Courtside Ventures

• 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.