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Courtside Ventures — Pre-Seed & Seed VC Firm ($500K–$5.0M Checks)

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New York, United StatesWebsite

Courtside Ventures is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in New York, United States investing in Other, SaaS. The firm typically writes $500K–$5.0M checks and has 8 portfolio companies in our records.

Check size
$500K–$5.0M
Portfolio
8 companies on record
Partners
5 listed
AUM
$200M
Stage
Pre-Seed, Seed
Sectors
Other, SaaS
HQ
New York, United States

Last verified: 2026-09-24

Stage

Pre-Seed, Seed

Check Size

$500K – $5.0M

AUM

$200M

Portfolio

8+ companies

Team

5 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Courtside invests in early-stage companies in sports, lifestyle, and gaming. Its focus areas include sports content and betting, personalized wellness and collectibles, and global gaming infrastructure.

How Courtside Ventures invests

Courtside Ventures is a vc firm based in New York, United States. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on Other, SaaS.

Courtside Ventures typically writes checks of $500K–$5.0M per investment, backed by approximately $200M in assets under management.

Courtside Ventures has backed 8 companies in our records, including The Athletic, StockX, Beam.

Partners & Team

BW

Brian Weinstein

Co-Founder & Managing Partner

Sports tech
Media
Marketplaces
VK

Vasu Kulkarni

Partner

KB

Kai B

Partner

DP

Deepen Parikh

Partner

OR

Oliver Ressler

Venture Partner

Industry Focus

Invests In

Other
SaaS

Portfolio Companies (8)

Other

TH

The Athletic

Sports media
ST

StockX

Marketplace / commerce
BE

Beam

Sports tech (training/fitness)
FA

Fanstake

BA

Baller League

ET

Eternal

EL

Eloelo

CA

Camb AI

How to pitch Courtside Ventures
  • •Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • •Lead with your fit in Other, SaaS — the sectors they actively back.
  • •Size your ask to their typical $500K – $5.0M check.
  • •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Brian Weinstein, Co-Founder & Managing Partner.
  • •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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