- Sector: Financials
- Industry: Asset Management
- Sub-Industry: Private Equity
Courtside Ventures is a venture capital firm. The Firm makes seed and series A investments in technology companies that have a strong focus in sports and media. The Firm primarily makes investments in the United States, but also considers international opportunities.
Courtside Ventures was founded in 2016 by Deepen Parikh and Vasu Kulkarni and is based in New York City, US.
Built on the backs of highly specialized sports and media entrepreneurs and investors, they look to utilize their industry networks and domain knowledge to bring value to the companies. They build long-term partnerships with management, by providing ongoing strategic support across all aspects of operations.
Courtside Ventures invests in entrepreneurs that it can help through its years of built relationships, as well as with operational experience in actually building successful startups.
Courtside Ventures has made 34 investments. Their most recent investment was on Mar 28, 2019, when they invested $3M in Players' Lounge. Courtside Ventures has raised a total of $35M in a single venture fund, Early-stage venture capital fund. This fund was announced on Jan 11, 2016, and raised a total of $35M.
Timeline
$3M.
$35M.
Funded Companies
LISNR develop sultrasonic data-over-sound technology for proximity verification and contactless transactions.
A company based in New York City providing a platform for guiding cyclist through safe and enjoyable bike routes.
LiveLike is a New York City-based company founded in 2015 by Fabrice Lorenceau, Miheer Walavalkar, Saswat Panda, Jeremie Lasnier, Andre Lorenceau and Miheer R. Walavalkar.
A web and app subscription for local and national sports coverage
Kite & Lightning is a Seattle-based company founded in 2013 by Ryan Hickner, Jason Hickner and William Hickner.
Associated investment funds
People
Deepen Parikh
Employee
Michael Shapiro
Employee
Vanessa George
Employee
Vasu Kulkarni
Founder