SignalFire is a complete redesign of the modern venture firm based on six years of careful study, development, and iteration on how to fuel today's entrepreneur. Their distributed network approach gives access to some entrepreneurs, product, and engineering leaders in virtually every key discipline and industry, provided by a centralized team of investors and engineers trained at General Catalyst, Bessemer, KPCB, Google, and Yahoo. They have developed a centralized infrastructure to help with recruiting, business development, customer acquisition as well as educational and community events. They invest in leaders with an uncommon passion and perspective for leveraging data and technology solutions to upend substantial markets.

SignalFire

Adidas strives to be the leading sports brand in the world an ambitious yet realistic goal. One major lever to achieve this is the brand broad and unique product portfolio spanning from apparel and footwear for professional athletes to premium fashion. It allows adidas to address multiple consumer needs, tackle market opportunities from various angles as well as be less affected by one-dimensional market risks. This product portfolio as well as adidas commitment to excel in all relevant segments differentiates the brand from competitors and ensures solid market growth, while staying true to the brand values. Currently, the brand focuses on five global priorities: Football, Running, Training, Basketball and Originals.

Adidas

SV Angel is a San Francisco-based venture fund. Their experience spans helping companies like Airbnb, Coinbase, Databricks, DoorDash, Faire, Flexport, GitHub, Notion, Pinterest, Snap, Square, and Stripe Scale. Over the last 30 years of investing, their core values of trust, loyalty, and integrity along with a founder-first approach have driven our strategy. They are a service organization, investing in founders who share these values. They support entrepreneurs in building lasting companies by assisting at key inflection points and leveraging networks to help them propel their businesses forward.

SV Angel

San Francisco 49ers is an American football team that plays in the West Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League. It was founded as a charter member of the All-America Football Conference and joined the NFL in 1949 after the two leagues merged. Its original home, Kezar Stadium, is within Golden Gate Park in San Francisco.   San Francisco 49ers is known for winning five Super Bowl championships in just 14 years, between 1981 and 1994, with four of those championships in the 1980s. With five Super Bowl wins, it is tied with rivals Dallas Cowboys for the second most Super Bowl wins. It won the most regular season NFL games in both the 1980s and 1990s.   San Francisco 49ers was founded in 1946 and is located in the San Francisco Bay Area.

San Francisco 49ers

Founders Fund is a venture capital firm that invests at every stage in companies building revolutionary technologies. It has been investors, founders, and early employees of prominent technology companies. It has historically invested in a wide variety of sectors, including aerospace, artificial intelligence, advanced computing, energy, health, and consumer Internet.

Founders Fund

Aurum Partners is a venture capital firm that invests in all asset classes across the capital structure in the public and private markets. The firm is committed to fostering the development of innovative startups, investing in groundbreaking ideas, and offering valuable support to entrepreneurs.

Aurum Partners

Soma Capital is a fund built by founders for founders that focuses on software. It has invested seed in startups now worth over $60 billion combined including Cruise, Rappi, Ironclad, Human Interest, Razorpay, Rippling, and Lambda School among others (20 unicorns) It was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Soma Capital

Founded in July 2015, Elefund is a US-based venture capital firm with its headquarters in Mountain View, California. The firm has invested in several well-known companies whose products and services have benefited millions of people all over the world and created thousands of jobs.

Elefund

Sapphire Sport is the first-of-its-kind, early-stage (Series A / B) investment vehicle focused on the broader intersection of sport, media and entertainment technology.  Designed to address the broader sport technology markets, Sapphire Sport is a dedicated $115 million investment platform and team within Sapphire Ventures.

Sapphire Sport

GoldenArc Capital is a Silicon Valley based funding firm built to identify and invest in the next generation of driving private development stage technology companies. The firm's portfolio has generated top-tier returns with investments in more than 20 companies and achieved 4 IPOs to date with several more in the IPO pipeline

GoldenArc Capital

Galaxy Interactive is a venture capital firm focused on interactive content and technology companies.

Galaxy Interactive

Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc. is one of the largest and most diversified television broadcasting companies in the country today. Sinclair owns and operates, programs or provides sales services to 140 television stations in 72 markets, after pending transactions. Sinclair's television group reaches approximately 35% of US television households and includes FOX, ABC, MyTV, CW, CBS, NBC, and Azteca affiliates. Sinclair, either directly or through its Ventures subsidiary, makes equity investments in strategic companies. Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc. was founded in 1986, went public in 1995 and is traded on the Nasdaq Exchange under the ticker symbol SBGI.

Sinclair Broadcast

ADvantage Sports Tech Fund invests in early-stage technology companies aimed at shaping the future of sports. ADvantage is backed by leAD Sports, an initiative spearheaded by the grandchildren of Adi Dassler to further sports innovation, and global hybrid venture capital platform, OurCrowd. ADvantage is leveraging a strong global network to source leading opportunities in the spaces of fan engagement and experience, connected athletes and communities, and derivative sports (eSports, fantasy, and new sports).

ADvantage

Galaxy Digital is a NYC-based multi-strategy investment firm focused on digital assets and blockchain technology.

EOS VC Fund

Terraform Capital is the tip of the spear. We are actively driving the evolution and maturity of the Blockchain Infrastructure and Technology companies, terraforming the industry.

Terraform Capital

DHVC is a venture capital firm based in Palo Alto, California. We invest in Enterprise, Consumer, FinTech, and Healthcare sectors. Our team brings together decades of combined experience in entrepreneurship, operations, investment, and research to serve our portfolio companies in growing and achieving success.

DHVC

Gaingels is a venture investment syndicate in service of the LGBT+ community and its allies, investing in companies with LGBT+ founders and C-suite leaders at all stages of growth, as well as in more established companies resolved on building more inclusive teams, with a global portfolio of 130+ companies and $70M in deployed investment capital to date.  The Gaingels network also actively supports its portfolio in identifying and recruiting diverse talent to their C-suite and board leadership teams and fosters a vibrant global community of industry leaders, investors, operators, and entrepreneurs who share a common goal for positive social change through business and successful investments.

Gaingels

Alumni Ventures Group provides high-quality, diversified venture portfolios to individual investors who previously haven't had access to VC. It helps accredited alums from top entrepreneurial schools invest together in the ventures of fellow alums. The firm backs companies with an alumni connection and an institutional lead investor with expertise in the space. AVG also offers focused funds that allow any accredited investor access to a venture portfolio, diversified by type, sector, stage, and geography. Beth Obermiller, Michael Madden, and Mike Collins co-founded the firm in Manchester, New Hampshire in 2013.

Alumni Ventures

We are a community of current and former professional athletes, finance and business execs.  By bringing together the best people from across a wide range of backgrounds, we have created a community where our members can learn and grow together.  We fuel the growth of the most exciting companies in America.

Beyond The Game Network

Alameda Research is a quantitative cryptocurrency trading firm that provides liquidity in cryptocurrency and digital assets markets. It was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Central and Western, Hong Kong.

Alameda Research

Castor Ventures is an investment firm. Castor Ventures invests in a broad range of venture-backed companies to build diversified venture portfolios invested alongside established venture firms.

Castor Ventures

NNS Group focuses on maximizing long-term value creation by helping entrepreneurs around the world at every level of development. They invest in and contribute value to founder-led, quickly developing companies in enterprise, fintech, consumer, and digital health.

NNS Group

GreenPark Sports

GreenPark Sports provides digital experiences and games for sports and esports fans. Its flagship product is a native, free-to-play mobile game played over the top of sporting events, where fans battle to become the undisputed “Best Fans” of their league and season. The company was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Burlingame, California.

GreenPark Sports is a social gaming platform that creates immersive digital experiences for sports and esports fans. The company develops a free-to-play mobile app that allows fans to engage with their favorite teams, players, and leagues across various sports. Users can create custom avatars with official team gear, participate in games and challenges using real-time match data, connect with friends and rivals, join fan events, and earn rewards such as exclusive merchandise and prizes.

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GreenPark Sports is a social gaming platform that creates immersive digital experiences for sports and esports fans. The company develops a free-to-play mobile app that allows fans to engage with their favorite teams, players, and leagues across various sports. Users can create custom avatars with official team gear, participate in games and challenges using real-time match data, connect with friends and rivals, join fan events, and earn rewards such as exclusive merchandise and prizes.
GreenPark Sports aims to build the future of sports and esports in the metaverse, providing a virtual fan world where users can connect, compete, and celebrate their fandom. The platform features multiple fan universes, including Major League Soccer (MLS), League of Legends Championship Series (LCS), LaLiga, the National Basketball Association (NBA), and the National Basketball Players Association (NBPA).
In May 2022, GreenPark Sports expanded its multi-year licensing partnership with LaLiga to include in-game NFT collections, such as Matchday Jerseys, allowing fans to collect and showcase their fandom digitally. The company also partnered with MLS and the MLS Players Association (MLSPA) in February 2022, enabling soccer fans to engage in social experiences augmented by live data and compete for exclusive prizes.
GreenPark Sports was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Burlingame, California. The platform launched in early access in 2021 and is available for download on iOS and Android devices.

Hexoskin is a company that manufactures smart clothing, specifically smart shirts that monitor various health metrics. The Hexoskin smart shirts are embedded with textile sensors that can track heart rate, breathing rate, minute ventilation, blood oxygen levels, steps, calories burned, and sleep patterns. The shirts connect to the Hexoskin Connected Health Platform, which collects and transmits the health data securely. Users can view their data in real-time on the Hexoskin app via Bluetooth connectivity.
Hexoskin's smart shirts have been extensively used in scientific research, with over 100 publications featuring them. They are particularly valuable for research in the fields of cardiac, respiratory, activity, stress, cognitive, and sleep studies. Renowned organizations like NASA, SpaceX, and the Canadian Space Agency have employed Hexoskin's technology for research purposes, with the company's Astroskin product receiving the 2022 International Space Station Research Innovation Award for Human Health in Space.
In terms of product offerings, Hexoskin's smart shirts are machine-washable and come with a connected device that provides up to 36 hours of battery life and 100 days of recording capacity. The company's shirts have found applications in various industries, including healthcare, sports and fitness, military and defense, industrial, and entertainment.

Hexoskin

Athos is a technology company that has developed a patented system for smart clothing that measures muscle activity using electromyography (EMG). The Athos garments, which include shirts and shorts, are embedded with sensors that detect the electrical signals produced by muscles during exercise. These signals are transmitted to a core unit that connects to a mobile app, providing real-time feedback on muscle effort, fatigue, and imbalances.
The Athos system is designed to help athletes of all levels optimize their training and performance. By visualizing muscle activation patterns, users can identify areas of weakness, correct form issues, and monitor progress over time. The app includes a library of exercises and leverages AI to provide personalized insights based on the user's muscle data.
Athos was founded in 2012 by Christopher Wiebe and Dhananja Jayalath, two electrical engineering students who recognized the potential of EMG technology to revolutionize fitness tracking. The company's mission is to empower athletes with unprecedented insights into their body's movement and performance, enabling them to train smarter and more effectively.
In October 2020, Athos Group, the parent company of Athos, reported significant growth and expansion in the off-duty law enforcement market through its subsidiary companies, including Summit Off Duty Services and RollKall. RollKall, a comprehensive off-duty staffing solution acquired by Athos Group in May 2020, had powered over 1.97 million hours of off-duty jobs across the country as of October 2020.

Athos

Atavus is a leading sports technology company specializing in tackling education and player safety solutions. Their flagship product, the Atavus Tackle System, offers a comprehensive training program that focuses on developing proper tackling techniques aimed at improving performance and reducing the risk of injuries. This data-driven approach emphasizes shoulder-led tackling, which eliminates unnecessary head contact during tackles, thereby minimizing the likelihood of concussions and other head-related injuries.
The Atavus Tackle System provides coaches with an extensive online library of coaching resources, including drill videos, practice plans, and detailed tackle plans tailored to help players master the shoulder-led technique effectively. By prioritizing fundamentals and skill acquisition, Atavus empowers coaches to instill safe and efficient tackling habits in their athletes from the grassroots level.
Atavus initially started as a rugby skills platform in 2011 before transitioning into the football domain, where it has gained widespread adoption among professional, collegiate, and high school programs. Notable early adopters of the Atavus Tackle System included the Seattle Seahawks, the University of Washington, and Ohio State University football teams. In 2019, Atavus was acquired by Phoenix Sports Partners, a sports technology and data investment fund.
Under the leadership of Kerry Carter, a former professional football player who assumed the role of CEO in January 2024, Atavus has expanded its offerings to include a software-as-a-service model, making its tackling education platform accessible to a wider market. The company has also forged strategic partnerships, such as the one announced with Hudl in April 2024, to combine Atavus' player safety expertise with advanced performance tracking technologies.

Atavus

Rank One is a company specializing in sports team management applications for K-12 athletic directors, certified athletic trainers (ATCs), and coaches. The company's flagship product, Rank One Sport, is a FERPA-compliant platform used by nearly 2,000 K-12 schools across Texas and over 1,000 schools in 25 other states. Rank One Sport offers a comprehensive suite of features designed to meet the needs of Athletic and Fine Arts directors, including schedule management, roster access, student information management, and form handling.
In September 2018, Rank One expanded its offerings with the launch of Rank One Health, a mobile application integrated with Rank One Sport. Developed in collaboration with the Children's Health Andrews Institute for Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine, Rank One Health aims to standardize student-athlete injury documentation nationwide and reduce risk for schools. The app provides a secure communication system between ATCs, team physicians, healthcare providers, and school administrators. It improves reporting and tracking of student-athlete injuries for sports medicine professionals in K-12 school systems. Rank One Health's injury documentation software is based on nationally recognized standards and evaluation methodology recommended by the Children's Health Andrews Institute.
Key customers and partnerships
Rank One's primary customers are K-12 schools, with a strong presence in Texas and 25 other states. The company collaborated with the Children's Health Andrews Institute for Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine to develop Rank One Health, leveraging their expertise in pediatric orthopaedics and sports medicine. This partnership aimed to implement a standardized, user-friendly mobile application for managing sports-related injuries in school settings.

Rank One

TeamSnap is a leading provider of sports management software and the online community for everything related to youth sports. Its platform serves as a comprehensive solution for sports organizations, teams, coaches, players, and parents, offering a suite of integrated tools to simplify and streamline various aspects of managing sports programs.
The company's core offering, TeamSnap for Business, is designed to help sports organizations support and grow programs for families and athletes. It provides a centralized workspace where administrators can manage registration, collect signups, organize and collect program fees, launch websites, update content, create and share schedules, communicate with members, source sponsorships, and organize tournaments. This solution caters to organizations of all sizes, from small clubs to large associations.
TeamSnap also offers TeamSnap for Teams, a web and mobile application tailored for coaches, administrators, players, and parents to manage team activities, communication, and logistics. This user-friendly platform simplifies administrative tasks involved in managing a sports team, such as scheduling, communication, and tracking player availability.
Furthermore, TeamSnap for Brands is an innovative suite of products that revolutionizes how brands can engage with families through youth sports. It combines TeamSnap's digital audience of over 25 million youth sports parents, players, coaches, and administrators with its network of sponsorable leagues and tournaments. This offering allows brands to run digital, physical, national, and local campaigns at scale, reaching over 25 million parents, coaches, and athletes, representing more than USD 2.4 trillion in spending power.
In November 2022, TeamSnap acquired LeagueSide, America's leading community sports sponsorship platform, further enhancing its ability to connect brands with youth sports communities both online and in local communities.

TeamSnap

Technology solution providers for sports venues, which includes solutions for stadium management, connectivity and entertainment, and video assistant referee (VAR) technology

Platforms and devices that aid the training process and/or measure player statistics and other metrics, such as health and movement data, to improve player performance

Platforms that assists the management of teams, leagues, tournaments, and other sporting events

Providers of sports data for other sports-related platforms

Online media platforms that distribute sports-related content

Online sports betting platforms and platforms where virtual teams composed of proxies of real players of a professional sport compete based on player performance in actual games

Companies that develop apparel products equipped with technology to track and improve performance

Platforms that enable fans to engage with sports brands and other fans, and developers of solutions such as audience behavior and sentiment analytics, and audience engagement

Some solutions in the "team and league management platforms" segment operate a B2B SaaS model

Used by platforms to simulate real game scenarios in training

Used by platforms to spot trends in tactics, athlete performance, and training

Some stadium tech solutions and training support/performance analytics solutions offer a certain level of personalization

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