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Courtside Ventures portfolio
Courtside Ventures has 11 portfolio companies on record at Recent Funding.
About this page
It is a venture capital firm based in New York, US, founded in 2016. It led 2 of the 10 rounds it joined. Its most recent investment on record is Jump's $25M Series A round in August 2025, alongside Drive by DraftKings, Forerunner Ventures, Will Ventures and 1 other. By category, its portfolio leans toward Consumer and social (7) and Media and content (5). It has co-invested with Forerunner Ventures, Drive by DraftKings and Will Ventures, most often Forerunner Ventures (2 rounds).
About Courtside Ventures
Funds raised
| Fund | Fund # | Size | Announced |
|---|---|---|---|
NYC | III | $100M | venturebeat.com |
NYC, Detroit | Ifirst fund | $35Mvia Shai Goldman's fund list |
What Courtside Ventures invests in
- Consumer and social · 7 · 64%
- Media and content · 5 · 45%
- Gaming · 3 · 27%
- Commerce and retail · 3 · 27%
- Sales and marketing · 2 · 18%
- Health and bio · 2 · 18%
- Voice and audio AI · 1 · 9%
- Education · 1 · 9%
Courtside Ventures recent investments
| Company | Round | Date | Alongside |
|---|---|---|---|
| Series A · $25M | Drive by DraftKings, Forerunner Ventures, Will Ventures +1 | ||
| Series B+ · $13M | WestBridge Ventures, Griffin Gaming Partners, Kalaari Capital +4 | ||
| Seed · $4M · lead | Eisaburo Maeda., Blue Star Innovation Partners, Dubai Future District Fund +2 | ||
| Series B+ · $22M · lead | Convivialite Ventures, Griffin Gaming Partners (lead), mixi +4 | ||
| Series A · $20M | Drive by DraftKings, Forerunner Ventures (lead), Will Ventures +2 | ||
| Series A · $20M | Bullpen Capital, Kaszek, Sequoia +1 | ||
| Series A · $100M | Cristiano Ronaldo, QP Ventures, Coatue +6 | ||
| round · $4M | Iker Casillas, Travis Kelce, Arrive +6 |
How Courtside Ventures invests
Courtside Ventures portfolio companies
JJump$25MSeries A · Aug 2025
EEloelo$13MSeries B+ · Apr 2025
CCAMB.AI$4MSeed · Feb 2024
DDraftea$20MSeries A · Sep 2022
FFanCraze$100MSeries A · Mar 2022
PPlayers' Lounge$3MSeed · Mar 2019
SSystem Labsbacker
EEternalbacker
FFERMÀTbacker
GGainfulbacker
BBaller Leaguebacker
| Company | Round with Courtside Ventures | Total raised | Latest raise |
|---|---|---|---|
Sales and marketing |
Series A · $25M | $45M | Aug 12, 2025 Series A |
Commerce and retail |
Series B+ · $13M | $117.55M | Nov 4, 2026 Series B+ |
Voice and audio AI |
Seed · $4M · lead | $4M | Mar 19, 2025 Series A |
| Series A · $20M | $37.2M | Sep 4, 2022 Series A | |
Gaming |
Series A · $100M | $117.4M | Mar 25, 2022 Series A |
Gaming |
Seed · $3M | $13.5M | Sep 14, 2022 Series A |
Health and bio |
backer · source | $20M | Sep 9, 2026 Seed |
Health and bio |
backer · source | $13M | Jan 14, 2025 Seed |
Sales and marketing |
backer · source | $45M | Jun 11, 2025 Series B+ |
Commerce and retail |
backer | undisclosed | May 27, 2025 Series B+ |
Consumer and social |
backer | $25M | Jan 28, 2025 Series A |
Most frequent co-investors
FForerunner Ventures2 shared rounds · last Aug 12, 2025
DDrive by DraftKings2 shared rounds · last Aug 12, 2025
WWill Ventures2 shared rounds · last Aug 12, 2025
WWaterBridge Ventures2 shared rounds · last Apr 7, 2025
KKalaari Capital2 shared rounds · last Apr 7, 2025
GGriffin Gaming Partners2 shared rounds · last Apr 7, 2025
RRocket Capital2 shared rounds · last Apr 7, 2025
TTiger Global Management2 shared rounds · last Mar 25, 2022
CCoatue2 shared rounds · last Mar 25, 2022
SSeven Seven Six1 shared round · last Aug 12, 2025
PPlay Ventures1 shared round · last Apr 7, 2025
- WWestBridge Ventures1 shared round · last Apr 7, 2025
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Investors whose portfolios on Recent Funding center on the same category (Consumer and social).
How this is counted
Firm profile: Fundraising Fox Open Dataset v2026-11, CC BY 4.0. Track-record counts are theirs, not Recent Funding's.
Venture funds Courtside Ventures raised, from the list of new VC funds compiled by Shai Goldman (Brex). Each size links to the article that states it, or to that list where no article was found. All new funds: new VC funds.
Share is of the 10 rounds on Recent Funding that name Courtside Ventures. Rounds with no announced date are left out of the year split, and "round" is a round whose stage is not on file.
Portfolio companies are the companies on Recent Funding with a round that lists Courtside Ventures, which is a subset of its real portfolio. API: /api/v1/investors/courtside-ventures (get a free API key). More: the most active VC firms and new venture capital funds.