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Will Ventures

VC
Boston, MAWebsite
Stage

Pre-Seed, Seed

Check Size

$250K – $2.0M

AUM

$215M

Portfolio

15+ companies

Team

9 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Early-stage investor focused on sports innovation across performance, fan engagement, and the future of sports business.

Meet the Team

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Alexis Scalise

Vice President of Operations

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Kelsie Mayo

Vice President of Finance

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Brian Reilly

Co-Founder, Managing Partner

sports
fitness
healthcare
wearables
AI
machine learning

Brian brings a diverse professional background to bear on his work, with experience spanning the sports, fitness and healthcare sectors and across technologies (wearables, artificial intelligence, machine-learning) and business environments (VC-funded startups and investment firms). He gained deep technology experience as a Founding Member and the Director of Product and Research at the Sports Innovation Lab, the premier sports technology research and advisory firm, and as a product manager at MC10, where he was responsible for the development and commercialization of next-generation sports, fitness and healthcare wearables and software systems for big data storage and machine-learning.

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Yash Gupta

Investor

investment opportunities
diligence
research
pipeline management

Yash is an Investor at Will Ventures, focused on sourcing new investment opportunities, investment diligence, research, and pipeline management.

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Isaiah Kacyvenski

Co-Founder, Managing Partner

entrepreneurship
investments

With two degrees from Harvard, several technology patents, and an 8-year stint playing in the NFL to his name, it’s safe to say Isaiah took an uncommon path to success as an entrepreneur and investor.

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Kushaan Ahuja

Partner

Consumer AI
Creator Economy
Gaming
Emerging CPG
Sports

Kushaan Ahuja is a Partner on the Investment team and based out of our Los Angeles office. Prior to joining Will Ventures, Kushaan was leading venture & growth investments at the sports and entertainment conglomerates, Endeavor and TKO. During his time there, he led investments across Consumer AI, Creator Economy, Gaming, Emerging CPG and Sports. Prior to that, he was an investment banker at J.P. Morgan covering Technology, Internet and Digital Media clients. Kushaan has his B.A. in Economics & Accounting from UC Santa Barbara and is originally from San Diego.

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Aaron Miller

Principal

sourcing
diligence
pipeline management

Aaron is an Investor at Will Ventures, focusing on sourcing, diligence and pipeline management. Aaron joined Will Ventures in July 2024 after graduating from Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business.

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Ben Gardner

Partner

consumer investments
go-to-market strategies

Ben joined the Will Ventures team following a 5+ year stint at Andreessen Horowitz, where he built out the a16z consumer team’s go-to-market platform. During that time he worked as a strategic advisor for portfolio companies like Instacart, Lime, Sleeper, Substack, Levels Health, and Dapper Labs, among many others.

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Jacob Westphal

Portfolio Lead

B2C strategies
portfolio management

Jacob Westphal joined Will Ventures in the Fall of 2024 after 3.5 years at Andreessen Horowitz on the B2C Go-To-Market Team, where he developed and helped execute strategies for companies like ElevenLabs, GymClassVR, Airbuds, Sleeper, The Zone, Character.ai, and more.

Industry Focus

Invests In

Other
Healthcare
AI / ML

Portfolio Companies (15)

Other

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LeagueApps

Sports management software
RA

Rally

Fan engagement/community
TM

TMRW Sports

Sports/entertainment venture
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Instacart

LI

Lime

SL

Sleeper

SU

Substack

LE

Levels Health

DA

Dapper Labs

EL

ElevenLabs

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