Top 50 Sporting Goods Startup Investors in United States (August 2026)

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• Public Goods — Public Goods is a membership-driven direct-to-consumer brand that sells environmentally friendly essentials in grocery, household, and personal care categories. Members can gain access to a line of researched, high-quality essential products that are well-designed, eco-friendly, and at competitive price points. Public Goods operates on lowerproduct margins than traditional brands and retailers.
• [cafeteria] — [cafeteria] allows individuals to influence businesses, get paid for opinions, and develop professional talents.
• Catch Co. — Creating amazing fishing products, content, and shopping experiences for the modern angler.

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• NIL FanBox — A Curated box full of autographed college memorabilia delivered to your door every season!
• Workforce Athletics — Workforce Athletics is a sports company that specializes in the fields of culture building, team sports, diversity, and inclusion. The company is driven by its mission is to change corporate culture by delivering turnkey impactful sports experiences and leagues.Workforce Athletics was founded in 2016 and headquartered in California, UnitedStates.
• International Dance League — The Global Professional Dance League Teams: Royal Family, Quick Style, 1MILLION, Jam Republic, Brotherhood, GRV

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• NeuroFlow — NeuroFlow empowers payors, health systems, and the federal government with technology to identify & stratify behavioral health risk at scale.
• 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 is a global materials technology company delivering advanced conductive inks, adhesives, and materials for electronics.

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• Fitelo — Easiest Way to Get Healthy | 100+ Dieticians, 20,000+ Clients, 15+ countries | DM to start your transformation journey
• 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.
• O Positiv — O Positiv is a female wellness company that produces nutritional supplements in gummy and capsule form for women's health needs. O Positiv develops products that help boost immunity, aid digestion, and combat PMS symptoms in women. Through small moments of joy and self-care, O Positiv achieves meaningful health outcomes.

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• HUNTY — HUNTY is a platform that help people find jobs by connecting them with world class mentors who prepare them for the job search process. And people only pay when they get hired.
• Revelo — Scale your development team with the top 1% of 1,000,000+ software engineers in Latin America. Get matched with senior remote developers who have strong technical and English-speaking skills & hire them without the overhead. We handle payroll, taxes, and HR. Flat monthly rate.
• Metaloop — Metaloop is a scrap trading company that helps businesses from the metal recycling industry to boost revenue without scaling.

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• Snout — Implement automated records retrieval processes, touch-less checkins, payment processing, and loan options for your veterinary practice in 48 hours.
• Q-rounds — Q-rounds is a virtual queue that sends real-time notifications to patients, families, nurses, and other stakeholders of when to arrive for rounds.
• Intellectible — Craft complex documents likes bids and proposals easily using AI

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• Glidance — Glidance develops a self-driving mobility aid for people with sight loss. It leverages advancements in robotics, AI, and autonomous systems to guide people with sight loss where they want to go. With the aid of its advanced technology, users may navigate through crowds of people and around objects with ease and safety, getting to a door, stairwell,or park seat in the area.
• 3D BioFibR — 3DBioFibR is a biotechnology company that develops and manufactures biopolymer fibers for tissue engineering and advanced biomaterial applications. The company uses a patented dry-spinning technology to produce collagen fibers that replicate the structural, biochemical, and biomechanical properties of natural collagen. Its product portfolioincludes collagen-based materials for 3D bioprinting, hydrogels, cell culture, and tissue engineering research, as well as custom collagen scaffolds for specialized applications. In addition to collagen, the company applies its manufacturing platform to other biopolymers, including spider silk, fibrin, and chitosan, for use in biomedical and advanced material research. The company collaborates with research institutions and industry partners to support the development of biomaterials for regenerative medicine, life sciences, and other engineering applications.
• Hest Outdoors — We're on a mission to maximize days outside through a better night's sleep under the stars. Explore our revolutionary camping mattresses, sleeping pads and pillows. Sleep well. Play more.

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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 super-refreshing, great-tasting, and hydrating flavored lemon water with zero sugar and no artificial flavors or sweeteners. Powered by squeezed organic lemons, Lemon Perfect contains electrolytes from potassium and is packed with vitamin C, making healthy hydration more convenient, delicious, and refreshing than ever.TheCompany’s mission is to promote healthy hydration and deliver the joy of flavor—anytime, anywhere, and for everyone.The Lemon Perfect Company is headquartered in Atlanta, GA.
• Function Health — Test your whole body and own your health. Function, co-founded by Dr. Mark Hyman, is a lifelong routine of 100+ lab tests for the whole body including thyroid, hormones, fertility, autoimmunity, heart, kidney, liver and more. Lab results direct to you with insights from top doctors.

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• Altro (fka Perch) — Perch Credit (also known as Perch), is a fin-tech mobile app that allows users to take common recurring expenses, such as their subscriptions & rent, and turn these into creditworthy data points. Perch is currrently live on iOS and plans to be on Android in the coming months.Perch recently graduated YC (S20) and closed 2.5M in their mostrecent round.
• Umaro Foods — Umaro Foods specializes in developing a plant-based protein source from ocean-farmed seaweed.
• Angel City Football Club — Angel City Football Club enables people to take part in the football club by providing membership programs with limited virtual and physical club events, members-only items, discounts on discounts, and private community discussions.

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• Waku — Deliciously replenishing herbal tea with prebiotic powers and 0g of added sugar. Experience Sunrise on the Inside.
• HighByte — Architect your digital transformation and AI use cases with proven Industrial DataOps software from HighByte. Let's make your industrial data useful.
• Pumpspotting — connect over breastfeeding, milk, motherhood, and the best places to nurse and pump. nurse, pump, nourish, connect.

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• BRCĒ — BRCĒ manufactures micro-interlocking shoelaces that stay tied, resist wear, and enhance stability for runners and all sports.
• Fysh Foods — Finneato Fysh Foods is making waves in the culinary world and offers a unique product: plant-based raw fish.
• 9 Strap Technology — 9 STRAP Technology develops strap-based sports training products that keep both hands connected during swings in baseball, softball, golf, and pickleball. The company’s patented straps attach between the top and bottom hands to promote two-handed finishes, more consistent mechanics, and reduced strain on the shoulder, elbow, and wrist. Its lineupincludes strap models for bats, golf clubs, and pickleball paddles, as well as integrated and compatible batting gloves and bat grips. 9 STRAP Technology sells directly through its ecommerce site and supports players from youth through professional levels.

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• Scorbit — Scorbit develops a platform for pinball players and pinball machine owners and operators.
• Motion Grazer AI — Motion Grazer AI develops a monitoring system to track livestock using a computer and a real-sense camera. The company's hardware platform, SIM, provides soil monitoring and health assessment to provide individual sensing, monitoring, and analyses to enable precision livestock farming (PLF) breeding for sows.The company was founded in 2020and is headquartered in East Lansing, Michigan.
• SAINTE — Sainte delivers proactive, trauma-informed support through a human-led, AI-powered platform. We help individuals build resilience while improving workforce retention for employers and reducing costs for healthcare systems. Make your comeback with Sainte.

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• WINN.AI — WINN.AI helps revenue teams run better sales calls and win more deals by automating admin work and guiding reps live, during the call.
• Car Body Lab — The easy way, online.
• Perennial — Cloud Agronomics is the platform for soil carbon management.

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• fomo — Fomo is a cutting-edge fintech startup revolutionizing the financial landscape through innovative technology and strategic partnerships.
• PlayerZero — PlayerZero builds a production world model so SRE, QA, and support resolve incidents, prevent defects, and close tickets faster. Trusted by Verizon & Zuora.
• SalesPatriot — We deploy AI into supply chains that the West depends on.

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• FUSAR — FUSAR Technologies builds a platform for connected cameras, communication, and safety technology. FUSAR stands for the fusion of technology and adventure. Their mission is to make technology as easy to use in motion as it is when standing still. The FUSAR app is the cornerstone of their ecosystem and their line of companion hardware devicesallows users to interact with the app on-the-go, enabling entirely new experiences.It was founded in 2014 and is based in Kearny, New Jersey.

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• Onsetto — Onsetto helps banks capture primary operating accounts by seamlessly switching payroll, AR/AP, and cash flows during customer onboarding.
• Bonsai — Bonsai is the first-party marketing intelligence platform that automates profitable growth. Trust your marketing data, make confident decisions, drive revenue.
• Evecxia Therapeutics — Evecxia Therapeutics is dedicated to realizing the therapeutic potential of 5-hydroxytryptophan (5-HTP) for the treatment of mental illness.

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• sevDesk — Deutschlands beliebteste Buchhaltungssoftware: Rechnungen& Angebote erstellen, Buchhaltung erledigen, Kunden- &Lagerverwaltung u.v.m.
• Cambridge Aerospace — Our mission is to eliminate the risk of existential war in Europe.
• Arrakis Technologies — Arrakis partners with ambitious companies to deploy secure AI in production, taking them from experimentation to real-world impact at warp speed.

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• Pagaleve — pagaleve offers payment in installments at PIX, with no interest and no credit card required. They provide merchants with a new payment method in order to increase their sales in a simple, uncomplicated, and agile manner, but they also want to provide people with the opportunity to buy what they want without committing to the card'shigh-interest rates and credit.
• Ficus — Ficus helps life insurers modernize retained asset accounts with digital beneficiary accounts that improve account clarity, access to funds, and beneficiary experience.
• Ranger — Stop worrying about testing; automate it with Ranger.

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• Invisible Narratives — Invisible Narratives: Amplifying digital IP into global phenomena. We blend Hollywood expertise with digital innovation to transform creators' visions into expansive, multi-platform franchises.
• League One Volleyball — League One Volleyball
• Professional Triathletes Organisation — PTO is an athlete-owned organisation dedicated to showcasing the passion, athleticism and determination of professional triathletes, inspiring the world through outstanding performances and incredible stories.

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• Rerouted — Rerouted believes that all used gear deserves a good home. That's why we made it easy to buy, sell & donate second hand outdoor gear with all the expertise of a local gear shop and the convenience of the internet
• Iron-IQ — Iron-IQ is a cloud-based IIoT Monitoring and Control Platform.

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• Albedo — Aerial quality imagery - from space.
• Eden — Developer of non-invasive health technology designed to democratize access to early cancer risk assessment.
• Attention — Attention is building an AI co-pilot designed to automate repetitive, multi-app desktop tasks.

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• Melodi — Melodi Health provides innovative technologies that improve patient outcomes and lower healthcare costs for women undergoing breast surgery.
• Vyriad — Vyriad engineers targeted virus platforms that bring durable in vivo gene therapies, genome editing, and oncolytic virotherapies to patients.
• Omnia Fishing — Omnia Fishing is your one-stop-shop for smart fishing tackle online. Try our shop-by-lake map and get better resources to land more fish. Learn more!

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• Halfdays — Halfdays is a skiwear brand for the modern woman. The company is on a mission to make the outdoors more approachable, inclusive, and fun.
• 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.
• Unrivaled Sports — Unrivaled Sports operates a portfolio of youth sports properties and programming across various disciplines, including baseball, softball, football, and action sports. Its holdings encompass venues such as Ripken Baseball, Cooperstown All Star Village, Sports Force Parks, Baseball Factory, and Softball Factory. The company also manages initiativeslike We Are Camp and the ForeverLawn Sports Complex at the Pro Football Hall of Fame Village. In addition to facility operations, Unrivaled Sports is involved in organizing sports events and training programs aimed at youth development.

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• Q-rounds — Q-rounds is a virtual queue that sends real-time notifications to patients, families, nurses, and other stakeholders of when to arrive for rounds.
• Cayuga Biotech — Cayuga Biotech is a startup developing novel hemostatic drugs and devices to reduce uncontrollable bleeding which is a leading cause of death from traumatic injuries. The company's polyphosphate-based drug accelerates the body's own clotting process to contain clotting at the injury site and thus minimize the risk of side effects. Cayugais developing drugs for indications that treat traumatic hemorrhage as well as rare bleeding disorders.
• Attune Medical — Attune Medical is a provider of a medical device used to efficiently control the core temperature of the patient's body. The company's technology platform provides an innovative method for cooling or warming patients. A single-use, fully-enclosed triple lumen system is inserted into the esophagus to modulate and control the patient'stemperature when clinically indicated.The company was founded in 2009 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

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• uHoo — uHoo monitors and manages your indoor environment to help you create healthier, safer and more comfortable homes and workplaces.
• RateIt — An omni-channel CX platform that captures, interprets & analyses customer feedback in ways that makes it easy to see the right moves to make.
• Shikho — Shikho is a Bangladeshi education technology company on a mission to revolutionise the way Bangladesh learns today and democratise access to a high quality education. It is building a hyper-localised digital learning ecosystem designed specifically for the Bangladeshi national curriculum to serve a growing total addressable market of ~42 millionstudents. "Shikho - The Learning App" is available on the Google Play Store.

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• BetHog — BetHog is a new crypto sports book that brings home the bacon.
• DubClub — DubClub connects sports bettors with expert handicappers. Fans join exclusive communities and tail winning plays. Cappers scale their business with automated marketing, native distribution, and a built-in audience. Win More Together.
• Throne — Throne tracks gut health vitals and hydration with every flush.

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• OWL — Accelerate your decision-making with AI-driven insights for fund managers and allocators. Connect with top partners and access unmatched data coverage.
• Pursuit — Making it easy to work with Government. Learn more: https://t.co/XQnSZnX4SL
• GrowthFactor — GrowthFactor is the Enterprise Intelligence Company for Customer-Obsessed Businesses.

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• Bliss — Skip long waitlists and expensive therapy. Book licensed online therapists in multiple languages with culturally informed care.
• BatteryPool — BatteryPool offers battery charging solutions for EV fleets and commercial vehicles.
• Apriority Financial — Apriority Financial is a debt optimization platform that manages and optimizes employee personal debt.

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• Dinner Lab — Dinner Lab is a membership-based social dining experiment that unites undiscovered chefs with adventurous diners who are looking for something different from the traditional restaurant experience. Whether it happens on the roof of an abandoned building, the floor of a paper mill, or inside a motorcycle dealership, they believe that good people,good food and good drink are the only elements paramount to a memorable meal.The company was founded in 2011 and headquartered in New Orleans, Louisiana.
• Tigeraire — The Tigeraire Cyclone helmet airflow system for youth, college, and professional athletes. It's time to get some aire.
• Good2Go, Inc — Good2Go leverages IoT technology to make everyday experiences more enjoyable. Good2Go handles everything from locating the nearest facility to unlocking and opening the door.

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• Mesh++ — Mesh++ is a solar-powered routers developer. Mesh++ uses mobile processing power to deliver a high-speed WiFi connection to outdoors and public places.
• Stax — Stax is all of your bank accounts, mobile wallets, crypto in a single app that works without mobile data.
• Icon Source — This is Icon Source: Your portal into the world of powerful athletic endorsements.

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• Packz — Open premium digital sports and Pokemon trading card packs, win rare collectible cards, and get them shipped to your door or cash them out instantly
• Courtyard — Turn your trading cards, sneakers, watches, and more into tradable Connected Collectibles and earn a percentage of all future sales.
• Prophet Exchange — Prophet Exchange is a peer-to-peer sports betting exchange where users can set prices for others to bet on, or place bets on the prices already available.

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• AceUp, Inc. — AceUp is the premier leadership development coaching solution, with unparalleled coaches, technology, and analytics.
• Quantifind — Risk screening & investigations, supercharged by science.
• SidelineSwap — SidelineSwap connects athletes so they can buy, sell, and learn about new and used sports gear. They were founded in 2012 by former college athletes who realized how difficult it was to find high-quality used sports gear online. Since launching the marketplace, hundreds of thousands of athletes have joined their community and contributed to theirmission of making sports more affordable.On SidelineSwap you’ll not only find the largest collection of high-quality new and used sports gear on the internet, you will also connect with athletes who know about gear and love their sport. If you browse long enough, you might even find a few pros.We’re entrepreneurs at heart, and we’re proud to empower their community of sellers. Sellers on SidelineSwap come in all shapes and sizes, from high school athletes selling last season’s gear, to former college players unloading a career’s worth of equipment, to business owners like Eric (see below) who make a living on SidelineSwap.We’re backed by Global Founders Capital, Riverpark Ventures, Fullstack Sports Ventures, Teamworthy Ventures, FJ Labs, and 500 Startups, and their advisors include former executives from Amazon, Etsy, Seamless, Staples, and ESPN. We’re alumni of 500 Startups, MassChallenge, and the Harvard Innovation Lab.

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• Hybron — Stronger. Lighter. Tougher. Built on U.S. soil. Hybron is redefining composites manufacturing for what comes next.
• FetchyFox AI — FetchyFox is the digital infrastructure and intelligence platform to help public spaces, like airports, improve the customer experience, maximize revenue, and extract insights with AI. We are a passionate team of technologists and innovators on a mission to deliver seamless end-to-end customer experiences of the future.Based in the heart ofSilicon Valley, California, the AI company has attracted top industry experts from AI, airports, airlines, and leading organizations around the world to invent the ultimate end-to-end integrated travel experience of the future. As avid adventurers, curious engineers, climbers, martial artists and travelers, ourselves - we are working tirelessly to improve the customer experience for everyone, everywhere.
• formsense — formsense technology helps improve player potential and avoid injuries by better understanding functional and dynamic form in real-time.

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• MiClient — Miclient are deal closure platform which was founded by experienced sales leaders who recognized the need for a new generation of complicated quote configuration, contract signing, renewal & payment collection at one place for SMEs, Lead Management System, B2B SaaS, CRM software, CPQ (Configure- Price- Quote)
• Healionics — Healionics aims to provide safer, more reliable means of bloodstream access for dialysis in patients with kidney failure.
• NuvOx Therapeutics — NuvOx Pharma is a clinical stage biotech company developing an innovative platform of oxygen therapeutics to treat life-threatening diseases where hypoxia plays a role.

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• Packz — Open premium digital sports and Pokemon trading card packs, win rare collectible cards, and get them shipped to your door or cash them out instantly
• Slate Milk — Slate is a line of delicious, lower sugar, higher protein, lactose free chocolate milks and lattes for healthy-minded people.
• Flashpass — Flashpass is an online social media certification designed for universities and startup accelerators.

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• Upwardli — Build credit & savings with just spare change from everyday purchases. Try it free for 30 days!
• Gather AI — The world's first software-only autonomous inventory management platform for modern warehouses./.
• Vertical Insure — Helping your software platform launch and scale embedded insurance from implementation to claims to customer support.

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• iQure Pharma — iQure Pharma preclinical and clinical drug development
• Levered Learning — Levered Learning is a classroom-tested and teacher-designed instructional system providing 3rd-5th grade mathematical learning. The company was founded in 2017 by Mitch Slater and is headquartered in Soquel, California, United States.
• Vartega — Vartega is a technology development company specializing in the carbon-fiber-reinforced plastic recycling process. Vartega develops alternative technology, processes, and equipment to provide low-cost carbon fiber for use in mass-market applications.Vartega's patented carbon fiber recycling process scales rapidly to fill a gap in thecomposites supply chain. The company’s carbon fiber is available in semi-continuous, chopped, and milled forms. It is ideally suited for use in thermoplastics, non-wovens, and molding compounds.

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• Cleary — Cleary is an AI-powered HR platform automating People Ops to reclaim 80+ hours/week. Resolve 30% of tickets via Slack-integrated AI to scale support and knowledge management without adding headcount.
• 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.

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• Wheels Up — Wheels Up is a membership-based private aviation company that focuses on reducing the upfront cost to fly privately, providing flexibility, service, and safety. Its mobile app enables members to book flights, manage their accounts, and participate in ride-share opportunities. Its members also have given access to the Wheels Down program.
• Beach Whiskey — Beach Whiskey™ was founded in 2015 by entrepreneurs including TV and radio personality Billy Bush, music stars Jake Owen and Gavin DeGraw, beverage industry veteran J. Smoke Wallin and co-founding investor and advisor Ken Austin, and entrepreneurs co-founder Andrew McGinnis and co-founding investors Kenny Dichter and Andrew Kline. Beach Whiskey isa flavored American whiskey made for sun worshiping, moon chasing, and fun seekers. A whiskey for the wise and the whimsical. A whiskey for those drawn to the water, the waves, who welcome a little wickedness. Beach Whiskey is about time…your time, day time! Born on the beach, enjoyed everywhere. No matter where you are, our mission is to bring the beach – “your place in the sun” – to thirsty, fun-loving whiskey drinkers everywhere. Please sip and swim responsibly!
• Quartermaster AI — A distributed sensor network delivering HD video and real-time AI insights to help civil and commercial operators monitor, detect and respond across global waters.

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• Stan — We work 1-on-1 with the Top Creators to monetize their business
• The 33rd Team — The 33rd Team is a sports entertainment platform that offers spectator sports content.
• Pro Padel League — The Premier Professional Padel League in North America. Elevating padel, exploring teams, and bringing you closer to the action with stories, highlights, and behind-the-scenes moments.

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• Biofire — Sign up by April 13th to be the First to Experience the Future of Firearms.
• 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.

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• SlamBall — SlamBall is a global sports league association. It was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.
• Almost Friday — Almost Friday is a media platform, production company, and lifestyle brand.
• Five Iron Golf — Five Iron offers a unique indoor golf experience for golfers and non-golfers alike. Enjoy golf simulators, lessons, a sports bar, and more.

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• Twice — Buy & sell electronics, cars, clothes, collectibles & more on eBay, the world's online marketplace. Top brands, low prices & free shipping on many items.
• Catalant — Access on-demand consulting services for strategic business planning, data & business analytics, digital transformation, M&A, market research, and more.
• SidelineSwap — SidelineSwap connects athletes so they can buy, sell, and learn about new and used sports gear. They were founded in 2012 by former college athletes who realized how difficult it was to find high-quality used sports gear online. Since launching the marketplace, hundreds of thousands of athletes have joined their community and contributed to theirmission of making sports more affordable.On SidelineSwap you’ll not only find the largest collection of high-quality new and used sports gear on the internet, you will also connect with athletes who know about gear and love their sport. If you browse long enough, you might even find a few pros.We’re entrepreneurs at heart, and we’re proud to empower their community of sellers. Sellers on SidelineSwap come in all shapes and sizes, from high school athletes selling last season’s gear, to former college players unloading a career’s worth of equipment, to business owners like Eric (see below) who make a living on SidelineSwap.We’re backed by Global Founders Capital, Riverpark Ventures, Fullstack Sports Ventures, Teamworthy Ventures, FJ Labs, and 500 Startups, and their advisors include former executives from Amazon, Etsy, Seamless, Staples, and ESPN. We’re alumni of 500 Startups, MassChallenge, and the Harvard Innovation Lab.

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• SlamBall — SlamBall is a global sports league association. It was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.
• TMRW Sports — TMRW Sports is harnessing technology to build modern approaches to sports, media, and entertainment.

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• Evertune — Brand analytics built for the AI era See what brand preferences different AI models have, benchmark against your competition and optimize your content strategy
• Fantasy Life — Fantasy Life keeps you up to date on all of the latest NFL news, fantasy analysis, sports betting tips, and hot topics around the fantasy watercooler.
• Gemini Sports Analytics — Your Next-Gen Roster Management Command Center

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• DocJuris — AI that powers your negotiations. The simplest way to empower everyone in your company to quickly and consistently close contracts at scale.
• FlexDesk — FlexDesk is creating a new evolution of the flexible workspace model. Remote workers use the platform to discover and book a dedicated desk or private office by the day. FlexDesk unlocks this inventory by partnering with office landlords and coworking operators that have furnished, underutilized space.
• The Invention Network — ScaleIP is an IP business intelligence platform that helps companies monetize IP.

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• Kaster — Communication between general contractors and trade partners on construction projects is complex and fragmented, yet it’s mostly handled through email, phone and text. Naturally, critical items get lost in the clutter. As a result, everyone suffers the financial impacts of project delays, disputes, claims, and issues. Kaster bridges the gap betweengeneral contractors and trade partners by connecting them through one communication workspace, so items never fall through the cracks and project teams avoid unnecessary risk.Learn more at www.kaster.app
• BetterU — An all-in-one app that's help you improve your productivity and well being.
• TargetDocs — TargetDocs is a communication workspace that collects and organizes all of your subcontractor's project files in one place so they never fall through the cracks

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• FANCHEST — FANCHEST is a Brooklyn-based company that curates and sends team-themed gift boxes as gift.FANCHEST is a company built by sports fans for sports fans - They believe in FANS FIRST. They love what it means to be a fan; the bonds it creates with friends, family and other fans; the sense of community and purpose; and the ability to come together andcelebrate a common goal. They want to help people access, create, and enjoy these experiences.FANCHEST has a B2B component as well, with the end goal of improving fan experience and engagement through increased ticket sales, exclusive merchandise promotions, and strategic partnership opportunities. FANCHEST works directly with teams, schools, vendors, and sponsors to build consistent touch points outside the game day experience.
• MatchaBar — New Decade. New Hustle. Powered by Positivity, we're on a mission to bring matcha to the people.

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• Gear.com — Discover emerging new brands and shop our latest handpicked gear collections. At Gear.com, we tell stories about the creators behind gear that we love and sell. Gear collections for any adventure.
• Buck Mason — Inspired by laid back California ethos of easy living, quality, & simplicity, Buck Mason is a modern American brand that makes fashion less complicated.

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• Houwzer — Save an average of $15,000 when you sell with our flat fee listing agents. Trust our salaried agents and mortgage advisors when you buy.
• Fitler Club — Fitler Club is a socially conscious, forward-thinking Philadelphian, combining world-class dining, fitness, social, and business offerings all under one roof at a social club for dining, fitness, socializing, and business. The club is centrally located in Philadelphia, a 2-minute drive from the University of Pennsylvania and a 9-minute drive fromthe Pennsylvania Convention Center. The Rittenhouse Square is 0.6 mi (0.9 km) away, and the Philadelphia Museum of Art is 1.4 mi (2.3 km). They currently accepting applications for a limited number of memberships for individuals, families, and businesses.
• 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.