Courtside Ventures

Courtside Ventures is a venture capital firm based in New York that focuses on investing in early-stage companies at the intersection of sports, technology, and media. The firm is composed of a team of specialized entrepreneurs and investors with extensive experience in these sectors. Courtside Ventures aims to leverage its deep industry knowledge and networks to provide significant value to its portfolio companies. By forming long-term partnerships with founders and management teams, the firm offers ongoing strategic support across various operational aspects to help drive growth and innovation in the sports and media landscape.

Kai Bond

Partner

Cort Post

Principal

Oliver Ressler

Associate

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Kasheesh

Seed Round in 2023
Kasheesh is a fintech company that provides financial services.

Draftea

Series A in 2022
Draftea is a pioneering daily fantasy sports platform aimed at the Spanish-speaking audience. It enables sports enthusiasts to create their own fantasy teams by selecting players based on their understanding of the game. Users can enter contests and earn prizes as they accumulate points when their chosen players achieve specific performance milestones, such as scoring goals or completing passes in real matches. As a technology startup, Draftea is supported by notable investors, including Sequoia, Kaszek, and Bullpen Capital, positioning it as a significant player in the growing fantasy sports market.

Kasheesh

Seed Round in 2022
Kasheesh is a fintech company that provides financial services.

Veo

Series C in 2022
Veo Technologies ApS, founded in 2015 and based in Copenhagen, Denmark, specializes in camera mount and video technology designed specifically for football. The company provides a solution that allows clubs, players, coaches, scouts, families, and fans to automatically record, edit, and share football matches without the need for a cameraman. Veo's technology offers a user-friendly setup that facilitates the analysis of training sessions and the sharing of highlights, thereby enhancing the experience of watching and engaging with the sport.

Kabata

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Kabata is a fitness technology company that has developed the world's first AI-powered haptic dumbbells. These innovative devices analyze users' fitness metrics to deliver efficient and engaging workouts tailored to individual needs. Kabata's system includes a connected app that offers a six-week workout program, featuring both self-guided and trainer-led sessions. This approach allows fitness enthusiasts to achieve their workout goals more effectively and in less time, all within the comfort of their homes. The company's algorithms continuously learn from user interactions, enhancing the overall experience by identifying the most enjoyable and effective workout strategies as users progress in their fitness journey.

Venly

Series A in 2022
Arkane takes care of the complexity so you can offer a Web 2.0 experience while using the power of blockchain under the hood

Draftea

Seed Round in 2022
Draftea is a pioneering daily fantasy sports platform aimed at the Spanish-speaking audience. It enables sports enthusiasts to create their own fantasy teams by selecting players based on their understanding of the game. Users can enter contests and earn prizes as they accumulate points when their chosen players achieve specific performance milestones, such as scoring goals or completing passes in real matches. As a technology startup, Draftea is supported by notable investors, including Sequoia, Kaszek, and Bullpen Capital, positioning it as a significant player in the growing fantasy sports market.

Planet Mojo

Seed Round in 2021
Planet Mojo is a player vs. player (PvP) cross-platform auto chess game reinvented for blockchain, allowing players to own their game characters (as NFTs) and play-to-earn in ongoing tournaments. Players will have the option to use their customized game characters and assets across an upcoming suite of games set inside the Planet Mojo universe.

Faze

Seed Round in 2021
Fazo app is a Cricket NFT platform where fans can collect, use, play and interact with cricket through NFTs.

Silofit

Series A in 2021
Silofit Inc. provides on-demand private fitness spaces through its mobile application, allowing users to book locations, fitness professionals, and therapists for health and wellness purposes. The company specializes in converting small offices and storefronts, ranging from 350 to 1,000 square feet, into micro-gyms that can be rented by the hour. Users can easily access these spaces by booking through the app and entering a pin code to unlock the door, enabling them to work out alone, with a friend, or with a professional. Additionally, fitness professionals can rent these spaces at competitive rates, significantly lower than traditional options. Founded in 2017 and based in Montreal, Canada, Silofit aims to provide a flexible fitness solution without the commitment of monthly memberships, offering gym equipment, toiletries, and refreshments to enhance the user experience.

CXIP Labs

Seed Round in 2021
CXIP Labs is a developer of NFT infrastructure solutions for the web3 ecosystem.

Drop Fake

Seed Round in 2021
Drop Fake is starting a new game. Remote-first games company founded in 2021. Building a cross-platform strategy game that will be open and available to all. Find your metaverse family.

Rei do Pitaco

Venture Round in 2021
Rei do Pitaco is the first trustworthy Brazilian Daily Fantasy Sports mobile app. We want to make sports more fun, so we are creating a platform that allows fans in Brazil to compete in a single round, fantasy sports contests for all major football leagues.

WinZO

Series B in 2021
WinZO is an e-sports gaming platform established in 2018 and headquartered in New Delhi, India. It provides a diverse selection of over 70 games, including popular titles like carrom, cricket, bubble shooter, fruit samurai, knife up, memory mania, fantasy league, and trivia-based games. The platform combines elements of data science, gaming, and social interaction, catering to a growing audience of gamers in the region.

WinZO

Debt Financing in 2021
WinZO is an e-sports gaming platform established in 2018 and headquartered in New Delhi, India. It provides a diverse selection of over 70 games, including popular titles like carrom, cricket, bubble shooter, fruit samurai, knife up, memory mania, fantasy league, and trivia-based games. The platform combines elements of data science, gaming, and social interaction, catering to a growing audience of gamers in the region.

Gainful

Series A in 2021
Gainful Health Inc. manufactures and supplies protein powder online. It offers personalized protein powder to consumers on subscription basis. The company was founded in 2017 and is based in San Francisco, California.

Veo

Series B in 2021
Veo Technologies ApS, founded in 2015 and based in Copenhagen, Denmark, specializes in camera mount and video technology designed specifically for football. The company provides a solution that allows clubs, players, coaches, scouts, families, and fans to automatically record, edit, and share football matches without the need for a cameraman. Veo's technology offers a user-friendly setup that facilitates the analysis of training sessions and the sharing of highlights, thereby enhancing the experience of watching and engaging with the sport.

Hydra Studios

Seed Round in 2020
Hydra Studios provides membership based wellness spaces. The company offers fitness suites, rainfall showers, towel service, locker storage, steam, infrared sauna, vanities, and bookable nap and meditation rooms. Hydra Studios was founded in 2017 and is based in New York, New York.

Hydra Studios

Seed Round in 2020
Hydra Studios provides membership based wellness spaces. The company offers fitness suites, rainfall showers, towel service, locker storage, steam, infrared sauna, vanities, and bookable nap and meditation rooms. Hydra Studios was founded in 2017 and is based in New York, New York.

Paceline

Seed Round in 2020
Paceline is a fitness rewards platform that integrates financial incentives with physical activity, aiming to enhance consumer engagement in the wellness sector. Founded in 2019 and based in San Francisco, the company has developed a retail wellness ecosystem that connects users' health and fitness activities to their credit cards. By doing so, it offers tailored rewards related to brands and purchases that users already make, encouraging individuals to achieve their fitness goals while enjoying financial benefits. Paceline's innovative approach seeks to transform the financial landscape by making it more technology-driven and consumer-focused.

Silofit

Seed Round in 2020
Silofit Inc. provides on-demand private fitness spaces through its mobile application, allowing users to book locations, fitness professionals, and therapists for health and wellness purposes. The company specializes in converting small offices and storefronts, ranging from 350 to 1,000 square feet, into micro-gyms that can be rented by the hour. Users can easily access these spaces by booking through the app and entering a pin code to unlock the door, enabling them to work out alone, with a friend, or with a professional. Additionally, fitness professionals can rent these spaces at competitive rates, significantly lower than traditional options. Founded in 2017 and based in Montreal, Canada, Silofit aims to provide a flexible fitness solution without the commitment of monthly memberships, offering gym equipment, toiletries, and refreshments to enhance the user experience.

VAULT

Series A in 2020
Flick, Inc. is a software company that specializes in developing a chat application designed for sports influencers and their fans. The platform enables sports influencers to engage with their most dedicated followers, transforming them into passionate fans. Through Flick, users can create a personalized branded hub where fans can communicate directly with influencers and each other. The application offers features such as group creation, quizzes, live in-game statistics, and real-time chat during events. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in Mamaroneck, New York, with an additional office in Edinburgh, the company aims to enhance the interaction between fans and sports figures, providing a unique space for engagement and monetization. The app is accessible on both the App Store and Google Play.

WinZO

Series B in 2020
WinZO is an e-sports gaming platform established in 2018 and headquartered in New Delhi, India. It provides a diverse selection of over 70 games, including popular titles like carrom, cricket, bubble shooter, fruit samurai, knife up, memory mania, fantasy league, and trivia-based games. The platform combines elements of data science, gaming, and social interaction, catering to a growing audience of gamers in the region.

Religion of Sports

Series A in 2020
Religion of Sports Media, Inc. is a media production company established in 2016 and headquartered in Santa Monica, California. Founded by notable figures Tom Brady, Michael Strahan, and Gotham Chopra, the company specializes in producing sports documentaries that explore the lives of famous athletes and the broader cultural impact of sports on fans and society. By focusing on human and emotional storytelling, Religion of Sports aims to create high-quality content that resonates with audiences across various platforms.

Every Mother

Seed Round in 2020
Every Mother is designed for women at all stages of motherhood, from those first moments of pregnancy to decades after giving birth. We offer an evidence-based pre and postnatal fitness exercise program (previously known as The Dia Method) proven to prevent and resolve diastasis recti and improve core strength and function while building total body fitness through safe, effective workouts. Diastasis recti is an abdominal separation that occurs in a majority of childbearing women and results in a protruding stomach and functional issues such as back pain and incontinence. The results of our scientifically proven method are extraordinary, and the workouts are scalable to fit into a mother’s life. But, there’s more.

Circuit Living

Seed Round in 2020
TFLiving is a health and wellness company that offers services to residences and communities. The one-stop platform allows for a comprehensive suite of amenities on-site, from fitness and wellness programs to pet care services, social events, and other offerings, designed to enhance the resident and tenant experience. TFLiving strives to enhance the community through social events, healthy living, and a love of pets. The company is committed to treating the customers in ways that create the highest caliber of services and support. TFLiving was founded in 2016 in South Carolina.

The Meta

Seed Round in 2020
The Meta Game Inc. is a company focused on developing training tools for first-person shooter (FPS) gamers, enhancing their skills across all levels. Its primary product, KovaaK, features a range of capabilities including realistic weapon simulation, target and dodging physics, and customizable training scenarios tailored to individual user profiles. The company integrates principles from performance science, game development, and machine learning to create effective training modules that help gamers refine their tactics and improve their gameplay. Founded in 2017 and based in San Francisco, California, The Meta Game Inc. aims to advance the eSports training landscape.

Nexus

Venture Round in 2020
Chrono, Inc. operates a digital distribution platform known as Chrono.gg, which focuses on marketing computer games. Founded in 2015 and located in Austin, Texas, the platform features a unique sales model by offering a single game at a significant discount for a limited time of just 24 hours. Each day, the showcased game is replaced with a new title, providing customers with a curated selection rather than an extensive inventory. This approach aims to enhance the buying experience by emphasizing quality over quantity.

Silofit

Seed Round in 2019
Silofit Inc. provides on-demand private fitness spaces through its mobile application, allowing users to book locations, fitness professionals, and therapists for health and wellness purposes. The company specializes in converting small offices and storefronts, ranging from 350 to 1,000 square feet, into micro-gyms that can be rented by the hour. Users can easily access these spaces by booking through the app and entering a pin code to unlock the door, enabling them to work out alone, with a friend, or with a professional. Additionally, fitness professionals can rent these spaces at competitive rates, significantly lower than traditional options. Founded in 2017 and based in Montreal, Canada, Silofit aims to provide a flexible fitness solution without the commitment of monthly memberships, offering gym equipment, toiletries, and refreshments to enhance the user experience.

FanAI

Series A in 2019
FanAI Inc. operates an artificial intelligence-driven audience monetization platform, primarily targeting the esports industry and its associated sponsorship ecosystems. Established in 2016 and located in Santa Monica, California, the company provides sponsors with valuable insights into fan behavior, enabling them to cultivate targeted relationships with fans and predict their responses. The platform offers a range of features, including dashboards, real-time analysis, fan segmentation, behavior analytics, and metrics for measuring return on investment and sponsorship effectiveness. By making audience data actionable, FanAI aims to enhance franchise and sponsorship revenues for event organizers, game publishers, leagues, teams, digital agencies, and brands.

Veo

Series A in 2019
Veo Technologies ApS, founded in 2015 and based in Copenhagen, Denmark, specializes in camera mount and video technology designed specifically for football. The company provides a solution that allows clubs, players, coaches, scouts, families, and fans to automatically record, edit, and share football matches without the need for a cameraman. Veo's technology offers a user-friendly setup that facilitates the analysis of training sessions and the sharing of highlights, thereby enhancing the experience of watching and engaging with the sport.

Future

Series A in 2019
Future is a San Francisco-based company founded in 2017 that specializes in personalized online fitness coaching and workout programs. The company provides one-on-one digital training, allowing clients to work with coaches who have experience training professional athletes and Hollywood celebrities. Future's services are designed to be accessible, enabling clients to engage in fitness coaching at home, in the gym, or while on the go, catering to a diverse clientele that includes athletes and busy professionals.

Players' Lounge

Seed Round in 2019
Players' Lounge Inc., also known as Players' Lounge Online, is an online platform that enables gamers to compete for cash and prizes through e-sports competitions. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in New York, the company caters primarily to casual gamers by allowing them to find opponents willing to wager on their favorite video games or participate in tournaments. Players' Lounge aims to provide a gaming experience that offers financial opportunities to the vast majority of gamers, as opposed to just the small percentage of professional players who earn substantial incomes. By facilitating social gaming tournaments that can be played both in-person and online, Players' Lounge fosters a competitive but accessible environment for gamers looking to enhance their gaming experience while potentially earning rewards.

Hammerhead

Seed Round in 2019
Hammerhead Navigation offers a smartphone-based bike navigation device designed to provide cyclists with turn-by-turn instructions for optimal riding experiences. The system enables users to discover routes tailored to their preferences, such as hills, distance, scenery, and difficulty, while also allowing them to share these routes with a community of cyclists. The company operates an online store that serves customers in the United States and internationally. Based in New York City, Hammerhead focuses on integrating sophisticated software to help cyclists enhance their rides and reach their athletic potential.

StayTuned

Seed Round in 2019
StayTuned Digital, Inc. specializes in content delivery services for content creators, focusing on enhancing customer engagement through transactional notifications. The company offers a range of services, including platform integrations, content marketing, and impact analysis across various content types and channels. Headquartered in New York, New York, StayTuned aims to meet customers where they are, facilitating meaningful interactions and conversations that drive engagement and improve content effectiveness.

Freeletics

Series A in 2018
Freeletics GmbH, founded in 2013 and based in Munich, Germany, is a digital fitness company that develops and operates a software application focused on fitness, health, nutrition, and sports. The platform offers personalized training programs, nutrition coaching, and AI-based fitness and mindset coaching, aiming to enhance both physical fitness and mental strength. By providing tailored healthcare assessments and exercises, Freeletics seeks to empower individuals to realize their potential and become the best versions of themselves. The company's tools are designed to promote essential qualities such as willpower, confidence, and overall lifestyle improvement, catering to the unique goals and desires of its users.

The Athletic

Series C in 2018
Backed by Precursor Ventures, Y Combinator and other early-stage investors, The Athletic is a subscription-based, local-focused sports media brand targeting the premium fan segment. The Company aspires to be the most credible voice in sports media by combining privileged locker room access with a deep reliance on analytics and led by an experienced staff of professional sportswriters. The company is currently live in two markets, Chicago and the San Francisco Bay Area, and was founded in 2016.

StockX

Series B in 2018
StockX operates a live bid/ask marketplace for buying and selling limited edition and high demand sneakers. Its marketplace enables users to anonymously buy and sell limited edition consumer products with stock market-like visibility. StockX’s platform allows users to create their own personalized sneaker portfolio by uploading their current collection and compare and contrast their sneaker collection to other users on the platform. The company was founded in March 2015, with its headquarters in Detroit in Michigan.

Upcomer

Seed Round in 2018
Upcomer is a new platform for esports fans to stay updated and engaged with esports. We're building a new kind of esports community and our mobile apps are currently rated 4.8/5 from 5K+ ratings. Try our product at www.upcomer.com

Tappp

Series A in 2018
Tappp, a Singapore-based company under Swissclear Global, is transforming the consumption of premium digital content by providing prepaid access without requiring credit cards. The platform caters to a vast audience, particularly individuals without credit cards or those hesitant to use them online. Through partnerships with over 200 mobile operators and various content providers, Tappp offers a diverse selection of over 4,000 movies, TV shows, music videos, 50,000 songs, and more than 1,000 games, along with mobile airtime top-ups and direct-to-home TV recharges. With a reach that spans Southeast Asia, India, the Middle East, Europe, and North America, Tappp's real-time payment technology fosters direct relationships between merchants and agents while delivering retail analytics. The company's efforts have significantly enhanced the monetization strategies of digital content providers and telecommunications operators. Led by founder Sandy Agarwal, Tappp prioritizes security and customer trust, supported by a team with extensive experience in mobile telecoms, financial processing, and software development.

Freeletics

Venture Round in 2018
Freeletics GmbH, founded in 2013 and based in Munich, Germany, is a digital fitness company that develops and operates a software application focused on fitness, health, nutrition, and sports. The platform offers personalized training programs, nutrition coaching, and AI-based fitness and mindset coaching, aiming to enhance both physical fitness and mental strength. By providing tailored healthcare assessments and exercises, Freeletics seeks to empower individuals to realize their potential and become the best versions of themselves. The company's tools are designed to promote essential qualities such as willpower, confidence, and overall lifestyle improvement, catering to the unique goals and desires of its users.

Rebel

Seed Round in 2018
Rebel, based in Washington, D.C., specializes in in-email checkout products that enhance the shopping experience directly within email communications. Formerly known as Rebelmail, the company rebranded in June 2018 after its incorporation in 2014. Recognizing the significant role of email in online communication and commerce, Rebel aims to innovate this platform, which has remained largely unchanged despite the evolving consumer landscape. As of October 2018, Rebel operates as a subsidiary of Salesforce, focusing on transforming email into a dynamic channel for generating revenue.

Religion of Sports

Venture Round in 2018
Religion of Sports Media, Inc. is a media production company established in 2016 and headquartered in Santa Monica, California. Founded by notable figures Tom Brady, Michael Strahan, and Gotham Chopra, the company specializes in producing sports documentaries that explore the lives of famous athletes and the broader cultural impact of sports on fans and society. By focusing on human and emotional storytelling, Religion of Sports aims to create high-quality content that resonates with audiences across various platforms.

The Athletic

Series B in 2018
Backed by Precursor Ventures, Y Combinator and other early-stage investors, The Athletic is a subscription-based, local-focused sports media brand targeting the premium fan segment. The Company aspires to be the most credible voice in sports media by combining privileged locker room access with a deep reliance on analytics and led by an experienced staff of professional sportswriters. The company is currently live in two markets, Chicago and the San Francisco Bay Area, and was founded in 2016.

FanAI

Venture Round in 2018
FanAI Inc. operates an artificial intelligence-driven audience monetization platform, primarily targeting the esports industry and its associated sponsorship ecosystems. Established in 2016 and located in Santa Monica, California, the company provides sponsors with valuable insights into fan behavior, enabling them to cultivate targeted relationships with fans and predict their responses. The platform offers a range of features, including dashboards, real-time analysis, fan segmentation, behavior analytics, and metrics for measuring return on investment and sponsorship effectiveness. By making audience data actionable, FanAI aims to enhance franchise and sponsorship revenues for event organizers, game publishers, leagues, teams, digital agencies, and brands.

LiveLike

Series B in 2018
LiveLike Inc. is a technology company that provides a live streaming platform designed to enhance sports viewing experiences for fans across various devices, including mobile and virtual reality. Established in 2015 and headquartered in New York, with an additional office in Gurugram, India, LiveLike develops a white-label platform that enables broadcasters to deliver both regular and interactive content under their own brand. The platform incorporates features such as watch parties, gamification, and access to sports statistics, aiming to engage younger audiences and improve retention and monetization for media companies. Key clients include prominent organizations and events like Fox Sports VR, the French Open, the UEFA Champions League, and the Super Bowl, showcasing LiveLike's commitment to revolutionizing the sports broadcasting landscape through innovative technologies.

Epics.gg

Seed Round in 2018
Epics.gg's mission is to provide the next generation of fans the rush, satisfaction, and long term value of collecting trading cards for their favorite esports teams, players, and influencers while also providing an integrated marketplace and trading system enabling users to buy, sell and build the ultimate collections.

VY Esports

Seed Round in 2017
VY Esports Corp. is a global esports company headquartered in Los Angeles, California, that focuses on providing innovative marketing and advertising solutions within the esports industry. Established in 2017, the company offers a content and services platform that allows brands to invest in advertising across various esports events and teams. By consolidating advertising inventory, VY Esports creates unique opportunities for brand engagement and guidance on navigating the esports landscape. The company also specializes in monetization strategies, including sponsorships and media rights sales, while supporting content ideation, production, and distribution. With a team distributed across the United States and Europe, VY Esports aims to connect effectively with esports audiences worldwide through brand partnerships, live events, and influencer programs.

The Athletic

Series A in 2017
Backed by Precursor Ventures, Y Combinator and other early-stage investors, The Athletic is a subscription-based, local-focused sports media brand targeting the premium fan segment. The Company aspires to be the most credible voice in sports media by combining privileged locker room access with a deep reliance on analytics and led by an experienced staff of professional sportswriters. The company is currently live in two markets, Chicago and the San Francisco Bay Area, and was founded in 2016.

Wavedash

Series A in 2017
Wavedash Games is an independent game publisher based out of Oakland, California, founded with the express goal of combining seasoned game development talent with grassroots community passion. Their team comes from across the industry: Riot and Blizzard, Bioware and Kixeye, Sony and Twitch, and more.

StockX

Series A in 2017
StockX operates a live bid/ask marketplace for buying and selling limited edition and high demand sneakers. Its marketplace enables users to anonymously buy and sell limited edition consumer products with stock market-like visibility. StockX’s platform allows users to create their own personalized sneaker portfolio by uploading their current collection and compare and contrast their sneaker collection to other users on the platform. The company was founded in March 2015, with its headquarters in Detroit in Michigan.

The Athletic

Seed Round in 2017
Backed by Precursor Ventures, Y Combinator and other early-stage investors, The Athletic is a subscription-based, local-focused sports media brand targeting the premium fan segment. The Company aspires to be the most credible voice in sports media by combining privileged locker room access with a deep reliance on analytics and led by an experienced staff of professional sportswriters. The company is currently live in two markets, Chicago and the San Francisco Bay Area, and was founded in 2016.

RecoverX

Seed Round in 2017
RecoverX is a hardware technology company focusing on providing innovative products to the injury recovery market. Their first product will revolutionize how injured individuals currently use hot and cold therapy.

Rebel

Seed Round in 2016
Rebel, based in Washington, D.C., specializes in in-email checkout products that enhance the shopping experience directly within email communications. Formerly known as Rebelmail, the company rebranded in June 2018 after its incorporation in 2014. Recognizing the significant role of email in online communication and commerce, Rebel aims to innovate this platform, which has remained largely unchanged despite the evolving consumer landscape. As of October 2018, Rebel operates as a subsidiary of Salesforce, focusing on transforming email into a dynamic channel for generating revenue.

GameCo

Series A in 2016
GameCo Inc. is a pioneering company based in New York that specializes in providing skill-based video game gambling machines for casino floors. Founded in 2014, GameCo has developed Video Game Gambling Machines (VGM), which merge the interactive experience of video gaming with the thrill of gambling. This innovative platform is the first of its kind approved by regulators in the United States, allowing players to influence their payouts through skill-based gameplay. GameCo's patented arcade-style cabinets engage a new demographic of casino customers while maintaining the traditional economics associated with slot machines.

LiveLike

Series A in 2016
LiveLike Inc. is a technology company that provides a live streaming platform designed to enhance sports viewing experiences for fans across various devices, including mobile and virtual reality. Established in 2015 and headquartered in New York, with an additional office in Gurugram, India, LiveLike develops a white-label platform that enables broadcasters to deliver both regular and interactive content under their own brand. The platform incorporates features such as watch parties, gamification, and access to sports statistics, aiming to engage younger audiences and improve retention and monetization for media companies. Key clients include prominent organizations and events like Fox Sports VR, the French Open, the UEFA Champions League, and the Super Bowl, showcasing LiveLike's commitment to revolutionizing the sports broadcasting landscape through innovative technologies.

GameCo

Series A in 2016
GameCo Inc. is a pioneering company based in New York that specializes in providing skill-based video game gambling machines for casino floors. Founded in 2014, GameCo has developed Video Game Gambling Machines (VGM), which merge the interactive experience of video gaming with the thrill of gambling. This innovative platform is the first of its kind approved by regulators in the United States, allowing players to influence their payouts through skill-based gameplay. GameCo's patented arcade-style cabinets engage a new demographic of casino customers while maintaining the traditional economics associated with slot machines.

GameCo

Seed Round in 2016
GameCo Inc. is a pioneering company based in New York that specializes in providing skill-based video game gambling machines for casino floors. Founded in 2014, GameCo has developed Video Game Gambling Machines (VGM), which merge the interactive experience of video gaming with the thrill of gambling. This innovative platform is the first of its kind approved by regulators in the United States, allowing players to influence their payouts through skill-based gameplay. GameCo's patented arcade-style cabinets engage a new demographic of casino customers while maintaining the traditional economics associated with slot machines.

Drone Racing League

Seed Round in 2016
Drone Racing League, Inc. is a New York-based organization that specializes in professional drone racing competitions for elite pilots. Founded in 2015, the league designs and constructs its own racing drone, the Racer3, which can exceed speeds of 85 MPH. The organization is known for creating complex, immersive 3D race courses that enhance the spectator experience, blending media and technology to produce engaging drone racing content. In addition to organizing races, the league sells tickets and offers various media services to reach a broader audience, aiming to establish drone racing as a popular sport with mass appeal.

Kite & Lightning

Seed Round in 2016
Kite & Lightning is a cinematic VR company that blends gaming, social and story to create emotionally transformative experiences. Founded by film industry veterans in 2013, the company is currently creating immersive computer-generated (CG) worlds that meld cinematic storytelling with interactive gaming. Known for its unprecedented technical and creative innovations in VR storytelling, the Los Angeles-based startup has succeeded in many genres to critical acclaim such as the Cannes Lions festival and the Toronto International Film Festival POP exhibits. Recent projects include a 4D VR experience for NBC’s “The Voice” featuring Pharrell Williams, Adam Levine, Blake Shelton, & Gwen Stefani; and Lionsgate’s first VR narrative, a hybrid live action and CG experience starring Kate Winslet, Mekhi Phifer and Miles Teller

Tappp

Venture Round in 2016
Tappp, a Singapore-based company under Swissclear Global, is transforming the consumption of premium digital content by providing prepaid access without requiring credit cards. The platform caters to a vast audience, particularly individuals without credit cards or those hesitant to use them online. Through partnerships with over 200 mobile operators and various content providers, Tappp offers a diverse selection of over 4,000 movies, TV shows, music videos, 50,000 songs, and more than 1,000 games, along with mobile airtime top-ups and direct-to-home TV recharges. With a reach that spans Southeast Asia, India, the Middle East, Europe, and North America, Tappp's real-time payment technology fosters direct relationships between merchants and agents while delivering retail analytics. The company's efforts have significantly enhanced the monetization strategies of digital content providers and telecommunications operators. Led by founder Sandy Agarwal, Tappp prioritizes security and customer trust, supported by a team with extensive experience in mobile telecoms, financial processing, and software development.

Mixer

Seed Round in 2016
Mixer, formerly Beam, offers gaming live-streams made interactive. Mixer gives viewers a window into streamer's game worlds, allowing you to do everything from striking lightning down, to generating the level's terrain. Mixer is a next-generation live streaming platform for gamers that lets viewers participate in the gameplay itself.Instead of sitting idle, viewers get to engage with the content directly, creating quests, choosing weapons, or even acting as characters within the game world.

Beep

Seed Round in 2016
Beep is a fully loaded chat app for the younger generation that allows you to add creativity and fun to your voice messages.

Percepto

Seed Round in 2016
Percepto is a developer of autonomous drone technology for inspection and surveillance. Drones hold the potential to disrupt multi-billion dollar industries including energy, security, insurance, agriculture, and more. Drones completely change the way inspection, measurement, surveillance, and deliveries are done today. Still, the main barrier to making them a must-have platform is the ability of drones to perform tasks autonomously. The company is at the forefront of redefining how industrial sites and critical infrastructure are holistically inspected and monitored, harnessing remote robotics to autonomously collect, aggregate, and analyze visual data. Leveraging its experience with Percepto Sparrow, the most deployed drone-in-a-box solution on the market, Percepto introduced Percepto AIM (Autonomous Inspection and Monitoring) the first end-to-end autonomous inspection and monitoring platform. Percepto AIM empowers the remote operation center of the future to assess risk, minimize downtime, drive efficiency, increase safety, and reduce operational costs.

VSporto

Seed Round in 2016
VSporto, LLC operates Internet radio services for sports enthusiasts. It offers news, opinion, and analysis on various sports and athletics; and access to interviews with current and former players and coaches. The company was founded in 2011 and is based in Ridgeland, Mississippi.

ENSO

Seed Round in 2015
Enso is compact, portable and designed for patients to wear unobtrusively during exercise or daily activities. Enso is revealing a wearable that promises to eliminate pain—both physical and metaphorical—for people who respond to TENS, a technology that uses electrical stimulation to stop pain at its source.

LISNR

Series B in 2015
LISNR® powers transactions across the customer journey globally with the most advanced Ultrasonic Data Platform. Today, companies like Jaguar Land Rover, Ticketmaster, and Visa use this solution to create secure & frictionless moments for consumers around the world. Founded in 2012, LISNR is located in Oakland, CA and Cincinnati, OH. Major investors include Intel, Jump Capital, Mercury Fund, R/GA, and Synchrony Financial.
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