All-Star Panel: “Investing in Sports Ventures"

Join us Tuesday, May 3rd at 6pm at Bleacher Report in San Francisco as the Sports and Tech Meetup (#sportsandtech) presents an all-star panel discussing: “Investing in Sports Ventures.” Our panel of VCs, angel investors, and entrepreneurs will discuss their experience investing in sports related companies and what they are most excited about going forward. We will touch on what it takes to be an attractive investment and why some investors have issues investing in sports tech companies. Q&A will follow.

Panelists Include:

Ethan Kurzweil – Partner, Bessemer Venture Partners. Investor in Twitch, Periscope, and SF City Football Club.

Deepen Parikh – Partner, Courtside Ventures. Venture Partner, Interplay Ventures.

Ned Renzi – Partner, Birchmere Ventures. Angel investor in many sports tech companies.

Scot Chisholm – Founder and CEO, Classy. Investor, SF City Football Club and FanDuel.

Agenda

5:30 – 6:00 Pregame – snacks, drinks, networking (maybe some stretching)

6:00 – 6:50 Game – Panel: “Investing in Sports Ventures” followed by Q&A

6:50 – late Postgame – networking, drinks, and watching the Warriors Game.

Note that because there is limited seating at Bleacher Report's event space, we are charging a small fee to limit no-shows.

This event is generously being hosted by Bleacher Report (http://bleacherreport.com/)and sponsored by Sportradar (http://sportradar.us/) and Critical Growth (http://www.criticalgrowth.co/).

Bleacher Report, a division of Turner Sports, is the leading digital destination for team-specific sports content and real-time event coverage, and is one of the fastest-growing digital properties in the U.S.

Sportradar is a global leader in understanding and leveraging the power of sports data and digital content for its clients around the world.

Critical Growth is a leading boutique growth agency. It partners with startups to help them build world-class growth engines.

If you have questions, comments, suggestions etc. about the event or interest in sponsorship or a display table for your company, or if you just want someone to give you uninformed feedback on your fundraising deck, then message Michael Frank using the contact button on the left of the page.