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

Joined May 2013
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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 medium.com/@vasukulkarni/the…
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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.
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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!👇
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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!
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Kabata pre-orders are NOW LIVE! Hurry to kabatafitness.com to get our BIGGEST discount - exclusively for friends, family and Founding Members. Limited quantity! ⚡️
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This is wild! Can any native speakers of Croatian or Somali attest to accuracy?
Replying to @tferriss
Tim, for your Somali and Croatian audience 👇 We can hear you in our native languages:
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“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 🎧
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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. medium.com/@courtsidevc/why-…
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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 trib.al/JeVyMSX
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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. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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#Game-based savings app @FelloFinance bags $4 million in latest funding round led by @CourtsideVC #funding #startupfunding #startupstory startupstorymedia.com/insigh…
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Vasu Kulkarni (@Vasu) is obsessed with basketball, and it's fueled him to create Courtside VC, a sports-focused firm that was an early investor in companies like StockX, The Athletic, and 100 Thieves. Read his story on @BusinessInsider: businessinsider.com/how-cour…
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Welcome to the Herd @Venly_io! We’re excited to participate in your $23M Series A alongside @CourtsideVC @toigacapital @Coinbase @plugandplaytc and your journey bringing blockchain-agnostic, no code Web3 tech to the masses. More from @ryanfreedman_ ⬇️ ryanfreedman.medium.com/43af…
Leading blockchain technology provider @Venly_io has raised $23 million in a Series A led by @CourtsideVC to expand its product offering on #Web3 gaming and eCommerce #NFTnews nftgators.com/venly-raises-2…
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Congrats @0xFanCraze for raising $100m in one of the largest Series A rounds in Asia 🏏 FanCraze are creating the cricket metaverse on @flow_blockchain 💰Investors: @insightpartners Tiger Global @BCapitalGroup Coatue Management @miraeasset @Sequoia_India @CourtsideVC @Cristiano
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Almost a year ago I posted a video of an @nbatopshot on an @infiniteobjects device. Today, the partnership is officially live! Game changer as we start to bridge the digital and physical worlds. theverge.com/2021/11/30/2280…
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Really interesting use of AR here as the NBA is able to regionalize their broadcast now and have a Knicks tickets ad on the Hawks floor on the local MSG broadcast. Big revenue opportunity internationally here.
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