Tim Katt
Development Partner at Machete Group
New York, New York
Overview
Work Experience
Managing Director - Sports & Entertainment Advisory Group
2023 - Current
Transwestern is one of the largest privately held real estate advisories in the U.S., providing services in nearly every aspect of real estate transacting. Transwestern’s Sports & Entertainment advisory group focuses on tenant advisory and brokerage services for sports teams, leagues and related media groups.
Transwestern offers real estate development, agency leasing, commercial property management, and consulting services
Development Partner
2023
Machete Group was founded by David Carlock in 2007 and has provided advisory services on over $5 billion in development for its clients in sports, entertainment, hospitality, retail, and real estate. Current and prior clients include: - MLS, NBA, NFL, NHL, and English Premier League franchises - League offices - Individual investors
Machete Group is an advisory firm that provides venue development, transactional, and organizational strategy services.
Co-Founder
2015
Angel investor focused on companies leveraging technology across sports, media, lifestyle and entertainment. Investments include Overtime, Jackpot, Dibbs, Walnut, Kabata, Greenfly, ShotTracker, WingTel, Good City Brewing, ROAM Media (acquired), Enso (acquired), and others. Learn more at www.tackvc.com.
TACK Ventures is an early-stage venture capital that invests in all sectors of technology for both innovation and culture.
Guest Professor - RocNation School of Music, Sports & Entertainment
2021 - 2022
Guest Professor at the new RocNation School of Music, Sports & Entertainment at Long Island University. Courses include Branding in Sports Culture (Fall '21) and Sports Entrepreneurship (Spring '22).
Operating Partner & Consultant - Overtime Elite (OTE)
2019 - 2022
Successfully launched Overtime Elite (“OTE”), a transformative new sports league that offers the world’s most talented young basketball players a better pathway to becoming professional athletes Developed a state-of-the-art 103,000 sq ft basketball performance and training facility in the heart of Atlanta, GA in 150 days; as owner’s representative the project included site identification, venue design, project management and liaising with public officials & neighborhood groups Built investment materials and organized fundraising process resulting in $80mm of new funding (Series C) in Overtime
Overtime is a sports network that produces several sports-focused series and short-form content for the next generation of sports fans.
Raised $215,070,000.00 from Liberty Media, Blackstone Group, Counterpoint Global, Winslow Capital, Bezos Expeditions and Sapphire Sport.
Founder and Co-Host
2019 - 2022
Podcast from sports executives turned venture capitalists Tim Katt and Jay Kapoor where we interview professional athletes about the business ventures they pursue off the field. The Game Plan both highlights success stories and discusses the challenges that current and retired athletes face in approaching their next chapter. https://www.thegameplan.show/
Managing Director & Co-Founder, GSVS with the Los Angeles Dodgers
2017 - 2019
Successfully launched and operated the Global Sports Venture Studio "GSVS" in partnership with the Los Angeles Dodgers and R/GA Ventures. GSVS is a closed-door venture initiative made up of leading organizations in sport including adidas, Dick’s Sporting Goods, Fox Sports, Levy Restaurants, the Los Angeles Dodgers, Major League Baseball, Major League Soccer, the National Hockey League, Octagon, R/GA Ventures and UEFA. Building on the success of previous Dodgers Accelerator programs with R/GA, the GSVS will significantly evolves the program model to approach innovation as a team sport. The Studio invites participation from Partners across the sports, technology, and entertainment spectrum including teams, leagues, player associations, media/broadcasters, sports apparel companies, retailers, industry vendors, esports organizations, sports betting and fantasy sports platforms, among others. Designed as an ongoing initiative, the Global Sports Venture Studio will lay the groundwork for efficient, risk-controlled innovation through analysis, diligence, and business/creative strategy combined with startup sourcing, engagement opportunities, and investment. Startups will be selected to align with Partners' strategic objectives.
R/GA Ventures is R/investment GA's arm that assists industry leaders in capitalizing on disruptive technologies.
Vice President, Strategic Development, Agency Services
2016 - 2017
Lead partnerships and service offering planning with a focus on emerging platforms, technology and content development.
VICE Media Group is an independent youth media company with a focus on digital content, film, and television, news broadcast, and virtue.
Vice President, Client Strategy
2015 - 2016
Client lead and digital strategist overseeing a team of 40+ as Samsung USA’s Social Media AOR
Account Director, Digital Strategy & Account Services
2014 - 2015
Director, Strategic Development
2013 - 2014
"Young people today have been marketed to since they were newborns because cartoons are made to sell cereal. So as a consequence they have the most sophisticated bullshit detectors of all time. And the only way to circumvent that bullshit detector is to not bullshit. So if something is created in a boardroom. If something is created by consensus. If something is created by a bunch of babyboomers who say it will be cool we are going to do skateboarding or something, it will not work.” - Shane Smith, Owner/CEO - VICE Media
Carrot Creative is a digital marketing agency specializing in social media strategy, design and development.