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Deepen Parikh

Partner @ Courtside Ventures | Early-stage Sports, Gaming and Lifestyle VC

New York, New York

VC
Investor

Invests in

  • Min Investment:

    $100,000.00

  • Max Investment:

    $2,000,000.00

  • Target Investment:

    $600,000.00

Skills

Venture Capital
Entrepreneurship
Digital Media
Start-ups
Gaming
Sports
Product Development
Strategic Partnerships
Strategy
Financial Modeling
Management
Mergers & Acquisitions
Investments
Private Equity
Market Research
Competitive Analysis
Corporate Development

Education

Investments

Kabata

Seed

Total Funding: $7M

Jackpot

Series A

Total Funding: $42M

Gainful

Series A

Total Funding: $8M

FanAI

Seed

Total Funding: $13M

ROAM

Seed

Total Funding: $14M

The Athletic

Seed

Total Funding: $67M

GameCo

Series A

Total Funding: $11M

Work Experience

Courtside Ventures

2015

  • Partner

    2015

    Early-stage VC fund, investing across sports, lifestyle and gaming. Select Investments Include: 100 Thieves Beam (acq by Microsoft) Drone Racing League Fermat Fliff Future.fit Gainful Hypothetic Jackpot Jump Matchday Mojo Paceline Rebel (acq by SalesForce) RecoverX (acq by Hyperice) Rei do Pitaco Religion of Sports Signos StockX The Athletic (acq by The New York Times) Venly Veo Winzo

The Athletic

2016

  • Board Member

    2016

    Acquired by The New York Times.

24 Hour Fitness

2021

  • Board Member

    2021

Gainful

2020

  • Board Member

    2020

100 Thieves

2017

  • Board Observer

    2017

Religion of Sports

2018

  • Board Member

    2018

Beam Interactive, Inc

2016

  • Investor

    2016

    Acquired by Microsoft.

Rebel

2016

  • Investor

    2016

    Acquired by Saleforce.

LIVELY

2015

  • Advisor

    2015

    Acquired by Wacoal.

New York Venture Community

2011

  • Board Member

    2011

    NYVC Sports' mission is to highlight and connect the many innovations within the digital sports industry and feature the executives and entrepreneurs behind those innovations. Those involved are senior-level members across leagues, teams, venues, agencies, investment firms, media companies, content properties and startups.