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

The most active venture capital funds and angel investors investing in United States Sporting Goods startups. This investor list is updated monthly from the Shizune investor database, ranked by number of investments in United States Sporting Goods startup companies. Find investors to raise a Pre-Seed, Seed or Series A round with Shizune.
Investor Relevant Deals Geography Stage Focus Round Size
Keiretsu Capital
VC Fund
5 United States, Canada, India Series A, Convertible Note, Seed Health Care, Biotechnology, Software $50k–$12M
FJ Labs
VC Fund
5 United States, United Kingdom, Brazil Seed, Series A, Series B Software, E-Commerce, Financial Services $1.2M–$65M
Keiretsu Forum
VC Fund
4 United States, India, Turkey Venture - Series Unknown, Seed, Series A Health Care, Software, Biotechnology $125k–$8.2M
Guild Capital
VC Fund
4 United States, India, Japan Seed, Series A E-Commerce, Internet, Software $376k–$13M
KB Partners
VC Fund
4 United States, Canada, United Kingdom Seed, Series A Sports, Software, Information Technology $1.5M–$12M
Jumpstart New Jersey Angel Network
VC Fund
4 United States Seed, Angel Software, Health Care, Information Technology $200k–$2.3M
Listen
VC Fund
4 United States, Canada Seed, Series A E-Commerce, Software, Consumer Goods $750k–$20M
Bread and Butter Ventures
VC Fund
3 United States, Canada, India Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Software, Health Care, SaaS $145k–$20M
Blisce
VC Fund
3 United States, France, Germany Series B, Series C, Series A E-Commerce, Health Care, Fashion $6M–$150M
Red Cedar Ventures
VC Fund
3 United States, The Netherlands, Canada Pre-Seed, Seed, Grant Software, Health Care, Manufacturing $20k–$5M
Will Ventures
VC Fund
3 United States, Mexico, United Kingdom Seed, Series A Sports, Health Care, Fitness $1M–$30M
Break Trail Ventures
VC Fund
3 United States Seed, Series A Fashion, Health Care, E-Commerce $1.5M–$15M
Casabona Ventures
VC Fund
3 United States Seed, Angel Hardware, Mobile Apps, Sporting Goods $1M–$1.1M
Global Founders Capital
VC Fund
3 United States, Germany, United Kingdom Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Financial Services, Software, FinTech $575k–$30M
Maine Venture Fund
VC Fund
2 United States Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown Software, Manufacturing, Health Care $500k–$12M
Gaingels
VC Fund
2 United States, Canada, United Kingdom Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown Software, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care $69k–$35M
Pipeline Angels
VC Fund
2 United States, Nigeria Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed Health Care, Education, Software $25k–$2.3M
NEXT VENTŪRES
VC Fund
2 United States, Canada, Finland Seed, Series A, Series B Health Care, Wellness, Medical $1.9M–$100M
Alliance of Angels
VC Fund
2 United States, Canada, Nigeria Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown Software, Health Care, SaaS $500k–$9M
Frank Bober
Angel
2 United States Seed Hardware, Mobile Apps, Sporting Goods $1M–$1.2M
Daren Cotter
Angel
2 United States Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Software, E-Commerce, Health Care $500k–$19M
PEAK6 Sports
VC Fund
2 United States Series A Retail, E-Commerce, Marketplace $6.6M–$6.6M
Lloyd Danzig
Angel
2 United States, Austria, United Kingdom Seed, Series A Gaming, Sports, Fantasy Sports $1M–$42M
Maria Thomas
Angel
2 United States Seed, Series B, Series A E-Commerce, SaaS, Retail $1.2M–$19M
David Blitzer
Angel
2 Portugal, United States Series A, Venture - Series Unknown Sports, Fantasy Sports, Sporting Goods
Roger Ehrenberg
Angel
2 United States, United Kingdom, Canada Series A, Seed, Series B FinTech, Advertising, Analytics $900k–$20M
The R-Group Holdings, LLC
VC Fund
2 United States, Israel, United Kingdom Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown Software, SaaS, E-Commerce $700k–$10M
Al Dhow Capital
VC Fund
2 United Kingdom, United States Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Information Technology, Apps, SaaS $241k–$1.7M
Kevin Kaplan
Angel
2 United States Series A, Seed, Angel Hardware, Consumer Goods, Sports
Wavemaker Ventures
VC Fund
2 United States, Singapore, Philippines Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology $750k–$19M
Teamworthy Ventures
VC Fund
2 United States, Spain, Canada Series A, Series B, Seed Software, SaaS, Financial Services $1.8M–$43M
Advantage Capital
VC Fund
2 United States, China, Canada Debt Financing, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown Manufacturing, Food and Beverage, Software $310k–$21M
John Elstrott
Angel
2 United States Seed, Pre-Seed SaaS, Sports, Web Apps $1.5M–$7M
Greycroft
VC Fund
2 United States, United Kingdom, Germany Series A, Seed, Series B Software, Artificial Intelligence, E-Commerce $1.5M–$90M
Maine Angels
VC Fund
2 United States Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A Health Care, Software, Biotechnology $25k–$5.9M
Founder Collective
VC Fund
2 United States, United Kingdom, Canada Seed, Series A Software, Artificial Intelligence, Internet $1.1M–$16M
RiverPark Ventures
VC Fund
2 United States, Canada, United Kingdom Seed, Series A, Series B Software, E-Commerce, SaaS $1.3M–$63M
Dundee Venture Capital
VC Fund
2 United States, Canada, Kenya Seed, Series A Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology $175k–$10M
Keiretsu Forum Northwest
VC Fund
2 United States, Spain, Canada Series A, Seed, Venture - Series Unknown Health Care, Software, Biotechnology $200k–$8M
Sharp Alpha
VC Fund
2 United States, United Kingdom, Canada Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Sports, Gaming, Fantasy Sports $1M–$42M
SouthWest Colorado Accelerator Program for Entrepreneurs
VC Fund
2 United States Seed, Series A Outdoors, Software, E-Commerce $240k–$240k
Liquid 2 Ventures
VC Fund
2 United States, Mexico, Canada Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology $125k–$48M
Southeast Minnesota Capital Fund
VC Fund
2 United States Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Health Care, Medical, Medical Device $100k–$2.1M
Gopher Angels
VC Fund
2 United States Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown Biotechnology, Software, Health Care $1M–$4.4M
Right Side Capital Management
VC Fund
2 United States, Canada, United Kingdom Pre-Seed, Seed, Convertible Note Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS $50k–$1.7M
Blake Griffin
Angel
2 United States Series A, Seed, Series B Retail, Sports, Medical $11M–$53M
Mark Pincus
Angel
2 United States, Canada, United Kingdom Seed, Series A, Series B FinTech, Internet, Software $1.1M–$116M
GAN Ventures
VC Fund
2 United States, Ireland, Kenya Seed, Series A, Angel Software, Information Technology, Health Care $100k–$4.9M
Christopher J. Dean
Angel
2 United States, Brazil Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B Software, SaaS, Retail $1.8M–$2.1M
David J. Adelman
Angel
2 United States Series A, Seed Food and Beverage, Sports, Wine and Spirits $3.6M–$43M
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Keiretsu Capital
VC Fund · Seattle, Washington, United States · 5 investments in United States Sporting Goods startups

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

  • Industry: Health Care, Biotechnology, Software
  • Stage:Series A, Convertible Note, Seed
  • Geography: United States, Canada, India

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 287
  • Round size: Seed $400k–$2.5M; Series A $811k–$12M; Convertible Note $50k–$3M
  • Lead/follow: 1% lead, 99% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $3.7M in 2022

Portfolio highlights

  • 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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FJ Labs
VC Fund · New York, New York, United States · 5 investments in United States Sporting Goods startups

FJ Labs is a stage-agnostic investment firm that focuses on marketplaces and consumer facing startups.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Financial Services
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Brazil

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1792
  • Round size: Seed $1.2M–$9.3M; Series A $5M–$30M; Series B $10M–$65M
  • Lead/follow: 3% lead, 97% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $5.5M in 2016

Portfolio highlights

  • 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.
  • Mainstay — System of intelligence for residential real estate.
  • Odyssey — Discover how Odyssey Energy Solutions unblocks bottlenecks in DRE project development. Access diverse financing, procure equipment efficiently, and remotely monitor system performance. Join over 2000 renewable energy companies that use Odyssey to scale. Get in touch today.
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Keiretsu Forum
VC Fund · San Francisco, California, United States · 4 investments in United States Sporting Goods startups

Keiretsu Forum is a global angel investor network with more than 2,500 accredited investor members throughout 47 chapters on 3 continents.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Health Care, Software, Biotechnology
  • Stage:Venture - Series Unknown, Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, India, Turkey

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 551
  • Round size: Seed $125k–$3M; Series A $285k–$8.2M; Venture - Series Unknown $125k–$6.8M
  • Lead/follow: 6% lead, 94% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $10M in 2015

Portfolio highlights

  • 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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Guild Capital
VC Fund · Miami, Florida, United States · 4 investments in United States Sporting Goods startups

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

  • Industry: E-Commerce, Internet, Software
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, India, Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 40
  • Round size: Seed $376k–$13M; Series A $1.1M–$10M
  • Lead/follow: 48% lead, 52% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • 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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KB Partners
VC Fund · Highland Park, Illinois, United States · 4 investments in United States Sporting Goods startups

We invest in passionate innovators at the intersection of sports and technology.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Sports, Software, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, Canada, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 88
  • Round size: Seed $1.5M–$5.2M; Series A $3.3M–$12M
  • Lead/follow: 60% lead, 40% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $127M in 2021

Portfolio highlights

  • SportIQ — SportIQ's SIQ Smart Basketball is world's only smart basketball approved by FIBA. Follow us on Instagram: @siqbasketball
  • NIL FanBox — A Curated box full of autographed college memorabilia delivered to your door every season!
  • International Dance League — The Global Professional Dance League Teams: Royal Family, Quick Style, 1MILLION, Jam Republic, Brotherhood, GRV
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Jumpstart New Jersey Angel Network
VC Fund · New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States · 4 investments in United States Sporting Goods startups

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

  • Industry: Software, Health Care, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Angel
  • Geography: United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 19
  • Round size: Seed $500k–$2.3M; Angel $200k–$600k
  • Lead/follow: 26% lead, 74% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • 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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Listen
VC Fund · Chicago, Illinois, United States · 4 investments in United States Sporting Goods startups

LISTEN.co / Chicago

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Investment focus

  • Industry: E-Commerce, Software, Consumer Goods
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 60
  • Round size: Seed $750k–$10M; Series A $2.7M–$20M
  • Lead/follow: 30% lead, 70% follow
  • Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $34M in 2025

Portfolio highlights

  • Legato Audio — Legato Hearing develops stylish glasses with built-in hearing technology, offering a discreet alternative to traditional hearing aids.
  • 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.
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Bread and Butter Ventures
VC Fund · Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States · 3 investments in United States Sporting Goods startups

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

  • Industry: Software, Health Care, SaaS
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, Canada, India

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 105
  • Round size: Seed $1.2M–$4.5M; Pre-Seed $145k–$2.7M; Series A $6M–$20M
  • Lead/follow: 23% lead, 77% follow
  • Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $40M in 2025

Portfolio highlights

  • 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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Blisce
VC Fund · New York, New York, United States · 3 investments in United States Sporting Goods startups, 7 in the past 12 months

Helping Bold Founders Build Companies That Matter Select one of the topics Expertise Platform Values Regulatory Disclosure

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Investment focus

  • Industry: E-Commerce, Health Care, Fashion
  • Stage:Series B, Series C, Series A
  • Geography: United States, France, Germany

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 123
  • Round size: Series A $6M–$56M; Series B $25M–$150M; Series C $30M–$122M
  • Lead/follow: 42% lead, 58% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2024

Portfolio highlights

  • Almetra — We use computer vision and AI analytics to provide insights into manual assembly processes - our platform supports process engineers in driving productivity and quality of assembly processes
  • OpenAI — Introducing Sora: Creating video from text
  • Helogen — High-value biomaterials manufactured in orbit and returned to Earth. Helogen builds autonomous space factories for regenerative medicine and advanced materials.
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Red Cedar Ventures
VC Fund · East Lansing, Michigan, United States · 3 investments in United States Sporting Goods startups

Discover. Innovate. Connect. Discover. Innovate. Connect. We support the Michigan State University research and innovation ecosystem with funding, programs, and spaces that turn ideas into real-world impact. Explore Our Impact Contact Us Explore Our Impact Contact Us Start Here: From research breakthroughs to high-growth startups and industry collaboration,

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Health Care, Manufacturing
  • Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Grant
  • Geography: United States, The Netherlands, Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 226
  • Round size: Seed $20k–$5M; Pre-Seed $20k–$2M
  • Lead/follow: 2% lead, 98% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $5M in 2022

Portfolio highlights

  • 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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Will Ventures
VC Fund · Boston, Massachusetts, United States · 3 investments in United States Sporting Goods startups, 8 in the past 12 months

Will Ventures, Early-stage teammates for consumer, health, and media startups.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Sports, Health Care, Fitness
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, Mexico, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 59
  • Round size: Seed $1M–$10M; Series A $3.7M–$30M
  • Lead/follow: 47% lead, 53% follow
  • Last fund: Likely actively investing — fund raised in 2025

Portfolio highlights

  • System Labs — System is a modern longevity and preventative care platform that delivers science-backed treatments and support - entirely online. From hormone health to metabolism, we help you take control of your long-term wellness with expert-led care and convenient delivery.
  • Throne — Better health with every flush
  • BetterDays — BetterDays is a barber-grade, texture-inclusive men’s grooming and haircare brand co-founded by celebrity barber VicBlends and Joey Thomas.
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Break Trail Ventures
VC Fund · Boulder, Colorado, United States · 3 investments in United States Sporting Goods startups

Break Trail Ventures is an early stage venture fund based in Columbus, OH and Boulder, CO.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 47
  • Round size: Seed $1.5M–$5.3M; Series A $2.5M–$15M
  • Lead/follow: 11% lead, 89% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2021

Portfolio highlights

  • 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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Casabona Ventures
VC Fund · 3 investments in United States Sporting Goods startups

Casabona Ventures, a New Jersey-based financial solutions company, offers management, strategic planning, and angel investment services.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 3
  • Round size: Seed $1M–$1.1M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • FUSAR — FUSAR Technologies builds a platform for connected cameras, communication, and safety technology. FUSAR stands for the fusion of technology and adventure. Their mission is to make technology as easy to use in motion as it is when standing still. The FUSAR app is the cornerstone of their ecosystem and their line of companion hardware devicesallows users to interact with the app on-the-go, enabling entirely new experiences.It was founded in 2014 and is based in Kearny, New Jersey.
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Global Founders Capital
VC Fund · Berlin, Berlin, Germany · 3 investments in United States Sporting Goods startups

Over the past two decades, GFC have backed over five hundred entrepreneurs worldwide, e.g. Facebook, LinkedIn, Slack, and Away Travel.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Financial Services, Software, FinTech
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United States, Germany, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1119
  • Round size: Seed $1.2M–$8.8M; Pre-Seed $575k–$5M; Series A $5M–$30M
  • Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $2B in 2018

Portfolio highlights

  • Benford — Benford is a modern, licensed audit firm that provides technology-driven statutory audit services using its custom software, AuditOS.
  • Primo — A birdseye view of your IT.
  • sevDesk — Deutschlands beliebteste Buchhaltungssoftware: Rechnungen& Angebote erstellen, Buchhaltung erledigen, Kunden- &Lagerverwaltung u.v.m.
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Maine Venture Fund
VC Fund · Newport, Maine, United States · 2 investments in United States Sporting Goods startups

Maine Venture Fund was created by the State Legislature to invest in Maine businesses that have the highest potential for growth and impact.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Manufacturing, Health Care
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 57
  • Round size: Seed $500k–$3.5M; Series A $662k–$12M; Venture - Series Unknown $600k–$7M
  • Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Kinotek — Fast, accurate and easy movement analysis software that uses 3D visualization and objective data to enhance communication and improve quality of care.
  • HighByte — Architect your digital transformation and AI use cases with proven Industrial DataOps software from HighByte. Let's make your industrial data useful.
  • Revert Technologies — ReVert makes smart power adapters that uses AI and utility grid analytics to automate power delivery to plugged-in electronics, turning things off to save energy and reduce carbon emissions for people, businesses, and our planet.
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Gaingels
VC Fund · New York, New York, United States · 2 investments in United States Sporting Goods startups, 75 in the past 12 months

Gaingels is a venture investment syndicate in service of the LGBT+ community and its allies, investing in companies with LGBT+ founders and C-suite leaders at all stages of growth, as well as in more established companies resolved on building more inclusive teams, with a global portfolio of 130+ companies and $70M in deployed investment capital todate. The Gaingels network also actively supports its portfolio in identifying and recruiting diverse talent to their C-suite and board leadership teams and fosters a vibrant global community of industry leaders, investors, operators, and entrepreneurs who share a common goal for positive social change through business and successful investments.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: United States, Canada, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1348
  • Round size: Seed $1M–$8.1M; Series A $5M–$35M; Venture - Series Unknown $69k–$12M
  • Lead/follow: 1% lead, 99% follow
  • Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $140k in 2026

Portfolio highlights

  • MoneyStack — Financial stress can be an obstacle to mental health recovery. MoneyStack partners with healthcare teams to integrate financial counseling into treatment plans to improve mental health outcomes and support long-term recovery for individuals and families impacted by someone's behavioral health condition.
  • Tiny Health — Tiny Health is the first at-home gut health test for moms and babies 0-3 years. Detect any gut imbalances early on and prevent chronic conditions.
  • Charter Space — Charter is developing a collaborative platform for satellite mission logistics and program management available via web app and API that provides satellite operators with intuitive information architecture to streamline missions and reduce wasted engineering hours so they can get to the launchpad faster.Charter's platform usesdesign-focused UI/UX and automation to reduce friction through intuitive dashboarding, improved information sharing, and optimized compute and data resource efficiency. For satellite companies, ATLAS streamlines processes, automates manual tasks, and provides engineers with communications and information infrastructure to seamlessly interface both across teams and organisations. reduces wasted engineering hours and lead times, and minimizes upfront technical debt, CapEx, and long-run OpEx.In other words, Charter is building a logistics solution that will be to satellite logistics what the graphical user interface was to command-line interfaces.
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Pipeline Angels
VC Fund · New York, New York, United States · 2 investments in United States Sporting Goods startups

Pipeline Angels is changing the face of angel investing and creating capital for women and non-binary femme social entrepreneurs. Our members serve as the friends and family round for entrepreneurs who may not already have support at that critical stage.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Health Care, Education, Software
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United States, Nigeria

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 170
  • Round size: Seed $60k–$2.3M; Angel $25k–$1.6M; Pre-Seed $100k–$1M
  • Lead/follow: 24% lead, 76% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • CarpeDM — CarpeDM app is an exclusive member-only dating community created for singles seeking meaningful relationships with professional Black women.
  • Givepact — Donate crypto or cash to the causes that matter. Givepact is a crypto fundraising platform for nonprofits.
  • Voiceblocks — Voiceblocks is a world-class, high-growth social impact venture that supports K–12 schools and families in streamlining the special education process for students with disabilities. Through innovative technology, we aim to reduce administrative burdens, enhance communication, and improve academic and developmental outcomes for students receivingspecial education services.
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NEXT VENTŪRES
VC Fund · San Francisco, California, United States · 2 investments in United States Sporting Goods startups

NEXT VENTŪRES is a venture capital firm that invests in the sports, fitness, health, and wellness markets. With established expertise and deep connections in these markets as well as proven financial track records, the NEXT VENTŪRES team is well positioned to create significant value for their investors and their portfolio companies.The firm wasestablished in 2018 and is based in San Francisco, CA

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Health Care, Wellness, Medical
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: United States, Canada, Finland

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 32
  • Round size: Seed $1.9M–$13M; Series A $4.5M–$16M; Series B $25M–$100M
  • Lead/follow: 47% lead, 53% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $60M in 2024

Portfolio highlights

  • BranchLab — Turn complex healthcare data into commercial intelligence that improves audience strategy, commercial performance, and real-world health outcomes.
  • Cofertility — Egg donation, egg freezing, and egg donor matching made better. Whether you want kids today or someday, we're in the "family" business.
  • Trial Library — At Trial Library, we partner with the oncology community to enable the discoverability of clinical trials for anyone, anywhere.
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Alliance of Angels
VC Fund · Seattle, Washington, United States · 2 investments in United States Sporting Goods startups

Largest and most active angel group in the Pacific Northwest

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Health Care, SaaS
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: United States, Canada, Nigeria

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 152
  • Round size: Seed $750k–$3M; Series A $1.1M–$6.8M; Venture - Series Unknown $500k–$9M
  • Lead/follow: 13% lead, 87% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $5.3M in 2015

Portfolio highlights

  • Battlefy — Battlefy is the simplest way to start, manage, and find esports tournaments | Create. Compete. Conquer.
  • 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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Frank Bober
Angel · New York, New York, United States · 2 investments in United States Sporting Goods startups

Frank Bober is the Author of The Dying Zone.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Round size: Seed $1M–$1.2M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • FUSAR — FUSAR Technologies builds a platform for connected cameras, communication, and safety technology. FUSAR stands for the fusion of technology and adventure. Their mission is to make technology as easy to use in motion as it is when standing still. The FUSAR app is the cornerstone of their ecosystem and their line of companion hardware devicesallows users to interact with the app on-the-go, enabling entirely new experiences.It was founded in 2014 and is based in Kearny, New Jersey.
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Daren Cotter
Angel · Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States · 2 investments in United States Sporting Goods startups

Daren was the Founder and CEO of InboxDollars, an online marketing company that connects consumers and advertisers in a way that benefits both. He founded the company as a Freshman in college in 2000 and bootstrapped the company to more than $25 million in annual revenues. InboxDollars was acquired by Prodege in 2019. Daren is active in the MNstart-up community as an investor, advisor and mentor.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 86
  • Round size: Seed $1M–$4.3M; Pre-Seed $500k–$2M; Series A $3.2M–$19M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Onsetto — Onsetto helps banks and credit unions turn business accounts into primary operating relationships: identify, activate, expand, and retain commercial deposits.
  • 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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PEAK6 Sports
VC Fund · Chicago, Illinois, United States · 2 investments in United States Sporting Goods startups

PEAK6 Sports LLC is a venture capital firm which operates at the intersection of sports and technology. Utilizing a wealth of collective experience in sports, media, and venture capital, PEAK6 Sports invests in and helps build companies that are both software-enabled and sports-enabled.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Retail, E-Commerce, Marketplace
  • Stage:Series A
  • Geography: United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Round size: Series A $6.6M–$6.6M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • SidelineSwap — SidelineSwap connects athletes so they can buy, sell, and learn about new and used sports gear. They were founded in 2012 by former college athletes who realized how difficult it was to find high-quality used sports gear online. Since launching the marketplace, hundreds of thousands of athletes have joined their community and contributed to theirmission of making sports more affordable.On SidelineSwap you’ll not only find the largest collection of high-quality new and used sports gear on the internet, you will also connect with athletes who know about gear and love their sport. If you browse long enough, you might even find a few pros.We’re entrepreneurs at heart, and we’re proud to empower their community of sellers. Sellers on SidelineSwap come in all shapes and sizes, from high school athletes selling last season’s gear, to former college players unloading a career’s worth of equipment, to business owners like Eric (see below) who make a living on SidelineSwap.We’re backed by Global Founders Capital, Riverpark Ventures, Fullstack Sports Ventures, Teamworthy Ventures, FJ Labs, and 500 Startups, and their advisors include former executives from Amazon, Etsy, Seamless, Staples, and ESPN. We’re alumni of 500 Startups, MassChallenge, and the Harvard Innovation Lab.
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Lloyd Danzig
Angel · New York, New York, United States · 2 investments in United States Sporting Goods startups

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

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 17
  • Round size: Seed $1M–$11M; Series A $3M–$42M
  • Lead/follow: 29% lead, 71% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • 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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Maria Thomas
Angel · Washington, District of Columbia, United States · 2 investments in United States Sporting Goods startups

Maria Thomas is a consumer Internet pioneer and entrepreneurial business builder. She is also a well-respected member of the Board of Directors of both a publicly traded and a private equity backed company. She's currently (2017) an expert advisor and hands-on contributor to Remote Year.In 2016, Maria was Interim CEO at Glamsquad:http://blog.glamsquad.com/post/145956909567/corepower-yoga-amy-shecter-glamsquad-ceo. Maria is the former CEO of Etsy, a position she took in July of 2008 after Founding CEO Maria Prior to

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Investment focus

  • Industry: E-Commerce, SaaS, Retail
  • Stage:Seed, Series B, Series A
  • Geography: United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 7
  • Round size: Seed $1.2M–$2.1M; Series B $7.8M–$19M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Twice — Buy & sell electronics, cars, clothes, collectibles & more on eBay, the world's online marketplace. Top brands, low prices & free shipping on many items.
  • Catalant — Access on-demand consulting services for strategic business planning, data & business analytics, digital transformation, M&A, market research, and more.
  • SidelineSwap — SidelineSwap connects athletes so they can buy, sell, and learn about new and used sports gear. They were founded in 2012 by former college athletes who realized how difficult it was to find high-quality used sports gear online. Since launching the marketplace, hundreds of thousands of athletes have joined their community and contributed to theirmission of making sports more affordable.On SidelineSwap you’ll not only find the largest collection of high-quality new and used sports gear on the internet, you will also connect with athletes who know about gear and love their sport. If you browse long enough, you might even find a few pros.We’re entrepreneurs at heart, and we’re proud to empower their community of sellers. Sellers on SidelineSwap come in all shapes and sizes, from high school athletes selling last season’s gear, to former college players unloading a career’s worth of equipment, to business owners like Eric (see below) who make a living on SidelineSwap.We’re backed by Global Founders Capital, Riverpark Ventures, Fullstack Sports Ventures, Teamworthy Ventures, FJ Labs, and 500 Startups, and their advisors include former executives from Amazon, Etsy, Seamless, Staples, and ESPN. We’re alumni of 500 Startups, MassChallenge, and the Harvard Innovation Lab.
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David Blitzer
Angel · Scotch Plains, New Jersey, United States · 2 investments in United States Sporting Goods startups

David Blitzer joined HBSE Ventures as Founder.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Sports, Fantasy Sports, Sporting Goods
  • Stage:Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: Portugal, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 3
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • SlamBall — SlamBall is a global sports league association. It was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.
  • TMRW Sports — TMRW Sports is harnessing technology to build modern approaches to sports, media, and entertainment.
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Roger Ehrenberg
Angel · New York, New York, United States · 2 investments in United States Sporting Goods startups

Roger Ehrenberg is the founder and Managing Partner of IA Ventures, a firm that invests in companies creating competitive advantage through data.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 119
  • Round size: Seed $900k–$5M; Series A $1.6M–$20M; Series B $6M–$20M
  • Lead/follow: 24% lead, 76% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • 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 — Your league is unique. Your advice should be too. Fantasy football rankings, start/sits, tools and analysis from Matthew Berry and the Fantasy Life team.
  • Gemini Sports Analytics — Your Next-Gen Roster Management Command Center
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The R-Group Holdings, LLC
VC Fund · Portland, Oregon, United States · 2 investments in United States Sporting Goods startups

The R-Group focuses on angel investments and venture capital in sectors such as FinTech, HighTech, MedTech, EdTech, Lifestyle, and CPG. The company maintains a diverse portfolio that includes numerous innovative startups and established companies. The R-Group is committed to supporting growth and development within these industries throughstrategic investments.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, SaaS, E-Commerce
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: United States, Israel, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 92
  • Round size: Seed $700k–$5.2M; Series A $1.5M–$10M; Venture - Series Unknown $1.5M–$10M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • 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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Al Dhow Capital
VC Fund · Safat, Al Kuwayt, Kuwait · 2 investments in United States Sporting Goods startups

Al Dhow Capital Venture is the investment arm of Al Dhow Capital Holdings, based in Kuwait

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Information Technology, Apps, SaaS
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United Kingdom, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 17
  • Round size: Seed $318k–$1.7M; Pre-Seed $241k–$300k
  • Lead/follow: 35% lead, 65% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Yiswa App — Yiswa is predicated on the idea that the consumer sets the price of the goods he wants to purchase at a discount from the going rate.
  • what3words — Every 3 metre square has a unique 3 word address.
  • TestCard — TestCard is a platform technology that turns a smart device into a clinical-grade scanner, allowing accurate reading, recording, and reporting of test results.
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Kevin Kaplan
Angel · Austin, Texas, United States · 2 investments in United States Sporting Goods startups

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

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 9
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Fundrise — Fundrise helps locals claim ownership in the development of their city. Its first project and the first-ever crowdfunded real estate deal, was the development of acclaimed D.C. restaurant and retail store, Maketto, in 2013. It has grown since then, but its mission of providing people with a simpler, smarter, and more reliable way to invest hasremained the same.Today, Fundrise continues to shape the investment industry, creating a new alternative to investing in stocks and bonds. By combining technology with new federal regulations, they have opened up the once-unattainable world of direct private investments to everyone in the US, regardless of net worth.Fundrise was launched in Washington, D.C. in 2012.
  • Schiller Bikes — Schiller water bikes are extraordinary machines designed to propel you across the water. Water biking is the penultimate human sporting experience for a modern age, blending physical stamina and the drama of competition with an escape from the confinements of land.
  • Knightscope — Knightscope builds Autonomous Security Robots (ASRs) that are patrolling across the country 24/7/365 helping secure the places you live, work, study, and visit.
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Wavemaker Ventures
VC Fund · Singapore, Central Region, Singapore · 2 investments in United States Sporting Goods startups

Wavemaker Group is a cross-border venture capital firm founded in 2003 and one of the most active early-stage investors across multiple funds.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: United States, Singapore, Philippines

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 512
  • Round size: Seed $750k–$4.3M; Series A $2.5M–$19M; Venture - Series Unknown $1.2M–$8M
  • Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $1.9M in 2023

Portfolio highlights

  • uHoo — uHoo monitors and manages your indoor environment to help you create healthier, safer and more comfortable homes and workplaces.
  • 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.
  • Neocrete — Neocrete is a concrete manufacturing company that is involved in the manufacture of resilient and carbon-neutral concrete.
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Teamworthy Ventures
VC Fund · New York, New York, United States · 2 investments in United States Sporting Goods startups

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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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, SaaS, Financial Services
  • Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
  • Geography: United States, Spain, Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 80
  • Round size: Seed $1.8M–$6.5M; Series A $6.3M–$29M; Series B $13M–$43M
  • Lead/follow: 10% lead, 90% follow
  • Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $18M in 2026

Portfolio highlights

  • 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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Advantage Capital
VC Fund · New Orleans, Louisiana, United States · 2 investments in United States Sporting Goods startups

Advantage Capital has invested over $3.8 billion in more than 800 portfolio companies and projects nationwide since 1992. The firm specializes in growth equity, lending, and mezzanine debt capital investments spanning three distinct but complementary themes, driving local economic development and lasting impact in underserved communities.____________________Growing Small Business // 800+ PORTFOLIO COMPANIES // 34 STATES // 66,000+ JOBS SUPPORTED // Small businesses and the entrepreneurs who power them are fundamental to the U.S. economy, driving inclusive economic expansion that allows people and communities to thrive. Advantage Capital offers debt and equity investment opportunities and can provide senior, unitranche and subordinated debt, as well as minority equity financing. The firm invests in companies from a diverse array of industry sectors, including manufacturing, technology and business services, among others. It seeks to make an initial investment between $500K and $10M in companies with $1M+ EBITDA.Financing Affordable Homes // 89 PROJECTS SINCE 2015 // 8,000+ FAMILIES & SENIORS HOUSED // 7 STATES // Creating stronger communities goes beyond business investment and jobs. Financing housing in these same communities creates even more positive and lasting impacts.Expanding Renewable Energy Solutions // $130M IN CAPITAL DEPLOYED // 65 PROJECTS // 20,000+ HOMES POWERED // Increased access to renewable energy supports local green jobs and economic development while building the framework for tomorrow's carbon-free America. ____________________Geographic Focus: Advantage Capital is committed to impact nationwide, with current emphasis in the following states: Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia____________________Advantage Capital is headquartered in New Orleans, Louisiana and has offices in the following locations: St. Louis, MO; New York, NY; Austin, TX; Hanover, NH; Washington, D.C.; Napa, CA; Nevada.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Manufacturing, Food and Beverage, Software
  • Stage:Debt Financing, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: United States, China, Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 564
  • Round size: Series A $2.4M–$14M; Debt Financing $310k–$12M; Venture - Series Unknown $2.2M–$21M
  • Lead/follow: 16% lead, 84% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $55M in 2009

Portfolio highlights

  • Umecc — UMECC supplies high-quality metallurgical equipment, spare parts, and refractories for steel mills. Global expertise delivered locally with engineering support.
  • Juristat — Juristat patent analytics and workflow automation tools help IP professionals streamline prosecution tasks and make strategic, data-driven business decisions.
  • Gravity Diagnostics — Gravity Diagnostics is a full-service state-of-the-art CLIA laboratory licensed in all 50 states providing innovative laboratory testing in the areas of COVID-19, Upper Respiratory, Toxicology, Pharmacogenomics, and Sexually Transmitted Infections. We are an advocate for physicians, patients, and our communities, supporting them with unsurpassedintegrity, regulatory compliance, and clinical expertise.
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John Elstrott
Angel · New Orleans, Louisiana, United States · 2 investments in United States Sporting Goods startups

John Elstrott is the Mentor, The LePage Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation In-Residence Program Mentor at Tulane University School of Medicine. He attended the University of Colorado Boulder.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: SaaS, Sports, Web Apps
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 4
  • Round size: Seed $1.5M–$7M
  • Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Dinner Lab — Dinner Lab is a membership-based social dining experiment that unites undiscovered chefs with adventurous diners who are looking for something different from the traditional restaurant experience. Whether it happens on the roof of an abandoned building, the floor of a paper mill, or inside a motorcycle dealership, they believe that good people,good food and good drink are the only elements paramount to a memorable meal.The company was founded in 2011 and headquartered in New Orleans, Louisiana.
  • Tigeraire — The Tigeraire Cyclone helmet airflow system for youth, college, and professional athletes. It's time to get some aire.
  • Good2Go, Inc — Good2Go leverages IoT technology to make everyday experiences more enjoyable. Good2Go handles everything from locating the nearest facility to unlocking and opening the door.
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Greycroft
VC Fund · New York, New York, United States · 2 investments in United States Sporting Goods startups

Venture capital and technology investments

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, E-Commerce
  • Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
  • Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Germany

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 962
  • Round size: Seed $1.5M–$8.5M; Series A $3.4M–$25M; Series B $7.3M–$90M
  • Lead/follow: 31% lead, 69% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $451M in 2023

Portfolio highlights

  • Arey — Arey is anti-aging haircare, clinically proven. Our science-backed hair and scalp treatment slows greys and delivers thicker, fuller, healthier hair.
  • Axiom — The Starting Point for Reasoning
  • Sapphire Digital — UFABRO situs judi bola dengan keamanan maksimal, enkripsi SSL, transaksi stabil, lisensi terverifikasi, dan layanan yang transparan. Mudah digunakan dan sangat andal.
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Maine Angels
VC Fund · Portland, Maine, United States · 2 investments in United States Sporting Goods startups

Maine Angels they make investments with entrepreneurs with an emphasis on businesses.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Health Care, Software, Biotechnology
  • Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A
  • Geography: United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 129
  • Round size: Seed $25k–$1.2M; Series A $662k–$5.9M; Venture - Series Unknown $25k–$1.1M
  • Lead/follow: 1% lead, 99% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $1.8M in 2022

Portfolio highlights

  • 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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Founder Collective
VC Fund · Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States · 2 investments in United States Sporting Goods startups

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

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 454
  • Round size: Seed $1.1M–$6.5M; Series A $1.5M–$16M
  • Lead/follow: 6% lead, 94% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $95M in 2023

Portfolio highlights

  • 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.
  • Bird & Be — Personalized prenatal supplements and early screening rapid tests to improve access to care and accelerate time to care. Advocating for proactive family planning and reproductive health education.
  • Verascient — Get more out of the AI your team already uses. Verascient connects Claude, ChatGPT and your own agents to a living graph of your company's knowledge.
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RiverPark Ventures
VC Fund · New York, New York, United States · 2 investments in United States Sporting Goods startups

RiverPark Ventures is an early stage venture capital fund, founded by entrepreneurs to invest in entrepreneurs. RiverPark Ventures is part of the RiverPark family of funds, a multi-strategy portfolio management firm. RiverPark Funds collectively manage over $3 billion in assets.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, E-Commerce, SaaS
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: United States, Canada, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 288
  • Round size: Seed $1.3M–$6.7M; Series A $5M–$22M; Series B $10M–$63M
  • Lead/follow: 4% lead, 96% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2022

Portfolio highlights

  • Slate Milk — Slate is a line of delicious, lower sugar, higher protein, lactose free chocolate milks and lattes for healthy-minded people.
  • System Labs — System is a modern longevity and preventative care platform that delivers science-backed treatments and support - entirely online. From hormone health to metabolism, we help you take control of your long-term wellness with expert-led care and convenient delivery.
  • Hike Medical — Transform foot health with Hike Medical. Our custom insoles and cutting-edge solutions are designed for on-feet workers, enhancing comfort, mobility, and overall well-being.
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Dundee Venture Capital
VC Fund · Omaha, Nebraska, United States · 2 investments in United States Sporting Goods startups

Dundee Venture Capital invests $250,000-$1M in high-growth, early-stage technology companies. DVC invests across industries in founding teams they believe in. Most of DVC's investments are in e-commerce, B2B SaaS, or consumer networks.Dundee VC formally began in 2010. The root of the idea started much earlier when Mark Hasebroock, DundeeVC’s founding, and managing partner, was raising money for his two e-commerce companies, giftcertificates.com and Hayneedle.com, in the late 1990s and early 2000s, respectively.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, Canada, Kenya

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 115
  • Round size: Seed $175k–$3.2M; Series A $650k–$10M
  • Lead/follow: 37% lead, 63% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $31M in 2017

Portfolio highlights

  • 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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Keiretsu Forum Northwest
VC Fund · Seattle, Washington, United States · 2 investments in United States Sporting Goods startups

Keiretsu Forum is a community of private equity investors, business leaders and entrepreneurs with a network of over 50 global chapters and more than 2,500 investor members.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Health Care, Software, Biotechnology
  • Stage:Series A, Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: United States, Spain, Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 138
  • Round size: Seed $200k–$2M; Series A $500k–$8M; Venture - Series Unknown $650k–$5M
  • Lead/follow: 4% lead, 96% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • 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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Sharp Alpha
VC Fund · New York, New York, United States · 2 investments in United States Sporting Goods startups

Sharp Alpha Advisors is a venture capital firm specializing in sports betting and online gaming

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 44
  • Round size: Seed $1M–$11M; Series A $3M–$42M
  • Lead/follow: 32% lead, 68% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $25M in 2024

Portfolio highlights

  • 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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SouthWest Colorado Accelerator Program for Entrepreneurs
VC Fund · Durango, Colorado, United States · 2 investments in United States Sporting Goods startups

SCAPE’s mission is to help create more high-growth, job-creating companies in the Four Corners by providing education, mentoring, and access to funding for startups and early-stage companies. SCAPE has launched 43 companies that have raised $27,000,000 in capital contributions to the creation of 200 local jobs.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 3
  • Round size: Seed $240k–$240k
  • Lead/follow: 67% lead, 33% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $400k in 2024

Portfolio highlights

  • Rerouted — Rerouted believes that all used gear deserves a good home. That's why we made it easy to buy, sell & donate second hand outdoor gear with all the expertise of a local gear shop and the convenience of the internet
  • Iron-IQ — Iron-IQ is a cloud-based IIoT Monitoring and Control Platform.
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Liquid 2 Ventures
VC Fund · San Francisco, California, United States · 2 investments in United States Sporting Goods startups

Liquid2 Ventures provides technology startups with seed-stage investments and is based in San Francisco, California. The firm was founded in 2015 by Joe Montana, Mike Miller, and Michael Ma.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, Mexico, Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1248
  • Round size: Seed $1.1M–$9.1M; Pre-Seed $125k–$2.7M; Series A $6M–$48M
  • Lead/follow: 1% lead, 99% follow
  • Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $12M in 2026

Portfolio highlights

  • Albedo — Aerial quality imagery - from space.
  • Complir — Complir's AI agents map product data, analyse compliance risks, generate documentation and track regulations across every market you sell in.
  • Eden — Eden unifies medical imaging operations with clinical AI: PACS, teleradiology, AI-assisted diagnosis and structured reporting, deployed across 2,600+ imaging departments.
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Southeast Minnesota Capital Fund
VC Fund · Rochester, Minnesota, United States · 2 investments in United States Sporting Goods startups

SEMN Capital invests in high-growth companies with the potential for high returns. The firm seeks to invest in the healthcare sector and founders. It was established in 2017 and is headquartered in Rochester, Minnesota.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 10
  • Round size: Seed $100k–$2.1M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Melodi — Melodi Health provides innovative technologies that improve patient outcomes and lower healthcare costs for women undergoing breast surgery.
  • Vyriad — Vyriad is a clinical-stage company developing proprietary oncolytic virus therapies for the treatment of cancers with significant unmet needs. The potentially life-changing oncolytic viral technologies of Vyriad are the result of decades of research by dedicated researchers and clinicians at Mayo Clinic and the University of Miami.
  • 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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Gopher Angels
VC Fund · Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States · 2 investments in United States Sporting Goods startups

We are the most active Minnesota investor network, supporting the Midwest startup community through angel investment, a shared knowledge bank.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Biotechnology, Software, Health Care
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 25
  • Round size: Seed $1M–$3M; Series A $1.3M–$4M; Venture - Series Unknown $1M–$4.4M
  • Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • 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.
  • 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.
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Right Side Capital Management
VC Fund · San Francisco, California, United States · 2 investments in United States Sporting Goods startups

Systematic Pre-Seed Startup Capital

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS
  • Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Convertible Note
  • Geography: United States, Canada, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2067
  • Round size: Seed $50k–$1.7M; Pre-Seed $50k–$450k; Convertible Note $50k–$400k
  • Lead/follow: 3% lead, 97% follow
  • Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $55M in 2025

Portfolio highlights

  • tbh — tbh is a developer of a mobile application designed to provide anonymous feedback to friends. The company's mobile application facilitates asking or answering questions, open text fields and invite abuse when combined with anonymity, enabling users to say things without repercussions and feel better about themselves from the positive feedbackon social networks.
  • Vidrovr — Vidrovr develops multimodal computer vision and machine learning systems to index, tag, and understand video. It processes videos with specific domain constraints, such as in sports, government, and media verticals. Its technology enables its users to search an indexed video corpus and retrieve content inside videos and link it to other media likephotos and text.The company Integrates social media to enable direct interactions between multimedia content. Vidrovr was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in New York.
  • TasksMind — Customer Reliability Platform
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Blake Griffin
Angel · Los Angeles, California, United States · 2 investments in United States Sporting Goods startups

Blake Griffin, the six-time All-Star, former Rookie of the Year and Slam Dunk Champion, is regarded as one of the most influential players in recent history. Second only to his basketball talent is his innate knack for comedic timing, which has been showcased in numerous national ad campaigns, top-tier media, and through his annual charity comedyshow, Comedy.by blake. Behind the camera, Blake serves as the Cofounder of Mortal Media, his Hollywood production company, which works on projects in the film, TV, and digital spaces. A true triple-threat, adding to athlete and actor, Blake and his brother Taylor also run the Team Griffin Foundation, their non-profit organization that provides young men and women with opportunities to learn the essential lessons of life, competition, and hard work by inspiring them to nurture their passions in athletics, academics and the arts.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 5
  • Round size: Series A $11M–$53M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • SlamBall — SlamBall is a global sports league association. It was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.
  • Lemon Perfect — Lemon Perfect is a 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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Mark Pincus
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 2 investments in United States Sporting Goods startups

Mark Pincus is based out of San Francisco, California and is the Founder of Playful.AI. Mark previously worked at Tribe.net as a CEO and Co-Founder. Mark Pincus attended Harvard Business School.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 103
  • Round size: Seed $1.1M–$10M; Series A $2.7M–$40M; Series B $8.5M–$116M
  • Lead/follow: 2% lead, 98% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • fomo — Fomo is a cutting-edge fintech startup revolutionizing the financial landscape through innovative technology and strategic partnerships.
  • PlayerZero — PlayerZero builds an engineering world model so SRE, QA, and support teams resolve incidents, prevent defects, and close tickets faster.
  • SalesPatriot — We deploy AI into supply chains that the West depends on.
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GAN Ventures
VC Fund · Denver, Colorado, United States · 2 investments in United States Sporting Goods startups

GAN Ventures is the investment arm of the Global Accelerator Network

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, Health Care
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Angel
  • Geography: United States, Ireland, Kenya

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 27
  • Round size: Seed $100k–$4.9M; Series A $3.4M–$4.4M
  • Lead/follow: 15% lead, 85% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2016

Portfolio highlights

  • 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 — Royal Reels Casino reviewed for Aussie players: how login and sign-up work, the pokies line-up, current bonus terms and AUD deposits and withdrawals.
  • Icon Source — This is Icon Source: Your portal into the world of powerful athletic endorsements.
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Christopher J. Dean
Angel · Boston, Massachusetts, United States · 2 investments in United States Sporting Goods startups

Christopher J. Dean joined Summit Partners in 2001. Prior to Summit, he worked for Morgan Stanley, J.H. Whitney & Co. and Sun Microsystems. Based in Summit’s Boston office, Chris is active in the firm’s investment activities in North America, Europe and Asia.During his 12 years with Summit Partners, Chris has served as a director ofmany companies. He is currently a director of Aurora Diagnostics, Champion Windows, Commercial Defeasance, Focus Financial Partners and Salient Partners. His prior directorships include optionsXpress Holdings (NASDAQ: OXPS, later acquired by Charles Schwab), PSC Info Group (acquired by Roark Capital Group) and Senior Home Care (acquired by Oaktree Capital Management).Chris holds a BA in history, summa cum laude, from the University of Notre Dame and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 7
  • Round size: Seed $1.8M–$2.1M
  • Lead/follow: 71% lead, 29% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • 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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David J. Adelman
Angel · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States · 2 investments in United States Sporting Goods startups

As the CEO of Campus Apartments, David Adelman leverages more than three decades of experience in real estate investing and development to oversee a portfolio of student housing properties at 80 schools in 23 states. He was mentored from an early age by the founder of Campus Apartments and has played a major role in the company’s growth sincetaking over as CEO. Specifically, David Adelman fostered a relationship with sovereign wealth fund GIC Real Estate of Singapore to invest in the company in 2006. Mr. Adelman is also the founder of Darco Capital and co-founder and vice chair of FS Investments. Through Darco, he has invested in dozens of venture capital and private equity businesses, including digital healthcare company Virta, tequila brand Lobos 1707, Fleetzero electric ships, Prolific Machines cultured meat, Crystal Palace football club, and athletic apparel maker Fanatics. FS Investments is a prominent manager of alternative investment funds with more than $38 billion in assets under management. A basketball fan, David Adelman leveraged his success in real estate and business investing in October 2022 to purchase a $250 million equity stake in Harris Blitzer Sports and Entertainment, the firm that owns the Philadelphia 76ers NBA franchise. Mr. Adelman is also the chairman of 76 Devcorp, through which he is leading efforts to build a new sports and entertainment venue for the team and revitalize the Fashion District mall at Tenth and Market Streets in Center City. David Adelman is a former Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year in the real estate category for Greater Philadelphia. He currently belongs to the Young Presidents' Organization and Real Estate Roundtable and serves on the University City District Board of Directors and Penn Medicine Board of Trustees. In addition, he is a past chairman of the Philadelphia Holocaust Remembrance Foundation. He holds a bachelor of arts in political science from Ohio State University. Away from work, he enjoys spending his free time with his wife and daughters.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Food and Beverage, Sports, Wine and Spirits
  • Stage:Series A, Seed
  • Geography: United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 14
  • Round size: Series A $3.6M–$43M
  • Lead/follow: 21% lead, 79% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • SlamBall — SlamBall is a global sports league association. It was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.
  • 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.
  • 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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Sporting Goods Investor funding in United States at a glance

Stats across 389 deals from 553 investors.

553
investors
in United States Sporting Goods startups
389
deals
in United States Sporting Goods startups
$1.2M
median round
in United States Sporting Goods startups
33%
lead investors
lead at least one round
20%
Seed
most common funding stage
74/26
VC / Angel
share of investor count

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