Deepen Parikh
Partner at Courtside Ventures
New York, New York
Overview
Work Experience
Partner
2015 - Current
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
Courtside Ventures invest in early-stage founders that are transforming the intersection of sports, technology and media.
Board Member
2016
Acquired by The New York Times.
The Athletic is an online media company that specializes in online news publishing for the sports industry.
Raised $139,459,000.00 from Bedrock Capital Partners, Comcast Ventures, Y Combinator, Powerhouse Capital, Switch Ventures and Emerson Collective.
Board Member
2021
24 Hour Fitness is the world's largest privately owned and operated fitness center chain, and third in number of clubs behind Gold's Gym
Board Member
2020
Board Observer
2017
100 Thieves is an American e-sports, lifestyle, and apparel brand.
Raised $120,000,000.00 from Aglaé Ventures, Tao Capital Partners, Green Bay Ventures, Breyer Capital, Artist Capital Management and Willoughby Capital.
Board Member
2018
Religion of Sports is a sports media company that provides videos, podcasts, feature films, and social content about sports.
Raised $63,000,000.00 from Ruttenberg Gordon Investments, Cerro Capital, Shamrock Capital Advisors, Eldridge Industries, Advancit Capital, Elysian Park Ventures and Renato Mendes.
Investor
2016
Acquired by Microsoft.
Investor
2016
Acquired by Saleforce.
Advisor
2015
Acquired by Wacoal.
Board Member
2011
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