NextUp Ventures works with startups and emerging brands within sports betting, esports, and sports tech to provide strategic capital and key resources for growth and scale
NextUp Ventures
We believe the best way to move an industry forward is by investing in startup companies and entrepreneurs who will be tomorrow's leaders. Through NextUp Ventures, we offer access to strategic capital to help startups move quickly. Our extensive angel network gives NextUp Ventures' portfolio direct access to the expertise and capital needed to grow and expand innovative sports companies.
Getting the right people on board to push your vision forward is critical—our team is unmatched in the industry and ready to help you achieve your goals.
We are a team of highly experienced, hands-on operators, entrepreneurs, and technologists. We have decades of collective experience building highly successful companies, launching products used by millions of people, and creating tens of millions of dollars in commercial value. We also have public relations expertise to help startups achieve traction while keeping costs low.
We invest our time, expertise, and resources in entrepreneurs who actively push boundaries in strategic sectors of sports. We're interested in working with companies that are compelling and that we believe we can help become the NextUp, whether through seed capital, product leadership and development, or fractional executives within their business.
WHAT WE BRING TO THE TABLE
EXPERIENCE
We have worked for and with some of the biggest brands across sports, entertainment and media -- and have relationships across the industry to get in the door with key executives across teams, leagues, agencies, and more.
SKILL SET
We have hands-on experience and proven success with key growth drivers for sports including analytics, social media, brand strategy, video production, partnership sales and activation, and team building.
How We Can Help You Win
Relationship Capital
Access to our Network of 4000+ leaders, innovators, functional experts, and/or potential partners
Creative Capital
Strategy development thru to campaign activation implementation
Human
Capital
Short operational support to mid-term engagement as fractional C-level roles
Financial Capital
Origination, negotiation, and placement of transactions & investments
We are ready to roll up our sleeves to drive success together!
" Successful innovation is not a single breakthrough. It is not a sprint. It is not an event for the solo runner. Successful innovation is a team sport, it's a relay race."
The NextUp team has a deep and vast network of relationships in the tech, business, media, retail and sports industries!
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CONTACT US
Is your sports brand ready to disrupt the industry? Get in touch with us to learn more about our opportunities for sports-related startups and established brands. Whether you need consulting services, support building your brand, or access to capital, we’re here to help your business win by becoming the Next Up in sports.
