
Investments
77Portfolio Exits
6Funds
5Partners & Customers
1About Courtside Ventures
Courtside Ventures partners with early-stage founders challenging the traditional definition of sports, gaming, and wellness. The firm was founded in 2015 and is based in New York, New York.

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Latest Courtside Ventures News
Feb 5, 2023
Venture capital firm Courtside Ventures has raised $100M from investors for a “new fund that’s looking to back sports-related startups,” according to Kim Bhasin of BLOOMBERG NEWS. The investors include Dick’s Sporting Goods and the “ownership groups of professional franchises” including Atletico Madrid, Warriors, 76ers, Hawks and...
Courtside Ventures Investments
77 Investments
Courtside Ventures has made 77 investments. Their latest investment was in Bezel as part of their Seed VC on January 1, 2023.

Courtside Ventures Investments Activity

Date | Round | Company | Amount | New? | Co-Investors | Sources |
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1/10/2023 | Seed VC | Bezel | $8M | Yes | Abstract Ventures, BoxGroup, Courtside Ventures, Emmanuel Acho, John Legend, John Reardon, Kevin Hart, Kyle Kuzma, Marlon Humphrey, Michael Ovitz, Operator Partners, Shrug Capital, and Undisclosed Investors | 1 |
1/5/2023 | Seed VC - II | Fello | $4M | Yes | 8 | |
9/28/2022 | Seed VC - III | Xpoint | No | 2 | ||
9/20/2022 | Series A - II | |||||
9/19/2022 | Seed VC |
Date | 1/10/2023 | 1/5/2023 | 9/28/2022 | 9/20/2022 | 9/19/2022 |
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Round | Seed VC | Seed VC - II | Seed VC - III | Series A - II | Seed VC |
Company | Bezel | Fello | Xpoint | ||
Amount | $8M | $4M | |||
New? | Yes | Yes | No | ||
Co-Investors | Abstract Ventures, BoxGroup, Courtside Ventures, Emmanuel Acho, John Legend, John Reardon, Kevin Hart, Kyle Kuzma, Marlon Humphrey, Michael Ovitz, Operator Partners, Shrug Capital, and Undisclosed Investors | ||||
Sources | 1 | 8 | 2 |
Courtside Ventures Portfolio Exits
6 Portfolio Exits
Courtside Ventures has 6 portfolio exits. Their latest portfolio exit was GameCo on October 12, 2022.
Date | Exit | Companies | Valuation Valuations are submitted by companies, mined from state filings or news, provided by VentureSource, or based on a comparables valuation model. | Acquirer | Sources |
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10/12/2022 | Merger | 1 | |||
Date | 10/12/2022 | ||||
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Exit | Merger | ||||
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Sources | 1 |
Courtside Ventures Fund History
5 Fund Histories
Courtside Ventures has 5 funds, including Courtside Ventures Fund III.
Closing Date | Fund | Fund Type | Status | Amount | Sources |
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1/19/2023 | Courtside Ventures Fund III | 1 | |||
1/1/2017 | Courtside Venture Fund | ||||
1/20/2016 | Courtside Ventures | ||||
8/6/2014 | Courtside Venture Partners RG | ||||
Courtside Ventures II |
Closing Date | 1/19/2023 | 1/1/2017 | 1/20/2016 | 8/6/2014 | |
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Fund | Courtside Ventures Fund III | Courtside Venture Fund | Courtside Ventures | Courtside Venture Partners RG | Courtside Ventures II |
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Sources | 1 |
Courtside Ventures Partners & Customers
1 Partners and customers
Courtside Ventures has 1 strategic partners and customers. Courtside Ventures recently partnered with Bruin Capital on January 1, 2016.
Date | Type | Business Partner | Country | News Snippet | Sources |
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1/11/2016 | Partner | United States | Bruin Sports Capital Announces Strategic Partnership With Courtside Ventures NEW YORK , Jan. 11 , 2016 / PRNewswire / -- Bruin Sports Capital , the media , sports , marketing and branded lifestyle venture launched in 2015 by George Pyne today announced a strategic partnership with Courtside Ventures , a venture capital fund investing across early stage technology and media companies with a focus on sports . | 1 |
Date | 1/11/2016 |
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Type | Partner |
Business Partner | |
Country | United States |
News Snippet | Bruin Sports Capital Announces Strategic Partnership With Courtside Ventures NEW YORK , Jan. 11 , 2016 / PRNewswire / -- Bruin Sports Capital , the media , sports , marketing and branded lifestyle venture launched in 2015 by George Pyne today announced a strategic partnership with Courtside Ventures , a venture capital fund investing across early stage technology and media companies with a focus on sports . |
Sources | 1 |
Courtside Ventures Team
1 Team Member
Courtside Ventures has 1 team member, including current Managing Partner, Vasu Kulkarni.
Name | Work History | Title | Status |
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Vasu Kulkarni | Managing Partner | Current |
Name | Vasu Kulkarni |
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Work History | |
Title | Managing Partner |
Status | Current |
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