Sapphire

Sapphire Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Palo Alto, founded in 1996. It manages approximately $4 billion in assets and focuses on investing in innovative technology companies, particularly in growth-stage and early-stage transactions. The firm operates through three distinct investment teams: Sapphire Ventures, which targets expansion-stage enterprise software companies; Sapphire Sport, an early-stage investment vehicle dedicated to the intersection of sports, media, and entertainment technology; and Sapphire Partners, which invests in early-stage venture funds. Sapphire Sport, with a dedicated $115 million investment platform, specifically addresses opportunities in the sports technology market. With team members located in Austin, London, Palo Alto, and San Francisco, Sapphire Ventures has invested in over 100 companies across various regions, contributing to more than 55 successful exits from its portfolio.

Jason Brooke

Vice President

Boyd Carson

Partner

Mackenzie Chapman

Associate

Jake Chasan

Associate

Sarah Chen

Associate

Beezer Clarkson

Partner

Hillary Cook

Senior Associate

Jai Das

President and Partner

Georgie Davies

Senior Associate

Rajeev Dham

Partner

Kevin Diestel

Partner

Cathy Gao

Partner

David Hartwig

Co-Founder and Partner

Doug Higgins

Co-Founder and Partner

Alex Lehman

Vice President

Paul Levine

Partner

Austin Liang

Investor

Adam Liu

Senior Associate

Justin Liu

Senior Associate

Rico Mallozzi

Principal

Shatakshi Mohan

Associate

Imogen Mulliner

Vice President

Sam Procter

Senior Associate

Eileen Qian

Associate

Anders Ranum

Partner

Aditya Reddy

Senior Associate

Andrew Slade

Associate

Michael Spirito

Partner

Chloe Steinberg

Partner

Andreas Weiskam

Partner

Sarah Wu

Associate

Past deals in eSports

Overtime

Series D in 2022
Overtime Sports Inc. is a New York-based company that focuses on enhancing the sports experience for younger audiences. Founded in 2016, it has developed an application that allows users to film and edit highlights of school and amateur sporting events, incorporating features like slow-motion to showcase key moments. This application enables users to create a professional-looking feed of sports content. In addition to its digital offerings, Overtime also markets a range of merchandise, including clothing items like skullies, socks, shirts, and snapbacks, through its online store. The company has garnered significant investment from notable venture capital firms and prominent figures in the sports industry.

Jackpot

Series A in 2022
Developer of an online betting platform intended to change the lottery experience through innovation and variety. The company's platform offers players the opportunity to bet on the outcomes of lotteries, and also provides a gaming experience through casino games, scratchcards, and instant win games, enabling players to win huge prizes backed by trusted insurance infrastructure.

GreenPark Sports

Series B in 2021
GreenPark Sports, Inc. is a company that develops and operates an online gaming platform designed for sports and esports fans. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in Burlingame, California, the company specializes in creating digital experiences and games that engage fans with their favorite sports, teams, and athletes. Its flagship offering is a free-to-play mobile game that allows users to compete in real-time during sporting events, aiming to establish themselves as the "Best Fans" of their respective leagues and seasons. Through its innovative approach, GreenPark Sports provides fans with an interactive and immersive gaming experience that enhances their connection to the sports they love.

Buzzer

Series A in 2021
Buzzer Media Inc. operates a mobile platform that offers a notification-driven service for live sports streaming, aimed at enhancing the fan experience. Established in 2020 and based in New York, Buzzer aggregates fragmented sports content and rights into a single accessible platform, allowing fans to receive real-time notifications tailored to their preferences. This service enables users to effortlessly discover and watch live sports moments across various leagues and games, either through existing cable or over-the-top subscriptions, or by making micropayments within the app. Buzzer's mission is to simplify the discovery of live sports content, making it easier for fans to engage with their favorite events.

Overtime

Series C in 2021
Overtime Sports Inc. is a New York-based company that focuses on enhancing the sports experience for younger audiences. Founded in 2016, it has developed an application that allows users to film and edit highlights of school and amateur sporting events, incorporating features like slow-motion to showcase key moments. This application enables users to create a professional-looking feed of sports content. In addition to its digital offerings, Overtime also markets a range of merchandise, including clothing items like skullies, socks, shirts, and snapbacks, through its online store. The company has garnered significant investment from notable venture capital firms and prominent figures in the sports industry.

Aglet

Seed Round in 2020
Aglet is a digital platform based in Los Angeles, California, that connects sneaker enthusiasts, creators, and brands through a marketplace for virtual sneakers. The platform provides a gamified experience where users can earn in-game currency, compete globally, and collect virtual sneakers while engaging with the physical world. Aglet allows consumers to operate virtual retail shops within the gaming environment, offering designers opportunities to bring their sneaker designs into reality. This innovative approach not only appeals to sneakerheads but also fosters interaction among users, blending gaming and fitness in a unique manner.

GreenPark Sports

Series A in 2020
GreenPark Sports, Inc. is a company that develops and operates an online gaming platform designed for sports and esports fans. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in Burlingame, California, the company specializes in creating digital experiences and games that engage fans with their favorite sports, teams, and athletes. Its flagship offering is a free-to-play mobile game that allows users to compete in real-time during sporting events, aiming to establish themselves as the "Best Fans" of their respective leagues and seasons. Through its innovative approach, GreenPark Sports provides fans with an interactive and immersive gaming experience that enhances their connection to the sports they love.

Buzzer

Seed Round in 2020
Buzzer Media Inc. operates a mobile platform that offers a notification-driven service for live sports streaming, aimed at enhancing the fan experience. Established in 2020 and based in New York, Buzzer aggregates fragmented sports content and rights into a single accessible platform, allowing fans to receive real-time notifications tailored to their preferences. This service enables users to effortlessly discover and watch live sports moments across various leagues and games, either through existing cable or over-the-top subscriptions, or by making micropayments within the app. Buzzer's mission is to simplify the discovery of live sports content, making it easier for fans to engage with their favorite events.

Restream

Series A in 2020
Restream, Inc. is a web-based platform that enables users to stream live video simultaneously across various platforms. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in Austin, Texas, Restream serves over one million users in more than 80 countries. The platform provides a range of features, including analytics, scheduling, shared chat, and monitoring, allowing content producers to effectively engage with their audiences. Additionally, it offers seamless integration with encoders, facilitating the distribution and monetization of live video content.

GreenPark Sports

Seed Round in 2019
GreenPark Sports, Inc. is a company that develops and operates an online gaming platform designed for sports and esports fans. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in Burlingame, California, the company specializes in creating digital experiences and games that engage fans with their favorite sports, teams, and athletes. Its flagship offering is a free-to-play mobile game that allows users to compete in real-time during sporting events, aiming to establish themselves as the "Best Fans" of their respective leagues and seasons. Through its innovative approach, GreenPark Sports provides fans with an interactive and immersive gaming experience that enhances their connection to the sports they love.

GreenPark Sports

Seed Round in 2019
GreenPark Sports, Inc. is a company that develops and operates an online gaming platform designed for sports and esports fans. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in Burlingame, California, the company specializes in creating digital experiences and games that engage fans with their favorite sports, teams, and athletes. Its flagship offering is a free-to-play mobile game that allows users to compete in real-time during sporting events, aiming to establish themselves as the "Best Fans" of their respective leagues and seasons. Through its innovative approach, GreenPark Sports provides fans with an interactive and immersive gaming experience that enhances their connection to the sports they love.

PlayVS

Series C in 2019
PlayVS is an operator of an eSports platform used to organize competitions in eSports on behalf of high school. Its platform offers to organize online tournaments and wagers for cash and prizes and helps to play and stay up-to-date on high school e-sports programs that enable teen gamers to form teams at their high schools to compete with players from other schools and the battle for titles at state championships.

Overtime

Series B in 2019
Overtime Sports Inc. is a New York-based company that focuses on enhancing the sports experience for younger audiences. Founded in 2016, it has developed an application that allows users to film and edit highlights of school and amateur sporting events, incorporating features like slow-motion to showcase key moments. This application enables users to create a professional-looking feed of sports content. In addition to its digital offerings, Overtime also markets a range of merchandise, including clothing items like skullies, socks, shirts, and snapbacks, through its online store. The company has garnered significant investment from notable venture capital firms and prominent figures in the sports industry.

MyCujoo

Venture Round in 2019
mycujoo, was born in July 2014, and is the primary football long tail streaming and media rights platform, allowing players, clubs, leagues, federations and confederations to live stream, upload, syndicate and monetise data and content. mycujoo targets semi-professional, amateur and youth football content. This segment represents an estimate 95% of the overall football market: an estimate 400 million players and 5.1 million football teams, a market worth an estimate USD 20 Billion. mycujoo.tv currently has currently formed partnerships with content rights holders in more than 100 countries.

Phoenix Labs

Series C in 2018
Phoenix Labs is an independent game studio that specializes in creating AAA multiplayer games. The company focuses on providing its clients with online co-operative experiences with strong narratives. Phoenix Labs was founded in 2014 by Jesse Houston, Sean Bender, and Robin Mayne. It is based in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Phoenix Labs

Series B in 2018
Phoenix Labs is an independent game studio that specializes in creating AAA multiplayer games. The company focuses on providing its clients with online co-operative experiences with strong narratives. Phoenix Labs was founded in 2014 by Jesse Houston, Sean Bender, and Robin Mayne. It is based in Vancouver, British Columbia.
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