# Top 50 Sporting Goods Angel Investors in May 2026

| Investor | Relevant Deals | Geography | Stage | Focus |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| David Blitzer | 2 | Portugal, United States | Series A | Sports, Fantasy Sports, Sporting Goods |
| Frank Bober | 2 | United States | Seed | Hardware, Mobile Apps, Sporting Goods |
| Alex Hoye | 2 | United Kingdom, United States, Romania | Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed | Software, Apps, Advertising |
| David J. Adelman | 2 | United States | Series A, Seed | Food and Beverage, E-Commerce, Sports |
| Mark Livings | 2 | Australia, Sweden, United Kingdom | Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed | Content Marketing, Information Technology, Software |
| Blake Griffin | 2 | United States | Seed | Retail, Sports, Consumer Goods |
| Matthew Ocko | 2 | United States, Canada, New Zealand | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, Information Technology, Mobile |
| Daren Cotter | 2 | United States | Seed, Series A | Software, E-Commerce, Health Care |
| Mark Pincus | 2 | United States, Canada, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A, Series B | Internet, Software, FinTech |
| Christopher J. Dean | 2 | United States | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B | E-Commerce, SaaS, Retail |
| Giovanni Gardelli | 2 | United States, Italy, United Kingdom | Seed, Angel | E-Commerce, Fashion, Software |
| Dave Morin | 2 | United States, France, Finland | Seed, Series A | Mobile, Internet, Software |
| Gary Vaynerchuk | 2 | United States, Australia, Canada | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, Mobile, Internet |
| Lloyd Danzig | 2 | United States | Seed, Pre-Seed | Gaming, Sports, Fantasy Sports |
| Roger Ehrenberg | 2 | United States, United Kingdom, Canada | Series A, Seed, Series B | Advertising, FinTech, Software |
| Maria Thomas | 2 | United States | Seed, Series B, Series A | E-Commerce, SaaS, Enterprise Software |
| Patrick Bamford | 1 | United Kingdom | Series A | B2C, Shoes, Sporting Goods |
| Robin Knox | 1 | United Kingdom, Canada, United States | Pre-Seed, Seed | Software, SaaS, Social Network |
| Nat Turner | 1 | United States, China | Seed, Series A, Series B | Health Care, Software, Medical |
| Drew Brees | 1 | United States, Canada | Seed, Series B | Sports, E-Commerce, Artificial Intelligence |
| Sjaak Fleer | 1 | Austria | Angel | E-Commerce, Sporting Goods |
| Michael Carrick | 1 | United Kingdom | Seed | Fitness, Wellness, Health Care |
| Andrew Bogut | 1 | Australia, United States | Seed, Series A, Series D | Sports, eSports, Gaming |
| Lodie Grubb | 1 | United States | Seed | Outdoors, Online Portals, Sporting Goods |
| Emir Selimovic | 1 | Austria | Angel | E-Commerce, Sporting Goods |
| Arno Gerken | 1 | Germany | Pre-Seed | Consumer, Sporting Goods, Sustainability |
| Dave Hanson | 1 | United States | Seed, Angel | Mobile Apps, Sales, Sporting Goods |
| Teddy Riner | 1 | France | Series A | FinTech, Finance, Software |
| David Grubb | 1 | United States | Seed | Outdoors, Online Portals, Sporting Goods |
| Peter Troensegaard Jensen | 1 | Denmark | Angel | Drones, Retail, Sports |
| Khalid Qazi | 1 | India | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B | SaaS, AgTech, Events |
| Todd Forest | 1 | Australia, United States | Series A, Seed, Angel | Real Estate, Apps, Marketplace |
| Guido Giordano | 1 | Canada, United Kingdom | Pre-Seed | SaaS, Email, Content |
| Paul Heywood | 1 | United States, United Kingdom | Seed, Pre-Seed | Software, Information Technology, Shoes |
| Josh Childress | 1 | Australia, United States | Seed, Series B | SaaS, Analytics, Communities |
| Dave Balter | 1 | United States | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Software, Mobile, Apps |
| Thomas Rebaud | 1 | France, United States, Japan | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, Information Technology, Social Media |
| Nicholas Horbaczewski | 1 | United States | Seed | B2B, Sports, Internet |
| Ankit Mehrotra | 1 | India | Pre-Seed, Seed, Series B | SaaS, Gaming, Food Processing |
| Ted Hettich | 1 | United Kingdom | Pre-Seed | Retail, Fashion, E-Commerce |
| Todd Arky | 1 | United States | Seed, Series A | Marketplace, Food Delivery, E-Commerce |
| Sahil Jain | 1 | India | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B | Gaming, Apps, AgTech |
| Bernd Geilen | 1 | Germany | Angel, Pre-Seed | SaaS, Consumer, Online Portals |
| Kevin Kaplan | 1 | United States | Series A, Series B | Consumer Goods, Hardware, Sports |
| Jeffrey Kaditz | 1 | United States | Seed | Sports, Fitness, Medical |
| Zach Weinberg | 1 | United States, Israel, Colombia | Seed, Series A, Series B | Health Care, Software, Medical |
| Carsten Maschmeyer | 1 | Germany, Austria, Switzerland | Seed, Angel | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology |
| Martin Kreiger | 1 | Austria | Angel | E-Commerce, Sporting Goods |
| Lorenz Bogaert | 1 | Belgium, United Kingdom, United States | Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel | SaaS, Software, Artificial Intelligence |
| Johannes Müller | 1 | Austria | Angel | E-Commerce, Sporting Goods |

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