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Profluence Capital

St. Petersburg, FL, United States

Overview

Profluence Capital Empowering founders, investors, and innovators by providing insights, access, and support. Profluence Capital is a venture capital firm that uses the Profluence+ Community to help bold sports entrepreneurs.

Total investments
2
Lead investments
0
Investments · 12mo
1
Active investors
0

Sector focus

  • Events
  • Media and Entertainment
  • Sports
  • Venture Capital
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Investment portfolio

  • Racquet 360

    Participated · Equity · Mar 2026

    Racquet 360 brings together four complementary business lines—the National Padel League, the RacquetX festival, the Racket Central retail arm, and the Racket Social Club network—into one integrated ecosystem for racket-sport enthusiasts. The National Padel League now serves more than 1,900 amateur players, while RacquetX has logged 70% year-over-year attendance growth as the leading North American racket-sports festival. Racket Central, its e-commerce and brick-and-mortar retail unit, recorded 300% year-over-year sales growth amid soaring demand for padel and pickleball equipment. On the experiential side, Racket Social Club has expanded to four venues, including a 20-acre, 30-court flagship acquisition in Atlanta. Management projects that the recent capital infusion will drive a revenue increase of more than 300% in 2026. With padel participation at an inflection point in the U.S., the company intends to scale each pillar further and remains open to strategic partnerships that align with its long-term vision.

  • Pickleheads

    Participated · Seed · Feb 2025

    Pickleheads operates a leading website and mobile app that helps players find courts, organize games, collect payments, run round robins, and recruit local players. The company is positioning itself as a complete platform to power recreational play and is introducing level-based formats to create balanced, competitive games. Pickleheads reports 9 million visits last year, is the #1 mobile app for pickleball, and served nearly 1 million players per month. It has 354,000 registered users, growing 405% year-over-year, and is the official court and game finder of USA Pickleball and the Global Pickleball Federation. The company says the funding will help enhance the on-court experience through technology and expand its product beyond a court finder into structured programming. Pickleheads is hiring for remote roles as it scales its team. Pickleheads is an Atlanta-based startup that offers a platform to help pickleball players find local courts and connect with nearby players. The company first introduced a court finder last summer and says thousands of players use the site every day. On Feb. 21, 2023 Pickleheads released new scheduling and group management tools that let organizers post schedules, collect signups, and manage waitlists. The startup quietly raised pre-seed funding last fall from Ardent Venture Partners, Overline, and Kevin Durant's and Rich Kleiman's Boardroom Pickleball to support growth and its technology roadmap. Planned roadmap items include flex leagues, an instructor marketplace, and other tools to enhance the on-court experience. The company was founded by Max Ade, Brandon Mackie, and Ian Langworth and positions itself as a digital home and operating system for pickleball players and organizers.

Team

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