Participated · Series A · Jan 2024

Splash Sports operates a real-money, peer-to-peer gaming platform that empowers fans to act as commissioners and run contests such as Survivor, Pick ’Em, PGA Major Tiers, and the daily QuickPicks "More or Less" game. Available in 44 U.S. states, Washington D.C., and Canada, the service emphasizes social competition and community engagement for both private groups and public audiences. The company originated through the acquisition of RunYourPool and OfficeFootballPool and now partners with media outlets, professional leagues, teams, athletes, and influencers to deepen fan interaction. During the 2023 NFL kickoff, Splash guaranteed more than $6.4 million in contest prizes, a 500 percent increase from the previous year, highlighting rapid growth in user engagement. New funding will expand the product suite, accelerate marketing efforts, and support additional partnerships, particularly within its fast-growing golf vertical. Future plans also include scaling across additional U.S. sports seasons and exploring new entertainment-based gaming formats.

Led · Series A · Jul 2022

Proteus Motion develops a hardware and software fitness system that uses patented strength-measurement software to guide users through 4-minute physical assessments and a resistance training experience called 3D Resistance™. The company’s systems are installed in 41 U.S. states and two Canadian territories and are used by high-profile athletes across MLB, the NBA, the NFL and professional golf. Led by founder and CEO Sam Miller, Proteus Motion plans to use new capital to expand the team, scale production capabilities and grow its software offerings. In conjunction with the financing, industry executive Paul Byrne joined the company’s board of directors. Financially, Proteus Motion announced an $8.5M Series A and has raised $17M to date. The company positions its product for elite athletic and commercial fitness markets through combined hardware and analytics. Proteus Motion is a NYC-based sports and healthtech company (formerly Boston Biomotion) that has developed patented hardware and software delivering intelligent strength training and rehabilitation via unlimited three-dimensional movements. Its system is designed to strengthen, optimize and restore sport movements, protect joints and ligaments, and enable faster recovery. The technology has gained particular traction in the pitching community for arm care, improving biomechanics, pitching velocity and rehabilitation from Tommy John surgery. Proteus’s products are used by teams in MLB, NHL and top NCAA athletic programs, as well as prominent training and rehabilitation facilities worldwide. The company offers a software subscription that lets trainees access training content, track trends and receive personalized insights, leveraging 50 million data points captured to date. Proteus plans to use new funding to develop and manufacture its software products, conduct R&D on Version 2 of the Proteus system, and grow its subscription user base.

Led · Seed · Jun 2022

Tally Technology is a fan engagement and consumer data platform that uses white‑label mobile platforms to collect and segment consumer data for team, federation, broadcast and brand partners. Led by CEO Brad Vettese and co‑founded in 2018 by Russell Wilson, the company began as a free‑to‑play prediction game for brands, professional sports teams, leagues, and media platforms. It builds a database of unique users and gathers data on gaming, wagering, brand preferences, consumer spending and other insights. Over the past four years the company has recorded more than 20 million predictions from unique users across North, Central and South America. Tally is the fan engagement platform choice of teams and leagues including the Los Angeles Rams, Green Bay Packers, Buffalo Bills, Los Angeles Lakers, Atlanta Hawks, St Louis Blues, Edmonton Oilers, Los Angeles Kings, CONCACAF, Ceara and Atlético MG. The company plans to expand its operations, invest in its data platform and build a wider variety of game types.

Participated · Seed · Mar 2022

Kero Gaming develops a white-label, algorithmically-curated engine that delivers contextually relevant in-game betting and prediction opportunities. To date the product has been offered as a free-to-play experience inside professional sports teams' apps, and the company said it doubled its client base across NBA and NFL teams in 2021 while locking multi-year agreements. Kero will use the proceeds to fund growth across pro sports teams and media platforms and to expand to licensed gaming operators. The company announced a planned launch of a real-money wagering version of its technology tailored to sports betting operators in Q3 2022. Kero also added senior executives from OpenBet and MIT/UC Berkeley to its team. Leadership emphasized a vision that future growth in sports betting will rely on algorithmic curation to engage casual fans.