Courtside Ventures $100M Fund Targets Sports-Related Investments
Venture capital firm Courtside Ventures announced the close of its third fund Thursday, with $100 million coming from people including owners, athletes and industry…
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NFL Star Nassib’s Charity App Lands VC Funding From Financial Finesse
Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ linebacker Carl Nassib launched a charity-focused app, Rayze, which has scored its first venture capital funding. The investment comes from…
Former NFLer’s Fund of Funds Gives Pro Athletes Seat at Venture Table
Next Play Capital (NPC) managing partner Ryan Nece spent seven seasons in the NFL, even winning the Super Bowl in 2003 with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. During that time he…
Will Ventures Raises $150 Million Sports Fund, Hires Andreessen Vet
Sports-focused Will Ventures has closed on a $150 million fund, the second fund from the early stage venture capital firm. Will Ventures focuses on making seed…
Sports Betting Firm Adopts Oil-Trading Tech to Fine-Tune Predictions
A complex estimation algorithm used by commodities traders to forecast prices and the Federal Reserve Bank to estimate GDP growth has a new application: predicting how…
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Esports Media Firm Gets VC Backing From Dodgers-Affiliated Elysian Park
U.S. sports-focused venture capital funds Elysian Park Ventures and Cerro Capital headline a $12 million funding round for Gamurs, an Australia-based publisher of 16…
Durant, Blitzer Join $30M Funding Round for Athletes Unlimited
Women sports league operator Athletes Unlimited has raised $30 million in funding from investors including NBA star Kevin Durant, Philadelphia 76ers and New Jersey…
Harris Blitzer Vet Abrams, Sportradar’s Rees Launch Sports Fund
David Abrams and Arne Rees have launched Velocity Capital Management, an investment fund focusing on the intersection of sports, media and entertainment. The fund…
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York Family VC Fund Uses 49ers Insights to Bolster Moonshot Startups
In a region filled with venture capitalists crowing about their latest unicorn, Brano Perkovich is a notable exception. Since 2014 the San Francisco bay area…
Cardinal Sports, Hot Paper Lantern Form $100M Startup Accelerator
Financial services business Cardinal Sports Capital and marketing firm Hot Paper Lantern Digital Sport are combining efforts into an accelerator program that will, in…
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Sixers Innovation Lab Launching New $25 Million VC Fund
Early-stage venture capital fund Sixers Innovation Lab is starting a second fund to invest primarily in business-to-business startups working in sports, media and…
Lucra Peer Sports Betting Raises $10 Million From Raptor, Marc Lasry
Peer-to-peer betting app Lucra Sports is raising $10 million in a venture capital funding round led by James Pallotta’s Raptor Capital and including participation from…
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