Top 50 Sporting Goods Startup Investors in September 2025
A list of 50 angel investors and VC (Venture Capital) 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 in September 2025
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, Manufacturing
- Series A, Funding Round, Series B
- France, United States, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Otoqi — Otoqi is a vehicle delivery platform that develops connected services and logistics solutions for the automotive professionals.
- Neural Concept — Neural Concept is the first AI software for enhanced engineering. Leverage your historical CAD and CAE data to drastically shorten and improve your design cycles.
- LevelTen Energy — LevelTen Energy provides transaction infrastructure for buyers, sellers, advisors, and financiers in the renewable energy economy.
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.
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Investment focus
- Software, Information Technology, Health Care
- Seed, Funding Round, Series A
- France, United States, Switzerland
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- AUSTRAL Dx — AUSTRAL Dx is developing a new imaging technique based on airborne ultrasounds in order to map the vibrations coming from the lungs. The company was founded in 2021 and is based in Paris.
- Aircap — Aircap revolutionizes investment with a banking platform dedicated to investors.
- Electra — Electra is a platform that provides Charging stations Ultrafast for electric vehicles.
Listen is a consumer-focused venture capital firm that backs and builds the brands of tomorrow.
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Investment focus
- E-Commerce, Software, Wellness
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- United States, Canada
Portfolio highlights
- iAsk Ai — iAsk is an AI search engine that delivers the fastest and most accurate responses in seconds, making it an attractive option for users looking for a more intuitive and user-friendly search experience. We are committed to continuous growth and development, striving to become an exciting contender in our field.At iAsk.Ai, the search engine hasadvanced from simple keyword-matching systems to an advanced AI that comprehends users' needs. It delivers relevant information to help users easily address simple or complex questions.
- Sigo Seguros — Sigo uses data and automation to provide lower-cost policies for the Latino market.
- Dame Products — Dame Products is your women-powered resource for game-changing products for pleasure and sexual wellness content.
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
- Health Care, Information Technology, Software
- Seed, Funding Round, Angel
- United States
Portfolio highlights
- NeuroFlow — NeuroFlow helps healthcare and government organizations enhance population behavioral health through improved risk management.
- Deepwave Digital — Discover how Deepwave makes it easy to extract intelligence from RF signals to enhance automated workflows and systems.
- SunRay Scientific Inc. — SUNRAY SCIENTIFIC offers custom engineered interconnect solutions for advanced electronic packages.
We invest in passionate innovators at the intersection of sports and technology.
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Investment focus
- Sports, Software, Information Technology
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- United States, Canada, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Symitri — Symitri is the integrated privacy firewall and real-time data cleanroom for the open web.
- NIL FanBox — NIL FanBox is a sports merchandise company that offers curated boxes of autographed collectibles for sports fans.
- The Realest — The first dedicated marketplace and authentication standard for physical memorabilia.
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, Ireland
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- Ad Signal — Ad Signal provides a SaaS platform that leverages signal-based marketing to help advertisers deliver relevant messages to customers without relying on third-party cookies. The company offers tools for deduplicating and annotating content libraries, which can save businesses money. Ad Signal's technology focuses on sustainable fingerprinting toenhance marketing efficiency and effectiveness.
- Spaceflux — As satellites become increasingly vital, Spaceflux tackles the growing challenges of orbital congestion and debris that put them at risk. Thanks to our proprietary global network of optical sensors, we provide data-driven space situational awareness services from LEO to Cislunar.
- Zayndu — Boosting crop yield through non-toxic plasma treatment installed on grower's sites
Ponooc is a venture capital fund based in the Netherlands with a focus on sustainable energy or mobility related ventures. We are open to both early and later stage venture deals where the invested capital is used to help the entrepreneurs and their team take the next step. We believe in a hands-on approach and work closely together with managementwhere we think we can add value, either through previous experience or our extensive network. Our geographical focus is Europe.
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Investment focus
- Energy, Electric Vehicle, Logistics
- Funding Round, Series A, Seed
- The Netherlands, Germany, United Kingdom
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- Laka — Laka is collective bicycle insurance especially for cyclists. We flipped insurance. By making it pay to pay out, we are the collective that backs each other. Protect your bikes and gear against theft & damage with Laka 5-star rated cycle insurance.
- UNIT 1 — At UNIT 1 we design beautiful, tech-enabled smart helmets and urban mobility accessories that save lives, and that people love to wear. Discover the future of smart helmets with hidden lights, crash detection, turn signals, and brake lights, and start riding the safest helmet for bikes, e-bikes, scooters, Onewheel...
- ChargeX — ChargeX provides electric car charging solutions. Tobias Wagner, Michael Masnitza, and Johannes Engeln founded it in 2017, with its headquarters in Munich in Germany.
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
- Arka — Design custom boxes for Ecommerce with Arka! Use our integrations with Shopify, BigCommerce, Square & more! Order your sustainable custom boxes today.
- Particle3D — Ossiform is the developer of bio-integrative bone graft substitutes, tailored to improve bone healing outcomes
- Addivation Medical — Addivation Medical develops surgical devices to treat degenerative, trauma, and deformity spinal conditions.
SANG SANG ebiz offers software education and MySQL DBMS consulting services.
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Investment focus
- Artificial Intelligence, Apps, Information Technology
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- South Korea
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- On Journey — On Journey focuses on the production of classical music, comprehensive art opera, extended reality XR contents, and cultural events.
- RealDesignTech — Official Website of RealDesignTech
- Riso Convergence — Riso Convergence is a software company that designs AI based applications for distance measurement and predictions in lawn based sports.
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, Artificial Intelligence, Financial Services
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- United Kingdom, United States, France
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- Laka — Laka is collective bicycle insurance especially for cyclists. We flipped insurance. By making it pay to pay out, we are the collective that backs each other. Protect your bikes and gear against theft & damage with Laka 5-star rated cycle insurance.
- Xelix — Empower your AP & P2P teams with Xelix: AI-powered software that prevents overpayments & delivers meaningful insights around working capital.
- Two — Buy Now, Pay Later for your business customers. Two makes it easy and safe to offer invoice as a payment method on your e-commerce site.
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, FinTech
- Series A, Seed, Series B
- Sweden, Germany, United States
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- Laka — Laka is collective bicycle insurance especially for cyclists. We flipped insurance. By making it pay to pay out, we are the collective that backs each other. Protect your bikes and gear against theft & damage with Laka 5-star rated cycle insurance.
- Appcharge — Built for mobile gaming, we help publishers grow revenue and personalize every player interaction and checkout.
- Lovable — Build software products, using only a chat interface
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
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- Cai Xiaomi — Cai Xiaobi provides Saas service for supply chain service in agri foods.
- 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.
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
- 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.
- 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.
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
- Financial Services, Software, FinTech
- Seed, Funding Round, Series A
- United Kingdom, United States, United Arab Emirates
Portfolio highlights
- Laka — Laka is collective bicycle insurance especially for cyclists. We flipped insurance. By making it pay to pay out, we are the collective that backs each other. Protect your bikes and gear against theft & damage with Laka 5-star rated cycle insurance.
- Willo — Interview anyone, anywhere for free. GDPR compliant one-way video interviews that can be set up in minutes. Trusted in over 100 countries - free to start.
- Sidekick — Expertly-managed portfolios for the modern investor
Seventure Partners is a French venture capital firm targeting in Tech/Digital 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 € 1 billion undermanagement as of December 31, 2023. 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.The different funds/verticals on which Seventure Partners are focusing on today:
- Life Sciences : Biotech, Healthcare, Nutrition
- Tech/Digital : B2B SaaS, Fintech, Retailtech, Cybersecurity
- Sports & Wellbeing
- Blue Economy
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Investment focus
- Biotechnology, Health Care, Software
- Series A, Funding Round, Series B
- France, United States, Germany
Portfolio highlights
- ENTEROME — We are a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company developing novel drugs to transform human health based on our unique ability to de-code molecular interactions in the gut microbiome.
- Reelevant — Only 1 out of 10 people interact with marketing messages. Content is the bottleneck of personalization, not data. Personalization doesn't work because data are used to create targeted campaigns. Data must be used to create content because content creates interactions and drive conversion.Why: create content for people, not for campaigns(visual is the key to emotions) How: on-demand, when the user request, at the opening/reading/exposure (Pull content vs Push marketing) What: end-to-end widgets solutions like Live content, Individualization, Content Automation, Optimization, etc.Our visual content platform accelerates revenue, creates content based on any data (behavioral, contextual, etc.) created on the fly at the moment of exposure (on any channel (email, web, push notifications, in-app messages, etc.). We take advantage of existing data sources, nothing to create, we supercharge your marketing stack. Our data-driven Content Engine translates data from any source into on-demand visual content in milliseconds for each people.We believe in a new way of thinking about messages by shifting the paradigm of push marketing to transform any data into on-demand visual content. One unique content is created for each people on the fly at the moment people decide to read them (pull content), instead of when marketers decide to create them (push marketing).People are not data points, people don't buy products, they buy emotions. On-demand visual content is the new game!
- Seaweed Concept — Seaweed Concept is a marine biotechnology company, that focuses on the innovative utilization of seaweed to provide high-quality ingredients to various industrial sectors
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, Health Care, SaaS
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- United States, Canada, India
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- Parento — Parento is a pioneering national insurance-based solution for paid parental empowering companies to support working parents with proactive, tangible paid leave coverage and employee resources.
- Salmon Labs — Use Salmon to transform your CRM. Effortlessly clean, verify, and enrich your data. with AI capabilities. Keep Your CRM Data Fresh and Dynamic.
- Nimblemind.ai — Nimblemind offers a faster and safer way to structure, label, & manage multimodal health data with automation, audit trails, and APIs.
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
- 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!
- 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.
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, Information Technology, E-Commerce
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Australia, United States, Singapore
Portfolio highlights
- Voltavate — Voltavate is dedicated to driving innovation in battery technology to support the global transition towards sustainable energy solutions.
- Kite Magnetics — Electric motors enabling electric aircraft of all sizes to fly further, carry more and emit less. The future of aviation is electric.
- Quantum Brilliance — Quantum Brilliance builds room temperature quantum computers powered by synthetic diamond, enabling applications in everyday computing, including edge and massively parrellelized computing.
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
- OnCare — Home care software | care management system
- 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.
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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Investment focus
- Software, Analytics, Enterprise Software
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- France
Portfolio highlights
- 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 — They have built the most advanced automation solution to monitor Enterprise Infrastructure.Incidents and disruption to business costs companies hundreds of millions annually. They can save you 70% of that. PacketAIOps receives raw event data and maps it to the appropriate data ingest module. We plug in to your centralised pool or providecollection, centralisation and cleaning as a service
- HARDLOOP — Marcher, courir, grimper, glisser : découvrez chaque jour de nouvelles aventures sportives et le matériel pour les réaliser.
Verance Capital partners with leading entrepreneurs and management teams, providing early and growth stage capital across sports, media and live entertainment.
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Investment focus
- Sports, Media and Entertainment, Sporting Goods
- Series A, Series B, Funding Round
- United States
Portfolio highlights
- MVPindex — MVP offers an array of omnichannel, data-driven solutions to help you maximize your advertising spend across sports and entertainment ventures in various DMAs.
- 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.
- League One Volleyball — The largest community of youth volleyball clubs with its professional league launching in January 2025, League One Volleyball (LOVB) is re-imagining the future of volleyball.
Roger Ehrenberg is the founder and Managing Partner of IA Ventures, a firm that invests in companies creating competitive advantage through data.
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Investment focus
- Advertising, FinTech, Software
- Series A, Seed, Series B
- United States, United Kingdom, Canada
Portfolio highlights
- 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
John Elstrott is the Mentor, The LePage Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation In-Residence Program Mentor at Tulane University School of Medicine. He attended the University of Colorado Boulder.
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Investment focus
- Apps, Sports, Consumer
- Seed, Pre-Seed
- United States
Portfolio highlights
- Dinner Lab — Dinner Lab is a membership-based social dining experiment that unites undiscovered chefs with adventurous diners who are looking for something different from the traditional restaurant experience. Whether it happens on the roof of an abandoned building, the floor of a paper mill, or inside a motorcycle dealership, they believe that good people,good food and good drink are the only elements paramount to a memorable meal.The company was founded in 2011 and headquartered in New Orleans, Louisiana.
- Tigeraire — The Tigeraire Cyclone helmet airflow system for youth, college, and professional athletes. It's time to get some aire.
- Good2Go, Inc — Good2Go leverages IoT technology to make everyday experiences more enjoyable. Good2Go handles everything from locating the nearest facility to unlocking and opening the door.
We are early-stage technology investors across North America and Europe.
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Investment focus
- Gaming, E-Commerce, Health Care
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- United States, France, Canada
Portfolio highlights
- Olyzon — Olyzon offers adtech solutions for Connected TV, enhancing brand uplift, optimizing user engagement, and maximizing ROI for advertisers, content owners, and distributors.
- Those Beyond — Those Beyond develops a social gaming platform that supports interactive fan experiences within fictional universes. The platform uses its proprietary Arise Engine to enable browser-based adventures, role-playing, and puzzle-solving activities involving mass community participation. Projects include collaborations with entertainment franchises suchas "The Walking Dead," allowing fans to engage with story-driven challenges and community events. The platform includes customizable social spaces designed to reflect the themes and aesthetics of the associated intellectual properties.
- Invisible Universe — Invisible Universe is an internet-first animation studio that develops original character IP on social media and web3 platforms. Its mission is to create the next household name animated franchises faster and more economical than traditional models. We believe the next generation of animated franchises will be born on the internet.
Early-stage, DeepTech, Enterprise, Startup Funding, B2B, AI, ML, IoT, VR, AR, Blockchain, Tech-enabled, Nurture Capital, Venture Capital
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Investment focus
- Artificial Intelligence, Software, Machine Learning
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- India, United States, Singapore
Portfolio highlights
- Wiom — Provides affordable and unlimited Internet to Middle and lower middle income households
- Map My Crop — Boost crop yields with MapMyCrop's AI-powered satellite Crop monitoring software. Access real-time data on soil health, water stress, and disease detection, delivered via WhatsApp in local languages. Join 3 million global users in achieving sustainable agriculture
- Perkant Tech — Empowering Healthcare through Novel Medical Technology
We invest where sports intersect with life.
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Investment focus
- Sports, Software, Health Care
- Series A, Seed, Funding Round
- United States, Israel, Canada
Portfolio highlights
- FCTRY LAb — FCTRY LAb is a Sneaker Laboratory, revolutionizing footwear with cutting-edge design. As a Boots Laboratory, we craft innovation for every step. Explore fctrylab.com!
- Ida Sports — Women play sports, so we make shoes and cleats for women. Yes, we make soccer cleats and shoes that actually fit women's feet. Forget tape & straps, you will never look back. Flat Rate Shipping for the US and the UK. Find comfort in soccer cleats and shoes made for your feet. What are you waiting for?
- Guidesly — Find the best fishing charters & fishing guides. Search and book from THOUSANDS of top fishing charters across the United States. Explore trips today
Maria Thomas is a consumer Internet pioneer and entrepreneurial business builder. She is also a well-respected member of the Board of Directors of both a publicly traded and a private equity backed company. She's currently (2017) an expert advisor and hands-on contributor to Remote Year.In 2016, Maria was Interim CEO at Glamsquad:http://blog.glamsquad.com/post/145956909567/corepower-yoga-amy-shecter-glamsquad-ceo. Maria is the former CEO of Etsy, a position she took in July of 2008 after Founding CEO Maria Prior to
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Investment focus
- E-Commerce, SaaS, Enterprise Software
- Seed, Series B, Series A
- United States
Portfolio highlights
- Twice — Buy & sell electronics, cars, clothes, collectibles & more on eBay, the world's online marketplace. Top brands, low prices & free shipping on many items.
- Catalant — Access on-demand consulting services for strategic business planning, data & business analytics, digital transformation, M&A, market research, and more.
- SidelineSwap — SidelineSwap connects athletes so they can buy, sell, and learn about new and used sports gear. They were founded in 2012 by former college athletes who realized how difficult it was to find high-quality used sports gear online. Since launching the marketplace, hundreds of thousands of athletes have joined their community and contributed to theirmission of making sports more affordable.On SidelineSwap you’ll not only find the largest collection of high-quality new and used sports gear on the internet, you will also connect with athletes who know about gear and love their sport. If you browse long enough, you might even find a few pros.We’re entrepreneurs at heart, and we’re proud to empower their community of sellers. Sellers on SidelineSwap come in all shapes and sizes, from high school athletes selling last season’s gear, to former college players unloading a career’s worth of equipment, to business owners like Eric (see below) who make a living on SidelineSwap.We’re backed by Global Founders Capital, Riverpark Ventures, Fullstack Sports Ventures, Teamworthy Ventures, FJ Labs, and 500 Startups, and their advisors include former executives from Amazon, Etsy, Seamless, Staples, and ESPN. We’re alumni of 500 Startups, MassChallenge, and the Harvard Innovation Lab.
CIOSIF is a key part of the government’s vision aimed at boosting the region’s economy
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Investment focus
- Real Estate, Consumer, Sporting Goods
- Seed, Funding Round, Debt Financing
- United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Neuronostics — At Neuronostics we are reimagining the way neurological conditions are diagnosed, treated, and monitored with the power of mathematical modelling
- Origin Coffee — Leading UK speciality coffee roaster with a focus on sustainability. B Corp certified. Become a wholesale partner or buy coffee beans online today.
- Intelligent AI — Global location intelligence that helps you measure, predict and mitigate property risks in real-time.
Lloyd Danzig is the Founder and Managing Partner of Sharp Alpha Advisors.
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Investment focus
- Gaming, Sports, Fantasy Sports
- Series A, Funding Round, Seed
- United States
Portfolio highlights
- Ballers — Ballers is a wellness and fitness company.
- 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.
Keiretsu Capital LLC is an affiliate of the World's Leading Angel Network, Keiretsu Forum, and manages funds which enable limited partners to co-invest in the proprietary deal flow of the angel investors.
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Investment focus
- Health Care, Biotechnology, Medical
- Funding Round, Series A, Seed
- United States, Canada, India
Portfolio highlights
- Clensta — Clensta is a biotechnology start-up to improve the National Hygiene condition whilst addressing the aspect of water conservation. Clensta is an Indian startup and in association with IIT Delhi, works to create innovative healthcare solutions to make hygiene accessible for anyone, anytime, and anywhere. Driven by their aim to create products thatpromote complete cleaning solutions without water.
- Healionics — Healionics aims to provide safer, more reliable means of bloodstream access for dialysis in patients with kidney failure.
- Another Tomorrow — Discover consciously crafted wardrobe icons : sustainable, and ethically made. Enjoy flat rate international shipping, free shipping in the US, and easy returns. Explore our new arrivals and join our list for exclusive access to future collections.
Each Founder Collective partner has founded and sold a technology company. The company we wish had existed when we first started out is what we hope to create with Founder Collective. We offer a user guide for managing the risky commodity known as venture capital. The company believes that in order to advance their firms and maintain control,entrepreneurs should aim to raise the least amount of money possible.Founder Collective was established on May 22, 2009 in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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Investment focus
- Software, Internet, E-Commerce
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- United States, United Kingdom, Israel
Portfolio highlights
- Suno — Suno is a music start-up that enables anyone to make the songs they want. The company aims to help people rediscover the joy of play and exploration.
- Baselayer — Baselayer automates business risk assessment and eliminates B2B fraud in the financial sector. It offers services such as business verification (KYB), fraud detection, business onboarding optimization, risk profiling, portfolio monitoring & alerting, and workflow automation. Baselayer empowers 100s of financial institutions, governmentagencies, lenders, and fintech to unlock instant trust with any business in America.
- Draftboard — Refer your friends, community and following with our hiring platform, and get paid when they get hired! Start referring (or hiring!) now!
Elkstone is an investment firm, focusing on entrepreneurs, senior executives, institutional LPs, the venture community, and the Irish diaspora.The objective of the organization is to boost the economic value and overall well-being of the island of Ireland by expanding a network, facilitating deserving investments, and delivering excellentinvestment performance.
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Investment focus
- Software, Health Care, Artificial Intelligence
- Seed, Funding Round, Series A
- Ireland, United Kingdom, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Advise — Advise Freemium is a ground-breaking automated data analytics for CPG solution. Discover how Advise can assist your Revenue Growth Management.
- ZeroRisk.io — ZeroRisk.io is a platform for merchant management that provides cybersecurity and compliance solutions. It guarantees regulatory compliance, offers risk evaluation, and aids in risk mitigation. Additionally, it provides data analytics tools for performance optimization and growth opportunity identification. The platform offers real-time insightsand customization options.
- Output Sports — Discover Output's portable and affordable athlete testing and tracking device. Measure strength, power and speed in minutes giving accurate and reliable data.
Autotech Ventures is a venture capital firm that manages more than $400 million to invest in start-ups that aim to generate financial returns in the vast $3 trillion ground transportation industry. Connected, autonomous, shared and electrified vehicles and related mobility services have created tectonic shifts in the incumbent ground transportationindustry. Vehicle manufacturers, parts suppliers, dealerships, repair shops, parking operators, ground logistics firms, and road infrastructure providers are all being impacted by ground transportation startups.Autotech Ventures provides startup companies with 1) capital to execute on their business plan, 2) access to its industry contacts - including dozens of ground transportation corporate investors who together represent a global market capitalization of over $500 billion dollars, 3) up-to-the-minute market intelligence on the ground transport landscape, 4) support in recruiting ground transportation industry talent, and 5) fundraising support to raise additional capital from other financially-motivated investors and strategic investors.Start-ups typically innovate quickly then scale slowly, while corporations typically innovate slowly then scale quickly. Autotech Ventures brings startups and corporations together to bridge this gap and build a new transportation future.
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- Transportation, Software, Automotive
- Series A, Seed, Series B
- United States, United Kingdom, Egypt
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- Pam — Pam is the ideal receptionist for dealerships and takes just one day to get started. Once launched, Pam never misses a call and drives more appointments and revenue to the dealership. For most dealers, Pam is answering thousands of calls, booking hundreds of appointments, and driving tens of thousands of dollars in new business every month. Pamalso improves CSI by answering calls in several languages, and by being available 24/7 and answering on the first ring.
- Augment — Augment is an AI tool that help the logistics company with AI assistants, emails, chats and invoicing services.
- Bumper — Split the cost of your car repairs and servicing into manageable monthly instalments with 0% interest. Fix it. Split it. Sorted.
Family Office, active Angel Investing
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- Software, SaaS, E-Commerce
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- United States, Israel, United Kingdom
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- Cleary — The Cleary Employee Experience platform is purpose built to help distributed, remote, and hybrid teams to scale their culture.
- PDX Angels, LLC — A syndicate of friends
- STRIVE — STRIVE Elite delivers the most complete, accurate and actionable data platform proven to optimize muscle performance for elite athletes and teams.
Alex Hoye is the Co-founder and CEO of Full Stack Supply Co. He previously worked at Runway East as a Co-founder. Alex Hoye attended Stanford University.
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- Software, Apps, Advertising
- Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- United Kingdom, United States, Romania
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- Motion - Activity Goals — Use Motion to set your personal weekly activity goal and visualise progress. Create a team with friends and share your goals.
- Grabble — Grabble is an application that enables its users to discover daily hand-picked fashion. It allows its users to browse, save, and purchase fashion apparel and accessories from retailers. It also provides them with sales alerts. Grabble was launched on May 1, 2013 in London, United Kingdom.
- Carv — Carv 2 clips onto any ski boot, analyzes your technique, and coaches you with live audio as you ski.
Aglaé Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Paris, New York and San Francisco backed by Groupe Arnault, the controlling shareholder of LVMH, global leader in luxury goods. Aglaé invests from € 100k up to € 100m in asset light tech businesses at all stages.
Groupe Arnault-backed companies include Netflix, Spotify, Backmarket, Betfair, Airbnb,Slack, Algolia, Lyft and others.
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- Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- United States, France, Canada
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- CAST AI — Cast AI cuts AWS, Azure, and GCP costs, secures Kubernetes applications, and boosts DevOps efficiency. Try it now!
- HeyLibby — HeyLibby is the AI sales assistant and best kept secret for small business owners to engage, qualify, and convert leads.
- SPRiNG Collective — SPRiNG is a consumer goods company that offers clean and efficient laundry and cleaning products, delivered in a 100% plastic-free box and directly in the mailbox. The company is headquartered in Paris, Ile-de-France, France by Philippe Cantet, Laure Favre, and Ben Guerville in 2017.
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, Information Technology
- Series A, Seed, Series B
- United Kingdom, United States, Germany
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- CRED — Compare millions of commercial data points and uncover unique and personalised opportunities for your brand.
- Healsgood Ai LTD — Discover how HealsGood is revolutionising healthcare with AI-powered workforce solutions. Explore our expertise in clinical insourcing, staff bank management, and secure data-driven technology.
- Perci Health — Connecting cancer patients with expert practitioners. On-demand, affordable appointments. Get personalised support and a tailored care plan today.
We are the most active Minnesota investor network, supporting the Midwest startup community through angel investment, a shared knowledge bank.
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- Software, Biotechnology, Health Care
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- United States
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- HLRBO — HLRBO is an online hunting network that connects landowners and hunters. List your property on HLRBO. No fees. No commissions. Hunters contact you directly with questions or to lease.
- ProsperStack — ProsperStack is customer lifecycle optimization for subscription businesses.
- Creatively Focused — Creatively Focused provides direct, tailored support from special education professionals who understand your role and value as an educator.
We empower local heroes to build global success. Eleven is an early-stage VC investing in technology companies in Southeast Europe.
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- Software, SaaS, Information Technology
- Seed, Convertible Note, Pre-Seed
- Bulgaria, United States, United Kingdom
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- Eilla AI — AI Platform to Power the M&A, VC and PE Deal Workflow.
- Cognitiwe — Our AI for retail and manufacturing products offers solutions in stock management, retail shrinkage, quality and health & safety monitoring.
- Native Teams — Native Teams is a platform that offers payments and employment tools for freelancers, remote workers, and clients. Native Teams was founded in 2021 and was headquartered in London.
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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- Tonit — Connect with local riders. Discover hundreds of rides & events. Track & share your ride. Share photos & videos with the community.
- 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!
- 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
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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- Glidance — Glide, a groundbreaking leap in assistive technology, is the first self-guided mobility assistant designed for individuals with sight loss.
- 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.
- SafKan Health — OtoSet® by SafKan Health is the first FDA Cleared automated ear cleaning device for the 35 million Americans affected by impacted earwax - the leading cause of conductive hearing loss.
Northstar Ventures invests venture capital in early and later stage, high growth companies tackling global challenges, focusing on climate tech and healthy ageing.
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- Software, E-Commerce, SaaS
- Seed, Funding Round, Series A
- United Kingdom, United States, Indonesia
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- Lightox — Lightox has developed a unique range of molecular tools for use in imaging, therapeutics and assay development. These unique probes are smaller than any other commercially available fluorescent product. They offer the option of using our technologies as freely-moving probes that readily incorporate into cells or with a range of flexible linkers togive specificity to your unique applications and research needs.
- DayaTani — DayaTani supplies farmers with comprehensive services to increase their productivity.
- Circadacare — Circadacare helps elderly people and people with dementia live independently for longer with an integrated circadian lighting and home health monitoring system.
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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- Financial Services, Software, FinTech
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- United States, Germany, United Kingdom
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- Zocks — The Meeting Assistant made for Financial Advisors
- Simplify — Simplify is a common application for jobs & internships. Autofill job applications anywhere on the web, get notified when new jobs open, & seamlessly track your applications.
- Smartpay — Smartpay is the first free of charge BNPL payment option for Japanese consumers who have credit cards. There are no sign-up fees, interest fees, settlement fees, or late charges. The payment experience is also Japan’s first cross-merchant, cross-platform, and single-click checkout BNPL service, allowing consumers to checkout in as little as 10seconds. The BNPL payment solution is simple to understand, structured on 3 equal installments over 8 weeks. This means that unlike the existing BNPL services in Japan, customers do not need to go to the convenience store to make payments or pay any bank transfer fees.
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.
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- Software, Information Technology, Manufacturing
- Seed, Debt Financing, Funding Round
- United Kingdom, United States, Canada
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- Sendr — Sendr uses AI to enhance sales outreach with personalized messages and data-driven tools for higher buyer engagement.
- Quintex — We provide energy saving and grease management solutions for industrial kitchens, over 8,000 systems installed in the UK and Europe in a variety of sectors.
- Grace & Green — Grace & Green fight for access, inclusivity, and education, dismantling barriers to essential care. Because dignity shouldn't come with a price.
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.
- Zelus Analytics — Professional sports teams are currently engaged in a billion-dollar arms race to squeeze wins out of data. While early innovations in sports analytics largely relied on simple techniques, many teams are struggling to handle emergent challenges with the complex data sources now dominating the space. At Zelus Analytics, our mission is to address these challenges by building the world's [...]
Break Trail Ventures is an early stage venture fund based in Columbus, OH and Boulder, CO.
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- Fashion, Health Care, E-Commerce
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- United States
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- After.com — Caring for your family with dignity and respect. Simple cremation arrangements at a low cost that keeps your funeral simple and affordable.
- Thesis — Thesis offers personalized brain supplements that cater to all types of brains. They create potent nutritional compounds to improve mental function and provide individualized suggestions depending on their customers' goals and brain chemistry.
- Guest House — Guest House makes it easy to have a beautiful space. Our home staging delivers premium furnishings and real interior designers in as quick as a week.
Michael Carrick is an English professional football coach.
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- Fitness, Wellness, Health Care
- Seed, Funding Round
- United Kingdom
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- GoJoe — Ditch the step challenge apps and employee engagement platforms and boost inclusivity and engagement with GoJoe.The employee engagement and wellbeing app that people actually use.
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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- HiNelson — HiNelson an Italian-based online store for nautical accessories. HiNelson is the first nautical online store about high-level boating components. They select the best and successful brands in the nautical worldwide market, such as Veleria San Giorgio to guarantee maritime safety with their life jackets, moving through Polyform’s boat fenders foryacht protection, or the best anchoring and docking system by Lofrans’, Max Power and Quick and finishing with the most famous Plastimo’s compasses or and Bartomarine sail’s accessories.
- Promoted.ai — Sort search and promote the best listing at the top to increase revenue. Designed for top engineering teams at scaled online marketplace e-commerce companies.
- Growth Kitchen — Growth Kitchen offers the best locations, satellite kitchens, and digital tools for restaurants that want to scale their delivery network.
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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- Retail, Sports, Consumer Goods
- Seed, Series A, 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.
- 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.
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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- Returnit — RETURNIT is a service that replaces single-use containers with reusable containers used for food delivery.
- Sugarblade — Sugarblade is a non-destructive test-based used golf goods certification and trading platform.
- City Storage — City Storage is a side dish platform that produces and sells salads, soups, and pickles.
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