Elysian Park Ventures
Venture capitalLos Angeles · Pre-Seed–Late Stage · 10 people tracked
Investment thesis
Elysian Park Ventures is a global investment platform dedicated to building the future of sports. It concentrates on the sports domain and markets that intersect with sports across health, culture, commerce, and technology worldwide. The firm is stage agnostic, investing opportunistically from seed to growth with check sizes ranging from $500,000 to $100 million rather than adhering to rigid asset-class constraints. Its approach is thesis-driven, forming strong points of view about the future of sports to guide investment decisions. Leveraging a global network spanning professional to youth levels and the media and technology landscape, the firm offers portfolio companies four types of strategic capital: relationship, creative, knowledge, and financial.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 27, 2026.
Team · 10 people
from the firm's website
What they invest in
from 11 of 17 portfolio companiesSports Tech ×8AI & Machine Learning ×6Media & Entertainment ×4Consumer ×3Marketing Tech ×3Wellness & Fitness ×3Data & Infrastructure ×2SaaS ×2
HQs:United States×10
Investments · 17 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2025 · 12024 · 12023 · 12021 · 12019 · 22016 · 17 dated
Brooklyn, US
Nicholas Maywald(Executive Officer, Director)Benjamin Turner(Executive Officer, Director)Scott Krase(Executive Officer, Director)Matt Minnof(Director)
Board seatCole Van Nice· per SEC Form D · $20.7M raise · filed May 2019
Greenfly offers an AI-powered platform for collecting, organizing, and distributing short-form media and digital assets, used by sports leagues, teams, and media organizations to engage fans and create sponsor and broadcast revenue.
AI & Machine LearningMarketing TechMedia & EntertainmentSaaSSports TechSanta Monica, US
Daniel Kirschner(CEO & Co-Founder)Shawn Green(Co-Founder)inMichael Tracyin
BoardNate Redmond(Director)inMark Leschly(Director)
Board seatJay Adya· per SEC Form D
Co-investors4M HoldingAllievo CapitalAlpha EdisonCorazon CapitalCP VenturesIconica Partners+5 more
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
Swish Analytics operates a machine-learning platform that generates player prop projections, betting lines and prices for sportsbooks across major sports leagues.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureSports TechSan Francisco, US
Robert Skoff(Executive Officer, Director)Joseph Hagen(Executive Officer, Director)Corey Beaumont(Executive Officer)
BoardTucker Kain(Director)
Board seatCole Van Nice· per SEC Form D · $22.1M raise · filed Nov 2021
Co-investorsBettor CapitalBullpen CapitalR/GA VenturesSeventySix CapitalTitanium Ventures
SaaS platform integrating and automating dynamic pricing, sales forecasting, and market mix modeling for live event tickets, created through Elysian Park Ventures.
Diamond Kinetics builds sensor-based motion technology and an analytics engine that measures baseball and softball swings, providing performance benchmarks and metrics for player evaluation and development.
AI & Machine LearningHardwareSports TechPittsburgh, US
Clement J Handron III(Executive Officer, Director)C. J. Handron(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Lawrence Weidman(Executive Officer)
BoardWangdali Bacdayan(Director)Cole Van Nice(Director)James Liken(Director)
Co-investorsSeventySix Capital
East Side Golf is a golf apparel and lifestyle brand co-founded to reshape the culture around the sport.
ConsumerDirect to ConsumerSports Tech
Earl Cooper(Co-founder)Olajuwon Ajanaku(Co-founder)
Co-investorsLocker Room Capital
Fanaply is a fan intelligence platform for live events that captures consented first-party attendee behavioral data and converts it into sponsor ROI reports, audience segments, and event insights.
Data & InfrastructureMarketing TechSports TechHuntington, US
Co-investorsAlpha EdisonTechstars
Fittr operates a health and fitness platform connecting users with coaches and doctors, and offers diagnostic testing that combines blood biomarkers, clinical history, and lifestyle data to build a "digital twin" for assessing health risks.
Digital HealthLongevityWellness & Fitness
Co-investorsBetter CapitalPeak XV PartnersDream CapitalRainmatterSurge
Freeletics offers a mobile fitness app with an AI coach that generates personalized workout plans across HIIT, calisthenics, gym, weights, cardio, running, and weight loss training.
AI & Machine LearningConsumerWellness & Fitness
Mehmet Yilmaz(Founder)inChristian Weberin
Co-investorsCauseway PartnersCourtside VenturesJAZZ Venture Partnersward.ventures
Keemotion provides automated technology to capture and produce live game video for basketball teams, along with performance analytics covering defensive strategies, play locations, and speed dynamics.
AI & Machine LearningMedia & EntertainmentSports Tech
Co-investorsR/GA VenturesVIVES Partners
LiveLike develops interactive digital engagement tools for sports and entertainment audiences.
Marketing TechMedia & EntertainmentSaaSNew York, US
Miheer Walavalkar(Founder)in
Co-investorsComcast VenturesCourtside VenturesDentsu VenturesPrime PartnersScrum VenturesBigfoot Capital+1 more
LiveLike is a New York-based fan engagement platform providing interactive and gamification tools for sports broadcasters and media companies.
New York City, US
Co-investorsTechstarsCourtside VenturesDentsu VenturesGreycroft PartnersTPG
Sportsbox AI develops AI-powered mobile coaching apps for sports and fitness that use 3D motion analysis and kinematic AI to capture and measure athletic motion from a phone camera.
AI & Machine LearningSports TechWellness & Fitness
Co-investorsR/GA Ventures
Collaborative family banking that lets teens control their finances so you don't have to.
Nantucket, US
Taylor James Burton(Director)Thomas John Pincince(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardGuaray Jain(Director)
Co-investorsAfore CapitalBantam GroupLuge CapitalMagnify VenturesLightspeed Venture Partners
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)
Co-investorsMaC Venture CapitalOssian Capital
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.
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companies
Fittr · whalesbook.com · Aug 18, 2026
Vaunt · stocktitan.net · Jul 6, 2026
Till Financial · coverager.com · Apr 28, 2026
Sportsbox · sportsbusinessjournal.com · Apr 8, 2026
Diamond Kinetics · sportsbusinessjournal.com · Jan 16, 2026
Fanaply · investorshangout.com · Sep 8, 2025
Frequently asked questions
- What stage does Elysian Park Ventures invest at?
- Elysian Park Ventures invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C, Growth, Late Stage 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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