Hoop Dreams Fund
Hoop Dreams Fund is a Seed venture capital firm based in Chicago, IL investing in Other, Developer Tools. The firm typically writes $250K–$1.5M checks and has 1 portfolio company in our records.
- Check size
- $250K–$1.5M
- Portfolio
- 1 company on record
- Partners
- 3 listed
- Stage
- Seed
- Sectors
- Other, Developer Tools
- HQ
- Chicago, IL
- AUM
- Not in our records
Last verified: 2026-07-08
Seed
$250K – $1.5M
1+ companies
3 partners
Investment Thesis
Invests in high-impact SportsTech startups disrupting athletic recruiting and performance analytics.
How Hoop Dreams Fund invests
Hoop Dreams Fund is a vc firm based in Chicago, IL. The firm invests at the Seed stage, with a focus on Other, Developer Tools. It does not invest in Consumer.
Hoop Dreams Fund typically writes checks of $250K–$1.5M per investment.
Hoop Dreams Fund has backed 1 company in our records, including Athlete Spotter.
Partners & Team
Logan Kapinus
Program Director
Theodore Brannum
Program Director
Sara Martinez
Founder & GP
Industry Focus
Invests In
Does Not Invest In
Portfolio Companies (1)
Other
Athlete Spotter
- •Raising at Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
- •Lead with your fit in Other, Developer Tools — the sectors they actively back.
- •Size your ask to their typical $250K – $1.5M check.
- •cold outreach ok
- •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Logan Kapinus, Program Director.
- •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.
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