Top 50 Sports Angel Investors in United States (August 2026)
For AI agents: Short investor table (Markdown), Detailed investor list (Markdown)
| Investor | Relevant Deals | Geography | Stage | Focus | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Daren Cotter
Angel
|
12 | United States | Seed, Series A | Software, Health Care, E-Commerce | $1M–$19M |
|
Jason Calacanis
Angel
|
10 | United States, Australia, Canada | Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A | Software, Internet, Artificial Intelligence | $100k–$16M |
|
Shane Neman
Angel
|
8 | United States, Kenya, Spain | Seed, Series A | Health Care, Software, Artificial Intelligence | $1.5M–$120M |
|
Roger Ehrenberg
Angel
|
8 | United States, United Kingdom, Canada | Series A, Seed, Series B | FinTech, Advertising, Analytics | $900k–$20M |
|
David Stern
Angel
|
8 | United States, Spain | Series A, Seed, Series B | Sports, Gaming, Software | $3.6M–$33M |
|
Ryan Moore
Angel
|
7 | United States, Canada, United Kingdom | Series A, Seed, Series B | FinTech, E-Commerce, Sports | $1.5M–$45M |
|
Kevin Durant
Angel
|
7 | United States, Canada, France | Series A, Seed, Series B | Financial Services, Sports, FinTech | $1.3M–$100M |
|
Gary Vaynerchuk
Angel
|
7 | United States, Australia, Canada | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, Mobile, Internet | $1M–$55M |
|
David Blitzer
Angel
|
6 | United States, India, The Netherlands | Series A, Seed, Series B | Sports, Media and Entertainment, Sports Leagues and Teams | $2.2M–$22M |
|
Trevor Wright
Angel
|
6 | United States, India, Canada | Seed, Series A, Angel | Software, Gaming, Information Technology | $25k–$10M |
|
Edward Lando
Angel
|
6 | United States, United Kingdom, France | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Software, Artificial Intelligence, FinTech | $125k–$37M |
|
Chad Hurley
Angel
|
6 | United States, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown | Internet, Software, Sports | $2M–$50M |
|
Mario Götze
Angel
|
6 | Germany, United States, United Kingdom | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS | $1.2M–$60M |
|
Kevin Lin
Angel
|
5 | United States, India, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Gaming, Information Technology, Video Games | $228k–$25M |
|
Scott Sandell
Angel
|
5 | United States, Germany, China | Series A, Series B, Series C | Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence | $5.8M–$110M |
|
Mark Cuban
Angel
|
5 | United States, United Kingdom, Canada | Seed, Series A | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain | $600k–$23M |
|
Ronnie Lott
Angel
|
5 | United States | Seed, Series A, Series B | Health Care, Sports, Software | $700k–$23M |
|
Harris Barton
Angel
|
5 | United States | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, Big Data, Analytics | $500k–$32M |
|
Jason Robins
Angel
|
5 | United States, Canada | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Sports, Internet, Software | $1.2M–$42M |
|
David Tisch
Angel
|
5 | United States, France, Israel | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, Internet, E-Commerce | $850k–$40M |
|
Benjamin Ling
Angel
|
5 | United States, Canada, India | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, E-Commerce, SaaS | $650k–$50M |
|
Chris Paul
Angel
|
5 | United States, France, Portugal | Seed, Angel | Sports, FinTech, Food and Beverage | $1.8M–$18M |
|
Mike Lee
Angel
|
4 | United States, Germany, Ireland | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Software, Fitness, Wellness | $371k–$3.1M |
|
Michael Dornbrook
Angel
|
4 | United States, Canada | Seed, Convertible Note | Software, Mobile, Health Care | $435k–$2.7M |
|
Sean Bratches
Angel
|
4 | United States | Series A, Seed, Series B | SaaS, Casino, Gaming | $3.1M–$15M |
|
Michael Ryan Dubin
Angel
|
4 | United States | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Gaming, Retail, eSports | $1.6M–$15M |
|
Colin Carrier
Angel
|
4 | United States, Denmark | Seed, Series A | Software, Apps, Gaming | $120k–$37M |
|
Christian Edler
Angel
|
4 | United States, Germany, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, Financial Services, FinTech | $497k–$555M |
|
Daniel Curran
Angel
|
4 | United States, Canada, Brazil | Seed, Series A, Series B | E-Commerce, Software, Internet | $600k–$50M |
|
Marc Lasry
Angel
|
4 | United States, Israel, Hong Kong | Series A, Seed, Venture - Series Unknown | Sports, Marketing, Media and Entertainment | $1.1M–$250M |
|
George Godula
Angel
|
4 | United States, China, France | Seed, Series A, Series B | Health Care, Information Technology, Mobile | $970k–$150M |
|
Drew Brees
Angel
|
4 | United States, Canada | Seed, Series B | Sports, Apps, E-Commerce | $1.2M–$67M |
|
Benjie Cherniak
Angel
|
4 | United States, Canada, Australia | Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown | Sports, Gaming, Casino | |
|
Tim McSweeney
Angel
|
4 | United States | Series A | Sports, Analytics, eSports | |
|
Bradley Horowitz
Angel
|
4 | United States, United Kingdom, Germany | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence | $150k–$120M |
|
Kevin Love
Angel
|
4 | United States | Series A, Seed, Angel | Wellness, Health Care, Food and Beverage | $1M–$30M |
|
Joe Montana
Angel
|
4 | United States, Canada, India | Seed, Series A | Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS | $2M–$64M |
|
Chris Grove
Angel
|
4 | United States, Australia | Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown | News, Casino, Gaming | $2M–$15M |
|
Naval Ravikant
Angel
|
4 | United States, India, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, FinTech, Artificial Intelligence | $1M–$25M |
|
Will Herman
Angel
|
4 | United States, South Africa, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A, Convertible Note | Software, Mobile, Enterprise Software | $100k–$8.8M |
|
Michel Akkermans
Angel
|
4 | Belgium, United States, Germany | Seed, Series A | FinTech, Software, Financial Services | $1.2M–$11M |
|
Wei Guo
Angel
|
4 | United States, China, Canada | Seed, Series A, Angel | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Internet | $200k–$19M |
|
Chris Burggraeve
Angel
|
4 | United States, Ireland | Series A, Angel, Seed | Credit, Mobile, Sports | $531k–$7.7M |
|
Keith Rabois
Angel
|
4 | United States, Brazil, Canada | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, E-Commerce, Internet | $1M–$100M |
|
Steve Aoki
Angel
|
4 | United States, Denmark, United Kingdom | Series A, Seed, Angel | E-Commerce, Music, Wellness | $5.1M–$450M |
|
Justin Kan
Angel
|
4 | United States, Nigeria, India | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, Financial Services, Artificial Intelligence | $890k–$23M |
|
William Hockey
Angel
|
4 | United States, Pakistan, Singapore | Seed, Series A, Series B | FinTech, Software, Financial Services | $2.1M–$34M |
|
Steven Kaplan
Angel
|
3 | United States | Seed, Series A | Sports, eSports, Software | |
|
Larry Braitman
Angel
|
3 | United States, United Kingdom | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Software, E-Commerce, Education | $550k–$10M |
|
Calvin Ayre
Angel
|
3 | United States, United Kingdom, Spain | Seed, Series A | Blockchain, Information Technology, Bitcoin | |
| Access all 1145 angel investors in United States Sports startups. | |||||
Access 48,091 investors
822 industries, 177 countries. Updated daily. Emails and phones included.
Browse database — It's Free!Investor list
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.
Show more...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.
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.
Show more...Investment focus
- Industry: Software, Internet, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, Australia, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 549
- 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.
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.
Show more...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.
Roger Ehrenberg is the founder and Managing Partner of IA Ventures, a firm that invests in companies creating competitive advantage through data.
Show more...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
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.
Show more...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.
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.
Show more...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
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.
Show more...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
Gary Vaynerchuk is the Chairman of VaynerX. He previously worked at Resy as a Co-Founder. Gary Vaynerchuk attended Mount Ida College.
Show more...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.
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.
Show more...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.
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.
Show more...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.
Access 48,091 investors
822 industries, 177 countries. Updated daily. Emails and phones included.
Browse database — It's Free!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.
Show more...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.
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.
Show more...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.
Mario Götze is a professional footballer.
Show more...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.
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.
Show more...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
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).
Show more...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.
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.
Show more...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.
Ronnie Lott is a Founder at All-Stars Helping Kids.
Show more...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.
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.
Show more...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
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.
Show more...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.
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
Show more...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.
Access 48,091 investors
822 industries, 177 countries. Updated daily. Emails and phones included.
Browse database — It's Free!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).
Show more...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.
Christopher Emmanuel Paul is an American professional basketball player for the Oklahoma City Thunder of the National Basketball Association.
Show more...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.
Mike Lee is Co-Founder of MyFitnessPal, the leading free resource helping people improve their health. Prior to founding MyFitnessPal, Mike co-founded NextC, a venture-funded startup focused on building online communities. During his 20 year tenure in the technology industry, Mike has held leadership positions at several other top start-upsin Silicon Valley, including Palm, Handspring, Beyond.com and Regis McKenna. Mike graduated summa cum laude from Princeton with a B.A. in Economics.
Show more...Investment focus
- Industry: Software, Fitness, Wellness
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, Germany, Ireland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 14
- Round size: Seed $371k–$3.1M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Sock Finance — Sock is a mobile finance app that is the easiest way in the world to earn interest (yield) on your crypto. With Sock, you can send crypto, invest, and earn with crypto anywhere in the world while maintaining self-custody.
- VIZTA DGTL — VIZTA is an innovative gaming studio at the forefront of significant technology shifts and increasing demands from new generations and various consumers.
- Sunnyside — Sunnyside is the #1 alcohol moderation app helping 600,000+ people drink less through tracking, coaching, and optional naltrexone via telehealth. Start your free 15-day trial.
Michael Dornbrook Member of the Board of Directors at Modulate.ai. He attended University of Chicago during 1981-1983.
Show more...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.
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.
Show more...Investment focus
- Industry: SaaS, Casino, Gaming
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 5
- Round size: Series A $3.1M–$15M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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.
Michael Dubin is a co-founder and chief executive officer of Dollar Shave Club, a monthly membership service that delivers fresh, stainless steel razor blades, and other personal grooming products to customers. Previously, he was the director of marketing and business development at Feed Company as well as a marketing associate at TIME Magazine.
Show more...Investment focus
- Industry: Gaming, Retail, eSports
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 13
- Round size: Seed $1.6M–$8.8M; Series A $8.1M–$15M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- 4D Sight — AI-powered virtual advertising for live sports broadcasts. Turn live video into programmable ad inventory.
- Glosslab — We modernized the mani. Hygienic. Waterless. Efficient. The new salon experience that keeps you polished and ready for anything.
- Liquid Death — Don't be scared, it's just water. 100% stone-cold mountain water (8.1+ PH). Infinitely recyclable aluminum cans. Death to plastic.
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.
Show more...Investment focus
- Industry: Software, Apps, Gaming
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, Denmark
Investor stats
- Total investments: 25
- Round size: Seed $120k–$4.3M; Series A $7M–$37M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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
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.
Show more...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.
Daniel Curran is the Founder and CEO at CustEx.com.
Show more...Investment focus
- Industry: E-Commerce, Software, Internet
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: United States, Canada, Brazil
Investor stats
- Total investments: 145
- Round size: Seed $600k–$5M; Series A $3.6M–$23M; Series B $2.3M–$50M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- RentoMojo — RentoMojo is an online furniture rental platform that was incorporated in November 2014.It currently operates in Bangalore, Pune, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Chennai, Delhi, Gurgaon and Noida.RentoMojo was founded by Geetansh Bamania, an ex-IITM, in November 2014 in India. Like many other young working professionals, he was living in rented apartments,working long hours and found it inconvenient to equip the house with furniture when he moved. RentoMojo was developed to provide an alternative to buying and selling furniture in rental properties.
- Shred Video — Make awesome GoPro movies from raw footage in seconds. Download now on the Mac App Store! http://t.co/huKZsX8RBY
- GC Plus — Find Your Next Home Service Expert With Ease
Marc Lasry is based out of New York, New York and is the Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of Avenue Capital Group. Marc previously worked at Cowen & Company as a Co–Director. Marc Lasry attended the Clark University.
Show more...Investment focus
- Industry: Sports, Marketing, Media and Entertainment
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: United States, Israel, Hong Kong
Investor stats
- Total investments: 21
- Round size: Seed $1.1M–$2.3M; Series A $10M–$35M; Venture - Series Unknown $10M–$250M
- Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Frontdesk — Frontdesk powers short-term stays for modern dynamic living.
- SponsorUnited — Unrivaled Sponsorship Data for Brands & RightsHolders
- Milwaukee Bucks — Milwaukee Bucks is a sports team that plays basketball in Milwaukee.
Access 48,091 investors
822 industries, 177 countries. Updated daily. Emails and phones included.
Browse database — It's Free!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)
Show more...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
Drew Brees is an American football quarterback for the New Orleans Saints of the NFL, an entrepreneur, and an investor.
Show more...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.
Benjie Cherniak
Show more...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.
Tim is a founding member of Inogesis. He is responsible for the business strategy and process design, business development, special projects design, development and management support. Tim joined Inogesis in early 2017 after supporting the company as an advisor. He has over 15+ years’ experience in business analytics and information design, in thehealthcare, media and non-profit sectors. Tim is also Partner of Restoration Partners and previously worked at GLL where he supported a partnership between GLL and the NHS in designing, implementing and operating a patient referral scheme.
Show more...Investment focus
- Industry: Sports, Analytics, eSports
- Stage:Series A
- Geography: United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 4
- Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow
Portfolio highlights
- QL Gaming Group — The QL Gaming Group (QLGG) is a direct to consumer sports data and iGaming affiliate platform. QLGG operates three consumer facing data/analytics brands: BetQL (for betting), RotoQL (for daily fantasy) and SquadQL (for season long fantasy). QLGG has over half a million users across these products and tens of thousands of paying customers.QLGG holds a gaming license in New Jersey to act as an affiliate to sportsbook operators such as DraftKings, FanDuel, BetStars and more.
- Jock MKT — Jock MKT is a fantasy gaming platform where users can make real money – every minute, every second, of every game. Jock MKT allows users to buy and sell shares of athletes in real time.
- Baseball Info Solutions — Rich and real-time sports data for teams, media, betting, and beyond. We specialize in baseball, basketball, football, and betting data.
Bradley Horowitz is an Advisor and Vice President of Product Management at Google. Most recently he helped create Area 120, Google's incubator for internally-sourced innovation. He's led a large number of products, programs and initiatives at Google - including Google for Startups, Google Photos, Gmail, Google Voice, blogger, and GoogleNews.Before joining Google in February 2008, Horowitz was Yahoo's vice president of Advanced Development where he drove the acquisitions of Flickr and MyBlogLog, launched the Brickhouse incubator and developed new products like Yahoo! Pipes. Additionally, he was responsible for the company's initiative to open up its platform which included overseeing the Yahoo Developer Network (YDN).Previously, he was co-founder and CTO of Virage, where he oversaw the technical direction of the company from its founding through its IPO and eventual acquisition by Autonomy.Horowitz was a PhD candidate at the MIT Media Lab. While at the Media Lab, he worked on a number of topics related to computer vision, graphics and image processing, which resulted in a patented new technique for the recovery of structure, motion and camera parameters from video sequences.Horowitz holds an MS in Media Science from MIT and a BS in Computer Science from the University of Michigan.
Show more...Investment focus
- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Germany
Investor stats
- Total investments: 132
- Round size: Seed $150k–$18M; Series A $7.2M–$36M; Series B $19M–$120M
- Lead/follow: 1% lead, 99% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Key AI — Unlock new networking and career opportunities with Key, the leading AI-powered professional networking platform. Build and manage communities, host and join exclusive events, and create meaningful connections to supercharge your growth all in one place.
- 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.
- Odyssey — Odyssey is an AI lab pioneering general world models: causal, multimodal systems that learn to understand and simulate the world.
Kevin Love is an American basketball player for the Miami Heat of the National Basketball Association.
Show more...Investment focus
- Industry: Wellness, Health Care, Food and Beverage
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Angel
- Geography: United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 17
- Round size: Seed $1M–$3M; Series A $8.4M–$30M
- Lead/follow: 18% lead, 82% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Aescape — We're a wellness technology company building intelligent robots to help people have better relationships with their bodies.
- Shift Naturals — Shift Naturals makes clean, plant-based products designed to help you unwind, recharge, and perform with clarity. Zero alcohol, plant-based formulations, and full-spectrum hemp extracts for real calm.
- The College Sports Company — The College Sports Company is a sports broadcasting company that produces compelling shows, podcasts, live events, and social media series.
Joe Montana is the Founder and Managing Partner at Liquid 2 Ventures. He attended the University of Notre Dame.
Show more...Investment focus
- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, Canada, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 73
- Round size: Seed $2M–$6M; Series A $5.3M–$64M
- Lead/follow: 4% lead, 96% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Tako — Tako is an AI search engine that embed intelligence.
- Assort Health — Our call center generative AI reduces hold time, decreases dropped calls, and contains costs while driving appointment revenue.
- Maxima AI — The first agentic AI platform for enterprise accounting
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.
Show more...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.
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.
Show more...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.
Access 48,091 investors
822 industries, 177 countries. Updated daily. Emails and phones included.
Browse database — It's Free!Michel Akkermans is the Chairman and CEO of Pamica NV. Attended University of Leuven.
Show more...Investment focus
- Industry: FinTech, Software, Financial Services
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Belgium, United States, Germany
Investor stats
- Total investments: 14
- Round size: Seed $1.2M–$11M; Series A $3M–$11M
- Lead/follow: 43% lead, 57% follow
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.
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.
Show more...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.
Chris Burggraeve - Founder @ Vicomte
Show more...Investment focus
- Industry: Credit, Mobile, Sports
- Stage:Series A, Angel, Seed
- Geography: United States, Ireland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 8
- Round size: Seed $2M–$3M; Angel $531k–$1.5M; Series A $3M–$7.7M
- Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Greenrush — Get weed delivered to your door with greenrush's cannabis delivery service. Our app let's you buy weed online from a network of local dispensaries near you.
- Arcview Group — The ArcView Group works in the burgeoning legal cannabis industry by establishing connections between investors and entrepreneurs in an effort to meet the needs of cannabis cultivators, dispensaries, and customers. With industry experience, The ArcView Group is working to help usher in the next generation of cannabis-related businesses with thecreation of The ArcView Angel Network and the MyDispensary Mobile App.
- Finclude — Finclude revolutionizes creditworthiness & affordability assessment of individuals with machine learning on their transactions, powered by PSD2 APIs.
Keith Rabois is based out of United States and is the Managing Director of Khosla Ventures and also Board of Directors of Spellbook. Keith previously worked at Square as a COO. Keith Rabois attended the Stanford University.
Show more...Investment focus
- Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Internet
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: United States, Brazil, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 206
- Round size: Seed $1M–$7M; Series A $4M–$28M; Series B $8M–$100M
- Lead/follow: 40% lead, 60% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Hey — Heyday’s mission is to help people remember the story of their life: the places they go, things they do, and people they’re with – privately, beautifully and effortlessly. Heyday is built around the life, for people to remember life the way they lived it. Heyday is headquartered in San Francisco.Heyday is an automatic journal. It willautomatically keep track of the places people go and the things they see, so they can remember moments big & small. Photos they take are automatically arranged into beautiful collages, which are easily customizable with exclusive layouts and filters. Using Heyday, people can instantly rediscover meaningful moments and memories from years ago. Search the story of their life by time, place, and people.
- ThirdLove — Bras designed for your body so you always look & feel your best. Available in A-H and half-cup sizes.
- Ramp — Join thousands of forward-thinking businesses using Ramp to control spend, save time, and automate busywork.
Steve Aoki is the Founder of Aoki Labs.
Show more...Investment focus
- Industry: E-Commerce, Music, Wellness
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Angel
- Geography: United States, Denmark, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 30
- Round size: Seed $5.1M–$450M; Series A $10M–$40M
- Lead/follow: 3% lead, 97% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Music AI — State-of-the-art ethical AI solutions for audio and music applications. The highest quality audio separation available.
- Superpower — The world's most comprehensive and convenient platform to manage your health, for life.
- 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.
Justin Kan is the Co-Founder of Stash. He previously worked at Atrium as a CEO. Justin Kan attended Yale University.
Show more...Investment focus
- Industry: Software, Financial Services, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States, Nigeria, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 111
- Round size: Seed $1.3M–$7M; Pre-Seed $890k–$20M; Series A $7.5M–$23M
- Lead/follow: 8% lead, 92% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Convex — All gas, no breakages. Convex is the reactive backend platform that keeps up with you and your agents.
- FLORA — FLORA is an applied AI HCI company building creative tools.
- Samepage — Building your second brain for product leaders
William Hockey is based out of San Francisco, California and is the Co-CEO of Column and also Member Board of Directors of Scale. He previously worked at Bain & Company as an Associate. William Hockey attended Emory University.
Show more...Investment focus
- Industry: FinTech, Software, Financial Services
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: United States, Pakistan, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 57
- Round size: Seed $2.1M–$12M; Series A $7M–$34M; Series B $14M–$30M
- Lead/follow: 2% lead, 98% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Town — Town Assistant operates behind the scenes, managing everything from busywork to big ideas.
- Vooma — Vooma is a back-office automation platform that enables automated order entry for brokers and carriers.
- Double — AI-powered, ledger-integrated close management for accounting firms and teams. Automate manual work, gain real-time visibility, and close the books faster.
Mr. Kaplan is a Principal and the former head of Oaktree’s Global Principal Group. He joined Oaktree in 1995, having previously served as a managing director of TCW and portfolio manager in the TCW Special Credits Group. Prior to joining TCW in 1993, Mr. Kaplan was a Partner with the law firm of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher and responsible for thatfirm’s East Coast bankruptcy and workout practice. During his career as an attorney, Mr. Kaplan specialized in transactions involving the purchase and sale of companies undergoing financial restructurings. He presently serves on the boards of Oaktree Capital Group, LLC; Regal Entertainment Group, AdvancePierre Foods and Townsquare Media, Inc. Mr. Kaplan previously served on the boards of Alliance HealthCare Services, Inc.; Genco Shipping and Trading Ltd. and General Maritime Corporation. In addition, he currently serves on the boards of several private companies and nonprofit organizations, including the UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center Foundation and the New York University School of Law Foundation. Mr. Kaplan graduated with a B.S. degree in political science summa cum laude from the State University of New York at Stony Brook and a J.D. from the New York University School of Law.
Show more...Investment focus
- Industry: Sports, eSports, Software
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Immortals Gaming Club — Immortals, a professional esports organization with teams competing in League of Legends, League of Legends Wild Rift, and VALORANT
- FieldLevel — Discover and share opportunities in sports. Join the network for FREE
Larry Braitman - Angel Investor; Advisor @ Braitman & Company
Show more...Investment focus
- Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Education
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 33
- Round size: Seed $550k–$4.3M; Series A $4M–$10M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Spacejoy — Building the future of home designs by weaving art and interactive 3D technology to enable the joy of designing homes
- RemoteTeam (acquired by Gusto) — Global Payroll, PEO and EOR Services, tax compliances, IC contracts, and HR apps. All designed for Remote First teams.
- LIT Videobooks — LIT is a new platform that allows you to view bestselling business books in a new video book format.
Calvin Ayre (born May 25, 1961, in Lloydminster, Saskatchewan, Canada) is the founder of the Bodog online gaming and entertainment brand, which he developed and launched in 1994.Ayre received a Bachelor of Sciences (BSc) in General Sciences from the University of Waterloo in 1984. In 1989, Ayre earned an MBA in Management Finance from CityUniversity of Seattle.
Show more...Investment focus
- Industry: Blockchain, Information Technology, Bitcoin
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Spain
Investor stats
- Total investments: 20
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Mijem — Mijem is the buy sell marketplace app to tap into your campus community. Save money. Earn cash. Connect with students. Download the free app.
- Centi — Unlocking Financial Potential with Blockchain Empowering businesses and individuals with innovative solutions that bridge traditional...
- Transmira — Augmented and Virtual Reality Solutions
Sports Angel investor funding in United States at a glance
Stats across 648 deals from 1.1k investors.
Access all 1145 angel investors in United States Sports startups.
Open ListFAQ
Is Shizune data fresh/accurate?
Shizune has monitored hundreds of funding sources since 2020.
Our investor database is updated every day, so investor data is always fresh.
All metrics are calculated from confirmed public rounds, so the data is accurate.
Can I download investor list?
To download the Sports Angel Investors in United States investor list, create a Shizune account. This investor list will be added to your saved investors and available for download in the export section.
You can also enrich the investor list with investor emails, phones, LinkedIns, and other contact data.
Can I access investor database?
To access all 1145 angel investors investing in United States Sports startups and 48,091+ more investors, create a Shizune account.
Shizune has a database of 48,091 investors. Our investor database is fresh and updated daily.
The Shizune investor database has information on investor investment focus, investor contact data, and full investor portfolio since 2020.
You can enrich with email and download the data.
Does Shizune have investor emails and contacts?
Shizune enriches investors with contact data that includes: email, phones, LinkedIn, socials, website, and others.
To guarantee the highest discovery rate, we search across 20+ contact search tools.
To maximize delivery rate and reduce bounce rate, we validate emails.
You can enrich your investor list with Shizune. Download it too.
What is Shizune?
Shizune is a 48,091 investor database updated daily.
With Shizune you can:
- browse the database
- use smart matching
- enrich with emails
- download
All you need to find investors for your startup.
Who is Shizune for?
Shizune is built for startup founders by startup founders.
If you are looking for funding for your startup, try the Shizune database — we have investors for every stage, industry, and country.
Is Shizune free?
Shizune is free forever. You can search and browse investors for free.
Email search and export are paid features.
For full info, visit our pricing.
Who built Shizune?
Shizune is built by founders with the goal of helping all founders raise funding no matter where they are.
Contact 100 investors today
Find who invests in your industry, stage, and country. Download investor list with emails in 5 minutes.
Find investors — It's Free!