio highlights
- We Are Fulfilment — We Are Fulfillment is an e-commerce company that provides warehousing and management services.
- MSL Property Care Services — MSL Property Care Services provides property maintenance services.
- Workbuzz — Issue employee engagement surveys with WorkBuzz - a fast, simple, and flexible platform with expert consultancy. Try it now!
GoBeyond is a FinTech company transforming angel investing into a new scalable asset class for small and large, novice to experienced investors. It offers a unique deal platform, portfolio tools, syndication/pooling, due diligence, investment monitoring services, training and certified deal leaders.Its clients are individuals, familyoffices, professional groups and corporations. It is active in the EU, Switzerland and the US. GoBeyond also offers educational training modules for angel investors in 11 categories.
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Investment focus
- Information Technology, Medical, Software
- Funding Round, Seed, Series A
- Switzerland, Germany, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Blumer — Blumer is a social networking platform that provides social networks that can monetize time by consuming advertisements, selling nfts, and making crypto transactions. It offers social networks, crypto, digital marketing, and blockchain.
- LEND — LEND provides peer to peer lending in Switzerland. It connects investors with borrowers. Moreover, investors earn substantial returns and borrowers benefit from low interest rates. The company is based in Switzerland and it was founded in 2015.
- AVAtronics — AVA Active Noise Cancellation (ANC) Solution is a breakthrough in Audio Industry. AVA is the first and only TRUE WIDE-BAND ANC in the market capable of selectively cancelling all annoying noises we want to get rid of without compromising the quality of Music or speech.
We support early-stage founders in building global, category-defining companies. From Seed to IPO and beyond.
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Investment focus
- Software, Information Technology, Mobile
- Series A, Seed, Series B
- Sweden, Germany, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Terralayr — Terralayr uses software to collect energy grid-scale storage, which will be required as we strive to make renewable energy more efficient and lucrative.
- Lindus Health — Lindus Health. From recruitment to delivery, we accelerate clinical trials. Our mission is to make health research accessible for everyone, everywhere.
- Ivy — We are building a global API for instant bank payments
Eagles Fund is a diversified angel fund and family fund.
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Investment focus
- Information Technology, Media and Entertainment, Internet
- Angel, Series A, Seed
- China, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Star Speed Store — Star Speed Store is a delivery robot provider. Star Speed Store provides hotels with delivery robots for delivering food, packages, and room service within eight minutes – a typical last-mile journey on the premises.
- Tianbing Technology — Tianbing Technology is an advanced aerospace propulsion system supplier and aerospace vehicle provider. Tianbing Technology independently develops the next-generation ambient temperature green HCP liquid propellant and minimalist aerospace propulsion system. As an upgraded product of traditional chemical propulsion system, it can meetcost-effective aerospace. Advance system supporting needs. The next-generation green HCP aerospace propulsion system, first tested by Tianbing Technology, can be used in the small-vehicle main power and launch vehicle upper-level propulsion system.
- Cai Xiaomi — Cai Xiaobi provides Saas service for supply chain service in agri foods.
Founded in 2009 by Iain Shovlin, Guild typically backs founders as their first institutional investor, actively partnering with them to assist in crafting growth strategies, architecting high-performance teams, creating distinctive brands, and embracing metric-driven management. The company is headquartered in Miami Beach and invests in Chicago,Los Angeles and New York in the US, and in Mumbai and Pune in India.
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Investment focus
- E-Commerce, Internet, Software
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- United States, India, Japan
Portfolio highlights
- Plix Life — Looking for plant-based products? Buy Plant Protein Powder, Tablets & Capsules Online for Men & Women in India at PlixLife. We have a wide range of plant based vegan products for weight, skin, hair & wellness.
- Pickrr Technologies — Pickrr is India's largest ecommerce logistics solution & shipping software for professional courier aggregator services. Take advantage of our real-time order tracking, cash on delivery (COD) features & make your shipping experience hassle-free.
- Easebuzz — Simplify your online payment processing with Easebuzz. Get access to fast and secure Digital payment solutions for your business. Sign up Now to Schedule a demo!
Bread and Butter Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm based in Minnesota, the Bread and Butter State, investing globally while leveraging our state and region’s unparalleled access to strong corporate connections, commercial opportunities, and industry expertise for the benefit of our teams. Led by Brett Brohl and Mary Grove, we investin founders at the seed stage across foodtech, digital health and enterprise saas.
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Investment focus
- Software, Food and Beverage, SaaS
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
- United States, Canada, India
Portfolio highlights
- Gabbi — Your breast specialist. Assessing risk and navigating you to an early detection.
- Fulcrum — Designed with technology in mind, be free of paper with Fulcrum, the manufacturing ERP of the future. Ai scheduling, visual BOM, live tracking
- Bridge Money — The path towards upward economic mobility.
Investible is an early-stage venture capital firm backing the visionaries advancing humanity through technology in Australia, New Zealand, Southeast Asia and globally.
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Investment focus
- Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Australia, United States, Singapore
Portfolio highlights
- BintanGO — Creator Marketing Platform terbaik di Indonesia, lebih dari 40.000 Kreator dan 100 Brand sudah bergabung. Buat campaignmu jadi fleksibel, terlacak dan terukur.
- Inspace XR — Inspire and engage prospective tenants, buyers, and your team with interactive virtual replicas of your assets, with 360 virtual tours, analytics & more.
- Sherlok — Automated client retention for mortgage brokers, helping them grow their loan book by proactively keeping their existing clients happy and with them forever.
Angels Den is an angel-led investment platform that connects fast-growing companies with experienced investors.
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Investment focus
- E-Commerce, Mobile, Software
- Seed, Funding Round, Angel
- United Kingdom, United States, Finland
Portfolio highlights
- AAZZUR — One-stop-shop for APIs and embeddable Front-end-modules connected to a smart marketplace for BaaS- and Fintech-Services
- SupaPass — The most powerful content app maker on the market. Finally have all of your content, audience & paywall in one place to turn your audience into a business.
- OnCare — Home care software | care management system
Turenne Capital is an independant private equity management company, with 4 offices in France :
- Paris
- Lyon
- Marseilles
- Lille (joint-venture). Since 1999, Turenne Capital has been taking significant minority or majority equity stakes alongside entrepreneurs who operate SMEs with revenues ranging from €5 million to € 100 million.
Itinvests between €1 million and €10 million per transaction. Turenne Capital manages/advises more than € 500 million.
32 people, among which 21 investors work in the Group. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Turenne Capital est une Société de gestion indépendante spécialisée en capital investissement.
Turenne Capital accompagne depuis 1999 des entrepreneurs dans leur développement et la transmission de leur société et est implantée à :
- Paris
- Lyon
- Marseille
- Lille (filiale) Les tickets d'investissement vont de '1 à 10 millions d'euros en minoritaire et majoritaire dans des PME de 5 à 100 M€ de Chiffre d'affaires. Le Groupe Turenne Capital compte 32 professionnels dont 21 investisseurs, et gère/conseille plus de 500 M€ confiés par des institutionnels et des particuliers.
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Investment focus
- Software, Health Care, Information Technology
- Funding Round, Series A, Private Equity
- France, Poland, Germany
Portfolio highlights
- PathoQuest — PathoQuest provides a pioneering next generation sequencing (NGS) approach to biologics characterization and release testing
- Ecodrop — Ecodrop is the solution for construction waste
- Innoskel — Innoskel is a pioneering bioscience platform company developing transformative therapies for the unmet needs of individuals with rare bone disorders Initially the Company is developing a gene therapy for a group of diseases known as type II collagen disorders, whilst also expanding the use of its technology and know-how to target and treat
Founder of a diverse group of businesses including globally-distributed consumer brands (Lyre's Spirits Co) as well as growth-award winning companies specialising in the supply of marketing services and products to the FMCG\ CPG industry. These businesses include an integrated creative agency, a digital printing and personalisation platform,a branded merchandise and speciality packaging supplier as well as a specialty promotional logistics and fulfilment provider.Mark has worked closely with over 50 major FMCG organisations in the grocery, pharma, liquor and health and beauty space and has grown a portfolio of businesses servicing their go to market requirements over the last seven years.Passionate about technology, Mark has invested across all business units ensuring a competitive edge is maintained with best in class platforms to delivery quality creative, product production and fulfilment services to some of the world's most recognisable businesses and brands.
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Investment focus
- Content Marketing, Information Technology, Software
- Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Australia, Sweden, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Creatively Squared — Digital content that brings consumers closer to brands. Create engaging photos, videos and digital ads at scale
- 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.
Break Trail Ventures is an early stage venture fund based in Columbus, OH and Boulder, CO.
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Investment focus
- Fashion, Software, SaaS
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- United States
Portfolio highlights
- MoveEasy — Settle in and build the home of your dreams with the help of your own FREE personal concierge as well as our moving and home management tool. All powered by MoveEasy and provided to you free by leading agents & brokerages.
- OROS — NASA inspired thin and super warm outdoor winter jackets and apparel. Great for skiing, snowboarding, trekking, alpine climbing and more.
- Repeat — Repeat is a SaaS platform that enables consumer-packaged-goods (CPG) brands to turn one-time buyers into repeat customers. CPG brands use Repeat to give their customers faster, personalized reordering experiences—from email, from text, from anywhere.
Christopher J. Dean joined Summit Partners in 2001. Prior to Summit, he worked for Morgan Stanley, J.H. Whitney & Co. and Sun Microsystems. Based in Summit’s Boston office, Chris is active in the firm’s investment activities in North America, Europe and Asia.During his 12 years with Summit Partners, Chris has served as a director ofmany companies. He is currently a director of Aurora Diagnostics, Champion Windows, Commercial Defeasance, Focus Financial Partners and Salient Partners. His prior directorships include optionsXpress Holdings (NASDAQ: OXPS, later acquired by Charles Schwab), PSC Info Group (acquired by Roark Capital Group) and Senior Home Care (acquired by Oaktree Capital Management).Chris holds a BA in history, summa cum laude, from the University of Notre Dame and an MBA from Harvard Business School.
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Investment focus
- E-Commerce, SaaS, Retail
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B
- United States
Portfolio highlights
- AceUp — AceUp is the premier leadership development coaching solution, with unparalleled coaches, technology, and analytics.
- 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.
- ShipMonk — Ecommerce fulfillment for high-growth brands. ShipMonk helps your brand unlock scalable growth with our powerful 3PL software and fulfillment centers.
Matthew Ocko has nearly three decades of experience as a technology entrepreneur, operating executive and venture capitalist, with over 20 patents granted or pending in areas as diverse as hardware systems and social games. He still reads C++ code but admits to occasional struggles with Erlang. Matthew is a co-founder & co-managing partner ofData Collective, a venture fund with a unique team of experienced venture capitalists, technology entrepreneurs and practicing engineers, investing together in seed and early stage Big Data and IT infrastructure companies. During his venture capital tenure, he has invested in and/or helped grow a variety of companies including XenSource (CTRX), Zynga (ZNGA), Impermium, Verisign (VRSN), Facebook (FB), Virtuata (CSCO), Akimbi Systems (VMW), Cotendo (AKAM), Tango.me, MetaWeb (GOOG), FlashSoft (SNDK), DataMirror (IBM), UltraDNS (NSR), Kenshoo, Metamarkets, Fortinet (FTNT), SupportSoft (SPRT), Alantro (TXN), CouchBase, Spool (FB), BranchOut, On-Ramp Wireless, and many others.
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Investment focus
- Software, Information Technology, Mobile
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- United States, Canada, New Zealand
Portfolio highlights
- Toku — Seamless employment, built for Web3. WorkDAO is the only Web3-native employment service that provides legal employment, token payroll, and employee benefits that make a difference, globally. We're building the infrastructure to scale DAOs and Web3 organizations so you can focus on building.
- VMind AI — VMind is a frontier technology company building artificial general intelligence (AGI).
- Bardeen — Bardeen is an automation app to replace your repetitive tasks with a single shortcut and control your web apps from anywhere. Explore our integrations with your favorite apps and hundreds of pre-built playbooks that help you stay in the flow.
Family Office, active Angel Investing
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Investment focus
- Software, SaaS, Information Technology
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- United States, Israel, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- STRIVE — STRIVE Elite delivers the most complete, accurate and actionable data platform proven to optimize muscle performance for elite athletes and teams.
- Kivo — Kivo is a cloud-based Part-11 compliant electronic document management system and RIM where you can collaborate in real time.
- Customer.io — Trigger email, push, SMS, webhooks, and more with Customer.io. Gain control over behavioral data to personalize customer communication and drive engagement.
Frank Bober founded Stylesight in 2003 in response to the growing industry demand for a faster and more effective Web-based approach to the process of product inspiration and development.Stylesight is the continuation of a career that spans every aspect of the fashion industry including design, manufacturing, trend forecasting, productdevelopment and merchandising.Frank’s career began in the 1960s as a menswear designer with an eponymous collection. He later held senior executive positions at Arthur Richards and Polo Ralph Lauren before founding CMT Enterprises in 1979. At CMT, he pioneered the private label concept by both designing and producing private label men’s and women’s apparel for many of America’s top retailers. He sold CMT Enterprises in 2000 after 21 successful years.
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Investment focus
- Hardware, Mobile Apps, Sporting Goods
- Seed
- United States
Portfolio highlights
- FUSAR — FUSAR Technologies builds a platform for connected cameras, communication, and safety technology. FUSAR stands for the fusion of technology and adventure. Their mission is to make technology as easy to use in motion as it is when standing still. The FUSAR app is the cornerstone of their ecosystem and their line of companion hardware devicesallows users to interact with the app on-the-go, enabling entirely new experiences.It was founded in 2014 and is based in Kearny, New Jersey.
Mark Pincus is the founder and Executive Chairman of the Board of Zynga. He has served as our Chairman from April 2007 to March 2016 and the company's Executive Chairman since March 2016. He previously served as Chief Executive Officer from April 2007 to July 2013 and from April 2015 to March 2016, and as Chief Product Officer from April2007 to April 2014. In 2014, he founded superlabs, a San Francisco-based product lab focused on developing products that connect and empower people, which was acquired by Zynga in 2015. Pincus also founded Zynga.org in 2009, a non-profit organization dedicated to using social games for social good.From 2003 to 2007, Pincus served as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of Tribe.net, a company he launched and one of the first social networks in the industry. From 1997 to 2000, he served as Chairman of Support.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: SPRT), a help desk automation software company he founded, and he served as Chief Executive Officer and President from December 1997 to July 1999. From 1996 to 1997, he served as Chief Executive Officer of FreeLoader, Inc., a web-based news company he founded.Pincus also made founding investments in Napster, Twitter, and Facebook.Pincus graduated summa cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business and earned an MBA from Harvard Business School. He is an angel investor in multiple Silicon Valley startups and regularly gives lectures to aspiring entrepreneurs.
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Investment focus
- Internet, Software, FinTech
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- United States, Canada, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Spring Free EV — Fleet managers, high mileage, and gig drivers. No Personal Credit Required. Learn More About Spring Free EV Today! A Stress-Free, Quick, and Unbiased Process to Get You Into an Electric Vehicle. Pay As You Go.
- Tract — Tract is the first for kids, by kids online community for student-directed learning. We are reimagining education by giving kids full control and making learning fun. We offer members (kids age 8+) unlimited on-demand courses (learning paths) and vibrant weekly live events, taught by our inspiring community of accomplished creators. Together, theyenable kids to develop passions through meaningful, real-world lessons giving them the skills and mindset to address 21st-century challenges and opportunities.Tract is based on TRICK, the philosophy pioneered by our co-founder Esther Wojcicki. Esther has positively impacted the lives of thousands of children from her award-winning student-run journalism program and is a mother of three successful women (CEO of YouTube, CEO, and founder of 23andMe, and top UCSF medical researcher) all by applying TRICK.TRICK stands for Trust, Respect, Independence, Collaboration, and Kindness. These five pillars are at the core of Tract and our mission to empower all kids to become tomorrow's innovators, leaders, and global citizens.Our team is unified by Esther’s lifelong work to evolve education for the 21st century and comes from top Consumer and Education Technology companies (Uber, Microsoft, and Instracture).What We Believe:- The secret to getting kids interested in learning is giving them control - Kids are much smarter and capable than most people think - Successful people believe in themselves and aren’t afraid to take risks - Creative people with great passions don’t follow the rules - Current rates of depression and lack of career-readiness is a global epidemic - Our education system of standardization and obedience limits creativity and a growth mindset - Education is not equitable and the achievement gap is widening - We need a generation of community-minded global citizens to make the world a better place - Education that works for kids, not against them is the silver bullet for the world’s problems
- Bravado — An exclusive Sales Community for the Best Sales Professionals
Over the past two decades, GFC have backed over five hundred entrepreneurs worldwide, e.g. Facebook, LinkedIn, Slack, and Away Travel.
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Investment focus
- Financial Services, Software, FinTech
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- United States, Germany, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Equilibrium Energy — Equilibrium Energy operates at the intersection of grid variability, market volatility, economic optimization, commercial structuring, trading, and risk management, across the end-to-end power value chain. Their ambition is to become a next-generation clean power company that reshapes the energy industry. They address inquiries through onlineapplications.
- Maza — Maza is a mobile app that offers financial products and digital banking services.
- Poko — Enable local payments and successful onramping for wallets, NFT marketplaces, web3 games, and dApps globally.
FJ Labs is a stage-agnostic investment firm that focuses on marketplaces and consumer facing startups.
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Investment focus
- E-Commerce, Software, Financial Services
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- United States, United Kingdom, Brazil
Portfolio highlights
- Devolut — Devolut offers a product designed for businesses and enhancing customer experience. The Company uses intelligent algorithms to boost sales, reduce costs, and improve customer experience through reusable shipments and a real-time management portal.
- Principia — Principia develops and operates a digital platform that manages financial processes of universities. It is based in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
- Torch Dental — Torch Technology develops an all-in-one technology designed to meet dental practices supply ordering and inventory management needs. Torch Technology is based in New York, New York.
Giovanni Gardelli is the Senior Director at Verizon Media.
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- E-Commerce, Fashion, Software
- Seed, Angel, Funding Round
- United States, Italy, United Kingdom
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- Growth Kitchen — Growth Kitchen offers the best locations, satellite kitchens, and digital tools for restaurants that want to scale their delivery network.
- 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.
- 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.
Real Ventures is an early-stage venture firm focused on serving daring entrepreneurs with the ambition to create successful, global companies. Since 2007, Real Ventures has dedicated itself to building the Canadian startup ecosystem on the belief that people, not money, build game-changing companies. Real Ventures provides stage-specific guidance,mentorship, and access to networks and resources to fast-track founders’ personal and company growth. Real Ventures manages $325 million across five funds and its active portfolio of 100+ companies is currently valued at $10 billion. www.realventures.com
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- Software, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- Canada, United States
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- BIOS — BIOS Health is unlocking the potential of the nervous system in treating chronic disease by using AI-powered neural interfaces that can automatically read and write neural signals.
- Eli — The women's health company providing lifelong insights from your saliva.
- SPARK Microsystems — The leading supplier of ultra-wideband wireless technology. Enabling responsive, low latency and high volume data-transfer capabilities over short distances.
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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- Software, E-Commerce, Health Care
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- United States
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- TicketRev — TicketRev helps fans find cheaper tickets to their favorite games and concerts. Fans name their price for their preferred seating location, enabling resellers and teams to sell their inventory faster.
- Vertical Insure — Vertical Insure is an insurance company built for vertical SaaS platforms.
- Fulcrum — Designed with technology in mind, be free of paper with Fulcrum, the manufacturing ERP of the future. Ai scheduling, visual BOM, live tracking
FSE C.I.C. is an independent not-for-profit Community Interest Company (C.I.C.) whose surpluses are reinvested in the business, rather than being driven by the need to maximise profit for shareholders and owners. FSE C.I.C. has a number of subsidiary companies to deliver its funds and services, which are collectively referred to as The FSE Group.All regulated activities are delivered through FSE Fund Managers Limited, which is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority. Finance East Limited delivers funding for businesses based in the East of England region.
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- Software, Information Technology, Manufacturing
- Debt Financing, Seed, Funding Round
- United Kingdom, United States, Canada
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- Luxury Cottages — Find a luxury holiday cottage to rent in the UK. Our handpicked holiday homes at Luxury Cottages are carefully selected by our luxury travel experts.
- Seriously Low Carb — Award Winning. Consumer brand of choice. Real food that's Keto and Low Carb friendly. The home of the Seriously Low Carb Loaf, the Seriously Low Carb Pizza and now lots of other products too.
- Laserthrust — Laserthrust is developing and producing a 3D-printed, super-cavitating electric craft capable of traveling from Norwich, UK, to Amsterdam. The company's marine goods are made completely of recycled and recyclable FDM 3D-printed materials, with a particular emphasis on TPU-based materials.
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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- E-Commerce, SaaS, Enterprise Software
- Seed, Series B, Series A
- United States
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- 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.
- Catalant — Access on-demand consulting services for strategic business planning, data & business analytics, digital transformation, M&A, market research, and more.
- Twice — Buy & sell electronics, cars, clothes, collectibles & more on eBay, the world's online marketplace. Top brands, low prices & free shipping on many items.
10x Group is a group of serial entrepreneurs and founders investing in founders of digital start-ups in Europe and Silicon Valley.
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- Software, SaaS, Information Technology
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- United States, Germany, India
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- finway — finway provides financial guidence to SMEs, plan & control all expenses and budgets in one tool.
- enmacc — The enmacc OTC platform is a energy trading platform for the future of the global energy markets. We are building a next-generation trading platform, powered digital RFQ technology, that will help you to trade smarter, faster and better.
- Quantum Systems — Our vision is to become the global leader in providing aerial data for decision making by the use of our drones.
SGPA is a family and independent company that invests in the long term in PME, ETI, and Start-ups. They support, finance and accompany leaders for the development of their business.
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- Software, Analytics, Enterprise Software
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- France
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- HARDLOOP — Marcher, courir, grimper, glisser : découvrez chaque jour de nouvelles aventures sportives et le matériel pour les réaliser.
- Strapi — Strapi is the next-gen headless CMS, open-source, javascript, enabling content-rich experiences to be created, managed and exposed to any digital device.
- PacketAI — No Thresholds, no rules. Logs and metrics go in. Predictive alerts and Root Cause come out.
VA Angels, one of Canada’s leading angel investment groups, has member locations in Calgary, Edmonton, Kelowna and Winnipeg. Since 2003 they have done 57 deals worth $28.5 million and are one of the most active angel groups in Canada.
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- Health Care, Software, Information Technology
- Seed, Funding Round, Debt Financing
- Canada, United States, India
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- eThor — Trusted By National Brands Trusted By National Brands Contactless In the age of COVID-19, it's more important than ever to provide your customers a safe way to pay. eThor offers a number of contactless payment options, from Apple Pay, Samsung Pay or other forms of
- PLAYR.gg — Surf Giveaways is the #1 platform to run giveaways, sweepstakes, and contests for gamers. Grow your audience and build your community with giveaways now!
- Tonit — Connect with local riders. Discover hundreds of rides & events. Track & share your ride. Share photos & videos with the community.
Aura Ventures is an early stage venture capital firm backing the creators of category defining technology companies
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- Financial Services, Information Technology, E-Commerce
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- Australia, United States, Denmark
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- VycoLend — The first decentralized Crypto money market built on BTC with advanced security features for pro traders
- GAMURS Group — GAMURS Group is a leading gaming, esports, and entertainment media network - we own and operate a network of digital publications and social media communities.
- SynergyXR — SynergyXR is a no-code, cloud platform that lets companies design, onboard, sell, and support across all XR devices without writing a single line of code
Dundee Venture Capital invests $250,000-$1M in high-growth, early-stage technology companies. DVC invests across industries in founding teams they believe in. Most of DVC's investments are in e-commerce, B2B SaaS, or consumer networks.Dundee VC formally began in 2010. The root of the idea started much earlier when Mark Hasebroock, DundeeVC’s founding, and managing partner, was raising money for his two e-commerce companies, giftcertificates.com and Hayneedle.com, in the late 1990s and early 2000s, respectively.
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- Software, E-Commerce, SaaS
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- United States, Kenya, Canada
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- Blanka — Create your own branded cosmetics line with Blanka in under 5 minutes. 100s of high quality vegan cruelty-free cosmetic, skincare and beauty products.
- Autobound — Autobound generates highly personalized sales emails and email openers in a single click, based on news events, job changes, shared experiences, and more. We've trained our machine learning model on millions of high quality sales emails to pinpoint what works best. Sign up for free and see for yourself!
- Upwardli — Build credit & savings with just spare change from everyday purchases. Try it free for 30 days!
Elkstone Capital Partners is a multi-family office focused on venture, real estate and wealth management.
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- Software, Medical, Medical Device
- Seed, Funding Round, Series A
- Ireland, United Kingdom, United States
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- Mesh — The ONLY Email Security Platform purpose-built for MSPs with Best-In-Class Machine Learning Powered Detection, and a revolutionary centralized management console (MSP Hub)
- Bluedrop Medical — Thermal and visual assessment in a single scan. Award winning, patented design.
- Manna Drone Delivery — Drone delivery made simple
CIOSIF is a key part of the government’s vision aimed at boosting the region’s economy
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- Real Estate, Consumer, Sporting Goods
- Seed, Debt Financing, Funding Round
- United Kingdom
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- Intelligent AI — Global location intelligence that helps you measure, predict and mitigate property risks in real-time.
- TruePlayers — Trueplayers is a computer game development company that specializes in mobile games. The company was founded in 2021 and is headquartered in Falmouth, Cornwall.
- xigxag — At xigxag, we're leading the biggest-ever innovation in digital reading and shaping the future of books.
Equity Gap is a group of private individuals set up to invest in and support emerging and growing businesses based in Scotland
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- Information Technology, Software, SaaS
- Seed, Funding Round, Series A
- United Kingdom
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- Vector Photonics — Vector Photonics is a spin-out company from the University of Glasgow and is based in Glasgow, Scotland, one of the UK and world’s Optical and Photonics centres of excellence.
- PneumoWave — Empowering Intervention and Prevention for Opioid-Induced Respiratory Depression
- Shot Scope — The official Shot Scope website. Golf watches, range finders and performance tracking that help lower your score and handicap. Buy direct online today!
We provide venture capital investment for the people, ideas and industries that will change the world. Learn about what we do and the kind of founders we back.
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- Software, Health Care, FinTech
- Series A, Seed, Series B
- United Kingdom, United States, Germany
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- Correcto. — Correcto identifies every grammatical error written, ensuring everything you write comes across the way you intend, creating peace of mind to consumers and businesses.
- AgileRL — AgileRL is revolutionising machine learning with RLOps: MLOps for reinforcement learning. Develop faster and achieve greater performance with the best RL tools.
- Bea Fertility — Bea Fertility is a monthly subscription program that provides users with at-home fertility treatment and ovulation tracking.
Sharp Alpha Advisors is a venture capital firm specializing in sports betting and online gaming
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- Gaming, Sports, Fantasy Sports
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- United States, Canada, Israel
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- SlamBall — SlamBall is a global sports league association. It was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.
- Players' Lounge — Play For Something. Make money playing video games on Players' Lounge. Madden, NBA 2K, Fortnite, Call of Duty, FIFA, & more!
- Future Anthem — Future Anthem's all-in-one product, Amplifier AI, is built to personalise the player experience for everyone.
Wavemaker Group is a cross-border venture capital firm founded in 2003 and one of the most active early-stage investors across multiple funds.
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- Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- United States, Singapore, Philippines
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- MFast — MFast operates as a fintech platform. MFAST is a brand under Digital Payment Solution Joint Stock Company - DigiPay JSC.
- Pi-xcels — Eco-friendly NFC digital receipts solution for actionable shopper data and enhanced customer journeys. No App, Just Tap. With one-tap convenience, Pi-xcels unlocks omni-channel marketing opportunities and boosts performance for retailers with our customer intelligence platform.
- Serve Robotics — Why move a 2-pound burrito in a 2-ton car? Meet Serve, the future of sustainable, self-driving delivery.
As CEO of Campus Apartments, David J. Adelman is one of the nation’s leading experts on university-affiliated real estate development. Under his leadership, Campus Apartments has grown into one of the nation’s largest providers of on- and off-campus student housing with more than $2 billion in assets under management across 24 states.Mr. Adelmanis an active private investor, entrepreneur, and member of his community. He has served in leadership positions at Franklin Square Capital Partners, a leading manager of alternative investment, as well as FS Investment Corporation and FS Energy and Power Fund, both publicly registered business development companies focused on investing in the debt securities of private U.S. companies.Mr. Adelman also serves on the Actua Corporation (Nasdaq: ACTA) Board of Directors; Penn Medicine Board of Trustees; Wheels Up Board of Directors; Board of Councilors of the USC Shoah Foundation-The Institute for Visual History and Education; Vice Chair of University City District Board of Directors; and a member of the Young Presidents’ Organization (YPO).David is also the CEO and Founder of Darco Capital.
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- Food and Beverage, E-Commerce, Sports
- Series A, Seed, Funding Round
- United States
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- SlamBall — SlamBall is a global sports league association. It was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.
- 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.
- Framebridge — Framebridge makes online custom picture framing ridiculously easy, fast, and affordable.
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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- Advertising, FinTech, Software
- Series A, Seed, Series B
- United States, United Kingdom, Canada
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- SlamBall — SlamBall is a global sports league association. It was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.
- Noba — Give your team the benefit of inflation-protected savings in digital dollars, backed 1:1 to USD.
- Betr — At betr, It provides tools to support responsible play and give you control over your gambling. It encourage you to use these tools to keep the experience fun and within your personal limits.
Lotte Ventures is a venture capital firm that is based in South Korea.
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- Information Technology, Software, Manufacturing
- Seed, Funding Round, Series A
- South Korea, United States, China
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- Sugarblade — Sugarblade is a non-destructive test-based used golf goods certification and trading platform.
- Returnit — RETURNIT is a service that replaces single-use containers with reusable containers used for food delivery.
- JK Teck — JK Teck is an electronic material technology company that provides border, flatiq, and pen products.
David Blitzer joined HBSE Ventures as Founder.
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- Sports, Fantasy Sports, Sporting Goods
- Funding Round, Series A
- Portugal, United States
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- SlamBall — SlamBall is a global sports league association. It was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.
- TMRW Sports — TMRW is a sports company that focuses on progressive approaches to sports, media, and technology. Using advances in technology, the company launches golf leagues and holds a series of stadium events to provide people with growing approaches to sports and entertainment.
At Teamworthy Ventures, we seek to develop long-term relationships with talented and trustworthy entrepreneurs and teams, and we invest in their ventures at the seed, early, or growth stage. A sample of our investments: SeatGeek, Ibotta, Boxed, and more. Our partners are Thomas Lehrman, Evan Kaye, a
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- Software, SaaS, Information Technology
- Series A, Series B, Seed
- United States, Spain, Canada
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- Shift5 — Shift5 is a cybersecurity company that provides hardware and software solutions to defend operational technology (OT) platforms, such as planes, satellites, ground combat vehicles and large-scale mining and construction vehicles.
- User Interviews — Recruit users from our audience of over a million vetted consumers and professionals, or bring your own audience and build a participant database for any type of UX research.
- Harmonic.ai — All in one platform with billions of datapoints on startups, talent, and trends updated daily. Start saving up to 10 hours a week per user with Harmonic today.
Gary Vaynerchuk is the Chairman of VaynerX, a modern-day media and communications holding company, and the active CEO of VaynerMedia, a full-service advertising agency servicing Fortune 100 clients across the company’s 4 locations.
In the late 90s, after identifying “the internet” as a land-grab opportunity, Gary transitioned his father’s localliquor store into one of the first wine e-commerce platforms resulting in growing the family business from $3-60MM in sales during a 5-year period.During his time in the family business, Vaynerchuk also started one of the first long-form episodic video shows on YouTube in 2006 called WineLibraryTV, filming 1,000 episodes over a 5-year window. Gary’s wine knowledge, charisma, and uncanny ability to engage with his community landed him appearances on national television with Ellen Degeneres and Conan O’Brien, as well as establishing him as one of the most followed people on social media during its nascent years.Not only did Gary leverage content creation and the rise of social media for his personal brand, but it was the seed which would become the pillar to his now 9-year old advertising agency VaynerMedia, servicing brands with an ever-expanding variety of offerings.Outside of being the Chairman and CEO of his own companies, Gary is a highly sought after public speaker, a 5-time New York Times bestselling author, as well as a prolific angel investor with early investments in companies such as Facebook,Twitter, Tumblr, Venmo, and Uber.Gary is currently the subject of DailyVee, an online documentary series highlighting what it’s like to be a CEO and public figure in today’s digital world, as well the host of The GaryVee Audio Experience, a top 50 global podcast, and host of #AskGaryVee, a business and advice Q&A show which can be found on both YouTube and Facebook.Gary also appeared as judge in Apple’s first original series “Planet of the Apps” alongside Gwyneth Paltrow, Jessica Alba and Will.i.am onIn addition to VaynerMedia, VaynerX also houses The Gallery, a new publishing company started after acquiring leading women’s lifestyle property PureWow in January 2017. In addition to running VaynerMedia, Gary also serves as a partner in the athlete representation agency VaynerSports and restaurant reservations app Resy.Gary is a board/advisory member of Ad Council and Pencils of Promise, and is a longtime Well Member of Charity:Water.
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- Software, Mobile, Internet
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- United States, Australia, Canada
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- OpenFortune — www.openfortunemedia.com
- Metalink — Metalink is a private chat app that provides NFT collection. They also offer the punk owners to find and chat with other verified holders by simply connecting their wallet.
- SlamBall — SlamBall is a global sports league association. It was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.
Lloyd Danzig is the Founder and Managing Partner of Sharp Alpha Advisors.
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- Gaming, Sports, Fantasy Sports
- Funding Round, Seed, Pre-Seed
- United States
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- 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.
- Playtertainment — Playtertainment provides combination of classic arcade games and mobile technology and offers real live-streaming games with real prizes, enabling gamers to play live games directly from their phone.
Largest and most active angel group in the Pacific Northwest
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- Software, Health Care, Mobile
- Seed, Funding Round, Series A
- United States, Canada, Nigeria
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- Give InKind — Set up a Give InKind Page to coordinate support from anywhere. Create a Care Calendar, add items to your Wishlist and connect your Crowdfunding - all for free.
- Vega Cloud — Vega is a next-generation Cloud management platform. With increased visibility, scalable management, and advanced optimization strategies, Vega can save you up to 35% on your monthly cloud bill.
- Inherent Biosciences — Inherent Biosciences is a molecular diagnostics company that revolutionizes trial and error medicine and restore hope. The company does this by discovering what's inherent in our biology about the unexplained and translating discoveries into personal insights that inform actions.Inherent Biosciences develops medicines for treating pain,infertility, embryo quality, autism, rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, fetal heart disease, COVID-19, and many more.
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