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At Best Startup US we track over 1,000,000 US startups and over 3 million people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
This list showcases the top United States based Founder operating in the Sports space. If you think a Founder is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on editor@beststartup.us.
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Chad Hurley
Co-Founder and Chairman of GreenPark Sports
Chad Hurley is the Co-Founder & Former CEO of YouTube. In October 2006 he, along with the other founders, sold the company for $1.65 billion to Google. Prior to YouTube he worked in eBay’s PayPal division, where he helped design the original PayPal logo.
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About GreenPark Sports: GreenPark Sports is a social sports gaming developer designed to create a virtual sports environment for sports and eSports fans.
Ken Martin
CEO & Co-Founder of GreenPark Sports
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About GreenPark Sports: GreenPark Sports is a social sports gaming developer designed to create a virtual sports environment for sports and eSports fans.
Nigel Eccles
Co-Founder & Chairman of StarStock
Nigel Eccles, CEO and co-founder of Flick, an esports/gaming focused screen share application. Previously Nigel was the CEO and co-founder of FanDuel a fantasy sports application.
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About StarStock: StarStock is a marketplace for sports fans and card hobbyists to buy, sell, and invest in their favorite athletes.
Mike Kuchera
Co-Founder & COO of StarStock
Mike Kuchera is the Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer of StarStock.
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About Flick, StarStock: StarStock is a marketplace for sports fans and card hobbyists to buy, sell, and invest in their favorite athletes.
Edward W. Stack
Chief Executive Officer & Founder of Dick’s Sporting Goods
Edward W. Stack has served as our Chairman and Chief Executive Officer since 1984 when the founder and Edward Stack’s father, Richard “Dick” Stack, retired from our then two store chain. Mr. Edward Stack has served us full time since 1977 in a variety of positions, including President, Store Manager and Merchandise Manager.
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About Dick’s Sporting Goods: Dick’s Sporting Goods is an authentic full-line sporting goods retailer offering a broad assortment of brand name sporting goods equipment
Stephen Curry
Founder of SC30 Inc.
Stephen Curry’s on and off court legacy is marked by transformation and innovation. With a following of over 13M on twitter and 26M on Instagram, Curry is one of the most influential stars both on and off the basketball court. His nine-year career in the NBA with the Golden State Warriors is marked by many firsts; he was the first person to be named Most Valuable Player by unanimous vote in NBA History and one of a select few to win MVP awards two years in a row. He holds six NBA all-star selections and three NBA Championships. Off the court, he is also an emerging figure in the tech space with direct investments in companies like Pinterest and eSports organization TSM. This past July, Stephen and Ayesha Curry launched the Eat. Learn. Play. Foundation, whose mission is to unlock the potential of every child by ending childhood hunger, ensuring universal access to education, and enabling active lifestyles. The family foundation is dedicated to providing underprivileged children the fundamental resources they need to thrive in life, with an emphasis on the Bay Area and Oakland communities. He is also the founder of the Film & Television company Unanimous Media specializing in Faith, Family and Sports content in tandem with Sony Studios, and is the Executive Producer for ABC’s no. 1 primetime show, Holey Moley.
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About Golden State Warriors, SC30 Inc., Shitqoin: SC30 Inc. is the company responsible for Stephen Curry’s complete off-court business portfolio.
Derek Jeter
Co-Founder of The Players’ Tribune
By the time he stepped away from baseball in 2014 after a historic 20-year career with the New York Yankees, Derek Jeter had established himself as one of the most respected men to ever have played the game. A five-time World Series champion and member of baseball’s exclusive 3,000-hit club, Jeter earned numerous accolades in recognition of both his on-field skill and his commitment to the community, including: World Series MVP (2000); 14-time MLB All-Star; 5-time Gold Glove Award; 5-time Silver Slugger Award; AL Rookie of the Year (1996); Roberto Clemente Award (2009); and Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year Award (2009). His reputation is that of an unmatched leader both on and off the field; his name is synonymous with hard work, dedication and class. In retirement, Jeter now focuses on a variety of successful business ventures and entrepreneurial investments. Most recently, he helped launch The Players’ Tribune, an innovative multimedia company where world-class athletes share their honest and unique perspectives, bringing fans closer to the games they love. In November 2013, Jeter and Simon & Schuster announced the Jeter Publishing imprint, which includes both adult and children’s books verticals. The first booked released, The Contract, debuted at #2 on The New York Times Children’s Middle Grade Best Seller list. In October 2014, a full-color photo book called Jeter Unfiltered was released, providing fans an in-depth look at his life through never-before-published images taken over the course of his final season. He also serves as Partner and Brand Development Officer of Luvo, a transformational lifestyle food brand where he is involved in product development, brand awareness and strategic partnerships. Jeter continues to be the driving force behind the Turn 2 Foundation, which he established in 1996 to give back to the communities with which he has a close connection, including West Michigan, Tampa and New York City. He satisfies his passion for inspiring young people through initiatives – like the Jeter’s Leaders program – that promote academic excellence, leadership development, positive behavior, healthy choices and social change. During Derek’s baseball career, the Turn 2 Foundation has awarded more than $23 million in grants to create and support signature programs that motivate young people to turn away from drugs and alcohol and “Turn 2” healthy lifestyles.
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About The Players’ Tribune: The Players’ Tribune is a content and technology platform developed by athletes for athletes to connect them with fans through storytelling.
Ali Moiz
Founder of VULCUN
Founder at Stonks.
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About Stonks, VULCUN: The largest prize pools in Fantasy eSports
Georgii Kesaev
Founder of Firld
Georgii Kesaev is a Russian sports agent specializing in athlete consulting, performance analysis, football scouting and player valuation. He is the founder of Firld, a sports company based in New York.
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About Firld: Fusing powerful data-driven processes, Firld is a sports company that specializes in helping athletes and teams maximize their potential
James Yoder
CEO & Founder of Chat Sports
James Yoder is CEO of Chat Sports and founder of Chat Sports Studios. Prior to co-founding Chat Sports, he worked for Verizon Wireless as a Mobile Product Manager. Focusing on Verizon’s Android and iOS products, James has vast experience at the forefront of mobile industry technology. Prior to Verizon, he worked for the college sports giant, Rivals.com. James graduated with a degree in Business Management from the University of Toledo. As an angel investor, James has 4 portfolio exits. All investments to date have been consumer focused.
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About Chat Sports: Chat Sports is a live sports news network for digital platforms
Chris Bevilacqua
Co-Founder & CEO of Simplebet
Chris is the Co-Founder of Bevilacqua Helfant Ventures and is a sports, media, and tech investor with investments in companies such as StubHub, ActionX, Viagogo, Lyft, Airbnb, SpaceX, Unscriptd, and ThePostGame. He was previously the Chairman & CEO of CAA Sports Media Ventures, a joint venture between CAA and Evolution Media Capital. Prior to that, he was the Founder of CSTV, which was acquired by CBS in 2006 and is now CBS Sports Network.
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About Simplebet: Simplebet turns every moment of every sporting event into a betting opportunity.
Joey Levy
Co-Founder of Simplebet
Joey was a Co-Founder and CEO of Draftpot, a daily fantasy sports platform that was acquired in 2017. Joey was a Thiel Fellow and previously studied at Columbia University.
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About Simplebet: Simplebet turns every moment of every sporting event into a betting opportunity.
Mike Wadhera
Founder & CEO of Sports Feed
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About Skip Scooters, Sports Feed: Next-generation sports app – fast, friendly & personalized
Craig Hochstadt
Founder & COO of Nextpro
Craig Hochstadt was born in Columbia, Maryland on July 5, 1980. He attended and graduated from the University of Maryland, College Park in 2003 where he majored in communications and also played lacrosse. Professionally, Craig has worked on a number of successful marketing campaigns, projects and entrepreneurial-related roles in sports, music, entertainment, and theatrical movie marketing. A few of his personal interests and hobbies include technology, entrepreneurship, biohacking, meditation, dogs, Apple products, the “Internet of Things”, travel, the Pacific Ocean, and college and professional sports (specifically football, basketball, and lacrosse). Craig is also an avid fan, user and consumer of two special caffeinated beverages: 1. Ceremonial grade matcha green tea. Matcha is a finely ground powder of a specially grown and processed form of green tea. In traditional Chinese and Japanese matcha green tea, a ceremony is centered on the preparation, serving, and drinking of matcha green tea. 2. Bulletproof Coffee – which is a butter-coffee combo that has taken the health community by storm and was created by world-famous biohacker and author of the Bulletproof Diet, Dave Asprey. Today Craig maintains his passion for technology and entrepreneurship. He one day hopes to invent something that will help make the world a better place. Craig and his wife currently reside in Los Angeles, California
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About Nextpro: NextPro creates & produces over 50K games per year across 5 sports, and distribute this content to a large and captive audience.
Adi Kunalic
President & Co-Founder of Opendorse
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About Opendorse: Opendorse operates the leading SaaS-enabled Marketplace in the athlete endorsement industry.
Blake Lawrence
CEO and Co-Founder of Opendorse
Blake Lawrence is the CEO and co-founder of Opendorse, the athlete endorsement company. More than 75,000 athletes use Opendorse to understand, build, and monetize their name, image, and likeness (NIL) value. Prior to Opendorse, Blake co-founded Hurrdat, a social media agency, in Lincoln, Nebraska. Over four years, Hurrdat grew from two to twenty-five employees, and was acquired in July 2014 by B2 Interactive. Prior to his journey as an entrepreneur, Blake was a member of the Nebraska football team. Lawrence was a highly recruited linebacker, who started at Linebacker in 2008 and 2009, before his career was cut short due to recurring concussions. Off the football field, Blake earned his marketing degree in just 2.5 years, and received his MBA from Nebraska in 2011.
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About Opendorse: Opendorse operates the leading SaaS-enabled Marketplace in the athlete endorsement industry.
Gordon Daily
President & Co-Founder of BoxCast
Gordon has always been a big dreamer and big thinker. Although he failed to achieve his childhood goal of starting in center field for the Cleveland Indians, Gordon has never lost his capacity for dreaming big and working tirelessly to achieve whatever he sets his mind to. His really big dream: To create a technology company that changes the way people communicate – through live HD video streaming. After receiving his BS and MS in computer engineering from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland in three-and-half years, a 12-year-career at Rockwell Automation followed. It literally took him around the world, including a stint in Singapore. It also gave him the opportunity to manage mission-critical projects early in his career. In Gordon’s Rockwell years, he tackled tough technical problems, crafted international business deals and came up with creative marketing solutions. He also managed to be awarded a half-dozen patents. Gordon lives with his wife Cara and their young children Quentin and Serena in a renovated convent on Cleveland’s West Side. When he isn’t with his family or working, he’s most often demonstrating his competitive side whether it’s skiing, kayaking or playing ping pong.
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About BoxCast: BoxCast is an end-to-end video-streaming solutions for organizations.
Nicola Munarini
CEO and Co-Founder of PKRS.AI
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About PKRS.AI: The future of personal coaching. AI powered, human enhanced.
Dan Porter
CEO and Co-Founder of Overtime
Dan Porter is CEO of Overtime. Previously, Dan was Head of Digital at WME | IMG; CEO of the social games company OMGPOP; and SVP Corporate Development managing investments for Richard Branson and the Virgin Group. Dan started out working with bands at RCA Records, was a public school teacher and President of the Teach For America program and President of Ticketweb which he sold to IAC. He has an AB from Princeton University and an MA from New York University and has studied at Berkelee College of Music as well as at INSEAD.
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About Inside Startups, Overtime, VentureCrushFG: Overtime is a sports network that produces several sports-focused series and short-form content for the next generation of sports fans.
Zachary Weiner
CoFounder, President of Overtime
Zachary Weiner is the President and Co-Founder of Overtime.
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About Overtime, The Sports Quotient: Overtime is a sports network that produces several sports-focused series and short-form content for the next generation of sports fans.
Numaan Akram
Founder & CEO of Rally
Numaan is the founder and CEO of Rally Bus, a New Haven startup which combines crowdsourcing and event travel.
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About Rally: Rally is Mass Mobility as a Service: technology and model innovations for the business of buses.
Siheun Song
Co-Founder & President of Rally
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About Rally: Rally is Mass Mobility as a Service: technology and model innovations for the business of buses.
David Portnoy
Founder of Barstool Sports
David Portnoy is the Founder at Barstool Sports.
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About Barstool Sports: Barstool Sports is a digital sports, entertainment and media brand that delivers content across multiple platforms.
Alarik Myrin
Co-Founder and CSO of Zwift
Zwift Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer at Zwift. Co-founded and worked as Chief Technology Officer at Sakonnet Technology, he oversees all aspects of product development, before co-founding Zwift in 2014. He is a Member of the Board of Advisors at the Institute for the Recruitment of Teachers (IRT), a non-profit organization dedicated to recruiting talented undergraduates into the field of teaching. IRT is affiliated with Phillips Academy at Andover.
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About Zwift: Zwift operates an online fitness platform used to transform monotonous solo indoor cycling into dynamic and social adventures.
Jesse Zhang
CEO and Founder of Lowkey
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About Camelot.ai, Lowkey, Lowkey: The home for watching and creating short gaming videos
Lee Rubin
Founder & CEO of Confetti
Lee Rubin is the Founder & CEO at Confetti
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About Confetti: Discover unique workplace activities & corporate events that fit your company’s culture, goals & budget.
Gary Knudson
Founder / CEO of AdSport
Founder and CEO of AdSport, a sponsorship consultancy that harnesses the avidity of collegiate and professional sports for its clients. As CEO, Knudson oversees AdSport’s consulting, activation and promotional business, as well as its centralized agency resources, which include evaluations and analytics, strategy, creative, business development, and operations. A veteran sports marketing executive with proven track record of negotiating and activating successful, high-profile, integrated sports sponsorships that deliver equity, volume & share gains for clients, Gary brings a wealth of experience in marketing and promotions honed while working with some of the best brands in the world. Gary has negotiated hundreds of sponsorship agreements and provided counsel to such clients as Chevron, State Farm, Visa, Alltel, Dodge, America West Airlines, Chevrolet and True Value. Gary holds a BS in Organization Communications from Arizona State University where he attended on an athletic scholarship prior to a short stint with the Los Angeles Rams (’89, ’90). Gary resides in Phoenix with his wife, two daughters and son.
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About AdSport: Brand side sport, event & entertainment consultancy. We Evaluate, Negotiate, Activate & Measure.
Floyd Arnold
Founder of Full Swing Golf
Floyd Arnold is the Founder of Full Swing Golf, Inc. Mr. Arnold is a Pioneer of Indoor Golf. His impact on the golfing industry continue to grow as the full swing golf simulator expends its reach into the mainstream of both entertainment and golf industry applications. In 1986, marked the year he formed full swing golf and his quest began. After exploring various routes to achieve his goal for a realistic system , he invented and patented an ingenious design of tracking the golf ball in fight after impact with the golf club over a defined period of time. This allowed the participants to not only hit a read golf ball indoors but it also allowed the user to see a real-time visual representation of the entire ball flight exactly as it was happening. His invention is located in many of the finest golf facilities and organizations around the world including the PGA of America and the world golf hall of Fame. There are more than 3000 full swing golf simulators in operatinon around the globle that have been experienced by close to one billion user.
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About Full Swing Golf: Full Swing Golf is the Worldwide Leader in Golf Simulation.
Andy Rebele
Founder & CEO of Pure Watercraft
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About GrokHome, Pure Watercraft: Pure Watercraft is building battery electric propulsion systems for boats.
Anshum Bhambri
Founder of Faze
Anshum Bhambri is the founder of FanCraze.
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About Faze, Round Finance Inc.: Fazo is a Cricket NFT platform.
John Capodilupo
Co-Founder & CTO of WHOOP
John Capodilupo is a Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer at WHOOP.
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About WHOOP: WHOOP is a performance optimization system that tracks athlete recovery, training, and sleeping hours to help boost performance.
Aurelian Nicolae
Co-Founder & Director of Mechanical Engineering of WHOOP
Aurelian Nicolae is a Co-Founder and Director of Mechanical Engineering at WHOOP.
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About WHOOP: WHOOP is a performance optimization system that tracks athlete recovery, training, and sleeping hours to help boost performance.
Will Ahmed
Founder & CEO of WHOOP
Will Ahmed is the Founder and CEO of WHOOP, which has developed next generation wearable technology for optimizing human performance and health. WHOOP members range from professional athletes and fortune 500 CEOs to fitness enthusiasts and executives to military personnel and healthcare workers. Ahmed has raised more than $200 million from top investors and has an active advisory board that consists of some of the world’s most notable cardiologists, technologists, marketers, and designers. Ahmed wrote “The Feedback Tool: Measuring Fitness, Intensity, and Recovery,” which sparked the underlying physiology and engineering for his work today. Ahmed was recently named to the 2021 Sports Business Journal 40 under 40 list as well as 2020 Fortune 40 Under 40 Healthcare list and previously named to Forbes 30 Under 30 and Boston Business Journal 40 Under 40. In 2020, WHOOP was named Fast Company’s Most Innovative Company for Wellness. Before founding WHOOP, Ahmed was named a 2011 Harvard College Scholar for finishing in the top 10% of his class and a CSA Scholar Athlete; he captained the Harvard Men’s Varsity Squash Team.
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About WHOOP: WHOOP is a performance optimization system that tracks athlete recovery, training, and sleeping hours to help boost performance.
Skyler Johnson
Founder of Envy Gaming
Skyler Johnson is the Chief Creative Officer of Gamma Labs and Founder of Envy Gaming.
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About Envy Gaming, G FUEL: Envy Gaming is an Esports entertainment organization that competes, streams, and produces content across multiple online games.
Sohrob Farudi
Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder of Fan Controlled Football
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About Fan Controlled Football, FCFL, Jealous Devil: Fan Controlled Football is the first fan-run professional sports league.
Bradley Deyo
Co-Founder, Co-Chairman & COO of Mars Reel
Bradley Deyo is a Co-founder and COO at Mars Reel.
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About Mars Reel: Mars Reel is a content and consumer products company focused on high school sports and youth culture.
Paullie Etienne
Founder/COO of Cloud9
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About Cloud9: Cloud9 is a professional multi-game esports organization that is based in the Los Angeles, California area.
Rizwan Virk
Founder & Executive Director of playlabs
Riz Virk is the Founder & Executive Director at Play Labs.
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About 500 Startups, Bayview Labs, BitMovio, Griffin Gaming Partners, MIT $100K Entrepreneurship Competition, playlabs: Play Labs is a new startup incubator/accelerator program for MIT-affiliated startups using playful technologies in any industry.
Joe Chin
Co-Founder & CEO of Sparrow Vision
Joe is a serial entrepreneur and CEO, having successfully founded Internet companies over the past 15 years. Joe is the founding CEO of SourcePad. Prior to SourcePad, Joe was the founding CEO of Searchandise (originally Guidester), which was acquired by RichRelevance in 2011. Prior, Joe was the Managing Director of REOL, founder/President of Diadem (a multi-player game company), founder/principal of JEV (an import/export company). Joe started his career as an engineer, designing multi-million dollar satellites for Hughes Aircraft. Joe earned a MS from UC Berkeley and a BS from Columbia University.
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About SourcePad, Sparrow Vision: Sparrow provides personalized feedback on golf swing using its advanced AI technology.
Tyler Bleszinski
Founder of Vox Media
Tyler is the founder of SB Nation which laid the groundwork for the creation of Vox Media. He served as the CEO of SB Nation for the first four years of its existence. The disruption of traditional sports media started with Bleszinski’s coverage approach and led to massive growth immediately. The young company’s rapid success attracted the attention of investors and future CEO Jim Bankoff. Tyler now functions as SB Nation’s vice president of talent, serving as a mentor, advocate and teacher for the team blogs in the network. He manages the team blog leadership and leads the recruiting, credentialing and editorial planning for our team blogs. He has a keen eye for talent, with many of the current full time sports employees starting as bloggers early on in SB Nation’s history. Tyler started the network when he launched his Oakland Athletics site Athletics Nation in November 2003. The site became the model for how to approach coverage in the new media landscape with an open and distinct bias. He set out with the purpose of raising the level of discourse that existed at the time and empowering fans to embrace their own community on the Web. His approach became the blueprint for the company’s success as he developed a close relationship with A’s general manager Billy Beane as well as owner Lewis Wolff. He remains a driving force behind the team blogs today.
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About SBNation, The Verge, Vox Media: Vox Media is an operator of an online media publishing agency created to influence editorial properties and premium advertising.
Jerome Armstrong
Co-Founder, Advisor, former Board Executive of Vox Media
Jerome Armstrong is a co-Founder, advisor, and a former board executive of [Vox Media](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/vox-media). He is also the owner of [Webstrong](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/webstrong), a provider of web applications for businesses. Armstrong obtained a Bachelor of Applied Science degree and a Master of Science degree from Portland State University.
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About Vox Media: Vox Media is an operator of an online media publishing agency created to influence editorial properties and premium advertising.
Adeel Yang
Co-Founder of Dryvebox
Adeel Yang is the Co-Founder at Dryvebox.
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About Dryvebox, MAGIC Fund, Medumo, Philips, Picmonic: Dryvebox is a mobile golf simulator offering lessons and coaching services.
Gene Munster
Managing Partner and Founder of Loup Ventures
Gene Munster is the Managing Partner and founder at Loup Ventures.
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About Loup Ventures: Loup Ventures is a research-driven venture capital firm based in Minneapolis and New York investing in frontier technology.
Doug Clinton
Managing Partner and Founder of Loup Ventures
Doug Clinton is a managing partner and co-founder at Loup Ventures. Prior to Loup Ventures, Doug was a research analyst at Piper Jaffray where he covered the internet space with Gene Munster. Covered companies included Apple, Google, and Facebook. Prior to joining Piper Jaffray in 2008, Doug was an early employee in sales and operations at Enpocket, which was later acquired by Nokia. Doug’s experience at Enpocket led to his interest in startups. Doug holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Boston University.
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About Loup Ventures: Loup Ventures is a research-driven venture capital firm based in Minneapolis and New York investing in frontier technology.
Andrew Murphy
Managing Partner and Founder of Loup Ventures
Andrew Murphy is the Managing Partner and founder at Loup Ventures. Before that, he was the Senior Marketing Manager at Ecolab.
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About Loup Ventures: Loup Ventures is a research-driven venture capital firm based in Minneapolis and New York investing in frontier technology.
Michael Rabil
Co-Founder & CEO of Premier Lacrosse League
Mike Rabil is the Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of the Premier Lacrosse League (PLL). Founded in October 2018, PLL just completed its inaugural season where the league traveled to thirteen major North American cities during a 14-week regular season. Bringing 160 of the world’s best lacrosse players and an exclusive media rights agreement with NBC Sports Group – a first for the sport, PLL has brought the game closer to millions of fans across the country. In his role, Mike is responsible for the long-term vision of the company as well as oversee all day-to-day operations of the league. This past year, Mike has successfully used his lengthy entrepreneur background in silicon valley with his keen sports knowledge to spearhead the launch of PLL. Previously, as the VP of Sales and Partnerships, Mike led revenue and built Funding Circle’s US sales and BD teams from scratch. Mike was on the founding team at Endurance Lending Network, which was acquired by Funding Circle in 2013. In 2012, Mike co-founded Endurance Companies, an investment holding company based in San Francisco, and served as CEO and co-founder of Turnstyle Cycle, now Boston’s largest boutique indoor cycling company. Mike first dipped his toes in entrepreneurial waters in 2010 when he co-founded Endurance Fitness 247, which he manages with David to this day. Mike began his career in consulting at Jones Lang LaSalle, the world’s largest real estate services company. He graduated from Dartmouth College with a BA in Government, where he was captain of the football team. Mike enjoys hiking in Marin County. More than just hiking, he enjoys wrestling the whereabouts of some of Marin’s most prized secret trailheads out of the locals :). When he’s not hiking, you can find Mike at a variety of group exercise classes and practicing his down-dog at Love Story Yoga. He, on occasion, has been known to wield his guitar at Dave Matthews Band sing-a-longs.
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About Premier Lacrosse League, Rabil Ventures: Premier Lacrosse League is a proposed professional lacrosse league.
Jason Trost
CEO & Founder of Smarkets
Jason is the founder and CEO of London-headquartered Smarkets, one of the world’s largest betting exchanges. As a trading platform, Smarkets simplifies peer-to-peer betting on hundreds of markets daily, with a mission to provide the the lowest commission and therefore fairest odds in the world. In a few short years, Jason has engineered Smarkets into one of the fastest-growing companies in Europe that sees more than 200,000 customers trade billions of pounds annually. Prior to co-founding Smarkets, Jason worked in the Global Asset Management division at UBS designing and implementing proprietary software to assist in one of the world’s largest fund of hedge fund trading operations. Jason graduated from Northwestern University and holds a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science.
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About Smarkets: Smarkets simplifies peer-to-peer trading on sporting and political events.
Jeremy Levine
Founder, Chairman & President of Underdog Sports
Jeremy Levine was the Co-Founder & CEO of Draft. He is currently the Founder, Chairman, and President at Underdog Fantasy.
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About Underdog Sports: Fantasy sports for real money
Brandon Stakenborg
Founder & CEO of Underdog Sports
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About Underdog Sports: Fantasy sports for real money
Trevor John
Founder & Chief Technology Officer of Underdog Sports
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About Underdog Sports: Fantasy sports for real money
Alex Beckman
Founder & Chief Executive Officer of GameOn Technology
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About Elastic Holdings, GameOn Technology: Our technology powers intelligent chat applications across multiple platforms for some of the world’s largest brands.
Kalin Stanojev
Founder & CPO of GameOn Technology
Founder and CPO of GameOn.
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About GameOn Technology: Our technology powers intelligent chat applications across multiple platforms for some of the world’s largest brands.
Nate Simmons
Founder & COO of GameOn Technology
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About GameOn Technology: Our technology powers intelligent chat applications across multiple platforms for some of the world’s largest brands.
Jay Peterson
Founder and CEO of Matador
Jay Peterson founded Matador in 2013 and in the past two years has produced a wide range of programming, from Lip Sync Battle on Spike and Nail’d It on Oxygen to the HBO documentary Banksy Does New York and A&E’s Country Buck$. Prior to starting Matador, Jay served as the Chief Operating Officer and Executive Vice President of Production and Development at Original Media, an Endemol Company. During his tenure at Original, Jay developed and produced several hit television series, including History’s Swamp People, Spike’s Inkmaster, AMC’s Comic Book Men and Discovery’s Dual Survival. He expanded Original’s portfolio into new categories such as sports (MMA Uncensored Live), talk (The Gayle King Show), music (Unplugged) and live television (Nokia’s Rihanna Live for MTV, VH1 and Palladia), and strengthened the franchises and economics of existing shows such as Storm Chasers, LA Ink and The Rachel Zoe Project. Before joining Original, Jay was the President of K2 Pictures, where he served as Executive Producer on numerous projects, including the Showtime feature documentary Same Sex America, the daily ESPN series Classic Now and the Kennedy Center’s 9/11 memorial special, Concert for America (NBC).
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About Matador: Matador is a full-service content production company with offices in New York and Los Angeles.
Don Vaccaro
CEO, Co-Founder of TicketNetwork
Don Vaccaro is the founder and Chairman of the Board of TicketNetwork®, Inc., one of the leading online ticket exchanges in the country. Vaccaro has more than 30 years of experience in the secondary ticket market, including 10 years in industry-related software development, pioneering the creation of the company’s signature software – TicketNetwork® Point-of-Sale. Vaccaro is also the founder of Ticket Galaxy, one of the largest ticket brokerage firms in the country. He is a founding member and former president of the Connecticut Ticket Brokers Association, and was also founder and first president of the Massachusetts Ticket Brokers Association.
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About Connecticut Biotech, TicketNetwork: TicketNetwork is a provider of ticketing services for sports, concerts, theater etc.
Mark Wan
Co-Founder & Partner of Causeway Media Partners
Mark Wan is the Co-Founder & Partner at Causeway Media Partners.
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About Causeway Media Partners, Three Arch Partners: Causeway Media Partners is an investment fund focused on sports media, entertainment, and related companies.
Wyc Grousbeck
Co-Founder & Partner of Causeway Media Partners
Wyc has more than 25 years of investment, operating and legal experience. In 2002, Wyc conceived of and led the acquisition of the Boston Celtics, then a publicly-traded company, and became CEO and NBA Governor of the team. Wyc is a member of the Media, Executive, Audit, Compensation, Planning and Labor Committees of the NBA. Wyc was a General Partner of Highland Capital Partners from 1995 to 2002. While at Highland, he worked closely with Bob Higgins and frequently co-invested with Mark Wan. His early career included time spent as a venture capital lawyer and a business development manager. Wyc serves on the Board of Directors of Formula E Holdings, Comcast SportsNet New England and as Chairman of the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary. He is a graduate of Princeton University where he rowed varsity crew. He also holds a law degree from the University of Michigan and earned an MBA from Stanford Business School.
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About Causeway Media Partners, NBA: Causeway Media Partners is an investment fund focused on sports media, entertainment, and related companies.
Bob Higgins
Co-Founder and Partner of Causeway Media Partners
Bob has over 30 years of venture and private equity investment experience. From 1988 to 2013, he was General Partner and Co-Founder of Highland Capital Partners, an investment firm that has raised over $3 billion of capital across nine funds. During his tenure, Bob worked with Wyc Grousbeck and frequently co-invested with Mark Wan. In 2012, Bob was elected a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He is also a former director of the National Venture Capital Association and president of the New England Venture Capital Association. The Forbes Midas List and AlwaysOn Venture Capital 100 recognized him as one of the top venture capitalists in the industry. Before starting in venture capital, Bob was the executive director of 3 private foundations in New York. Bob is a former Assistant to both the U.S. Secretary of Commerce and the head of the international division of the U.S. Treasury. Bob is a graduate of Harvard University where he played varsity hockey. Also, he earned an MBA from Harvard Business School, where he is a part-time faculty member.
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About Causeway Media Partners: Causeway Media Partners is an investment fund focused on sports media, entertainment, and related companies.
Andrew Miller
Founder & CEO of NRG eSports
Andy Miller is the Founder & CEO at NRG Esports.
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About 1Energy Systems, Internet Real Estate Group, NRG eSports, NRG eSports, NRG eSports, Sacramento Kings, Sacramento Kings: NRG eSports is looking to set precedence in the industry of eSports.
Johannes Waldstein
Founder & CEO of FanAI
Johannes Waldstein is the Founder & CEO at FanAI Inc.
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About FanAI: FanAI is an AI-driven Audience Monetization platform focusing first on esports.
Wicks Walker
Co-Founder of W4
Adam Wicks Walke has founded numerous companies in the internet and media sectors, landing four times among the top 100 of the Inc. 500 list of fastest growing private companies in the U.S, as well as the fastest growing lists of the Los Angeles Business Journal and the Deloitte Technology Fast 50. He plays the role of strategist and deal maker in each company, and has closed more than a dozen corporate finance transactions securing more than $100 million. Before W4, he was a partner in Hydra, which was named the fastest growing internet company in Los Angeles in 2007 while under the management team now running W4. Before exiting Hydra, he sold a minority interest in the company for $30 million. Wicks also has an independent record label and invests in numerous media, technology and entertainment projects. He also serves on the Board of the Downtown LA Art Walk, a monthly art event that draws more than 10,000 people.
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About Division Films, W4: W4 provides business process management solutions through an expansive network of publishers.
Stephen Smith
Co-Founder & CEO of Kitman Labs
Stephen is co founder of Kitman Labs, the worlds most advanced athlete management platform. Stephen holds a Higher Diploma in Human Physiology and Health Science, a BSc (Hons) in Sports & Exercise Rehabilitation and an MSc in Football Rehabilitation. He worked with Leinster Rugby as a Sports Injury Rehabilitation Coach within the Strength & Conditioning Department between 2008-2014. Stephen founded Kitman Labs in 2012 and now lives in Palo Alto, CA where he focuses on expanding Kitman Labs in elite US sports. His areas of expertise include injury prevention, rehabilitation and analytics and he has a strong interest in the use of technology and emerging trends in sport science to further enhance sport science and medicine.
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About Kitman Labs: Kitman Labs is a sports analytics platform that generates insights to help professional athletes perform better.
Ishveen Anand
Founder & CEO of OpenSponsorship
Ishveen Anand is the founder and CEO OpenSponsorship. The startup was born out of her experience as a successful sports agent in India and the UK. OpenSponsorship now has over 2000 athletes, teams and events being managed to brands globally looking for sports marketing opportunities. Ishveen was included in the Forbes 30under30 sports list in 2015 and OpenSponsorship was named a finalist in the 2015 Sports Technology Awards, category of best technology facilitating commercial returns. She graduated from Oxford University. She is of Indian-British origin, now living in New York where OpenSponsorship is based.
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About Nimbus Communications, OpenSponsorship: OpenSponsorship is online platform solely focused on allowing brands to Search, Connect and Sponsor opportunities within professional sports
Warren Packard
Co-Founder & CEO of Thuuz Sports
Warren Packard is the Founder and CEO of Thuuz Sports, a B2B business that has built a real-time artificial intelligence platform that drives greater tune-in, monetization, and overall entertainment value for the sports and media industries. Among the services that Thuuz enables are real-time, personalized clips, highlights, and shows, as well as personalized excitement ratings, dynamic headlines, and real-time tune-in alerts for live events. The power of one-to-one personalization yields significant lift in engagement and powers multiple business models that produce significantly more revenue than traditional broadcast and “post and pray” models. Prior to starting Thuuz, Warren was a Managing Director of Draper Fisher Jurvetson where he led the firm’s investments in over two dozen companies, leading to seventeen acquisitions and three IPOs, including SeaMicro (NASDAQ: AMD), Ooma (NYSE: OOMA), CastTV (NYSE: NLSN), Feedburner (NASDAQ: GOOGL), Xfire (NASDAQ: VIA), Digital Impact (NASDAQ: ACXM), and Fogdog Sports (NASDAQ: EBAY). Prior to joining DFJ, Warren co-founded Angara Database Systems, a main memory relational database company, which was acquired by Personify. Prior to co-founding Angara, he was an Associate at Institutional Venture Partners, investing in early-stage technology companies. Before IVP, Warren was a Senior Principal Engineer at Baxter International. Warren is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Stanford University and holds a BS and MS in Mechanical Engineering: Smart Product Design. He received his MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business where he was an Arjay Miller Scholar.
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About Draper Athena, Threshold, Thuuz Sports: Thuuz sells a revolutionary Personalized Sports Entertainment platform enabling the Ultimate Sports Guide and Automated Highlight Reels
Keith Bank
Managing Partner & Founder of KB Partners
Keith Bank is the Founder and Managing Partner of KB Partners and has a diverse background in start-up companies, real estate and other entrepreneurial ventures. Keith has been a very “hands on” venture capital and angel investor in a wide variety of industries, including the medical, semiconductor, internet, telecom, software, cable TV, sports and golf, consumer and retail, and social media arenas. He currently serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Versatile Sports Partners and Club Champion Golf and holds multiple other board seats. Prior to forming the KB Partners venture funds, Mr. Bank co-founded and served on the Board and as President of MST Analytics, Inc., a semi-conductor product and services business which was successfully sold to ATMI, Inc., a public company, in 1999. Keith was a founding board member of the Illinois Venture Capital Association, and served as its Chairman in 2005-2006. He was the recipient of the IVCA’s prestigious Fellows Medal in 2006. Keith founded, and for 16 years, served as the Chairman of the Chicago Select Golf Invitational, one of the largest American Cancer Society golf fundraising events in the country, having raised approximately $8 million under his guidance. He has been honored by Crain’s Chicago Business as a “40 Under 40”, a Who’s Who of Chicago Executives and as one of the 100 most prominent members of Chicago’s technology community. Keith is active in CEO’s against Cancer and NU Wave, an athletic fundraising vehicle for Northwestern University. Prior to forming KB Partners in 1996, Keith was a Principal at HSA, a Chicago based national real estate development, investment, management and brokerage firm. There he was instrumental in the development, acquisition, financing, sale, and leasing of over three million square feet of property with a value in excess of $650 million. Other career highlights include co-founding a deep discount retailer, acquiring and completing a successful turnaround of a women’s apparel manufacturing and sales company, and procuring the equity and debt financing for, and serving as the Producer and Executive Producer of feature films entitled “Heaven is a Playground” (1991) and the BAFTA award winning “Tommy’s Honour” (2017). Keith graduated magna cum laude with a B.S. degree in Economics from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania and holds an MBA in Finance with honors from the J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University. He is 99% of the way towards achieving his goal of playing the Top 100 golf courses in the United States.
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About KB Partners: KB Partners is a suburban Chicago based VC firm focused on investing in early stage companies at the intersection of sports and technology.
Kasian Franks
Investor, Co-Founder & CSO of Pimovi
Kasian Franks is currently Founder and CEO of Mimvi, Inc. Located in San Francisco, California, Mimvi is a search engine and recommendation technology company for Mobile Apps, Mobile Content and Mobile Products.
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About Pimovi, Vectorspace: VIP backstage pass to exclusive videos
Sumit Gupta
Co-Founder & CEO of Boom.tv
Sumit Gupta is an Advisor at Boom Fantasy and Founder & CEO at Boom.tv. He is a 3x Entrepreneur (multiple exits), Angel Investor and Mentor. Founded 3 companies. Invested in 50+ startups including Discord, G2 eSports, BlockChain Capital, Blockstream, Blockcypher, Filecoin, Wag, Classpass, OpenDoor, HoneyBook, Managed-by-Q, Dishcraft Robotics. Mr. Gupta also runs Piazza eSports Ventures with pa articular focus on investments and incubating startups Infusing tech into eSports and Game Streaming. Investments include Discord, Vulcun/StreamLabs, BitKraft, G2 Esports. Startup Portfolio includes DrDisRespect stream team, Boom.tv, Rolocule Games, Boom Fantasy Previously, He served as a Founder & CEO of Bash Gaming, took the mobile gaming company to annual revenue of $75M, profitable and sold it to GSN for $170M. Previously as founder CEO of BitRhymes Apps, top 10 app developers in social space. Before that, I was part of founding team at Business Signatures that was sold to Entrust for $55M
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About afkVR, Boom.tv: BoomTV is an Esports entertainment platform that provides tools to automate score tracking, streaming, and generating event hubs.
Michael Horvath
Co-Founder & CEO of Strava
Michael Horvath is the Co-Founder and CEO of Strava. He earned his degree at Harvard University.
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About Strava: Strava is an online network where runners and cyclists can record their activities, compare performance, and compete with their community.
Mark Gainey
Co-Founder & Executive Chairman of Strava
Mark Gainey is the Co-Founder and Executive Chairman at Strava.
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About AlterG, Strava: Strava is an online network where runners and cyclists can record their activities, compare performance, and compete with their community.
Earvin Johnson
Founder & CEO of Magic Johnson Enterprises
Earvin “Magic” Johnson has become the most powerful African-American businessman in the world. He is a Major League Baseball owner, an NBA Legend, a 2-Time Hall of Famer, an Entrepreneur, a Philanthropist and a Motivational Speaker. The business mogul has successfully parlayed his skills and tenacity on the court into the business world, propelling his company to the status of #1 Brand in Urban America. He is Chairman and CEO of Magic Johnson Enterprises (MJE), which provides high quality products and services that focus primarily on ethnically diverse and underserved urban communities through strategic alliances, investments, consulting and endorsements. The conglomerate is comprised of multiple business entities and partnerships that include Canyon Johnson, a $1 billion dollar real estate fund, Yucaipa Johnson, a $500 million dollar private equity fund, ASPIRE, a new African-American television network, SodexoMAGIC, Magic Airport Holdings, Inner City Broadcasting Corporation, Magic Johnson Bridgescape Academies, and Vibe Holdings, LLC – Johnson is the Chairman of the multi-cultural media company that houses the Vibe, Uptown, and Soul Train brands. Most noted for his unprecedented Starbucks partnership, which served as the catalyst for redevelopment in urban communities and is literally the blueprint for Corporate America’s engagement and success with urban consumers. In 2010, the savvy businessman divested his Starbucks and Los Angeles Lakers shares in excess $100 million dollars. However, he will continue to assist Starbucks with their community development initiatives and will remain Vice President of the Los Angeles Lakers. Johnson has also teamed up with Tim Leiweke of AEG in an effort to build a new stadium and bring an NFL team back to Los Angeles as well as thousands of jobs to the city. The story of Johnson and Larry Bird’s inspiring friendship and rivalry was presented in a theater adaptation of Magic & Bird on Broadway in April 2012. Johnson also serves as Chairman and Founder of the Magic Johnson Foundation, where his unwavering commitment to transform Urban America continues through HIV/AIDS Awareness & Prevention Programs, Community Empowerment Centers, and the Taylor Michaels Scholarship Program. Celebrating over 20 years of success, the Magic Johnson Foundation has become one of the most recognizable philanthropic organizations around the world.
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About JLC Infrastructure, Magic Johnson Enterprises, Magic Johnson Foundation: Magic Johnson Enterprises is a company owned by retired NBA Hall of Fame legend Magic Johnson.
Paul Lamfrom
Founder of Columbia Sportswear
Founder of Columbia Sportswear.
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About Columbia Sportswear: Columbia Sportswear is a company that manufactures and distributes outerwear and sportswear.
Matthew Newman
Co-Founder & Managing Partner of Growve
Matthew Newman currently works as the Co-Founder and Managing Partner for Growve. He previously worked at Stifel Financial Corp. as the Director.
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About Growve: Growve is a brand aggregator that specializes in the acquisition and management of wellness and beauty brands.
Adil Virani
Co-Founder of Blitz App
Adil Virani is the Co-Founder at Blitz.
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About Blitz App: Your personal gaming coach for League of Legends, Valorant, CSGO, Fortnite and more— powered by AI and built with professional players.
Andy Dinh
Co-Founder and CEO of Blitz App
Andy Dinh is the founder and CEO at Blitz App.
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About Blitz App, Team SoloMid: Your personal gaming coach for League of Legends, Valorant, CSGO, Fortnite and more— powered by AI and built with professional players.
AJ Vaynerchuk
Co-Founder of VaynerSports
AJ Vaynerchuk is a co-founder of [VaynerMedia](http://www.vaynermedia.com) a brand consulting agency with a focus on social media.
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About GrapeStory, Vayner Media, Vayner/RSE, VaynerSports: VaynerSports is a talent management agency.
Mike Melby
Co-Founder and Co-CEO of FITLAB
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About ELECTRIC, FITLAB, FITLAB, FITLAB, Mayweather Boxing & Fitness, XPT: FitLab powers experiences that inspire you to move.
Steve Olechowski
Founder and CEO of Blinkfire Analytics
Steve Olechowski is Founder and CEO of Blinkfire Analytics.
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About Blinkfire Analytics, Northwestern University: Blinkfire Analytics uses AI and computer vision to optimize the sponsorship marketplace between creators, and their sponsors.
Eli Dawson
Co-Founder and CEO of StatMuse
Co-Founder, CEO at StatMuse.
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About StatMuse: StatMuse is a sports statistics website that allows users to search for players and view customizable statistics.
Matt Bailey
Founder and CEO of GameOn
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About GameOn: The future of engaging superfans. If it’s on, it’s on.
Drew Williams
Co-Founder & CMO of Press Sports App
Drew Williams is a Co-Founder & CMO at Press Sports App, a mobile app that connects athletes, coaches, and fans to view and share sports highlights.
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About Press Sports App: Press Sports believes that every athlete has a story worth sharing. Check out our app on the app store or play store!
Conrad Cornell
Co-Founder and CEO of Press Sports App
Conrad Cornell is a former Mercer University D1 college baseball player who struggled heavily during the college recruiting process. At the end of his career he connected with a lifelong friend, Drew Williams, and realized there need for a sports focused social media platform that mirrored the need for a business focused social media platform. The two co founded Press Sports their senior year of college and have been growing the platform for a little over a year now.
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About Press Sports App: Press Sports believes that every athlete has a story worth sharing. Check out our app on the app store or play store!
Wayne Mackey
Founder/CEO of Statespace
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About Statespace: Statespace provides performance analytics and a suite of tools for casual gamers and esports athletes to maximize their potential.
Shannon Terry
Founder & CEO of 247 Sports
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About 247 Sports, ComicBook, Pop Culture Media: 247 Sports is an online platform for basketball and football fans and players to find updated news and sporting opportunities.
Claudio Storelli
Founder, Executive Chairman of Storelli Sports
CEO, accent of the brand; Stanford / Columbia Law grad by 23; NCAA D1 national soccer vice-champ; Ex-McKinsey & Co. consultant; Senior Exec at Bloomberg before 30; Featured in FT, Forbes, and Sports Illustrated.
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About Stadeo, Storelli Sports, Taboom: Storelli is a brand focusing exclusively on designing and manufacturing innovative protective gear for soccer.
Brandon Muto
Founder of Boxscore
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About Boxscore: Boxscore uses artificial intelligence to find the best deals on sports tickets.
Michael Williams
President & CEO / Co-Founder of Oomba
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About Glytch, Oomba: Oomba is a specialized digital media company bringing elegant organization to sports and games.
Mark Fidelman
Founder & CEO of Raynforest
Mr. Fidelman is currently eVP of Sales at MindTouch the leading open source collaborative networking company. He was a former eVP of Sales at TASER (Nasdaq: TASR). He spent 6 years at A.T. Kearney as a Director.
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About Fanatics Media, Raynforest: Raynforest provides solutions that enable brands to connect with influential people to promote their products, services or causes.
Dhananja Jayalath
Founder of Athos
University of Waterloo graduate Dhananja (DJ) Jayalath honed his technical breadth from mechanical to electrical to software engineering as he finished his Electrical Engineering degree. After graduating in 2012 and turning down a lucrative position at Apple, DJ started work on a crazy idea he was already working on – that crazy idea is now called Athos! Like many tech pioneers of his generation, DJ started the development of Athos between classes. Because he couldn’t afford a pricey trainer and was frustrated with the hassle of current training technology, he sought to create a product that could quickly answer his all of his training questions. What began as a passion for making smarter better connected prosthetics turned into a revolutionary wearable EMG fitness technology. The research DJ collected for prosthetics innovations paired with his sewing and engineering skills crossed over perfectly as he sought to seamlessly integrate bulky EMG models, previously limited to Olympian and professional athletes, into affordable, weightless training apparel. DJ reengineered lab sized technology and condensed it to the size of a credit card and literally built it into interchangeable garments. Since co-founding Athos in the summer of 2012, DJ has been working on developing the product and driving the vision for a healthier lifestyle through technology.
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About Athos: The Athos mission is to help athletes train more effectively and reach their performance goals faster.
Chris Wiebe
CTO & Co-Founder of Athos
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About Athos: The Athos mission is to help athletes train more effectively and reach their performance goals faster.
Robert Smithson
Co-Founder of CrowdScores
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About CrowdScores, Genius Sports, Just Auto Insurance, PythonAnywhere: CrowdScores is a live football scores application that features quick updates from leagues and competitions around the world.
Matthew Haag
Founder & CEO of 100 Thieves
Matthew “Nadeshot” Haag is the Founder & CEO of 100 Thieves, a gaming lifestyle organization that competes in top professional esports including League of Legends, Call of Duty, and Fortnite. Matt leads the company’s creative, brand, and strategic direction, while also sitting on the company’s Board of Directors. Prior to founding 100 Thieves, Matt was one of the most decorated esports athletes in video game history. Originally a Call of Duty competitor, from 2011 – 2015 Matt was captain of the OpTic Gaming team, which he led to both an X Games Gold Medal and a Call of Duty World Championship. In 2014, Matt was named Esports Athlete of the Year. After retiring from competitive play, Matt built some of the most popular gaming channels on Twitch and YouTube, and was named Forbes 30 under 30 for his success as an entrepreneur and content creator. In 2017, Matt founded 100 Thieves as a creative outlet for his passions in competitive gaming, storytelling, and streetwear. Matt grew up in Chicago, Illinois where he attended college and was working at McDonald’s before leaving both to pursue his career as a professional gamer. His biggest inspiration came from his father who taught him that nothing in life comes easy, contributing to 100 Thieves’ motto: “Take What’s Not Given.” Matt is based in Los Angeles and can be found online @Nadeshot.
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About 100 Thieves: 100 Thieves is an American e-sports, lifestyle, and apparel brand.
Tuan Ma
Founder & CEO of PlayersOnly
A entrepreneur, computer scientist and Founder of PlayersOnly. He holds a M.S. in Computer Science from DePaul University, and a M.B.A. from Durham University (UK).
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About PlayersOnly: PlayersOnly is a sports social network focused on athletes.
Marc Lemann
Co-Founder of Go4it Capital
Marc is the Co-Founder of Go4it and a Partner of Growth Interface Fund. Marc graduated from Columbia University in the City of New York with a bachelor of arts in Economics.
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About Go4it Capital: Go4it partners with entrepreneurs innovating in sports, digital media and well-being, to create an active and enjoyable world.
Rob Wechsler
Founder & Managing Director of Blue Star Innovation Partners
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About Blue Star Innovation Partners: BSIP is an investment capital fund run by serial entrepreneurs who co-manage and invest alongside Jerry Jones and the Jones Family.
Ishaan Sutaria
Co-Founder, Co-CEO of Wave Sports + Entertainment
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About Wave Sports + Entertainment: Wave Sports + Entertainment is a media company built for the next generation of digital superfans.
Carter Russ
Founder & CEO of Champions Round
I am an entrepreneur with a passion for creating exceptional products and building fantastic working cultures. I am the founder and CEO at Champions Round. I’m interested by sports tech, cryptocurrencies and blockchain, physics, investing, art and music, and pretty much anything nerdy or cool under the sun.
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About Champions Round: Fantasy & sports betting operator offering hyper casual skill based contests.
Jack Moses
Co-Founder & CEO of LevelChanger
Jack Moses is a tech entrepreneur and angel investor. He is the Co-Founder and VP Marketing of Grand Junction Networks (the pioneer of “Fast Ethernet”), which was acquired by Cisco in 1995 for $348 million. Prior to leading Grand Junction Network’s marketing efforts, Jack worked as a Marketing Executive at 3Com where he oversaw product and marketing for the company’s core computer networking and ethernet technologies. Jack attended Yale University for his undergraduate studies, where he received his B.S. in Economics, and Stanford’s Graduate School of Business (GSB), where he received his MBA in Marketing.
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About LevelChanger: Real-time scoring, stats, and analytics for wrestling teams.
Chip Pankow
Founder/COO of Red Bull Global Rallycross
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About Red Bull Global Rallycross: Red Bull Global Rallycross combines the best aspects of circuit racing, off-road racing, and rally competition to deliver intense
Sherrard Harrington
Founder & Chairman of EONXI
Sherrard Harrington is the Founder & Chairman @EonXI. He also serves as GP at EonXI Ventures.
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About Catamount Properties, EONXI: Venture Fund and Startup Studio
Nicholas Horbaczewski
Founder and CEO of Drone Racing League
Nicholas Horbaczewski is the founder and CEO at The Drone League Racing and also the founder of Leeden Media. He is the previous senior vice president revenue and business development at Tough Mudder Inc. Nicholas ha a MBA at Harvard Business School and a bachelor’s degree in history and literature at Harvard University.
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About Drone Racing League: Drone Racing League is a drone racing circuit company for professional pilots.
Harold Hughes
Founder/CEO of Bandwagon
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About Bandwagon, Beam Founders, Founder Institute, Furman University, Notley, Partake Foods, Republic: SaaS, Blockchain, Identity
