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Sapphire Sport

Founders Doug Higgins Michael Spirito

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Total investments 29
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$24M
Portfolio companies 19
Rounds per year 1.04
Lead investments 4
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.34
Exits 1
Key employees Soon
Stages of investment
Early Stage Venture

Areas of investment

  • Sports
  • Video Games
  • Software
  • Fitness
  • Personal Health
Summary

The fund was located in North America if to be more exact in United States. The main department of described Corporate Investor is located in the Palo Alto.

The standard case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 7-8 partakers. Despite the Sapphire Sport, startups are often financed by Shasta Ventures, Science, New Enterprise Associates. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are SV Angel, Tuesday Capital, Soma Capital.

The fund is generally included in 2-6 deals every year. The top activity for fund was in 2019. The common things for fund are deals in the range of 10 - 50 millions dollars.

Moreover, a startup needs to be at the age of 2-3 years to get the investment from the fund. The fund has no specific favorite in a number of founders of portfolio startups. In case when startup counts 4 or 5+ of the founder, the chance for it to get the investment is meager. For fund there is a match between the location of its establishment and the land of its numerous investments - United States. Among the most popular fund investment industries, there are Video Games, Console Games. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Tonal, PlayVS, GreenPark Sports.

This organization was formed by Doug Higgins, Michael Spirito.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

LUCKY F*CK

Food and Beverage
Wine And Spirits
30 Sep 2024 Austin, Texas, United States

Beehiiv

Publishing
$33M30 Apr 2024 New York, New York, United States

Jabali

$5M06 Mar 2024 Los Altos, California, United States

Sports Visio

Artificial Intelligence
Information Technology
Software
$3M10 Aug 2023 -

Buzzer

Android
iOS
Mobile Apps
Sports
$20M24 Feb 2023 New York, New York, United States

Jackpot.com

Casino
E-Commerce
Gambling
$42M22 Jun 2022 Herzliya, Tel Aviv, Israel

Breathwrk

Fitness
Personal Health
Wellness
$46M01 Apr 2022 Los Angeles, California, United States

POAP

Blockchain
Cryptocurrency
Software
$10M18 Jan 2022 New York, New York, United States

Mixhalo

Audio
Consumer Electronics
Enterprise Software
Media and Entertainment
Music
Music Streaming
Software
$24M14 Dec 2021 San Francisco, California, United States
News
Buzzer Raises $20M In Series A Financing

– Buzzer from NYC is a mobile platform for personalization and discovery of live sports.
– The company closed $20m Series A funding.
– The round was led by existing investor Sapphire Sport and new investor Canaan Partners with participation from LaMelo Ball, Devin Booker, J. Cole, Wayne Gretzky, DeAndre Hopkins, Sabrina Ionescu, Michael Jordan, Patrick Mahomes, Auston Matthews, Connor McDavid, Renee Montgomery, Naomi Osaka, and Bobby Wagner, as well as early investors Lerer Hippeau and Anthony Noto [SoFi, Army West Point].

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Total investments 29
Average round size 24M
Rounds per year 1.04
Peak activity year 2019
Lead investments 4
Follow on index 0.34
Exits 1
Group Appearance index 0.90

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

LUCKY F*CK

Food and Beverage
Wine And Spirits
30 Sep 2024 Austin, Texas, United States

Beehiiv

Publishing
$33M30 Apr 2024 New York, New York, United States

Jabali

$5M06 Mar 2024 Los Altos, California, United States

Sports Visio

Artificial Intelligence
Information Technology
Software
$3M10 Aug 2023 -

Buzzer

Android
iOS
Mobile Apps
Sports
$20M24 Feb 2023 New York, New York, United States

Jackpot.com

Casino
E-Commerce
Gambling
$42M22 Jun 2022 Herzliya, Tel Aviv, Israel

Breathwrk

Fitness
Personal Health
Wellness
$46M01 Apr 2022 Los Angeles, California, United States

POAP

Blockchain
Cryptocurrency
Software
$10M18 Jan 2022 New York, New York, United States

Mixhalo

Audio
Consumer Electronics
Enterprise Software
Media and Entertainment
Music
Music Streaming
Software
$24M14 Dec 2021 San Francisco, California, United States
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