Elysian Park Ventures
Venture capitalLos Angeles · Seed–Growth · 10 people tracked
Investment thesis
The firm is a global, domain-focused investment platform dedicated to building the future of sports, investing where sports intersect with the large global markets of health, culture, commerce, and technology. It is thesis-driven, developing strong points of view about the future of sports to guide investment decisions. Rather than adhering to rigid asset-class constraints, it invests opportunistically across stages from seed to growth. Leveraging a global network spanning professional to youth sports and the media and technology landscape, the firm provides portfolio companies with industry access, insight into emerging trends, and four types of strategic capital: relationship, creative, knowledge, and financial.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 3, 2026.
Team · 10 people
from the firm's website
What they invest in
from 3 of 8 portfolio companiesMedia & Entertainment ×3Marketing Tech ×2SaaS ×2Sports Tech ×2Consumer ×1
HQs:United States×6
Investments · 8 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBrooklyn, US
Nicholas Maywald(Executive Officer, Director)Benjamin Turner(Executive Officer, Director)Scott Krase(Executive Officer, Director)Matt Minnof(Director)Cole Van Nice(Director)
Board seatCole Van Nice· per SEC Form D · $20.7M raise · filed May 2019
Greenfly is an AI-powered media orchestration platform that lets sports teams capture, organize, and distribute photos and videos, and enables athletes to share "social-perfect" content directly with fans.
Marketing TechMedia & EntertainmentSaaSSports TechSanta Monica, US
Daniel Kirschner(CEO & Co-Founder)Shawn Green(Co-Founder)Mark Leschly(Director)
BoardNate Redmond(Director)
Board seatJay Adya· per SEC Form D · $1.1M raise · filed Jul 2023
Halifax
TRAVIS MCDONOUGH(Executive Officer, Director)
Board seatCole Van Nice· per SEC Form D · $6M raise · filed Oct 2016
Boston, US
Board seatCole Van NiceJay Adya· per SEC Form D · $5.2M raise · filed Apr 2025
San Francisco, US
Corey Beaumont(Executive Officer)Tucker Kain(Director)Robert Skoff(Executive Officer, Director)Cole Van Nice(Director)Joseph Hagen(Executive Officer, Director)
Board seatCole Van Nice· per SEC Form D · $22.1M raise · filed Nov 2021
SaaS platform integrating and automating dynamic pricing, sales forecasting, and market mix modeling for live event tickets, created through Elysian Park Ventures.
Vaunt develops sports competitions and media content blending athletics with pop culture, featuring professional athletes and entertainment icons for a modern fan audience.
ConsumerMedia & EntertainmentSports TechNew York, US
Roger Mason Jr.(Co-founder)Omari Ware(Co-founder)Christopher Adams(Executive Officer, Promoter)
Rows marked “SEC filing” are inferred from directors named on the company's SEC Form D — public regulatory data, not a portfolio list published by the firm.
Frequently asked questions
- What stage does Elysian Park Ventures invest at?
- Elysian Park Ventures invests at the Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C, Growth stages.
- What is Elysian Park Ventures's typical check size?
- Elysian Park Ventures typically writes checks of $500K – $100M.
- What sectors does Elysian Park Ventures focus on?
- Elysian Park Ventures focuses on Consumer, Healthtech, Media & Entertainment, Sports Tech, Wellness & Fitness.
- Where is Elysian Park Ventures located?
- Elysian Park Ventures is headquartered in Los Angeles, US.
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