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Top 50 Sports Angel Investors in United States (May 2026)

The most active angel investors investing in United States Sports startups. This investor list is updated monthly from the Shizune investor database, ranked by number of investments in United States Sports startup companies. Find investors to raise a Seed, Series A or Series B round with Shizune.
Investor Relevant Deals Geography Stage Focus Round Size
Jason Calacanis
Angel
10 United States, Australia, Canada Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A Software, Internet, E-Commerce $100k–$13M
Daren Cotter
Angel
9 United States Seed, Series A Software, E-Commerce, Health Care $300k–$10M
David Stern
Angel
8 United States, Spain Series A, Seed, Series B Sports, Gaming, Software $3.6M–$12M
Roger Ehrenberg
Angel
7 United States, United Kingdom, Canada Series A, Seed, Series B Advertising, FinTech, Software $800k–$20M
Shane Neman
Angel
6 United States, Kenya, Spain Seed, Series A Software, Health Care, Information Technology $2M–$7M
Trevor Wright
Angel
6 United States, India, Canada Seed, Series A, Angel Software, Information Technology, Gaming $25k–$10M
Ronnie Lott
Angel
5 United States Seed, Series A, Series B Health Care, Software, Sports
Gary Vaynerchuk
Angel
5 United States, Australia, Canada Seed, Series A, Series B Software, Mobile, Internet $650k–$53M
Kevin Durant
Angel
5 United States, Canada, France Series A, Seed, Series B Financial Services, Software, FinTech $1.3M–$100M
Benjamin Ling
Angel
5 United States, India, Canada Seed, Series A, Series B Software, E-Commerce, Mobile $260k–$50M
Sean Bratches
Angel
4 United States Series A, Seed, Series B Sports, SaaS, Casino
Wei Guo
Angel
4 United States, China, Canada Seed, Series A, Angel Software, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care $150k–$33M
Kevin Lin
Angel
4 United States, India, United Kingdom Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Gaming, Information Technology, Video Games $150k–$20M
Will Herman
Angel
4 United States, South Africa, United Kingdom Seed, Series A, Convertible Note Software, Mobile, Enterprise Software $100k–$8.8M
Benjie Cherniak
Angel
4 United States Seed, Angel Sports, Gaming, Apps
Chris Burggraeve
Angel
4 United States, Ireland Series A, Angel, Seed Credit, Marketplace, Financial Services $2M–$3.6M
Keith Rabois
Angel
4 United States Seed, Series A, Series B Software, Internet, E-Commerce $1M–$45M
Scott Sandell
Angel
4 United States, Germany, China Series A, Series B, Series C Software, Enterprise Software, SaaS $6M–$70M
Joe Montana
Angel
4 United States, Canada, India Seed, Series A Software, SaaS, Mobile $1M–$110M
Michael Dornbrook
Angel
4 United States, Canada Seed, Convertible Note, Angel Mobile, Software, Health Care $420k–$4M
Chad Hurley
Angel
4 United States, United Kingdom Seed, Pre-Seed Internet, Sports, Software $875k–$7M
Colin Carrier
Angel
4 United States, Denmark Seed, Series A Software, Internet, Apps $120k–$11M
Ted Leonsis
Angel
4 United States, United Kingdom Series B, Series C Sports, Internet, Social Media $8M–$26M
George Godula
Angel
4 United States, China, Algeria Seed, Series A, Series B Health Care, Information Technology, Mobile $1.3M–$37M
Jason Robins
Angel
4 United States, Canada Seed, Series A Sports, Internet, E-Commerce $500k–$4.7M
Mike Lee
Angel
4 United States, Ireland, United Kingdom Seed, Pre-Seed, Series C Software, Fitness, Wellness $375k–$3.1M
Drew Brees
Angel
4 United States, Canada Seed, Series B Sports, E-Commerce, Artificial Intelligence $1.2M–$67M
Edward Lando
Angel
4 United States, France, United Kingdom Seed, Pre-Seed Software, Information Technology, Health Care $100k–$4.5M
Christian Edler
Angel
4 United States, Germany, United Kingdom Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Financial Services, Information Technology, FinTech $497k–$30M
Ryan Moore
Angel
4 United States, Canada, United Kingdom Series A, Seed, Series B E-Commerce, Internet, Marketplace $1.4M–$20M
Harris Barton
Angel
4 United States Seed, Series A, Series B Software, Big Data, Analytics $200k–$18M
Mark Cuban
Angel
4 United States, United Kingdom, Singapore Seed, Series A Software, Blockchain, Artificial Intelligence $600k–$23M
Albert Lee
Angel
3 United States Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Information Technology, Apps, Software $1.5M–$2M
David Blitzer
Angel
3 United States, The Netherlands Seed, Series A, Series C Sports, Media and Entertainment, Mobile Apps $3.6M–$17M
Strauss Zelnick
Angel
3 United States Seed, Series A, Angel Enterprise Software, FinTech, Health Care
John Doerr
Angel
3 United States, Canada, Sweden Series B, Series A, Series C Health Care, Software, Information Technology $5M–$490M
Fabrice Grinda
Angel
3 United States, France, Brazil Seed, Series A, Series B E-Commerce, Internet, Marketplace $600k–$65M
Marc Lasry
Angel
3 United States, Israel Seed, Series A, Series C Marketing, Sports, Advertising $1.1M–$35M
Bryan Rosenblatt
Angel
3 United States, Canada, United Kingdom Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed E-Commerce, Software, Retail $120k–$22M
Rob Dyrdek
Angel
3 United States Series A, Seed Mobile, Sports, Food and Beverage $2.2M–$6.5M
Nnamdi Okike
Angel
3 United States, Brazil, Germany Seed, Series A, Series B Software, SaaS, Information Technology $150k–$60M
Jonathan Keidan
Angel
3 United States, Canada, Germany Seed, Series A, Series B E-Commerce, Food and Beverage, Health Care $1M–$88M
Michel Akkermans
Angel
3 Belgium, United States, Germany Seed, Series A FinTech, Financial Services, Finance $1.1M–$11M
David J. Adelman
Angel
3 United States Series A, Seed Food and Beverage, E-Commerce, Sports $3.6M–$7.5M
Kevin Moore
Angel
3 United States, India, Canada Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel Software, Health Care, E-Commerce $120k–$3M
Tom Williams
Angel
3 United States, Canada, India Seed, Series A, Series B Software, Health Care, Financial Services $1.3M–$67M
Todd McSweeney
Angel
3 United States Seed, Series A Sports, eSports, Consumer $1.7M–$2.3M
John Kobs
Angel
3 United States Seed, Pre-Seed SaaS, Software, Health Care $150k–$2.1M
Terry Moore
Angel
3 United States Seed, Pre-Seed Fitness, Medical, Wellness
Steve Aoki
Angel
3 United States, Denmark Series A, Seed Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, E-Commerce
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Jason Calacanis
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 10 investments in United States Sports startups, 11 in the past 12 months

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

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 333
  • Round size: Seed $722k–$4M; Pre-Seed $100k–$1.9M; Series A $2.7M–$13M
  • Lead/follow: 29% lead, 71% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • micro1 — We help companies hire and manage the best software engineers easily.
  • Bonjuur — Housekeeping Membership that tidies up your house daily and cleans room by room, for a serene life. Welcome to Bonjuur Life.
  • CyberFilm — Bring your story to life!
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Daren Cotter
Angel · Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States · 9 investments in United States 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, E-Commerce, Health Care
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 65
  • Round size: Seed $300k–$4M; Series A $3M–$10M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • TicketRev — TicketRev helps fans find cheaper tickets to their favorite games and concerts. Fans name their price for their preferred seating location, enabling resellers and teams to sell their inventory faster.
  • Fulcrum — Designed with technology in mind, be free of paper with Fulcrum, the manufacturing ERP of the future. Ai scheduling, visual BOM, live tracking
  • Vertical Insure — Vertical Insure is an insurance company built for vertical SaaS platforms.
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David Stern
Angel · New York, New York, United States · 8 investments in United States 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–$10M; Series B $5M–$12M
  • Lead/follow: 13% lead, 87% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • WHOOP — The most advanced fitness and health wearable. Get personalized insights on your body's recovery, strain, sleep, and health with in-app coaching features designed to help you unlock your best self.
  • ShotTracker — ShotTracker makes sensor-based technology that automatically captures basketball statistics in real-time during practices and games. At ShotTracker, they improve the performance of competitive athletes by bringing elite-level analytics to the masses. Their latest innovation, ShotTracker TEAM, captures real-time practice and game stats forbasketball teams, and it's affordable for teams at every level of play.
  • Proteus Motion — The Proteus system by Proteus Motion Inc. (formerly Boston Biomotion) is a new category of intelligent exercise and rehab equipment designed to strengthen, optimize, and restore movements using patented 3D resistance and 3D measurement. One system is used to train and measure any movement during post-op through peak performance, and enhancemovement efficiency through a unique neuromuscular stimulation that can only be achieved by moving in water or mud. Compared to traditional tools like free weights and cable machines, 3D resistance produces up to 3x more muscle stimulation, lower strain on the joints, and greater neuromuscular stimulation to accelerate "muscle memory" and more efficient movement patterns. Subscription software profiles strength for users using a new and comprehensive way to measure muscle performance, offers personalized insights and recommendations, and tracks progress across a suite of 6 proprietary metrics.The company was founded in 2016 and headquartered in New York, United States.
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Roger Ehrenberg
Angel · New York, New York, United States · 7 investments in United States 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: Advertising, FinTech, Software
  • Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
  • Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 99
  • Round size: Seed $800k–$5.3M; Series A $1.5M–$7.2M; Series B $6M–$20M
  • Lead/follow: 18% lead, 82% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • SlamBall — SlamBall is a global sports league association. It was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.
  • Noba — Give your team the benefit of inflation-protected savings in digital dollars, backed 1:1 to USD.
  • FL Newsletter — 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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Shane Neman
Angel · Miami, Florida, United States · 6 investments in United States 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: Software, Health Care, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, Kenya, Spain

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 75
  • Round size: Seed $2M–$3.2M; Series A $2.5M–$7M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Lindy — Lindy is an AI assistant that puts your life on autopilot.
  • Cortina — Cortina is an ecommerce marketplace saas platform helping brands sell complementary products without inventory or capital risk.
  • Dorsia — Dorsia is the # 1 clinic in cosmetic surgery and medicine in Spain. We have 84 clinics throughout Spain and Andorra and we continue to grow because you ask us to. We like to fulfill your wishes for improvement and we advocate for a Responsible Beauty.
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Trevor Wright
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 6 investments in United States 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, Information Technology, Gaming
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Angel
  • Geography: United States, India, Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 43
  • 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 game about collecting and raising fantasy creatures called Axie, on the Ethereum platform. Besides collecting and raising, you can make a team of Axies to battle in the arena. You can also buy, sell, and trade Axies with others on the marketplace.
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Ronnie Lott
Angel · 5 investments in United States Sports startups

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

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 20
  • Lead/follow: no public data

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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Gary Vaynerchuk
Angel · New York, New York, United States · 5 investments in United States Sports startups, 6 in the past 12 months

Gary Vaynerchuk is the Chairman of VaynerX, a modern-day media and communications holding company, and the active CEO of VaynerMedia, a full-service advertising agency servicing Fortune 100 clients across the company’s 4 locations. In the late 90s, after identifying “the internet” as a land-grab opportunity, Gary transitioned his father’s localliquor store into one of the first wine e-commerce platforms resulting in growing the family business from $3-60MM in sales during a 5-year period.During his time in the family business, Vaynerchuk also started one of the first long-form episodic video shows on YouTube in 2006 called WineLibraryTV, filming 1,000 episodes over a 5-year window. Gary’s wine knowledge, charisma, and uncanny ability to engage with his community landed him appearances on national television with Ellen Degeneres and Conan O’Brien, as well as establishing him as one of the most followed people on social media during its nascent years.Not only did Gary leverage content creation and the rise of social media for his personal brand, but it was the seed which would become the pillar to his now 9-year old advertising agency VaynerMedia, servicing brands with an ever-expanding variety of offerings.Outside of being the Chairman and CEO of his own companies, Gary is a highly sought after public speaker, a 5-time New York Times bestselling author, as well as a prolific angel investor with early investments in companies such as Facebook,Twitter, Tumblr, Venmo, and Uber.Gary is currently the subject of DailyVee, an online documentary series highlighting what it’s like to be a CEO and public figure in today’s digital world, as well the host of The GaryVee Audio Experience, a top 50 global podcast, and host of #AskGaryVee, a business and advice Q&A show which can be found on both YouTube and Facebook.Gary also appeared as judge in Apple’s first original series “Planet of the Apps” alongside Gwyneth Paltrow, Jessica Alba and Will.i.am onIn addition to VaynerMedia, VaynerX also houses The Gallery, a new publishing company started after acquiring leading women’s lifestyle property PureWow in January 2017. In addition to running VaynerMedia, Gary also serves as a partner in the athlete representation agency VaynerSports and restaurant reservations app Resy.Gary is a board/advisory member of Ad Council and Pencils of Promise, and is a longtime Well Member of Charity:Water.

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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: 88
  • Round size: Seed $650k–$3.1M; Series A $2M–$25M; Series B $8.3M–$53M
  • Lead/follow: 10% lead, 90% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • SlamBall — SlamBall is a global sports league association. It was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.
  • OpenFortune — www.openfortunemedia.com
  • Metalink — Metalink is a private chat app that provides NFT collection. They also offer the punk owners to find and chat with other verified holders by simply connecting their wallet.
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Kevin Durant
Angel · Oakland, California, United States · 5 investments in United States Sports startups, 6 in the past 12 months

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, Software, FinTech
  • Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
  • Geography: United States, Canada, France

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 62
  • Round size: Seed $1.3M–$100M; Series A $6M–$20M
  • Lead/follow: 3% lead, 97% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • MEDIVIS — Medivis is a leader in AR for healthcare, using augmented reality and artificial intelligence to advance medical imaging and surgical precision.
  • League One Volleyball — One League. For Youth. For Pro. For Life.
  • Skinny Dipped Almonds — We don't Sugar Coat. We SkinnyDip.
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Benjamin Ling
Angel · Menlo Park, California, United States · 5 investments in United States Sports startups

Ben Ling is a founder and partner at Bling Capital. Previously he was 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 personalinvestments 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, Mobile
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: United States, India, Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 125
  • Round size: Seed $260k–$3.8M; Series A $6.1M–$15M; Series B $10M–$50M
  • Lead/follow: 22% lead, 78% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Capchase — Capchase is a fintech company that provides financial solutions to startups by allowing access to funds as they grow.
  • Hedge — Hedge develops a protocol that provides access to liquidity for assets on all chains.
  • Merlin Labs — Merlin is the aviation technology company propelling the future of fully autonomous flight.
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Sean Bratches
Angel · 4 investments in United States 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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Wei Guo
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 4 investments in United States 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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  • Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Angel
  • Geography: United States, China, Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 138
  • Round size: Seed $150k–$4.3M; Angel $375k–$1.7M; Series A $3.8M–$33M
  • Lead/follow: 1% lead, 99% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • 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.
  • Playbook — Playbook gives creators the opportunity to build and grow a subscription business. Fans get an all-access pass to a curated health and wellness content.
  • 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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Kevin Lin
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 4 investments in United States Sports startups, 8 in the past 12 months

Lin is the COO of Twitch, the world’s leading social video platform and community for gamers. He was instrumental in the 2011 launch of the platform when he joined Justin.tv in 2008. His role included attracting the site’s largest broadcasters and building out the partnership team among other activities which have helped grow the Twitch brand.Currently more than 100 million gamers gather every month on Twitch to broadcast live video, watch and chat about gaming, making the platform an industry leader.

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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: 110
  • Round size: Seed $750k–$8.3M; Pre-Seed $150k–$1.8M; Series A $6M–$20M
  • Lead/follow: 3% lead, 97% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • AnotherBall — AnotherBall = Digital + Entertainment + Token economy
  • Blacktop Hoops — Blacktop Hoops is a streetball-inspired multiplayer VR basketball game. Chain together flashy dribble tricks, shots, and high-flying dunks to finish off AI opponents or players across the globe in epic streetball matches.
  • Scriptic — Scriptic, interactive story games on mobile.
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Will Herman
Angel · Boston, Massachusetts, United States · 4 investments in United States 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: 60
  • Round size: Seed $100k–$3M; Series A $557k–$8.8M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • VueBox — VueBox places interactive content in rideshare vehicles
  • Pristēm — 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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Benjie Cherniak
Angel · Las Vegas, Nevada, United States · 4 investments in United States Sports startups

Benjie Cherniak

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Sports, Gaming, Apps
  • Stage:Seed, Angel
  • Geography: United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 4
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Betcha — Betcha is a real money sports app that is turning to predict the game into a game of its own.
  • GridRival — GridRival is a sports betting startup built for race fans with the mission of making motorsports more engaging. We accomplish this through a valuable and unique fusion of fantasy-style gaming & betting, motorsports content, and built-in social functionality.
  • Ultimate Odds — A Fantasy sports betting platform which allows users to compete against each other using a familiar fantasy sports format, combined with sports betting lines.
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Chris Burggraeve
Angel · New York, New York, United States · 4 investments in United States Sports startups

Chris Burggraeve - Founder @ Vicomte

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Credit, Marketplace, Financial Services
  • Stage:Series A, Angel, Seed
  • Geography: United States, Ireland

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 8
  • Round size: Seed $2M–$3M; Series A $3M–$3.6M
  • 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 is a vertically integrated company servicing the cannabis and hemp industry, built with social justice and responsibility at its core.
  • Finclude — Finclude revolutionizes creditworthiness & affordability assessment of individuals with machine learning on their transactions, powered by PSD2 APIs.
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Keith Rabois
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 4 investments in United States Sports startups

Keith Rabois is the General Partner at Founders Fund. He has a unique background as an entrepreneurial executive and investor. Since 2000, he has been instrumental in driving five startups from their early stages to successful IPOs. He has provided seed capital to another ten companies that are currently valued at over $1 B, including Airbnb, Lyft,YouTube, Wish, Yammer.Since March 2013, Keith Rabois has served as a senior partner at Khosla Ventures, a technology venture capital fund founded by Vinod Khosla. He specializes in funding early-stage companies with a primary focus in consumer, financial services and health care innovation. At the same time, Keith co-founded Opendoor, a startup which transforms the painful process of selling a home into delightful and immediate experience. At KV, Rabois has led investments in a broad array of startups including, DoorDash, Stripe, Thoughtspot, Affirm, Even Financial and Piazza.Over the prior decade, he forged several of the most important new social and commerce platforms. Keith began his career in the industry as Executive Vice President of Business Development & Public Policy at PayPal [NASDAQ: PYPL, later acquired by EBAY] and subsequently served in influential roles at LinkedIn [NYSE: LNKD] and as a chief operating officer of Square [NASDAQ: SQ].As a board member, Keith guided Yelp [NYSE: YELP] and Xoom [NASDAQ: XOOM] from inception to successful initial public offerings.Earlier in his career, Keith Rabois served as a litigator at the pre-eminent Wall Street law firm of Sullivan & Cromwell, specializing in antitrust, IP, and complex commercial matters. He joined the firm after clerking for the Honorable Edith H. Jones on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. After leaving the practice of law, Keith served as policy director for former Vice President Dan Quayle.Keith Rabois earned a bachelor's degree Phi Beta Kappa in political science with distinction from Stanford University and a J.D. with honors from Harvard Law School.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 159
  • Round size: Seed $1M–$16M; Series A $4M–$15M; Series B $8M–$45M
  • Lead/follow: 38% lead, 62% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Delphi — Delphi is digital cloning that scales time, monetizes knowledge, and interacts audience at scale.
  • Pomelo — Need to send money to the Philippines? Send a Pomelo Card. Never again think about transfer fees or where your money is. No more sending money again and again.
  • All Day Kitchens — Virtual Kitchen operates as a platform that empowers restaurants to take full advantage of the delivery opportunity. Its delivery-optimized kitchens and technology unlock delivery coverage with minimal upfront investment. The company was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.
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Scott Sandell
Angel · San Francisco Bay Area, California, United States · 4 investments in United States Sports startups, 8 in the past 12 months

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, Enterprise Software, SaaS
  • Stage:Series A, Series B, Series C
  • Geography: United States, Germany, China

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 81
  • Round size: Series A $6M–$20M; Series B $9M–$50M; Series C $7M–$70M
  • Lead/follow: 57% lead, 43% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Somewear Labs — Somewear is a satellite communications solution designed for the increasingly digital world. Somewear is building a satellite-powered platform to keep people safe. Somewear gives any remote operative a reliable line to safety and keeps organizations compliant at a fraction of the traditional cost with a combination of compact satellite hotspots andsoftware designed for low-bandwidth applications.It was founded in 2017 and is based in San Francisco, California.
  • Braintrust — Our tutors help your children become better learners for a lifetime. Click here to learn more about Braintrust Tutors and how we can help!
  • Kapital — Kapital empowers SMBs with a tech-banking platform giving visibility and control of their treasury, and their employees
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Joe Montana
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 4 investments in United States Sports startups

Joe Montana is the Founder and Managing Partner at Liquid 2 Ventures. He attended the University of Notre Dame.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, SaaS, Mobile
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, Canada, India

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 54
  • Round size: Seed $1M–$4.5M; Series A $4.7M–$110M
  • Lead/follow: 6% lead, 94% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Veza — Veza is the identity security company that enables organizations to understand, manage and control who can and should take what action on what data.
  • Rupa Health — Rupa Health is a telehealth solution that makes it easier to practice root cause medicine. The company was established in 2018 and was founded by Tara Viswanathan in San Francisco, California.
  • Boba Network — For visionary developers, Boba Network is the only hybrid blockchain that delivers off-chain data and compute, enabling smarter applications for mass adoption.
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Michael Dornbrook
Angel · Boston, Massachusetts, United States · 4 investments in United States 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: Mobile, Software, Health Care
  • Stage:Seed, Convertible Note, Angel
  • Geography: United States, Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 21
  • Round size: Seed $420k–$4M
  • 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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Chad Hurley
Angel · Burlingame, California, United States · 4 investments in United States 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, Sports, Software
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United States, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 18
  • Round size: Seed $875k–$7M; Pre-Seed $1M–$1M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • SportsIcon — Harnessing frontier technology to build innovative approaches in sports, media, and entertainment.
  • NocoDB — Free & Open Source Airtable alternative. Turns any SQL database into a smart spreadsheet. Supports MySQL, Postgres, SQL server, MariaDB & SQLite.
  • Socket — Socket fights vulnerabilities and provides visibility, defense-in-depth, and proactive supply chain protection for JavaScript, Python, and Go dependencies.
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Colin Carrier
Angel · Los Angeles, California, United States · 4 investments in United States 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: 24
  • Round size: Seed $120k–$11M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • MetaMap — Metamaps are customisable trust workflows that empower service providers to reach more customers.
  • Alt — Alt is increasing the transparency and liquidity of alternative assets
  • Empirical Spirits — Culinary & scientific innovations applied in flavor to spirits and cans. From premium spirits to ready to drink cans, Empirical has an exciting selection. Order today!
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Ted Leonsis
Angel · Washington, District of Columbia, United States · 4 investments in United States Sports startups

Ted Leonsis is the Founder, Chairman, Principal Partner, and Chief Executive Officer of Monumental Sports and Entertainment and a Co-founder at Revolution Growth. He was a CEO at AOL and attended Georgetown University.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Sports, Internet, Social Media
  • Stage:Series B, Series C
  • Geography: United States, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 44
  • Round size: Series B $8M–$26M
  • Lead/follow: 11% lead, 89% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • OxiWear — OxiWear ear-wearable devices for continuous oxygen monitoring and emergency alerting to detect and prevent silent-hypoxia caused by pulmonary hypertension, high altitude & high cardio activities, and COVID-19. Oxiwear's patented, a novel ear-worn pulse oximeter is intended for use in clinical and consumer settings.
  • HumanFirst — HumanFirst enables better integration and analysis of digital health technologies in clinical trials.
  • Kiswe — Kiswe is a video technology startup providing live media solutions to global sports and entertainment content owners. Our cloud streaming technology transforms the way live games and events are professionally produced and broadcasted.
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George Godula
Angel · Shanghai, Shanghai, China · 4 investments in United States 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, Algeria

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 46
  • Round size: Seed $1.3M–$3.8M; Series A $6.3M–$37M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Mila Cares — Air breathers, rejoice. Meet Mila, the first air purifier designed with real, air-breathing humans in mind.
  • Yassir — La superapp Yassir propose des services de transport, de livraison et de paiement pour vous simplifier la vie
  • 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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Jason Robins
Angel · Boston, Massachusetts, United States · 4 investments in United States Sports startups

Jason Robins is Chief Executive Officer and Founder of DraftKings, the innovative sports-tech entertainment platform that is changing the way consumers around the world engage with and consume sports. Robins co-founded DraftKings in 2012 and oversees all of the company’s strategy and operations, while also driving funding and partnerships. Robinshas quickly built a reputation for expanding DraftKings’ reach across numerous platforms through wide-ranging, forward-thinking partnerships. Under his leadership, DraftKings became the first DFS company to sign a league partnership, with Major League Baseball (MLB) in 2013. Since then, the company has signed three additional league-wide partnerships, including the National Hockey League (NHL) and NASCAR. DraftKings is also the exclusive partner of 12 National Football League (NFL) teams, seven National Basketball League (NBA) teams, 27 MLB teams and seven NHL teams. Robins attended Duke University, where he received his degree in Economics and Computer Science. He resides with his wife and sons in the Boston area.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 20
  • Round size: Seed $500k–$4.7M
  • Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% 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 is for when there's knot an API - change card on file information, cancel subscriptions, change passwords, and more.
  • Jackpot — Since its launch in 2016, Jackpot has become a world leader in the online lottery sector, with the goal of fundamentally changing the lottery experience through innovation and variety. Besides offering players the opportunity to bet on the outcomes of the world’s biggest lotteries, Jackpot offers an enriched gaming experience through casino games,scratch-cards, and instant win games.
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Mike Lee
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 4 investments in United States Sports startups

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.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Fitness, Wellness
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series C
  • Geography: United States, Ireland, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 9
  • Round size: Seed $375k–$3.1M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Super.com — Through rich rewards and everyday savings, Super helps you access more of what you want at better prices, escape overspending, and level up life.
  • SwingVision — Real-Time Automated Video Analysis for Tennis
  • Sunnyside — Cutback Coach is a developer of an alcohol tracking app to help people build healthier habits around their drinking. It offers a custom plan based on current drinking habits and goals, then set a daily reminder via text message that help users set the limit of their drinking habit.
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Drew Brees
Angel · New Orleans, Louisiana, United States · 4 investments in United States 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, E-Commerce, Artificial Intelligence
  • Stage:Seed, Series B
  • Geography: United States, Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 12
  • Round size: Seed $1.2M–$4M; Series B $18M–$67M
  • Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • NorthOne — 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.
  • Mustard — Elevate your game with real time analytics and instruction from the world's best coaches and athletes.
  • Nightfall AI — Nightfall is one trusted DLP platform to discover, classify, and protect sensitive data across SaaS and cloud apps with machine learning.
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Edward Lando
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 4 investments in United States Sports startups, 17 in the past 12 months

Edward Lando is the Managing Partner at Pareto Holdings.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, Health Care
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United States, France, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 221
  • Round size: Seed $321k–$4.5M; Pre-Seed $100k–$1.9M
  • Lead/follow: 1% lead, 99% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • micro1 — We help companies hire and manage the best software engineers easily.
  • Skedway — Every work experience should be great! Skedway is the complete platform to optimize the hybrid work experience.
  • NewHomesMate (formerly Propertymate) — Find, compare and buy a new construction home - all in one place.
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Christian Edler
Angel · Berlin, Berlin, Germany · 4 investments in United States 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: Financial Services, Information Technology, FinTech
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United States, Germany, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 68
  • Round size: Seed $589k–$9M; Pre-Seed $497k–$2.7M; Series A $24M–$30M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Blobr — Get your branded developer portal to launch and grow adoption of your API products.
  • Comet Rocks — Comet helps brands launch remote stores with one click checkout in any 3rd party online application. No redirects, more engagement, full control.
  • Weflow — All-in-one workspace to manage your Salesforce pipeline, notes & to-dos. Designed for sales teams who like to move with speed.
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Ryan Moore
Angel · Boston, Massachusetts, United States · 4 investments in United States 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: E-Commerce, Internet, Marketplace
  • Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
  • Geography: United States, Canada, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 92
  • Round size: Seed $1.4M–$6.6M; Series A $4M–$13M; Series B $6M–$20M
  • Lead/follow: 38% lead, 62% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Jock MKT — Jock MKT is where daily fantasy sports becomes a stock exchange. Buy and sell in real-time for real money. Stay in the game and start trading today!
  • WePlayed — WePlayed Sports' intelligent short-form video platform automatically converts full-length game film into ready-to-share highlights.Powered by pioneering technology, the WePlayed Sports platform is focused on providing a new, efficient way to make the most meaningful #moments in sports readily available to fans everywhere. By automaticallyconverting the full-length game film into ready-to-share #moments, WePlayed empowers teams, leagues, and other sports-centric organizations to meet fans’ growing demand for short-form video.WePlayed has partnered with several industry leaders, including LEARFIELD, SIDEARM Sports, WMT, and the NCAA along with schools from the SEC, ACC, Big 12, Big East, Ivy League, Sun Belt, and NEWMAC conferences. WePlayed is helping these organizations increase fan engagement and showcase athletes through short-form videos.
  • FanUp — FanUp gamifies sports and esports for every fan.FanUp is, Fantasy sports and esports re-imagined; with fun, interactive, and pop-culture styled contests. Our brands, prizes and social features, cater to causal fans and a younger demographic, ensuring we grow the entire market.We’re not a betting app, we’re far greater.Most apps focus on35-60-year-old middle-age men.FanUp was created for 18-34 year-old social fans and young professionals.Our users:- Love sports and esports gaming - Are 2.5x more likely to game and compete w/ social features - Are more diverse (43% are women) - Want to interact with pop-culture, brands and influencersOur mantra: Fans and innovation first, always.We’re leading a transformative shift in sports and culture.Squad up and compete year-round in contests for your fav sports & esports leagues.FanUp, and may the best fans win.
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Harris Barton
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 4 investments in United States Sports startups

Harris Barton As the founder and managing director of H. Barton Asset Management, Harris Barton actively manages a $30 million fund that specializes in providing investment capital to up-and-coming VC-backed technology startups. Prior to H. Barton Asset Management, Mr. Barton was a founding partner of HRJ Capital, an investment firm specializing inprivate equity funds.Mr. Barton became a private equity investor during his football career, where as an All-Pro offensive lineman for the San Francisco 49ers he earned three Super Bowl wins. Today, he brings the same passion, dedication and teamwork to both his financial and philanthropic endeavors. In 2004, Mr. Barton founded Champion Charities with his friend and former NFL teammate Ronnie Lott. Dedicated to eradicating brain cancer and helping those afflicted with the disease, the charity has raised more than $7 million for research and patient care. Embracing his mantra of “always give back,” Mr. Barton also focuses his energy on helping and inspiring disadvantaged youth through motivational speeches, volunteer programs and fundraising events. Mr. Barton holds a BA in Finance from 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: 29
  • Round size: Seed $200k–$4.5M; Series B $7.5M–$18M
  • 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.
  • Spectrum Labs — Spectrum Lab's AI-based content moderation platform identifies 40+ toxic behaviors across all languages, text, and voice, enabling Trust & Safety teams to collapse content moderation costs by 50% and increase detection of brand-destroying behaviors by 10x.
  • Fairing — Zero party data at speed & scale, for DTC brands on Shopify and beyond. 10x faster survey insights for marketing attribution, personalization, CRO & more
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Mark Cuban
Angel · Dallas, Texas, United States · 4 investments in United States Sports startups, 14 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. Prior to that, he was the Co-Founder of Broadcast.com. Mrk attended the Indiana University Bloomington.

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 153
  • Round size: Seed $600k–$5M; Series A $1.7M–$23M
  • Lead/follow: 19% lead, 81% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Leverage — Answering the Fundamental Question: "Where
  • Regent — We build all-electric, passenger-carrying, wing-in-ground-effect vehicles to service coastal routes with technology available today.
  • Bequest Finance — Succession and protection for digital assets. Trusts, Wills, Payable on Death, LLCs, tax efficient structuring for Crypto, Documents, Email data, and more.
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Albert Lee
Angel · San Carlos, California, United States · 3 investments in United States Sports startups

Albert Lee is co-founders of MyFitnessPal, the leading free resource helping people improve their health. Over the course of his career, Albert has focused on creating both consumer and business related products within some of the industry's most successful companies including eBay, Paypal and Yahoo. He also has deep experience in bothaffiliate marketing and online commerce from his time as Vice President of Marketing for Webjuice, an advertising technology startup focused on performance-based internet marketing. Albert has a B.A. in Economics and a Masters in Business Administration from the University of California at Berkeley.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 9
  • Round size: Seed $1.5M–$2M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Exer Labs — Motion intelligence software for healthcare providers, powered by our custom, next-generation AI that runs on any device with a camera.
  • Revery — The team at Revery is on a mission to make access to wellness affordable and accessible to anyone with a mobile phone, through the medium of gaming.
  • SwingVision — Real-Time Automated Video Analysis for Tennis
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David Blitzer
Angel · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States · 3 investments in United States 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, Mobile Apps
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series C
  • Geography: United States, The Netherlands

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 12
  • Round size: Series A $3.6M–$17M
  • Lead/follow: 8% lead, 92% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Athletes Unlimited — Athletes Unlimited is a network of pro sports leagues where athletes compete in basketball, softball, volleyball, and lacrosse.
  • Just Women's Sports — Visit JWS for women's sports news coverage, scores, schedules, stats, and standings for NWSL, WNBA, WTA, NCAA Basketball, and more.
  • League One Volleyball — One League. For Youth. For Pro. For Life.
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Strauss Zelnick
Angel · New York, New York, United States · 3 investments in United States Sports startups

Strauss Zelnick, a partner in ZelnickMedia since 2001, became Chairman of Take-Two in March 2007 and Chief Executive Officer in January 2011. Mr. Zelnick is currently Chairman of ITN Networks and serves on the boards of directors of Naylor LLC, Alloy, Inc. and Starwood Property Trust, Inc. In August 2013, Mr. Zelnick was elected Vice Chairman ofthe Entertainment Software Association, the interactive entertainment industry’s trade association. In 2014, Mr. Zelnick was elected Chairman of the Entertainment Software Association, the interactive entertainment industry’s trade association. Prior to forming ZelnickMedia, Mr. Zelnick was President and Chief Executive Officer of BMG Entertainment, a $4.7 billion music and entertainment company. Mr. Zelnick's appointment as President and Chief Executive Officer of BMG Entertainment followed his tenure as President and Chief Executive Officer of the company's North American business unit from 1994 through 1998. Before joining BMG Entertainment, Mr. Zelnick was President and Chief Executive Officer of Crystal Dynamics, a leading producer and distributor of interactive game software. Prior to that, he spent four years as President and Chief Operating Officer of 20th Century Fox, where he managed all aspects of the worldwide motion picture and distribution business. Previously, he spent three years at Vestron Inc. as a senior executive, and rose to become President and Chief Operating Officer. Mr. Zelnick also served as Vice President, International Television for Columbia Pictures. Mr. Zelnick holds an MBA and a JD from Harvard University and a BA from Wesleyan University. He is an associate member of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, has served on the Board of Directors of the Recording Industry Association of America and the Motion Picture Association of America and is a Trustee Emeritus of Wesleyan University.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Enterprise Software, FinTech, Health Care
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Angel
  • Geography: United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 13
  • Lead/follow: 8% lead, 92% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Prove — Prove is the modern way for businesses to enable their customers to prove their identities with just a phone. Prove offers phone-centric solutions that enable its customers to acquire new consumers and engage with their existing consumers by removing friction while bolstering security, and enhancing consumer privacy and consumer choice.Prove's solutions are used by more than 1,000 businesses across diversified industries, including banks, financial services, healthcare, insurance, and e-commerce.Prove has two main solutions + MFA:• Prove Pre-fill™ for Onboarding & Digital Acquisition, which helps companies increase signups and mitigate account opening fraud by authenticating consumer identities, and auto-filling verified data in any channel.• Fonebook™ for Digital Servicing, which helps companies:- Access a single identity authentication platform that reduces complexity and total cost of ownership to create a holistic view of your customer across their entire channels - Manage, add, and update customer phone numbers to ensure you always have the right number for your customerMulti-factor Authentication:- Standard SMS & Voice OTPs - Instant Link™ (authenticate through SMS link without needing OTP) - Mobile Auth™ (authentication via cellular networks; passive method for passwordless login) - Voice Biometrics – Match against a consumer’s voice for authentication - Push Authentication – App-based method to prove Possession, can also pull in behavioral biometrics, device (PKI), and environmental (Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, network) signals - Secure transactions across multiple digital servicing use cases, including login, high-risk transactions, call center, and passwordless login
  • Players' Lounge — Play For Something. Make money playing video games on Players' Lounge. Madden, NBA 2K, Fortnite, Call of Duty, FIFA, & more!
  • Ready — Compete in mobile games to WIN cash!
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John Doerr
Angel · Menlo Park, California, United States · 3 investments in United States Sports startups

John Doerr is a general partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. Since joining KPCB in 1980, John and his partners have backed some of the world’s most successful entrepreneurs, including Larry Page, and Eric Schmidt of Google; Jeff Bezos of Amazon.com, Scott Cook and Bill Campbell of Intuit; and Mark Pincus of Zynga. John’s passion ishelping entrepreneurs create the Next Big Thing in mobile and social networks, greentech innovation, education and economic development. Ventures sponsored by John have created more than 200,000 new jobs.John serves on boards in the areas of Internet technologies and greentech, including Amyris, Bloom Energy, Coursera, Essence Healthcare, Flipboard, FloDesign Wind Turbines, Google, iControl, mCube, Quantumscape, Renmatix, Upthere and Zynga. He also led KPCB's investment in Twitter.John’s technology career began in 1974 at Intel, just as the chipmaker was inventing the groundbreaking 8080 microprocessor. During his Intel years, he held roles in engineering, marketing, management and sales. John also learned about operating excellence from Intel co-founder Andy Grove — insight that he continues to share with entrepreneurs today.He later founded Silicon Compilers, a VLSI CAD software company, and co-founded @Home, the nationwide broadband cable Internet service.Outside of KPCB, John supports entrepreneurs focused on the environment, public education and alleviating global poverty. These include NewSchools.org, TechNet.org, the Climate Reality Project and ONE.org.John earned B.S. and M.S. degrees in electrical engineering from Rice University and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School. He also holds several patents for computer memory devices.John is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and a member of U.S. President Barack Obama’s Council on Jobs and Competitiveness.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Health Care, Software, Information Technology
  • Stage:Series B, Series A, Series C
  • Geography: United States, Canada, Sweden

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 82
  • Round size: Series A $5M–$30M; Series B $15M–$100M; Series C $23M–$490M
  • Lead/follow: 29% lead, 71% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • R-Zero — Find best-in-class hospital-grade biosafety technology solutions with R-Zero's autonomous UV-C disinfection equipment that inactivates 99.9% of microorganisms.
  • SpinLaunch — Revolutionizing Access To Space
  • Cymbal — The human readable block explorer. Explore any wallet, NFT or collection to understand their activity, all in real time.
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Fabrice Grinda
Angel · New York, New York, United States · 3 investments in United States Sports startups

Fabrice Grinda is among the world’s leading Internet entrepreneurs and investors.He has over $300 million in exits and 150 angel investments. Fabrice has served as CEO for three multinational companies and has an impressive track record as an early investor in Alibaba, Lending Club, Delivery Hero and Brightroll.Fabrice is currentlyinvesting in startups and building companies through FJ Labs, which he cofounded with business partner Jose Marin. Fabrice is also co-founder and executive chairman of Beepi, a next generation used car marketplace. Beepi recently raised $60 million in series B funding.Prior to FJ Labs and Beepi, Fabrice was co-founder and co-CEO of OLX, one of the largest websites in the world with over 200 million unique visitors per month. The company operates in 40 countries and has over 1,200 employees. OLX is the largest classifieds site in India, Brazil, Pakistan, Poland, Ukraine, Portugal and many other emerging markets.Before OLX, Fabrice was co-founder and CEO of Zingy, one of the largest wireless media companies in the Americas. Fabrice successfully grew the business to $200 million in sales in four years.Fabrice started his entrepreneurial journey in 1998, at 23, when he co-founded and was CEO of Aucland. Soon after, Aucland grew into one of the largest auction sites in Europe. Before his entrepreneurial endeavors, Fabrice worked as a management consultant for McKinsey & Company.Fabrice holds a BA in Economics from Princeton University. He graduated Summa Cum Laude in 1996, and was awarded the Halbert White prize, given to the most distinguished economics student, as well as The Wolfe Balleisen memorial prize, awarded for best thesis.In his free time, Fabrice likes to travel the world, kitesurf, play tennis, and blog about his personal and professional life at www.fabricegrinda.com.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 135
  • Round size: Seed $600k–$4M; Series A $2.3M–$9.1M; Series B $2.7M–$65M
  • Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • OTPless — Experience the future of user authentication with OTPless. Our one-tap sign-in solution eliminates the need for passwords and OTPs, offering a secure, convenient, and user-friendly alternative.
  • PIXmania.com — PIXmania is a pan-European electrical e-tailer operating in 26 countries. PIXmania has been growing its market positions across Europe while leveraging the benefits of being part of the Dixons Retail Group. Pixmania now serves more than 7 million customers over Europe with a wide range of product categories.
  • Le Collectionist — Le Collectionist is a luxury travel brand offering the discerning traveller a selection of exquisite holiday rentals around the world with hotel-like services.
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Marc Lasry
Angel · New York, New York, United States · 3 investments in United States Sports startups

Marc Lasry is Chairman, CEO and Co-Founder of Avenue Capital Group. In addition to Avenue Capital Group, Mr. Lasry also Co-Founded Amroc Investments, LLC. Prior to that, Mr. Lasry was Co–Director of the Bankruptcy and Corporate Reorganization Department at Cowen & Company. Before Amroc, Mr. Lasry served as Director of the Private DebtDepartment at Smith Vasiliou Management Company. Mr. Lasry also clerked for the Honorable Edward Ryan, former Chief Bankruptcy Judge of the Southern District of New York. In 2004 Mr. Lasry co-chaired the Penn Parent Leadership Committee, together with his wife Cathy Cohen. The following year the couple donated $5 million to Clark University, which put the donation toward building the Lasry Center for Bioscience.Lasry serves on the board of the 92nd Street Y. He is also on the board of Trustees for the Mount Sinai Hospital, and is a Trustee of Beth Israel Medical Center and Continuum Health Partners Inc. He sits on the Board of Directors of The Clinton Global Initiative and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.Lasry is married to Cathy Cohen and has five children. His son, Alexander, worked for White House Senior Adviser Valerie Jarrett. Lasry's daughter, Samantha, was a staffer for congressman Rahm Emanuel. Lasry's hobbies include basketball, tennis and comics.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Marketing, Sports, Advertising
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series C
  • Geography: United States, Israel

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 11
  • Round size: Seed $1.1M–$2.3M; Series A $10M–$35M
  • Lead/follow: 18% lead, 82% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Frontdesk — Frontdesk powers short-term stays for modern dynamic living.
  • OZY Media — OZY Media is a premium media and entertainment company for curious people — across TV, events, podcasts, and news.The company's mission is to help the curious see the world more broadly and more boldly by vaulting them ahead of the traditional news cycle and introducing them to the New and the Next – rising stars, fresh trends, provocativeideas, and boundary-pushing culture. OZY introduces an audience of 50 million to narratives that defy convention, change perspectives and ignite ideas — online, on-air, and in person.The company was launched in 2012 and is based in Mountain View, California.
  • Lucra Sports — Lucra Sports operates as a social-first sports gaming platform that sits uniquely at the intersection of sports gaming and fantasy sports.
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Bryan Rosenblatt
Angel · New York, New York, United States · 3 investments in United States Sports startups

Bryan Rosenblatt (born July 4, 1989 in New York, New York, United States) is an American Venture Capitalist and entrepreneur. He is a Partner at Craft Ventures, a venture firm with over $2 billion AUM started by David Sacks. He is also a founder of Riverside Ventures, which he started in 2017, and a former executive at Reddit and Twitter. Hepreviously worked at Reddit as the Head of Sales. Bryan Rosenblatt attended the University of Connecticut School of Business and Charles University.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 89
  • Round size: Seed $560k–$4M; Pre-Seed $120k–$3M; Series A $2M–$22M
  • Lead/follow: 11% lead, 89% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Dapper Labs — Dapper Labs uses the power of play to deliver blockchain-based experiences that are made for you and ready for the real world.
  • Jomboy Media — We cover the topics we love, including sports, movies, songs, and history. If we can talk about it with enthusiasm, we've got a show for it.
  • Underdog Fantasy — Fantasy sports for real money
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Rob Dyrdek
Angel · Beverly Hills, California, United States · 3 investments in United States Sports startups

Rob Dyrdek is the Founder and CEO at Dyrdek Machine, a Co-Founder and Co-President of Superjacket Productions, a Co-Founder and Advisor at Black Feather Whiskey, a Co-Founder and Manager at CCCXXXIII. Rob was a Founder and Chairman at Street League Skateboarding. Rob previously worked at Street League Skateboarding as a Founder & Chairman.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 7
  • Round size: Series A $2.2M–$6.5M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • MindRight — Delicious plant powered protein bars for a happy & focused mind
  • Momentous — Momentous is a human performance company dedicated creating no-compromise products and tools that support the endless improvement of personal performance.
  • BeatBox Beverages — Official website of the World's Tastiest Party Punch; BeatBox. See upcoming events, store locator, merchandise, video content and our Shark Tank episode...
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Nnamdi Okike
Angel · New York, New York, United States · 3 investments in United States Sports startups

Nnamdi Okike is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner at 645 Ventures where he oversees the firm’s investment strategy.Nnamdi is a Board Member of the National Venture Capital Association, which unites the U.S. venture ecosystem to support the formation of high-growth companies. He serves alongside members from firms such as Benchmark Capital,Sequoia, a16z and Accel.Nnamdi also serves on the Boards of the New York Roadrunners, the Partnership Fund of New York City, and the Investment Committee of Phillips Andover Academy.Prior to that, he was a Principal at Insight Venture Partners.Nnamdi received his BA, JD, and MBA, all with honors from Harvard University.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, SaaS, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: United States, Brazil, Germany

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 39
  • Round size: Seed $150k–$4.6M; Series A $6.2M–$60M
  • Lead/follow: 40% lead, 60% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Innerwell — Innerwell combines personalized guidance from licensed therapists like you with the expansive power of psychedelics to treat anxiety and depression.
  • Apero Health — Apero Health is a YC-backed medical billing company, serving digital health, outpatient clinics and medical facilities, simplifying medical payments for patients and providers. Apero is founded by the ex-CTO of Doctor On Demand, MIT and Stanford, and AAPC-certified coders, and offers enterprise-grade security.
  • Verb Energy — Shop Caffeinated Energy Bars. As much caffeine as an espresso in a plant-based bar. Delicious, chef-crafted flavors like Birthday Cake, Vanilla Latte and S'mores. Better-for-you coffee, tea and energy drink alternative. Made with Organic Green Tea for jitter-free energy. Convenient caffeine on-the-go. $1.81 per bar.
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Jonathan Keidan
Angel · New York, New York, United States · 3 investments in United States Sports startups

Jonathan is the Founder of Torch Capital. A long time entrepreneur and investor, he has spent his career at the intersection of the media, technology and entertainment industries. He is the Co-Founder of digital media company InsideHook and has spent a decade as an active early stage investor and advisor to a number of New York and LA's topstart-ups.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: E-Commerce, Food and Beverage, Health Care
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: United States, Canada, Germany

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 62
  • Round size: Seed $1M–$3M; Series A $3M–$88M; Series B $21M–$85M
  • Lead/follow: 2% lead, 98% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Cityrow Go — Cityrow Go is a rowing-based fitness app for smartphones or tablets. It offers rowing classes programmed to deliver an effective, efficient, and motivating workout to the at-home user. It was founded in 2013 and is based in New York, United States.
  • Lobos 1707 — Developed over the course of five centuries, Lobos 1707 Tequila is the continuing legacy of jimadors, crafters, and contributors from around the world. Founded by Diego Osorio, a descendent of the original family line, Lobos Tequila welcomes you into the pack and invites you to craft your legacy.
  • Jane Technologies — Jane Technologies is a cannabis retail tech company that provides its consumers with a confident, safe and simple shopping experience. Users can browse local products in real-time, compare by price, proximity or popularity and place orders at local stores for free. Jane partners with dispensaries on a win-win basis; stores only pay for completedorders at a fraction of the price of other industry software.
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Michel Akkermans
Angel · 3 investments in United States 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: 13
  • Round size: Seed $1.1M–$11M; Series A $3M–$11M
  • Lead/follow: 38% lead, 62% 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 — Connective offers innovative solutions for digital signatures, digital identification and smart document generation. Check our website or contact us!
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David J. Adelman
Angel · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States · 3 investments in United States Sports startups

As CEO of Campus Apartments, David J. Adelman is one of the nation’s leading experts on university-affiliated real estate development. Under his leadership, Campus Apartments has grown into one of the nation’s largest providers of on- and off-campus student housing with more than $2 billion in assets under management across 24 states.Mr. Adelmanis an active private investor, entrepreneur, and member of his community. He has served in leadership positions at Franklin Square Capital Partners, a leading manager of alternative investment, as well as FS Investment Corporation and FS Energy and Power Fund, both publicly registered business development companies focused on investing in the debt securities of private U.S. companies.Mr. Adelman also serves on the Actua Corporation (Nasdaq: ACTA) Board of Directors; Penn Medicine Board of Trustees; Wheels Up Board of Directors; Board of Councilors of the USC Shoah Foundation-The Institute for Visual History and Education; Vice Chair of University City District Board of Directors; and a member of the Young Presidents’ Organization (YPO).David is also the CEO and Founder of Darco Capital.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Food and Beverage, E-Commerce, Sports
  • Stage:Series A, Seed
  • Geography: United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 13
  • Round size: Series A $3.6M–$7.5M
  • Lead/follow: 23% lead, 77% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • SlamBall — SlamBall is a global sports league association. It was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.
  • Framebridge — Framebridge makes online custom picture framing ridiculously easy, fast, and affordable.
  • Harris Blitzer Sports & Entertainment — Harris Blitzer Sports & Entertainment (HBSE), founded by Josh Harris & David Blitzer in 2017, is a proud family of diverse, global brands and sports properties including the Philadelphia 76ers and the New Jersey Devils among many others.
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Kevin Moore
Angel · Dallas, Texas, United States · 3 investments in United States Sports startups

Kevin Moore has 10 years experience as an angel/opportunity investor and operator. Prior to that, he has over 15 years of progressive technology i-banking, corp dev, and CFO experience at startups and $Bn corporates.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Health Care, E-Commerce
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
  • Geography: United States, India, Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 97
  • Round size: Seed $120k–$3M; Pre-Seed $120k–$2.7M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Redbird — Redbird is an operating system that empowers data driven teams to easily create custom applications that automate advanced analytics work in minutes, without writing code.
  • SilkChart — SilkChart helps growth teams improve campaigns based on what users are doing in product - without relying on expensive data scientists. We do this through a no code analytics tool that combines marketing and product usage data to identify which channels, audiences, and content maximize revenue growth.
  • Augmend — AI-augmented knowledge transfer across developers through a platform that captures and shares expertise.
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Tom Williams
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 3 investments in United States Sports startups

Tom Williams

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Health Care, Financial Services
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: United States, Canada, India

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 74
  • Round size: Seed $1.3M–$5M; Series A $5.1M–$12M; Series B $10M–$67M
  • Lead/follow: 4% lead, 96% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Unito — Connect the tools you're already using with deep 2-way integrations and optimize workflows for Asana, Jira, Trello, Google Sheets and more.
  • Delphia — Invest with your data, not your money.
  • NorthOne — 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.
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Todd McSweeney
Angel · 3 investments in United States Sports startups

Todd McSweeney

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Sports, eSports, Consumer
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 4
  • Round size: Seed $1.7M–$2.3M
  • 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.
  • OfferLogic (Acquired by Rokt) — OfferLogic is a marketing technology company that helps B2B brands reach its exclusive SMB audience. With an unprecedented partner network, series of owned and operated websites, OfferLogic is an important marketing-lever for companies targeting small businesses. OfferLogic capabilities uniquely combines both a demand-side & sell-sideplatform. Small businesses benefit from smart offer recommendations during their lifecycle whether just starting out, up & running, or growing.
  • Gamer Sensei — Gamer Sensei is the first mastery platform for competitive gamers who want to win more. Through its patent pending technology that connects players with the world’s largest collection of professional, certified sensei across all major eSports titles, the company provides personalized coaching and skills development to help all gamers reach theirnext level.
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John Kobs
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 3 investments in United States Sports startups

John Kobs - CEO, Founder & Chairman @ Apartment List

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Investment focus

  • Industry: SaaS, Software, Health Care
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 37
  • Round size: Seed $150k–$1.5M; Pre-Seed $1.2M–$2.1M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • SkillBank — Build your capital. With SkillBank, you will learn everything you need to know to land a marketing job in 15 weeks. You only pay us when you get paid.
  • SkillBank — The black market for skills. Learn from anonymous industry experts.
  • Quadrant Eye — QE is building novel at-home eyecare solutions.
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Terry Moore
Angel · 3 investments in United States Sports startups

Terry Moore

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Fitness, Medical, Wellness
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United States

Investor stats

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

Portfolio highlights

  • BRIGHT — How old is your brain? Stay sharp with 40Hz light! Shop BEACON40 to mitigate age-related cognitive decline, memory loss, and brain fog.
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Steve Aoki
Angel · 3 investments in United States Sports startups

Steve Aoki is a Grammy-nominated international producer/DJ, electronic dance music entrepreneur, and founder of the trendsetting record label, events/lifestyle company, and apparel line Dim Mak. Since launching in 1996, Dim Mak has broken bands such as Bloc Party, the Bloody Beetroots, Klaxons, and the Gossip through deftly marketedsingle and full-length releases, and now has nearly 500 releases to date. As a solo artist, Aoki has become a force of nature averaging more than 250 tour dates per year. Aoki’s second artist album, Neon Future I, was released September 30, 2014, via Dim Mak/Ultra Music, and features his Gold-certified single “Delirious (Boneless)” with Chris Lake and Tujamo featuring Kid Ink, “Born to Get Wild” featuring will.i.am, and “Rage the Night Away” featuring Waka Flocka Flame. The second part of his Neon Future album, Neon Future II, was released May 12, 2015.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, E-Commerce
  • Stage:Series A, Seed
  • Geography: United States, Denmark

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 23
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Bezel — Shop for thousands of the most collectible watches online. Find Rolex, Cartier, Patek Philippe, Panerai, IWC, and more. All of our watches are authenticated in-house by our team of specialists and watchmakers with decades of experience in luxury watches.
  • Magna — Token Vesting and DeFi investment management. Track your fundraise, execute your TGE, and manage your token unlocks in one compliant cap table platform.
  • Skinny Dipped Almonds — We don't Sugar Coat. We SkinnyDip.
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Sports Angel investor funding in United States at a glance

Stats across 479 deals from 784 investors.

784
investors
in United States Sports startups
479
deals
in United States Sports startups
$2M
median round
in United States Sports startups
6%
lead investors
lead at least one round
37%
Seed
most common funding stage

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