Courtside Ventures

Venture fund based in NYC, investing in early stage sports, collectibles, fitness & gaming companies. Contact @vasu @deepenparikh @kagisobond

[Vasu Kulkarni @Vasu]

I’ve been long collectibles my whole life but maybe never more so than right now. It’s why over the past 10 years I’ve gone from being the sports guys to the collectibles guy at @CourtsideVC

https://t.co/8KtW4VatHU

[Kendall Baker @kendallbaker]

The more I learn about what’s coming with AI, the more I’m convinced sports is the best investment/has the widest moat.

AI can take away jobs, transform the economy, create content, etc… but it can never replace the human struggle/triumph and unpredictability that is sports.

[Rishabh Jain @rishabhmjain]

FERMÀT just closed a $45M Series B fundraise led by @vmg_partners!

Excited to have @QEDInvestors, @GreylockVC, @BainCapVC, and @CourtsideVC continue their support alongside this incredible new partnership — and thrilled to see the story covered by @axios today.

Today, @fermatcommerce is becoming the infrastructure layer for adaptive commerce - AI that creates tailored shopping experiences in real-time for every visitor, whether human or agentic. Our proprietary commerce graph learns from every interaction to optimize entire shopping journeys.

This funding enables three critical investment areas:

➝ AI Development: Real-time experience generation and optimization capabilities

➝ Enterprise Expansion: Scaling our agency partnerships and enterprise sales teams

➝ Infrastructure: Building for both human and agentic shoppers as commerce evolves

We're not just building software, we're defining an entirely new category. The future isn't about better checkout flows. It's about commerce experiences that actually understand who's in front of them.

Massive gratitude to our team who continues pushing boundaries, our clients who trusted us early, and investors who share this vision.

Check out the full story below!👇

[Courtside Ventures @CourtsideVC]

Thrilled to announce our latest investment in @Fanstake, the first fan-powered NIL marketplace and engagement platform. Read more about why we invested! https://t.co/fW8UT0T1hn

[Courtside Ventures @CourtsideVC]

Big news from the team at Jump, who announced their partnership with the @NorthCarolinaFC, bringing a unified fan and ticketing experience to the North Carolina Courage (NWSL) and the North Carolina FC (UCL) organizations. https://t.co/Rc4FISSSQL

[Courtside Ventures @CourtsideVC]

Announcing our latest investment in Eternal, a new healthcare service tailored to lifelong athletes. We couldn't be more thrilled to be backing @amather (again!) and the entire Eternal team. https://t.co/aqIGS9kbNm

[Courtside Ventures @CourtsideVC]

VC has always been a private, closed-off industry.

In an effort to (slightly) peel back the curtain, we decided to launch our first ever edition of Courtside Ventures By The Numbers!
https://t.co/ejqpk2HxIT

[Courtside Ventures @CourtsideVC]

Congrats Nick and the entire DRL team!

[Nicholas Horbaczewski @NicholasDRL]

Today we announced we’ve entered an agreement for @DroneRaceLeague to be acquired by @Infinite_iR, a global leader in AI-powered immersive media and entertainment, who has the vision and resources to take drone racing and our core technology to infinite heights.

When we started DRL, we aimed to bring the sport from the future to millions of fans who weren’t as excited about traditional sports from the past. We advanced the technology, media capture and race competition to deliver a sport of constant innovation, cultural relevance and thrilling action, and we’re ready to take the next quantum leap.

Together with Infinite Reality’s senior leaders who have decades of experience at top brands from Amazon to Peloton, including CEO John Acunto, Co-Founder & Chief Business Officer, @TheAmishShah, and CMO Karina Kogan, we plan to create disruptive and wildly immersive experiences for our partners, pilots and millions of fans.

@RachelRJacobson , the DRL team and I are thrilled to be joining iR and we look forward to creating new worlds of opportunities together. There is no way to thank everyone who has helped DRL get to this milestone today, but I wanted to acknowledge as many as I can:

- Our incredible team – I’ve had the fortune of working alongside truly amazing people with relentless grit, unbelievable creativity, and a dedication to flawless execution. Especially in the earliest days, when DRL was just an idea on paper, @rgury, Trevor Smith, Ashley Ellefson, @TonyBudding, and @BenTJohnson came together to make it a reality.

- Our roster of extraordinary investors including Stephen Ross and @mhiggins at @RSEventures, @Liberty__Media, Exor, @wolfejosh at @Lux_Capital, Isos Capital, @WWE, @TMobile Ventures, @LererHippeau, @CourtsideVC, @Sky and @HearstVentures

- Our partners, pilots, and most of all, our fans…  you are why we fly

Read more about the news: https://t.co/DQuSciDQwr

[Rishabh Jain @rishabhmjain]

Today we are excited to share that we raised $17M to accelerate our mission: enabling ML powered consumer experiences for ecommerce brands.

We founded @fermatcommerce to help brands directly engage consumers effectively across all channels. When we talk to marketers, everyone knows that the best consumer journey is one that is specific to the offer, hook, and channel where the consumer engages. It’s clear that having the same website experience for a new collection release email, vs a google search, vs a video ad on social should be different. However, with today’s tools, it’s simply too much work to create unique experiences for each of these cases.

FERMAT is the first and only platform that has solved this problem at scale. Over the last year since we’ve been in market, we’ve served over a hundred high growth brands including @trueclassictees , Jack Archer, @mindbodygreen , U Beauty, and Nood. FERMAT enables brands to offer seamless end-to-end shopping experiences for consumers, resulting in more efficient advertising performance.

And today, we launched FERMAT Forever Links. A simple way for marketers to change the destination of a campaign without needing to edit the link in the creative. Marketers can now keep their best creative in market while easily swapping out the offer, the product, or the entire landing page experience.

Finally, the raise! We’re excited to announce that we’ve raised an additional $17M, bringing our total capital raise to date to over $30M. Notable to us is that we’re partnering with Scott Friend at Bain Capital Ventures who led to the round. Our existing investors at Greylock , QED Investors, and Courtside Ventures also participated, and we’re grateful for how supportive they continue to be. This new capital enables us to be exceptional partners to our brand customers for many years to come.

Reach out to us to learn more about how we can help!

[Kabata @kabatafitness]

Kabata pre-orders are NOW LIVE!

Hurry to https://t.co/MtreemYk4F to get our BIGGEST discount - exclusively for friends, family and Founding Members. Limited quantity! ⚡️

[Vikas SN @tsuvik]

Eloelo's funding round was led by @CourtsideVC & @Griffin_GP joined by Mixi along with existing backers @WBridgeVentures, @Lumikai Fund, @Kalaari Capital, Convivialite Ventures and @Rocketcapitalvc

https://t.co/5IKSl5z4Os

[Tim Ferriss @tferriss]

This is wild! Can any native speakers of Croatian or Somali attest to accuracy?

[AthletesAndAssets™ @AthletesAssets]

“You need a CEO that can delegate and give everyone a touch” 🔥🔥🏀📝

@Vasu, @NoahLack chat about evaluating a startup like a starting five in basketball.

Out now on all platforms 🎧

[Vasu Kulkarni @Vasu]

Over the past few years @CourtsideVC has invested in ~15 businesses in the collectibles space - an area that we think is just getting started. This is why we’re so excited about the industry. https://t.co/K5TTCQMtNM

[Vikas SN @tsuvik]

🚨New: Former Nazara CEO Manish Agarwal (@manishdiesel) has launched a Web3 gaming firm with @ishank20

The firm has raised $20M from @Accel, @Prosus_Ventures, @NexusVP, @CourtsideVC & others
https://t.co/vQs1mdKYR2

[Bloomberg TV @BloombergTV]

Venture capital firm Courtside Ventures has raised $100 million from investors for a new fund that’s looking to back sports-related startups. Bloomberg's @EdLudlow dives into the details https://t.co/stCDPj31Fh

[Courtside Ventures @CourtsideVC]

Announcing Courtside Ventures Fund III - a $100M fund to continue investing in the best founders globally that are building innovative companies in sports, lifestyle and gaming. Full breakdown in this thread 👇👇👇

[Vasu Kulkarni @Vasu]

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1. Exciting day here @CourtsideVC as we announce our third fund - a $100M vehicle that allows us to continue backing passionate founders building companies at the intersection of sports, lifestyle and gaming. https://t.co/BD42y7oEiM

[Vasu Kulkarni @Vasu]

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1. Exciting day here @CourtsideVC as we announce our third fund - a $100M vehicle that allows us to continue backing passionate founders building companies at the intersection of sports, lifestyle and gaming. https://t.co/BD42y7oEiM

[Startup Story® @startupstorym]

#Game-based savings app @FelloFinance bags $4 million in latest funding round led by @CourtsideVC

#funding #startupfunding #startupstory

https://t.co/ntXAgpS3MO

[Colin Salao @colincsalao]

Courtside VC's (@CourtsideVC) Vasu Kulkarni (@Vasu) spoke to Insider about why he's bullish about the sports collectibles market.

https://t.co/bDhyvciPHH