Participated · Equity · Jan 2026

The Realest develops technology that authenticates sports and entertainment merchandise, aiming to curb memorabilia fraud by having an independent third-party auditor onsite to collect evidence and verify items. The platform has garnered early traction with professional leagues, player associations, and teams, including projects with the MLBPA in Japan and a partnership with the Philadelphia Eagles. Beyond high-end collectibles, the company intends to build an e-commerce arm that offers a wider range of authenticated products for everyday fans. With fresh capital, management plans to deepen technology integrations and launch new partnerships across the broader sports and entertainment ecosystem. Founder & CEO Scott Keeney says the focus will be on scaling authentication capabilities and strengthening security features. Financially, the Realest has now raised a total of $16.6 million, comprising a $4.6 million seed round in 2024 and the latest $12 million growth round. No revenue or user figures were disclosed in the article.

Led · Seed · Nov 2025

IDL is building a worldwide professional league that positions dance as a spectator sport, bringing together teams from multiple countries to compete in a structured season that features player contracts, major cash prizes, and championship events. Founded by the creators of STEEZY and led by CEO Connor Lim, the company blends the rigor of traditional sports with the spectacle of live entertainment to appeal to a new generation of fans. Its platform includes core competition technology and event-production infrastructure that underpins live shows and a broader digital ecosystem. The recent seed financing will allow IDL to accelerate development of this technology stack and scale its event operations. By offering standardized rules, season scheduling, and professional pathways for dancers, IDL aims to formalize dance as a mainstream sport. Although the company has not disclosed user, revenue, or audience metrics, the successful seed raise indicates investor confidence in the model and the market potential of professionalized dance.

Participated · Series A · Jan 2025

Guidesly is a NYC-based provider of a software platform for outdoor recreation guides. Led by CEO David Lord, the company offers a workflow optimization platform and marketplace that connects outdoor enthusiasts with guides across fishing, hunting, snow sports and water sports. Its tools aim to improve guides' business operations and the customer experience. The firm raised $9.5M in Series A funding led by Aspen Capital Group, with participation from YETI Capital, HalfCourt Ventures and Derive Ventures, plus existing backers Elysian Park Ventures and Marquee Ventures. The article states the company intends to sue the funds to accelerate the expansion of its Vertical AI solutions. Guidesly is a technology company building a marketplace for the outdoor recreational industry, starting with fishing. Led by CEO David Lord, the platform connects fishing guides and charter captains with anglers through consumer experiences and guide tools on web and mobile applications. The company focuses on vertical SaaS products for guides and reported a 300% increase in SaaS guides using the platform in the second half of 2021. Guidesly plans to continue investing in vertical SaaS and roll out new offerings in early 2022. The company intends to use new funding to further scale its vertical SaaS capabilities and expand its reach in the outdoor recreation community. Guidesly is based in Boston, MA. Guidesly builds a purpose-built marketplace, mobile applications and SaaS tools that connect anglers with trusted fishing guides and charter captains. Its platform and apps aim to simplify bookings and improve the guest and guide experience across website and mobile. The company plans to use its recent pre-seed funding to further develop and market its mobile applications and marketplace platform. Guidesly says it will launch in its first market of Florida to tap into a large base of anglers and outdoor recreation users. The company cites a U.S. address in Boston and a team that includes veterans of consumer tech, designers, and experts in cloud-based software platforms. Guidesly positions itself against inefficiencies in the guides market and targets the roughly 51 million Americans who fish for fun.

Participated · Equity · Apr 2024

Greenfly provides a platform that streamlines short-form content workflows for sports, media, and brand organizations, enabling production, compilation, management, and sharing of short-form content across networks. The Greenfly Platform bridges leagues, teams, players, broadcasters, and sponsors to facilitate collaborative content creation and distribution. The company has expanded its global footprint, welcoming over 40 new partnerships worldwide in the past year and acquiring Miro AI to bolster contextual sports content analysis. Leadership emphasizes short-form video consumption on platforms like YouTube Shorts, TikTok, and Instagram Reels as a primary engagement and monetization channel. Greenfly completed a $14 million equity funding round that exceeded its initial target. Management intends to use the capital to accelerate strategic partnerships and support continued growth after its fastest year in nearly a decade. Greenfly builds a content collaboration platform and digital media flow management system to source, create, curate and automate distribution of photos and short-form videos for social media. The product centers on event-based workflows that route, surface and curate media so athletes, teams, leagues and brands can find and share relevant content quickly. The company is investing in improved curation and data collection to surface media most relevant to users and provide insights for community relationship management. Greenfly plans to use new funding for growth and expansion, building additional collaboration tools and content as more players sign on. The platform is used across sports, media and entertainment, political campaigns, social causes and consumer brands and is now working with more than 30 sports leagues and over 500 organizations. The company reported over 100% growth so far in 2021. Greenfly provides a SaaS platform that integrates a mobile app with a private, web-based content production and orchestration system to enable brands to request, create, review, approve and post unified video and other media. The platform lets consumer brands collaborate with networks of endorsers, staff and customers to simultaneously share thematically unified content across individual social accounts and networks like Facebook, Instagram and Twitter, as well as television. Greenfly has been used by leading brands, sports leagues, teams and media companies. Co-founded in 2014 by Shawn Green and Daniel Kirschner, the company focuses on building tools to activate and orchestrate content creator networks. The new financing will be used to continue building out technology, drive user acquisition and marketing initiatives, and bolster the team with new hires. The company is based in Santa Monica, Calif. Greenfly provides sports leagues, teams, and media companies with a system that pairs a mobile app with a private, web-based content production and orchestration platform. The product lets organizations leverage networks of influencers, brand ambassadors, and staff to produce and distribute video and other media content. The company was founded in 2014 by Daniel Kirschner and Chairman Shawn Green and is based in Santa Monica, CA. Greenfly announced a Series A financing of more than $6m. The company intends to use the funds to continue to scale and to address new verticals and markets. No operating metrics beyond the fundraise are reported in the article.

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.