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Top 50 Sports Angel Investors (August 2026)

The most active angel investors investing in Sports startups. This investor list is updated monthly from the Shizune investor database, ranked by number of investments in Sports startup companies. Find investors to raise a Pre-Seed, Seed or Series A round with Shizune.
Investor Relevant Deals Geography Stage Focus Round Size
Sam Enrico Williams
Angel
19 United Kingdom Pre-Seed Blockchain, Web Apps, Sports $10k–$100k
Edward Lando
Angel
13 United States, United Kingdom, France Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Software, Artificial Intelligence, FinTech $125k–$37M
Daren Cotter
Angel
12 United States Seed, Series A Software, Health Care, E-Commerce $1M–$19M
Kevin Lin
Angel
11 United States, India, United Kingdom Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Gaming, Information Technology, Video Games $228k–$25M
Johann Hansmann
Angel
11 Austria, United Kingdom, Germany Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed Software, Health Care, Fitness $300k–$3.4M
Jason Calacanis
Angel
10 United States, Australia, Canada Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A Software, Internet, Artificial Intelligence $100k–$16M
Gary Vaynerchuk
Angel
9 United States, Australia, Canada Seed, Series A, Series B Software, Mobile, Internet $1M–$55M
Roger Ehrenberg
Angel
9 United States, United Kingdom, Canada Series A, Seed, Series B FinTech, Advertising, Analytics $900k–$20M
Anupam Mittal
Angel
8 India, United States, France Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed E-Commerce, Food and Beverage, Software $44k–$3M
Jeffrey Howe
Angel
8 Canada Seed, Angel Fantasy Sports $950k–$5.2M
David Stern
Angel
8 United States, Spain Series A, Seed, Series B Sports, Gaming, Software $3.6M–$33M
Shane Neman
Angel
8 United States, Kenya, Spain Seed, Series A Health Care, Software, Artificial Intelligence $1.5M–$120M
Kevin Durant
Angel
8 United States, Canada, France Series A, Seed, Series B Financial Services, Sports, FinTech $1.3M–$100M
Andreas Mihalovits
Angel
8 Spain, United Kingdom, United States Seed, Series A, Angel Software, SaaS, Internet $274k–$7M
George Godula
Angel
7 United States, China, France Seed, Series A, Series B Health Care, Information Technology, Mobile $970k–$150M
David Blitzer
Angel
7 United States, India, The Netherlands Series A, Seed, Series B Sports, Media and Entertainment, Sports Leagues and Teams $2.2M–$22M
Kunal Shah
Angel
7 India, United States, Singapore Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Financial Services, FinTech, Software $350k–$16M
Wei Guo
Angel
7 United States, China, Canada Seed, Series A, Angel Software, Artificial Intelligence, Internet $200k–$19M
Trevor Wright
Angel
7 United States, India, Canada Seed, Series A, Angel Software, Gaming, Information Technology $25k–$10M
Chad Hurley
Angel
7 United States, United Kingdom Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown Internet, Software, Sports $2M–$50M
Ryan Moore
Angel
7 United States, Canada, United Kingdom Series A, Seed, Series B FinTech, E-Commerce, Sports $1.5M–$45M
Mario Götze
Angel
7 Germany, United States, United Kingdom Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS $1.2M–$60M
Hesham Zreik
Angel
6 United States, Nigeria, India Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A Information Technology, Software, E-Commerce $12k–$5M
Mark Cuban
Angel
6 United States, United Kingdom, Canada Seed, Series A Software, Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain $600k–$23M
Drew Brees
Angel
6 United States, Canada Seed, Series B Sports, Apps, E-Commerce $1.2M–$67M
Peter Wilson
Angel
6 Canada Seed, Angel Fantasy Sports $1.2M–$5.2M
Christian Edler
Angel
6 United States, Germany, United Kingdom Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Software, Financial Services, FinTech $497k–$555M
Benjamin Ling
Angel
5 United States, Canada, India Seed, Series A, Series B Software, E-Commerce, SaaS $650k–$50M
Thomas Madsen-Mygdal
Angel
5 Denmark, United States, Finland Angel, Seed, Pre-Seed Computer, Software, Collaboration
Harris Barton
Angel
5 United States Seed, Series A, Series B Software, Big Data, Analytics $500k–$32M
David Tisch
Angel
5 United States, France, Israel Seed, Series A, Series B Software, Internet, E-Commerce $850k–$40M
Benjie Cherniak
Angel
5 United States, Canada, Australia Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown Sports, Gaming, Casino
Chris Paul
Angel
5 United States, France, Portugal Seed, Angel Sports, FinTech, Food and Beverage $1.8M–$18M
Michael Dornbrook
Angel
5 United States, Canada Seed, Convertible Note Software, Mobile, Health Care $435k–$2.7M
Ralf Reichert
Angel
5 Germany, United States, Austria Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Software, Education, SaaS $535k–$5.7M
Chris Grove
Angel
5 United States, Australia Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown News, Casino, Gaming $2M–$15M
Stefan Glänzer
Angel
5 Germany, United Kingdom, United States Seed, Angel, Series A FinTech, Financial Services, Social Media $197k–$15M
Naval Ravikant
Angel
5 United States, India, United Kingdom Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Software, FinTech, Artificial Intelligence $1M–$25M
Jason Robins
Angel
5 United States, Canada Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Sports, Internet, Software $1.2M–$42M
Dave Morin
Angel
5 United States, France, Finland Seed, Series A Mobile, Internet, E-Commerce $1M–$13M
Will Herman
Angel
5 United States, South Africa, United Kingdom Seed, Series A, Convertible Note Software, Mobile, Enterprise Software $100k–$8.8M
Ronnie Lott
Angel
5 United States Seed, Series A, Series B Health Care, Sports, Software $700k–$23M
Albert Armengol
Angel
5 Spain, United States, United Kingdom Seed, Pre-Seed Software, Mobile Apps, Apps $137k–$3M
Samuel Shank
Angel
5 United States, Germany Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel Mobile, Marketplace, Apps $200k–$3M
Dan Plashkes
Angel
5 Canada Seed, Angel Fantasy Sports $950k–$3M
Scott Sandell
Angel
5 United States, Germany, China Series A, Series B, Series C Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence $5.8M–$110M
Sinan Güler
Angel
5 United States, Turkey, Germany Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Fitness, Wellness, Apps $150k–$2.5M
Colin Carrier
Angel
4 United States, Denmark Seed, Series A Software, Internet, Apps
Sean Bratches
Angel
4 United States Series A, Seed, Series B Sports, SaaS, Casino
Michel Akkermans
Angel
4 Belgium, United States, Germany Seed, Series A FinTech, Financial Services, Finance
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Sam Enrico Williams
Angel · London, England, United Kingdom · 19 investments in Sports startups

Sam Enrico Williams is a CEO & Founder at Zloadr. Having built intelligent systems for the past 10 years, that have been implemented into corporate structures and organisations, Sam Enrico Williams brings a deep level and understanding of System Architecture. Sam has strong experience in Cryptocurrency, blockchain technology and economymarkets; needed to drive DocTailor to unprecedented levels.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Blockchain, Web Apps, Sports
  • Stage:Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 28
  • Round size: Pre-Seed $10k–$100k
  • Lead/follow: 71% lead, 29% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • NFT Metadata Editor — Be the first to claim for whitelist instant access to exclusive airdrop and giveaway drops.
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Edward Lando
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 13 investments in Sports startups

Edward Lando is the founder of Pareto Holdings. He previously worked at Horizons School of Technology as a co-founder. Edward Lando attended the Wharton School.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, FinTech
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, United Kingdom, France

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 478
  • Round size: Seed $975k–$7M; Pre-Seed $125k–$3.4M; Series A $5.5M–$37M
  • Lead/follow: 1% lead, 99% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Humera — Humera - AI CAPTCHA That Knows You're Human
  • Allonic — Allonic is a robotics hardware company pioneering 3D Tissue Braiding, a new manufacturing platform for producing integrated, compliant, bio-inspired robotic bodies through a single, fully automated production process. By eliminating assembly-heavy designs and supply-chain complexity, Allonic enables significantly faster iteration, lower costs, andsafer, more dexterous robots to be built. Originally founded from Hungary and operating internationally with a US HQ and a growing team of 15, Allonic is building the hardware foundation for the next generation of intelligent machines.
  • Heywa Labs — Heywa Labs develops Generative UX (GenUX), an AI-driven interface layer that creates dynamic, adaptive user experiences beyond static text or links. Their flagship app, Heywa, delivers visual, tappable "stories" of cards for tasks like cooking, travel, fitness, and DIY, reconfiguring in real-time based on user interactions.
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Daren Cotter
Angel · Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States · 12 investments in Sports startups

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

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 84
  • Round size: Seed $1M–$4.3M; Series A $3.2M–$19M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Onsetto — Onsetto helps banks capture primary operating accounts by seamlessly switching payroll, AR/AP, and cash flows during customer onboarding.
  • 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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Kevin Lin
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 11 investments in Sports startups

Kevin Lin is the Co-Founder and CEO of Metatheory. He previously worked at Everyday Ventures as an Owner and Manager. Kevin Lin attended Yale University.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Gaming, Information Technology, Video Games
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United States, India, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 132
  • Round size: Seed $1.1M–$10M; Pre-Seed $228k–$4.7M; Series A $6M–$25M
  • Lead/follow: 2% lead, 98% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Origin Lab — Origin Lab licenses premium content from game studios and 3D universes - delivering structured, multimodal data for AI training.
  • Catena Labs — Catena is a product studio where we transform complex computing advancements into accessible, practical tools for users and developers. Leveraging AI and web3 technology our aim is to turn innovative ideas into real-world applications that are easy to use.
  • Asterix — Hybrid is the future
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Johann Hansmann
Angel · Vienna, Wien, Austria · 11 investments in Sports startups

Dr. Johann ‘Hansi’ Hansmann was born in Austria and studied economics in Vienna. He spent the major part of his professional life working as an executive in the pharmaceutical industry in Austria, Germany, UK and Spain. He gathered several years of entrepreneurial experience running successfully his own pharmaceutical company in Spain afterconducting a management buy-out of a big pharmaceutical plant, making an exit in 2003. Since this time he is active as investor and business angel. He currently holds investments with a geographical focus on Austria, Germany, UK and Spain both internet and in the health industry. He led Runtastic, shpock, mysugr and just recently durchblicker and Busuu to extraordinary exits. He was president of the ‘Austrian Angels Investors Association’ until 2021, was awarded 'Best European Early Stage Investor' in 2016 by eban.org and is now based in Vienna and tries to find spare time to ride his mountain bike.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Health Care, Fitness
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Austria, United Kingdom, Germany

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 73
  • Round size: Seed $300k–$3.4M; Angel $350k–$630k; Pre-Seed $439k–$2.8M
  • Lead/follow: 41% lead, 59% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • fynk — Create, edit, negotiate and sign contracts quickly with fynk. Give your team back valuable time. Test it now for free!
  • Newsrooms.ai — Newsrooms.ai is an AI-powered content production and management platform that enables businesses and news organizations to automate their whole content pipeline—from research and content generation to publishing across many digital channels.
  • Donnerstag.ai — We customize reconciliation automation to your ecosystem, so every line item is reconciled in real time.
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Jason Calacanis
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 10 investments in Sports startups

Jason Calacanis is the Founder and CEO of Inside.com and Launch. He previously worked at Weblogs as a Co-Founder and CEO. Jason Calacanis attended Fordham University.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 548
  • Round size: Seed $722k–$5.5M; Pre-Seed $100k–$2.1M; Series A $2.7M–$16M
  • Lead/follow: 34% lead, 66% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Dexla — Build B2B apps quickly with an AI-powered front-end software engineer. Type in what your company does and watch Buck build your app for you.
  • Contraline — Contraline is a medical device company that has developed a proprietary injectable hydrogel platform for use in reproductive and contraceptive applications. Contraline's first product, Adam, is implanted into the vas deferens through a minimally invasive, outpatient procedure and once implanted, the gel effectively blocks sperm. Adam isnon-hormonal, designed to last years, and easily reversible.
  • howie — Howie is an AI calendar secretary for email, SMS, iMessage, Gmail, and Google Calendar. He books meetings, protects focus time, follows up, and handles reminders.
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Gary Vaynerchuk
Angel · New York, New York, United States · 9 investments in Sports startups

Gary Vaynerchuk is the Chairman of VaynerX. He previously worked at Resy as a Co-Founder. Gary Vaynerchuk attended Mount Ida College.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Mobile, Internet
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: United States, Australia, Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 100
  • Round size: Seed $1M–$6M; Series A $3.1M–$49M; Series B $7M–$55M
  • Lead/follow: 11% lead, 89% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • 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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Roger Ehrenberg
Angel · New York, New York, United States · 9 investments in Sports 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: 116
  • Round size: Seed $900k–$5M; Series A $1.6M–$20M; Series B $6M–$20M
  • Lead/follow: 22% lead, 78% 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 — 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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Anupam Mittal
Angel · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India · 8 investments in Sports startups, 8 in the past 12 months

Anupam started his entrepreneurial journey by founding People Group - A New Media & Entertainment group, which includes businesses such as Shaadi.com, Makaan.com, Mauj Mobile, and People Pictures. Today the group is recognized as one of the most innovative enterprises in the country. Besides his operational roles, Anupam is also one ofIndia's most active angel investors.He attended Boston College.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: E-Commerce, Food and Beverage, Software
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: India, United States, France

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 132
  • Round size: Seed $90k–$3M; Angel $44k–$330k; Pre-Seed $47k–$1.3M
  • Lead/follow: 12% lead, 88% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Flexprice — Flexprice develops a pricing optimization platform designed to help businesses automate and adjust their pricing strategies in real time. The platform uses data-driven algorithms to analyze market conditions, customer behavior, and competitor prices to recommend dynamic pricing adjustments. Flexprice integrates with existing sales and inventorysystems to provide flexible pricing rules and scenario simulations. Its services include monitoring price elasticity, managing promotions, and supporting pricing decisions across multiple sales channels. The platform aims to streamline the pricing process by reducing manual intervention and enabling more responsive pricing strategies. Flexprice also offers tools for reporting and analytics to help businesses track the impact of pricing changes and optimize revenue management.
  • Superleap — The #1 AI-native alternative to legacy CRMs. Trusted by 100+ enterprise teams. Book a demo to see Superleap in action.
  • Cookie Cartel — Buy Cookie Cartel New York style chunky homemade cookies. Fresh baked cookies, beautifully packed and delivered all across India. Bite into the flavourful cookie bliss!
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Jeffrey Howe
Angel · Toronto, Ontario, Canada · 8 investments in Sports startups

Jeffrey Howe

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Fantasy Sports
  • Stage:Seed, Angel
  • Geography: Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 8
  • Round size: Seed $950k–$3M; Angel $3M–$5.2M
  • Lead/follow: 100% lead, 0% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • OwnersBox — Daily Fantasy Sports reinvented! Play OwnersBox's suite of innovative DFS games and compete to win exciting cash prizes.
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David Stern
Angel · New York, New York, United States · 8 investments in Sports startups

David Stern completed his three-decade tenure as NBA commissioner on February 1, 2014.As commissioner, Mr. Stern built the model for professional sports in league operations, public service, global marketing and digital technology. He oversaw the NBA’s extraordinary growth with seven new franchises, a more than 30-fold increase in revenues, adramatic expansion of national television exposure and the launch of two leagues, the Women’s National Basketball Association and the NBA Development League. He implemented the first anti-drug agreement in professional sports and introduced the salary cap system and revenue sharing to the NBA.The NBA experienced tremendous global growth during Mr. Stern’s tenure, and that growth continues today: The NBA has 12 offices outside the United States; its games and programming are televised and streamed in 215 countries and territories in 47 languages; and it offers fans 19 international online destinations. The NBA was the first U.S. professional sports league to stage regular-season games outside North America, and the league has played more than 150 international preseason and regular-season games to date.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Sports, Gaming, Software
  • Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
  • Geography: United States, Spain

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 23
  • Round size: Seed $3.8M–$5M; Series A $3.6M–$23M; Series B $5M–$33M
  • Lead/follow: 13% lead, 87% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Cargo — Ara Screens is a digital out of home network solution provider, DOOH smart signage operator, and the world's leading car-top and in-car advertising placement provider for Rideshare & Taxi.
  • Overtime — Overtime is the leading brand for the next generation of sports fans. As both a publisher and an influencer, we've built the inclusive world of sports we all wish was the norm by giving a platform to our community to be seen AND heard.
  • ShotTracker — ShotTracker is a complete suite of AI driven video, stats, and analytic tools that enhance team performance and increase fan engagement.
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Shane Neman
Angel · Miami, Florida, United States · 8 investments in Sports startups

Founder of EZ Texting and JoonBug. Serial entrepreneur and investor in Tech, Real Estate & Hospitality.cA forward-thinking problem solver, consummate optimist and serial entrepreneur, Shane Neman is the prototypical businessman of our modern era. His experience and expertise in business span numerous industries, from technology andtelecommunications to real estate and hospitality. After leaving NYU Medical School early, he started three industry-shifting tech startups (two of them – EZ Texting and JoonBug – acquired) with hundreds of employees and tens of thousands of customers. As an insightful startup backer, Shane’s portfolio includes companies such as Convoy, Prose, Impossible Foods, Universal Standard, Apostrophe, MeetMindful, MapAnything, VinePair and Smylen. Shane is also a prolific real estate developer and investor. From commercial shopping and industrial centers to residential buildings, he owns more than two dozen large-scale properties across the U.S. He holds a degree in Computer Science from New York University, where he received the prestigious Barry M. Goldwater scholarship and was a member of the Phi Beta Kappa academic honor society.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Health Care, Software, Artificial Intelligence
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, Kenya, Spain

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 118
  • Round size: Seed $1.5M–$6M; Series A $2.5M–$120M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Hark — We are building the most advanced personal intelligence in the world.
  • CG Oncology — CG Oncology is a late-stage pharmaceutical company that is passionate about developing and delivering bladder-sparing immunotherapies.
  • Scout AI — Scout AI is building the robotic foundation model for defense.
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Kevin Durant
Angel · Oakland, California, United States · 8 investments in Sports startups

Kevin Durant is a 12-year NBA veteran who plays for the Brooklyn Nets. He is a 2x NBA Champion and Finals MVP; having also won an NBA MVP Award, four NBA scoring titles, two Olympic gold medals, two NBA All-Star Game MVP Awards, and an NBA Rookie of the Year Award. He is also a ten-time NBA All-Star. Off the court, Durant is co-founder andpartner of Thirty Five Ventures. Thirty Five Ventures includes his diverse investment portfolio, including companies such as Postmates, Acorns, Overtime, & Coinbase; the media and creative development arm; and the Kevin Durant Charity Foundation.Projects under the Thirty Five Ventures umbrella include the sports business vertical “The Boardroom,” in partnership with ESPN, which examines the ins and outs of sports business and illuminates the world of sports far beyond what fans ordinarily see. Kevin also served as an executive producer on Fox Sports Films’ “Q Ball,” which premiered at the San Francisco International Film Festival in Spring 2019. Upcoming projects include the scripted series “SWAGGER” with Imagine Entertainment and Apple. Last fall also saw the opening of The Durant Center in Suitland, Maryland, the Kevin Durant Charity Foundation’s college pipeline program in conjunction with College Track.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Financial Services, Sports, FinTech
  • Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
  • Geography: United States, Canada, France

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 72
  • Round size: Seed $1.3M–$13M; Series A $6M–$30M; Series B $23M–$100M
  • Lead/follow: 3% lead, 97% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • The Snow League — The Future of Winter Sports Competition | Founded by @ShaunWhite
  • Zelus Analytics — Unlock advanced sports analytics with Teamworks Intelligence through predictive insights, optimized rosters, and refined game strategy.
  • League One Volleyball — League One Volleyball
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Andreas Mihalovits
Angel · Marbella, Andalucia, Spain · 8 investments in Sports startups

Andreas is a German serial entrepreneur and angel investor having invested in more than 150 international startups.Andreas co-founded his first internet company Omniga in 1999 and, after reaching profitability within 2 years, grew it to a venture builder focused on B2C subscription models with more than 200 employees when he stepped back from hisactive roles in 2012.In the same year Andreas started investing in startups and later also got engaged in the Spanish ecosystem as the founder of Marbella Tech Angels, a network of more than 160 investors, founders & mentors living around Marbella. Andreas is also co-founder of the Global Super Angels Club, a platform for angel investors usually investing six-figure euro amounts in startups, supporting its more than 70 members to improve their deal flow and speed up their search for like-minded co-investors.Andreas received several awards incl. the Best European Early Stage Investor 2018 award from the European Business Angel Network (EBAN) and the Best Business Angel 2020 award at the Spanish National Business Angel Conference.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, SaaS, Internet
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Angel
  • Geography: Spain, United Kingdom, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 66
  • Round size: Seed $439k–$2M; Angel $274k–$1M; Series A $1.5M–$7M
  • Lead/follow: 11% lead, 89% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • UMNAI — UMNAI helps organisations build, deploy and govern explainable AI decision systems for high-impact environments.
  • Skarbe — Skarbe has officially wound down operations as of April 2026. Thank you for being part of our story.
  • STAMP — STAMP redefines Tax-Free in Europe. Instant VAT exemption for travelers. More sales, transparency, and control for merchants.
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George Godula
Angel · Shanghai, Shanghai, China · 7 investments in Sports startups

Cross-border angel / early stage investor with portfolio of 40+ startup companies and as of currently 4 exits, 4 unicorns & counting.George invests in companies helping people lead a longer, healthier and happier life - keywords sustainability, ESG, impact investing. In addition to investing he likes to be hands-on in hisportfoliocompanies, either helping China / SEA based teams to internationalize or global teams to break into China / SEA or support them in outsourcing, sourcing and manufacturing. Typically angel, seed and occasional Series A stage investments. Industry focus and selected startups in his portfolio: - E-Commerce e.g. Web2Asia, Grana, Mercato - SaaS e.g. Jimdo, Blush, Anduin Transactions - Marketplaces / crowdfunding Republic.co - Education / Training e.g. Vantage Point, Dexter, - IoT e.g. Mila, Cafe-X, Lyte charging, The Light Phone, Density.io - Fitness e.g. FitXR, Trainersvault, Overhand Fitness, Salut, Guavapass (exit via sale to ClassPass) - Health / Nutrition e.g. NutriSense, Blue Mesa Health (exit via sale to Virgin), Compass Therapeutics (exit via IPO) - Insurtech e.g. The Care Voice - Medtech / Biotech e.g. Life Biosciences, Sequencing.com, MycoWorks - Sustainability / Infrastructure e.g. Blokable, U.S. Bitcoin Corp, Hardt Hyperloop - Deep tech / frontier tech e.g. Rain Neuromorphics, ZaiNar, Massive, Protocol Labs (Filecoin) - On-demand / sharing economy e.g. Yassir, Truck it in, misterbnb, Delivery Hero Austria & China (exit via sale / IPO)

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Health Care, Information Technology, Mobile
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: United States, China, France

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 48
  • Round size: Seed $970k–$11M; Series A $6.3M–$49M; Series B $12M–$150M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Mila Cares — Mila is the best smart air purifier for home use. Award-winning design, quieter performance, and powerful clean air for every room.
  • Yassir — Access on-demand daily services like ride-hailing, food and grocery delivery, and payments with Yassir, your super app.
  • Truck It In — is a platform tech company focused on simplifying road freight for 3.3M+ businesses in Pakistan to unlock 1 Billion dollars in resource potential
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David Blitzer
Angel · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States · 7 investments in Sports startups

David S. Blitzer is a Senior Managing Director & Head of the Tactical Opportunities group. David Blitzer is based in New York, having established Blackstone’s corporate private equity investment efforts in Europe. Since joining Blackstone in 1991, David Blitzer has been involved in the execution of Blackstone’s investments in Spirit Group,SULO, Allied Waste, Aspen Insurance Holdings, Houghton Mifflin, Universal Orlando, Centerplate, Cadillac Fairview, Edward J. DeBartolo Corporation, Southern Cross, NHP, Orangina, and United Biscuits. David Blitzer graduated magna cum laude from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. David Blitzer serves as a Director of United Biscuits and Jack Wolfskin.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Sports, Media and Entertainment, Sports Leagues and Teams
  • Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
  • Geography: United States, India, The Netherlands

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 23
  • Round size: Seed $2.2M–$6M; Series A $3.6M–$22M; Series B $7M–$18M
  • Lead/follow: 9% lead, 91% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Ballers — Ballers is a wellness and fitness company.
  • The Snow League — The Future of Winter Sports Competition | Founded by @ShaunWhite
  • Premier Lacrosse League — Premier Lacrosse League is the biggest stars in the fastest growing sport pioneering a new future for lacrosse designed for the fans.
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Kunal Shah
Angel · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · 7 investments in Sports startups, 19 in the past 12 months

Kunal Shah

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 313
  • Round size: Seed $810k–$5.1M; Pre-Seed $350k–$2M; Series A $4.7M–$16M
  • Lead/follow: 3% lead, 97% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Vaaree — Get Upto 60% Off, Buy home decor, kitchen, and garden products online in India. Vaaree offers Popular Bedsheets, Lamps, Pooja Essentials, Cozy Comforters, and more at the best prices.
  • Superleap — The #1 AI-native alternative to legacy CRMs. Trusted by 100+ enterprise teams. Book a demo to see Superleap in action.
  • Profound — Get your Profound AI Rep and unlock stronger collaborators, richer opportunities, and sharper hires
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Wei Guo
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 7 investments in Sports startups

Wei Guo, the founding partner of UpHonest Capital, is an active angel investor in Silicon Valley, focusing on early-stage cross-sector investments. He founded Wei Fund in 2015 and UpHonest Capital Fund I in 2016, invested in well-known companies such as Hims&Hers(NYSE: HIMS), Vicarious Surgical(NYSE: RBOT), Knightscope (NASDAQ: KSCP), Checkr,Lime, Boom, Rescale, Dialpad and more. Since 2015, he has invested in over 400 Silicon Valley startups, over 76 companies with valuations greater than 100 million USD, and 23 portfolio companies that have successfully exited.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 155
  • Round size: Seed $200k–$4.3M; Angel $375k–$10M; Series A $7M–$19M
  • Lead/follow: 3% lead, 97% follow

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.
  • Golden — Golden is a developer of a self-constructing knowledge database used to accelerate discovery and education. The company uses and leverages human effort by using machine intelligence to make the process of gathering and communicating knowledge simpler.It combines a powerful search across several entities with fine-grain alerts to stay on top ofchanges, and semi-automatic research assistance for gaps in knowledge that enable people in organizations to stay current, understand and leverage the latest trends in their industry.
  • Crossing — Crossing Media is a live broadcast e-commerce service company that builds awareness, engagement, and sales through live-stream shopping.
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Trevor Wright
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 7 investments in Sports startups

I am entrepreneur and operator. In the past, I co-Founded and sold Vitrue to Oracle for $300 M. I also co-Founded and sold Black Bag Advertising to WPP for $14 M. I was also on the founding team At Flycast Network which had an IPO and was later acquired for $2.2 B. I am currently an angel investor with company exists totaling over $1 B so far.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Gaming, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Angel
  • Geography: United States, India, Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 45
  • Round size: Seed $25k–$9.4M; Series A $3M–$10M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • ByteBrew — Trusted by over 2500 Game Developers! ByteBrew is the world's most powerful all-in-one game analytics platform that houses all your mobile game's analytics, retention, monetization tracking, player progression, remote configs, a/b testing, custom event tracking and attribution measurement in one lightweight SDK - all 100% free.
  • HYPOTHETIC — Hypothetic builds technology and tools to benefit 3D creators. The company was founded in 2021 and is based in Los Angeles, California, United States.
  • Axie Infinity — Axie Infinity is a virtual world filled with cute, formidable creatures known as Axies. Axies can be battled, collected, and even used to mine tokens through gameplay.
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Chad Hurley
Angel · Burlingame, California, United States · 7 investments in Sports startups

Chad Hurley is the Co-Founder and Chairman at Greenpark Sports and the Co-Founder of AVOS Systems. He earned his bachelor's degree in fine art at Indiana University of Pennsylvania.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Internet, Software, Sports
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: United States, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 22
  • Round size: Seed $2M–$10M; Series A $9M–$50M; Venture - Series Unknown $14M–$40M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Polycam — Polycam is a 3D creation tool company that develops a sensor app to capture 3D scans of objects. Its tool for photorealistic 3D asset creation is used to capture, document, edit, and share digital 3D content. Its sensors use computer vision and artificial intelligence technology such as a colorization engine to create 3D objects and spaces.
  • NocoDB — NocoDB is an open-source Airtable alternative that transforms existing databases into a smart spreadsheet. The company was founded in 2021 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California, United States.
  • 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.
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Ryan Moore
Angel · Boston, Massachusetts, United States · 7 investments in Sports startups

Ryan is known as a founding investor who takes on the riskiest sectors and business models. Undaunted by regulatory risk around antiquated gambling laws and convinced of a new generation of sports fans indoctrinated into the world of reality TV and experiential media, he was the first institutional investor in the United States to bet on andvalidate Daily Fantasy Sports and online gambling. In 2011 a small team of performance marketers at Vistaprint founded DraftKings; Ryan seeded the company with $500k and for the first two years of the company’s existence was its sole institutional investor. In 2013 Ryan brokered DraftKings’ landmark partnership with Major League Baseball, paving the way for the company to establish partnerships with every major professional league and a majority of professional teams in the US. He has structured every round of capital on DraftKings’ cap table since its founding, facilitating over $900M in fundraising despite significant regulatory headwinds. Today, DraftKings is operating the first legal online sportsbook in the US and has 11M, active users, on its platform that generate over $3B in entry fees and handle.In 2012 Ryan was the founding investor in Plastiq, an online payments platform founded by Harvard undergrads. Payments is a legacy industry reluctant to change and fraught with regulatory barriers, but Ryan was undaunted by the risk of both the sector and first-time founders. Since founding, Ryan sourced and facilitated each of the company’s fundraising rounds, most recently bringing in Kleiner Perkins and DST for a $27M financing. Plastiq processes over $1B in transactions annually.In 2013 Ryan was the founding investor in Crew, a design and development services marketplace. In 2017 he and the founders crafted and spun out Unsplash, the world’s largest photo-sharing community built on the theme of decentralization of photos and visual content. Unsplash has outpaced both Shutterstock and Getty combined. In 2018, Ryan facilitated Unsplash’s $12M Series A with Bedrock Capital.Ryan is a well-networked fundraiser. Most recently he sourced and structured financings at Currencycloud (Sapphire Ventures, Series C/D, $43M; Google Ventures, Series E) and Skillz (Telstra and Liberty Media, Series C, $17M; NFL and Wildcat, Series D, $35M). Before joining Atlas, he sourced and facilitated the sale of Enpocket to Nokia, WHERE to Paypal, and Vela Systems to Autodesk.Ryan also sits on the board of MOO, Globoforce, and Secret Escapes, all of which generate over $100M in revenue annually. He graduated with an AB in economics from Princeton, where he captained the football team and served in the ROTC.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 98
  • Round size: Seed $1.5M–$6.6M; Series A $4M–$13M; Series B $6M–$45M
  • Lead/follow: 37% lead, 63% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Pelotero — Pelotero is a pioneering player intelligence platform that integrates data, coaching expertise, and AI to empower coaches in delivering real-time, personalized development. The product offers customized analysis, instructional guidance, and development strategies tailored specifically for baseball hitters. Pelotero is committed to unlocking eachplayer's maximum potential by converting data into actionable insights, effectively bridging the gap to peak performance.
  • WePlayed — WePlayed's AI automatically creates, manages and monetizes short-form video for athletic departments and conference offices across websites, social channels, and digital collectibles.
  • Further — Empowering people to achieve their homeownership dream with confidence and ease
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Mario Götze
Angel · German, Grad Sofiya, Bulgaria · 7 investments in Sports startups, 7 in the past 12 months

Mario Götze is a professional footballer.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Germany, United States, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 68
  • Round size: Seed $3M–$10M; Pre-Seed $1.2M–$6.2M; Series A $9.6M–$60M
  • Lead/follow: 3% lead, 97% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Kodesage — Kodesage captures your company's collective knowledge to help understand and modernize legacy code
  • BLOCKS — BLOCKS deploys an AI agent to monitor cloud usage patterns continuously. The agent identifies wasteful resource allocations and applies real-time optimizations autonomously. It differs from dashboards by taking direct action instead of just alerting users.
  • Helical — The full power of DNA & (m)RNA Bio Foundation Models in one open-core platform. Accelerate Drug Discovery with AI.
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Hesham Zreik
Angel · Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates · 6 investments in Sports startups

Hesham Zreik is the CEO of FasterCapital. He previously worked at DreamApps as a Project Manager. Hesham attended the University of Westminster.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Information Technology, Software, E-Commerce
  • Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, Nigeria, India

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 887
  • Round size: Seed $50k–$2.1M; Pre-Seed $12k–$1M; Series A $170k–$5M
  • Lead/follow: 53% lead, 47% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Book Your Own — Book Your Own is building an integrated travel ecosystem designed to unify India’s fragmented travel market.
  • UrbanFarmers — UrbanFarmers is a platform that connects city dwellers with local urban farms and community gardens.
  • Excel And Impact Agro — Excel And Impact Agro aims to tackle the chronic shortage of vegetable production in Côte d'Ivoire.
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Mark Cuban
Angel · Dallas, Texas, United States · 6 investments in Sports startups, 11 in the past 12 months

Mark Cuban is the founder of Fireside, Chairman and Founding Partner of AXS TV, and the Owner of Dallas Mavericks. He previously worked at Broadcast.com as a Co-Founder. Mark Cuban attended the Indiana University Bloomington.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 211
  • Round size: Seed $600k–$9M; Series A $3.2M–$23M
  • Lead/follow: 23% lead, 77% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Payam Music — Payam Music is where students fall in love with piano. Not only do they have fun but they win competitions. Endorsed by composer Hans Zimmer. Sign up for a trial in-person or online lesson!
  • Kind Designs — Kind Designs is a trusted 3D Printed seawall contractor in Miami offering custom seawall construction, shoreline protection, erosion control solutions.
  • The Athletics — The Athletics franchise is a professional spectator sports organization that operates a Major League Baseball club. The company manages athletic team rosters, player scouting, talent development, and medical staff for its baseball operations. It coordinates live event production, stadium technology, corporate sponsorships, and ticket saleslogistics for professional games. Additionally, the business oversees regional television, radio, and streaming broadcast infrastructure to distribute sports media content.
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Drew Brees
Angel · New Orleans, Louisiana, United States · 6 investments in Sports startups

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

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Sports, Apps, E-Commerce
  • Stage:Seed, Series B
  • Geography: United States, Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 13
  • Round size: Seed $1.2M–$4M; Series B $18M–$67M
  • Lead/follow: 31% lead, 69% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • North One — NorthOne is an online Business Account with built-in features to make business banking fast and easy. No overdraft fees. No minimum balance. No hidden fees.
  • Nightfall — Nightfall is one trusted DLP platform to discover, classify, and protect sensitive data across SaaS and cloud apps with machine learning.
  • WeBuild Stuff — WeBuild Stuff is a disruptive fabrication, manufacturing and installation firm focusing on wood furniture.
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Peter Wilson
Angel · 6 investments in Sports startups

Peter Wilson is the Managing Director of HarbourVest Partners. Peter Wilson attended the Harvard Business School.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Fantasy Sports
  • Stage:Seed, Angel
  • Geography: Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 6
  • Round size: Seed $1.2M–$3M; Angel $3M–$5.2M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • OwnersBox — Daily Fantasy Sports reinvented! Play OwnersBox's suite of innovative DFS games and compete to win exciting cash prizes.
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Christian Edler
Angel · Berlin, Berlin, Germany · 6 investments in Sports startups

Christian O. Edler is an investor and entrepreneur with a proven track record in sectors ahead of mainstream adoption. He invests opportunity-driven, sector- and business-model agnostic. Christian built a 10-year track record investing in early-stage ventures and securing exclusive deal flow in primary and secondary growth opportunites. He isco-investing with the best investors and VCs in the world – like Andreessen Horowitz, Peter Thiel, Christian Angermayer, Gsquared, Bitkraft, Bessemer Ventures, Coatue, Sony, FirstMark Capital, DN Capital, FJ Labs, Moore Capital, Alexis Ohanian (Seven Seven Six), Left Lane, Insight, Tencent, Hive and many others. Due to his track record, he has access to exclusive opportunities in the EU/US. Christian’s >75 angel startup investments returned over 20x including several unicorns. As an entrepreneur, Christian recruited, educated and led over 1,500 sales people with $500M in annual sales. His primary focus is on world-class entrepreneurs with new categories of ideas and a potential for massive scale. If you like to co-invest with him, follow his syndicate on AngelList: https://angel.co/s/edleredler/fCORTChristian is a Scout Partner of Sequoia Capital, Venture Partner of BITKRAFT VC, an alumnus of Harvard Business School, a former semi-pro alpine skier, and based in Berlin & Los Angeles.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 77
  • Round size: Seed $700k–$8.7M; Pre-Seed $497k–$11M; Series A $10M–$555M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Cloover — Cloover provides a flexible financing solution that allows you to rent renewable technologies and make savings from day 1, completely risk and worry free!
  • Weflow — All-in-one workspace to manage your Salesforce pipeline, notes & to-dos. Designed for sales teams who like to move with speed.
  • Visual Layer — Visual Layer is a Tel Aviv based startup providing visual data management platform that scales to billion images and videos.
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Benjamin Ling
Angel · Menlo Park, California, United States · 5 investments in Sports startups

Ben Ling is an Investment Partner at Khosla Ventures, where he is focused on mobile and Internet, marketplace, consumer health and data businesses. He is an accomplished executive and angel investor, with senior operating roles at Google, YouTube, Facebook, and Badoo. His personal investments include Square, Palantir, Quora, and PracticeFusion,Fab, DogVacay, and he holds advisory roles at Pinterest and Pulse.Ben currently serves on the board of Wattpad, Tapingo, Academia.edu, TheHunt, Quantopian, and Pymetrics.At Google, he was Google’s Senior Director of Search Products and Local Business Products, including overseeing Images, Videos, Books, News and Finance. At YouTube, he was Senior Director of Partnerships and Platform, responsible for Music, Movies, Sports, News, as well as Mobile, TV, and API partnerships. In his first role at Google, Ben was the founder and GM of Google’s Commerce group, including Google Wallet and Shopping.At Facebook, Ben was Director of Facebook Platform overseeing the Facebook developer ecosystem, and led product, marketing, developer operations, partner solutions, and helped build Facebook Connect, which has helped Facebook grow across the web.Ben holds a Ph.D. and Master’s in Computer Science from Stanford University and a B.S. in Electrical Engineering / Computer Science with a minor in Business Administration from UC Berkeley.Ben is a Department of Defense Fellow and recipient of UC Berkeley’s Bechtel Achievement Award (Top graduating senior in College of Engineering).

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 139
  • Round size: Seed $650k–$5M; Series A $6M–$15M; Series B $10M–$50M
  • Lead/follow: 24% lead, 76% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • eyesAtop — eyesAtop develops a hardware-agnostic software and edge-AI platform designed to coordinate multi-drone fleets from a unified interface. The technology integrates autonomous control, video analytics, and jam-resistant communications, enabling a single operator to command diverse drone types simultaneously for defense and surveillance missions
  • Hedge Labs — Hedge Labs is a software development company that provides a decentralized liquidity platform. The company is based in Miami, Florida.
  • Odyssey — Odyssey connects families with states to get access to funding from states to use with approved vendors to customize education for children who need it most.
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Thomas Madsen-Mygdal
Angel · Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark · 5 investments in Sports startups

Thomas Madsen-Mygdal is a Danish designer, entrepreneur and activist behind companies like Mondo, 23, Podio and the reboot festival.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Computer, Software, Collaboration
  • Stage:Angel, Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Denmark, United States, Finland

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 14
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Clue — Track your menstrual cycle with the Clue app, a women-led period and cycle tracker. Get science-based insights, predictions, and personalized tracking.
  • Corti — Corti offers a digital assistant, augmenting medics in improving patient outcomes and internal performance.
  • Somewhere — Somewhere, formerly Support Shepherd. We find you amazing employees who cost 80% less than US equivalents, backed by our 6-month Perfect Hire Guarantee.
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Harris Barton
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 5 investments in Sports startups

Harrison Barton is the current Founder and Managing Partner of H. Barton Asset Management. He previously worked at HRJ Capital as a Co-Founder and Managing Partner. Harris Barton attended the University of North Carolina.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Big Data, Analytics
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 35
  • Round size: Seed $500k–$4.5M; Series A $3.1M–$17M; Series B $7.5M–$32M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Somewear Labs — Somewear's software-defined network maximizes mission data through contested links so teams, platforms, and systems stay connected.
  • SmallWorld — SmallWorld helps companies to unlock the vast network relationships available for warm introductions and referrals. SmallWorld was founded in 2021 and was headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.
  • Honeycomb — At Honeycomb Insurance we're simplifying the real estate insurance process, making it easier to find better coverage at a fraction of the cost
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David Tisch
Angel · New York, New York, United States · 5 investments in Sports startups

David Tisch is the Managing Partner of BoxGroup, a New York City-based early stage investment fund. BoxGroup is an investor in over 200 seed-stage companies, including Vine, Blue Apron, Sunrise, Warby Parker, Harry’s, Oscar, Behance, Handy and more. David is also the co-founder and Chairman of Spring, a mobile marketplace where customers shopdirectly within the app from a curated community of brands. Spring was named by Apple as one of the Best Apps of 2014.In 2014, David was named Head of Startup Studio at Cornell Tech, the University’s New York City-based graduate campus focused on digital technologies and the information economy. He is also Entrepreneur in Residence for Wharton’s Entrepreneurship Program.David is the co-founder of TechStars NYC and has served on numerous boards, including Mayor Bloomberg’s Advisory Council on Technology, the Investor Board of Venture for America, and the Entrepreneurship board at NYU. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania and New York University School of Law, and currently lives in New York City

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Internet, E-Commerce
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: United States, France, Israel

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 219
  • Round size: Seed $850k–$3.5M; Series A $1.1M–$15M; Series B $7M–$40M
  • Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Arkero — Arkero is the AI transformation partner for sports businesses, connecting ticketing, CRM, and data to automate gameday planning, retention, and fan insights.
  • Keychain — Keychain is a rapidly growing platform dedicated to connecting brands and retailers with the best manufacturing partners worldwide. At Keychain, we utilize AI to streamline the process of finding and vetting manufacturers, making the supply chain more transparent and efficient.
  • Funnel — Our revolutionary CRM property management software saves both time and money for agents and owners while making leasing more efficient.
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Benjie Cherniak
Angel · Las Vegas, Nevada, United States · 5 investments in Sports startups

Benjie Cherniak

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Sports, Gaming, Casino
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: United States, Canada, Australia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 8
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • FSG Digital — FSG Digital, co-founded by CEO Seth Schorr and his partner Jeffrey Fine, traces its roots in interactive gaming back twenty years when Schorr developed Wynn
  • Future Anthem — Future Anthem's all-in-one product, Amplifier AI, is built to personalise the player experience for everyone.
  • Basketball Forever — Basketball Forever.
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Chris Paul
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 5 investments in Sports startups

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

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Sports, FinTech, Food and Beverage
  • Stage:Seed, Angel
  • Geography: United States, France, Portugal

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 26
  • Round size: Seed $1.8M–$18M
  • Lead/follow: 15% lead, 85% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • 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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Michael Dornbrook
Angel · Boston, Massachusetts, United States · 5 investments in Sports startups

Michael Dornbrook Member of the Board of Directors at Modulate.ai. He attended University of Chicago during 1981-1983.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Mobile, Health Care
  • Stage:Seed, Convertible Note
  • Geography: United States, Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 22
  • Round size: Seed $435k–$2.7M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Modulate — Modulate uses revolutionary machine learning to proactively detect and escalate toxic behavior in your game. ToxMod becomes an expert in your code of conduct and empowers your moderators to make the right decisions to protect your community from the worst behavior happening in voice chat in real time.
  • Hearo.Live - Multiplayer TV — Laugh, talk, and cheer with friends while watching YouTube, Netflix, ESPN, and more in full-screen HD, like you're on a big cozy couch together. #MultiplayerTV #TheFutureOfTogether
  • UptimeHealth — UptimeHealth, headquartered in Boston, MA, is a fast-growing software startup that simplifies medical device service events, purchases, and compliance practices through automation and predictive analytics.
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Ralf Reichert
Angel · Cologne, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany · 5 investments in Sports startups

Ralf Reichert is the Co-CEO, Founder, and Chairman at ESL FACEIT Group. Ralf Reichert attended the University of Duisburg-Essen.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Education, SaaS
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Germany, United States, Austria

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 14
  • Round size: Seed $724k–$5.7M; Pre-Seed $535k–$2.6M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • ThisThat — Brand Lift built for influencer campaigns. ThisThat is an award-winning influencer marketing measurement and insight solution, giving you the tools and services you need to create the most effective campaigns.
  • welevel — Building games with attitude
  • Dealflow — Dealflow is the next-gen invoicing platform for ambitious business owners. Use local accounts across the world, save fees, and get paid faster than ever. Send and pay invoices on your terms!
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Chris Grove
Angel · Las Vegas, Nevada, United States · 5 investments in Sports startups

Chris Grove is the Co-Founding Partner of Acies Investments. He previously worked at UNLV International Center for Gaming Regulation as a Distinguished Fellow. Chris Grove attended Illinois State University.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: News, Casino, Gaming
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: United States, Australia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 10
  • Round size: Seed $2M–$6M; Series A $4M–$15M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • BetHog — BetHog is a new crypto sports book that brings home the bacon.
  • Basketball Forever — Basketball Forever.
  • Pro League Network — Pro League Network specializes in creating and broadcasting exclusive niche sports content, tailored for sports wagering operators. With a focus on fun and engaging sports brands, the company offers live broadcasts and events, including the World Putting League, accessible for free to its community. Pro League Network positions itself at theintersection of sports entertainment and betting, aiming to enhance the sports wagering experience with uniquely produced content. The company's offerings cater to a diverse audience, providing a platform for live sports events that are both enjoyable to watch and bet on.
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Stefan Glänzer
Angel · London, England, United Kingdom · 5 investments in Sports startups

Stefan is an entrepreneur and investor from Germany who enjoys living in London. He is the co-founder of companions.de, companionsTV, ricardo.de and myblog.de. He is the founding investor and executive Chairman of Mendeley.com and RjDj.me and has been and in the same role at Last.fm. Stefan is a firm believer in European entrepreneurship andan active angel. He holds a PhD in foreign exchange risk management and was a professional DJ for 15 years.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Social Media
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
  • Geography: Germany, United Kingdom, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 42
  • Round size: Seed $573k–$3.2M; Angel $197k–$828k; Series A $2M–$15M
  • Lead/follow: 7% lead, 93% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Minitap — Minitap is an AI-driven mobile development company that assists with monitoring mobile devices.
  • HEY HOLY — HEY HOLY is redefining dog nutrition with the world’s first breed-specific dog food sold in a subscription. We believe every dog deserves food tailored to their unique health needs – because a German Shepherd isn’t a Chihuahua.Backed by science and crafted with only high-quality ingredients, HEY HOLY supports better digestion, fewer intolerances,and healthier, longer lives for dogs. Thousands of owners have already made the switch, choosing HEY HOLY to give their dogs personalized care and optimal health outcomes.
  • Mozart AI — Artho has revealed its first product, Mozart AI, a groundbreaking AI-powered Digital Audio Workstation (DAW) that aims to accelerate and magnify human creativity. This hybrid musician will have complete control over their musical vision with no creative friction. They will create, engineer, and perform at the speed of their imagination. They willoutperform and innovate the best pure human artists by combining human artistry with AI co-creation. We are a team of musicians, technologists, and creative visionaries.
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Naval Ravikant
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 5 investments in Sports startups, 11 in the past 12 months

Naval Ravikant is an entrepreneur and investor. He is the co-founder and chairman of AngelList. He previously served as the CEO of AngelList. He attended Dartmouth College.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, FinTech, Artificial Intelligence
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United States, India, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 227
  • Round size: Seed $1M–$15M; Pre-Seed $1.2M–$5M; Series A $2.5M–$25M
  • Lead/follow: 7% lead, 93% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Generalist AI — At Generalist, we are on a mission to make general-purpose robots a reality.
  • Quill Meetings — Quill captures every meeting insight, action item, and decision so your team can focus on what matters most.
  • Blackstar Computers — Blackstar Computers is a forward-looking company dedicated to reshaping the computing experience by innovating across hardware design, operating systems, and human–computer interaction. It aims to create tightly integrated systems where performance, usability, and adaptability work seamlessly together, rethinking how users interact with technologythrough more intuitive interfaces, smarter software, and purpose-built devices that enhance productivity, creativity, and everyday digital experiences.
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Jason Robins
Angel · Boston, Massachusetts, United States · 5 investments in Sports startups

Jason Robins is based out of Boston, Massachusetts and is the CEO & Co-Founder of DraftKings, Inc. Jason previously worked at Vistaprint as a Marketing and Analytics. Jason Robins attended the Duke University.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Sports, Internet, Software
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United States, Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 23
  • Round size: Seed $1.2M–$6.3M; Series A $5M–$42M
  • Lead/follow: 4% lead, 96% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Givingli — Givingli is the design forward way to make connecting with people simple and more meaningful with greeting cards and gifts.
  • Knot — Knot powerfully improves products for you and your users, adding revenue-generating features and connecting cardholders to thousands of merchants.
  • Kidsy — Save up to 50% on open-box baby gear at Kidsy. Shop strollers, car seats & more from top brands like Graco, Doona, Owlet & Evenflo. New deals daily.
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Dave Morin
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 5 investments in Sports startups

Dave is the Co-Founder & Managing Director of Offline Ventures.He was Founder & Partner Emeritus of Slow Ventures. A leading Silicon Valley venture capital firm that champions long term thinking and innovation. Slow serves a community of over 200 of the most innovative entrepreneurs and companies in the world. Including Slack, Pinterest,Evernote, NextDoor, Postmates, Blue Bottle and more.He was the Co-Founder and CEO of Path which was acquired by Kakao in 2015. He co-founded Path with the mission of being a source of happiness, meaning, and connection through simplicity, quality, and privacy in technology and design. Path continues to serves tens of millions of people each month to this day.Dave has had a lifelong passion for technology, entrepreneurship, culture, design, photography, nature, skiing, and improving society. He served both Apple and Facebook for several years during periods of rapid innovation and growth. Today, he serves on the Board of Directors of Eventbrite, Dwell, and Hinge. And, on the Boards of three Non-Profit Organizations, the United States Ski and Snowboard Association, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA), and Montana ExplorationWorks. He holds a degree in Economics from the University of Colorado at Boulder. He grew up under the big sky of Montana where he was ranked as one of the top downhill ski racers in America. Today, he lives and works in the beautiful San Francisco Bay Area with his wife Brit, son Ansel, and dog Pixel.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Mobile, Internet, E-Commerce
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, France, Finland

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 69
  • Round size: Seed $1M–$4M; Series A $2.5M–$13M
  • Lead/follow: 4% lead, 96% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Dance — Dance is an electric mobility subscription company that makes it easy to explore your city with an electric bike or moped.
  • Dash Radio — 100% Free Music. More Variety. Zero Commercials. The Best DJ's & Stations. No BS
  • Blueprint Bryan Johnson — On the surface, Blueprint may seem something about health, wellness and aging. It's really a system to make tomorrow better for you, me, the planet and our shared future with AI.
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Will Herman
Angel · Boston, Massachusetts, United States · 5 investments in Sports startups

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

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 62
  • Round size: Seed $100k–$2.8M; Series A $557k–$8.8M
  • Lead/follow: 2% lead, 98% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • VueBox — VueBox places interactive content in rideshare vehicles
  • Pristeem — The laundry & dry cleaning services industry has seen no hardware innovation in a long time resulting in 24 hr+ turnarounds, insanely expensive prices, and a complete lack of reliability. Pristēm has built a magical new clothing care experience that's 150x faster, 10x cheaper, and hassle free. Our smart hardware and consumable cleansyour outfit exactly when you need it, not 24 hours later.Our nationwide network of smart hardware products can be accessed through your mobile phone and a monthly subscription. Pristēm provides the best customer experience that's a faster, greener, and more enjoyable alternative to the laundry and dry cleaning services available today.
  • Looking Glass Factory — Introducing Looking Glass Portrait, your first personal holographic display. Designed for people, real and imagined. Available for pre-order today.
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Ronnie Lott
Angel · Cupertino, California, United States · 5 investments in Sports startups

Ronnie Lott is a Founder at All-Stars Helping Kids.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Health Care, Sports, Software
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 21
  • Round size: Seed $1M–$6.3M; Series A $700k–$23M; Series B $6M–$19M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Aside — Aside is the company that builds cloud-based platforms. Daffy Charitable is its first not-for-profit community platform.
  • Mustard — Elevate your game with real time analytics and instruction from the world's best coaches and athletes.
  • HALO Diagnostics — At HALO Diagnostics, we advance technology to personalize life-changing diagnostic and treatment solutions.
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Albert Armengol
Angel · Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain · 5 investments in Sports startups

Albert Armengol took up his MBA at Esade.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Mobile Apps, Apps
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Spain, United States, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 22
  • Round size: Seed $137k–$1.5M; Pre-Seed $340k–$3M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Robinsun — Robinsun's Plugin Solar Kits make you save on your energy bill instantly and help in the fight against climate change. Get your Plugin Solar Kit today and generate your own energy for self consumption.
  • Altan — Altan is an AI-driven team that autonomously transforms ideas into fully-functional digital products using its innovative Collective AGI (CAGI) multi-agent framework. Altan handles end-to-end software development—from frontend to backend, including infrastructure, testing, and iteration—allowing users to focus solely on their vision.Founded withthe mission of empowering everyone with a superhuman AI team available 24/7, Altan uniquely combines frictionless infrastructure and a transparent, no-code interface for easy modification and control of AI-generated outputs.Altan primarily serves entrepreneurs, operational leaders, digital agencies, and freelancers, enabling rapid prototyping, launching, and scaling of digital solutions without traditional development teams. Headquartered in Barcelona, Altan emphasizes community engagement (#BuildInPublic), rapid innovation, and continuous improvement, supported by an attractive Employee Stock Option Pool (ESOP).Altan aims to redefine industry standards with benchmarks for end-to-end software creation and targets significant market milestones, including autonomous SaaS growth and substantial recurring revenue.
  • Piper — Piper is a next-gen sales productivity and intelligence solution that puts AI to work for both sales reps and sales managers.Through its advanced interpretation of sales conversations from video calls, emails and audio notes, Piper automatically populates deal-related fields in the CRM, freeing up sales capacity and ensuring unbiased, highquality data.Piper further lightens the daily workload of salespeople by assisting through every stage of the client engagement: enhancing meeting prep, drafting follow-up emails, scheduling the next call, and more.For sales reps, Piper is a game-changer, letting them focus on selling without the admin drag. For sales directors and revenue ops, Piper provides top-notch data insights into the sales pipeline, enhancing sales forecasting and data-driven decision-making.
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Samuel Shank
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 5 investments in Sports startups

Samuel Shank is a Board Member at Operto Guest Technologies. He attended Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management and the University of Virginia.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Mobile, Marketplace, Apps
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
  • Geography: United States, Germany

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 16
  • Round size: Seed $1.2M–$3M; Pre-Seed $200k–$2.5M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Hitch — Hitch is Uber for Long Distances. We Offer Private and Shared Ridesharing Services, both Door-to-Door and Station-to-Station. View Rates here - over 1 million seats sold.
  • Foraged — 13K Followers, 701 Following, 195 Posts - See Instagram photos and videos from Foraged Market (@foraged.market)
  • YieldClub — Earn up to 12% APY with real-time interest and no lock-ups.
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Dan Plashkes
Angel · Del Mar, California, United States · 5 investments in Sports startups

Dan Plashkes is the Chairperson / Early Stage Investor at OwnersBox. Dan Plashkes attended Schulich School of Business - York University.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Fantasy Sports
  • Stage:Seed, Angel
  • Geography: Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 5
  • Round size: Seed $950k–$3M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • OwnersBox — Daily Fantasy Sports reinvented! Play OwnersBox's suite of innovative DFS games and compete to win exciting cash prizes.
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Scott Sandell
Angel · San Francisco Bay Area, California, United States · 5 investments in Sports startups

Scott Sandell is Managing General Partner at NEA. A General Partner since 2000, and Co-Managing General Partner from 2015 - 2017, Scott served as head of the firm’s technology investing practice for 10 years and has led NEA’s China investing activities for over a decade. Since joining the firm in 1996, he has personally led investments inindustry-transforming companies like Bloom Energy, Data Domain, Fusion-io, Salesforce.com, Tableau Software, WebEx, and Workday. Scott is one of only four investors named to the Forbes Midas List every year since 2007, with 24 technology companies in his portfolio having successfully completed public offerings or mergers.Scott is currently a director of Bloom Energy (NYSE: BE) and a number of private companies including Automation Anywhere, Branch, Cloudflare, Coursera, Enigma, Expanse (fka Qadium), Hello Alfred, One Concern, Robinhood, Sentons, Transfix, and WaterBit. Other previous investments include Fusion-io (acquired by SanDisk), Neoteris (acquired by Juniper Networks), NetIQ (acquired by Attachmate Corporation), Playdom (acquired by Disney), and Spreadtrum Communications (acquired by Tsinghua Unigroup).

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence
  • Stage:Series A, Series B, Series C
  • Geography: United States, Germany, China

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 113
  • Round size: Series A $5.8M–$30M; Series B $11M–$59M; Series C $25M–$110M
  • Lead/follow: 52% lead, 48% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Flow48 — Flow48 is a platform that allows companies to access capital by providing revenue-based finance services.
  • CrewLAB — CrewLAB is a sports team management software for rowing, swimming & running. Trusted by 2,000+ teams incl. USRowing and USA Swimming. Start free today!
  • Mercor — Mercor is organizing human intelligence to power the AI economy. We are powering frontier research, RLHF data, and AI agent training at scale for the top AI labs and enterprises.
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Sinan Güler
Angel · Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey · 5 investments in Sports startups

Sinan Güler is a Co-Founder at Guler Legacy. He attended Carroll College.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Fitness, Wellness, Apps
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, Turkey, Germany

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 15
  • Round size: Seed $150k–$2.5M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Uniqgene — Uniqgene combines the innate genetic data of individuals with physical parameters and transforms them into meaningful data, thus aiming to always be by your side by offering personalized reports to athletes, sports clubs and people who love to engage in sports activities.
  • CEOtudent — Founded in May 2015, CEOtudent.com is a content-based website that focuses on providing a rich vision and lifestyle to university and young professionals with content focused on success.On our internet site, we offer numerous contents from personal development to marketing, from career to events, from entrepreneurship to current news.AtCEOtudent.com, we share every piece of information we think that we can provide benefits and inspiration, and we are constantly trying to learn something new.
  • DeepSport — DeepSport is a new-gen mobile fitness app powered by AI to coach you in real time. It sees the user through the mobile phone camera and pinpoints the joints. This way, it calculates the angles of the body and defines the body position, giving real-time voice feedback, counting reps and calculating the accuracy.
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Colin Carrier
Angel · Los Angeles, California, United States · 4 investments in Sports startups

Currently building new things @Oooh and @PinataFarms. Angel Investor. Venture Partner and Startup Advisor. Most recently at @Twitch I was leading a portfolio of incubation projects and corporate development.I like building companies and solving problems creatively. I've spent the better part of my career at three different live videostartups - two of which have been acquired for more than $1.2 billion combined. I've helped raise more than $100 million in fundraising from institutional and private investors. Back in the day, I learned how to PPT and XLS as a strategy consultant focused on media, entertainment and technology.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Internet, Apps
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, Denmark

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 25
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • MetaMap — Metamaps are customisable trust workflows that empower service providers to reach more customers.
  • Alt — Buy and sell authenticated, investment-grade trading cards and use our industry-leading research tools to make informed investment decisions.
  • Alt — Alt is increasing the transparency and liquidity of alternative assets
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Sean Bratches
Angel · 4 investments in Sports startups

Sean Bratches was named Managing Director of the Formula 1® Commercial Operations division in January 2017.With three decades of leadership, management and operating experience at multi-billion dollar scale in the media, entertainment, and sports business. He spent 27 years at ESPN where for 10 years he served as Executive Vice President of Salesand Marketing.Sean lead a sales and marketing team that provided national advertisers access to ESPN and its media, marketing and content platforms. He was also responsible for the first unified sales organization that represents The Walt Disney Company’s premier collection of sports assets across all media platforms.In addition, he oversaw all distribution, licensing, marketing for the domestic cable and satellite networks of The Walt Disney Company to its linear and emerging multi-channel affiliates. In 2010, his team introduced the first live, streaming cable channels online and on mobile devices through WatchESPN.Sean was also responsible for ESPN’s marketing efforts including the development, direction and implementation of all branding, creative services and marketing for its growing media businesses.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Sports, SaaS, Casino
  • Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
  • Geography: United States

Investor stats

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

Portfolio highlights

  • Opendorse — The best NIL deal marketplace for athletes to build and monetize their name, image, and likeness value. Support your favorite collegiate athlete.
  • Boom Entertainment — Boom Entertainment creates world-class products for the online gaming era. That includes slot machine games, innovative sportsbook products and free to play sports applications. We work with media companies, pro sports leagues, retail brands, and casinos.
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Michel Akkermans
Angel · 4 investments in Sports startups

Michel Akkermans is the Chairman and CEO of Pamica NV. Attended University of Leuven.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Finance
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Belgium, United States, Germany

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 14
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Seaters A.I. - Unrivalled Brand Relation Management — Smart technology for sustainable brand relationships. A people-centric approach for customer activation and guest management.
  • Cashforce — Cashforce is a ‘next-generation’ Cash forecasting & Working Capital management platform, focused on automation and integration - bridging the gap between the CFO, finance, AR/ AP and treasury. The platform is unique in its category because of the seamless integration with numerous ERPs & banking systems, the ability to drill down totransaction level details, and the intelligent AI-based simulation engine that enables multiple cash flow scenarios, forecasts & impact analysis. Cashforce is a global company with offices in New York, Antwerp, Amsterdam, Copenhagen & London and provides Cash visibility to multinational corporates across various industries in over 120 countries worldwide.
  • Connective — Nitro Sign Enterprise simplifies complex workflows. Empower your teams with compliant eSignatures, seamless API integration, and expert eSigning support.
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deals
in Sports startups
$2.1M
median round
in Sports startups
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lead at least one round
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