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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

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Based in NYC

2599 people

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All Series A Investors

14748 people

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All Seed Investors

19691 people

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

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Courtside Ventures

2015

  • Partner

    2015

    Early-stage VC fund, investing across sports, lifestyle and gaming. Select Investments Include: 100 Thieves, Beam (acq by Microsoft), Draftea, Eloelo, Eternal, Fermat, Fliff, Jackpot, Jump, Matchday, Rebel (acq by SalesForce), RecoverX (acq by Hyperice), Rei do Pitaco, Religion of Sports, Signos, StockX (exited), The Athletic (acq by The New York Times), Veo, Winzo.

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The Athletic

2016

  • Board Member

    2016

    Acquired by The New York Times.

2H
24 Hour Fitness

2021

  • Board Member

    2021

    Member of Audit and Compensation Committees.

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Gainful

2020

  • Board Member

    2020

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100 Thieves

2017

  • Board Observer

    2017

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Religion of Sports

2018

  • Board Member

    2018

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Beam Interactive, Inc

2016

  • Investor

    2016

    Acquired by Microsoft.

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Rebel

2016

  • Investor

    2016

    Acquired by Saleforce.

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LIVELY

2015

  • Advisor

    2015

    Acquired by Wacoal.

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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.