Vasu Kulkarni, Courtside Ventures

Vasu Kulkarni is the founding Partner at Courtside Ventures, an early-stage venture fund he established after selling. See sector focus and contact routes.

About Vasu Kulkarni

Vasu Kulkarni is the founding Partner at Courtside Ventures, an early-stage venture fund he established after selling his sports analytics company, Krossover, to Stack Sports in 2017. His investment thesis targets tech and media companies at the intersection of sports, gaming, wellness, collectibles, and entertainment, focusing on pre-seed through Series A stages. Courtside typically invests between $500,000 and $4 million per deal, with a historical average check size of approximately $709,000. Notable portfolio companies include The Athletic, StockX, and 100 Thieves, which reflect the firm’s focus on content creation, distribution, and monetization in sports and gaming. Kulkarni leverages his engineering background from the University of Pennsylvania and his founder experience to evaluate businesses in sports tech and digital media. He is recognized for pioneering the sports analytics industry before transitioning to venture capital, where he now backs over 100 investments across his defined sectors.

Vasu Kulkarni at a glance

Role
Partner
Organization
Courtside Ventures
Location
New York, NY
Investor type
Venture Capital
Focus areas
Finance, Financial Services, Venture Capital, Sports, Gaming, Fitness, Esport, Software

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Vasu Kulkarni at Courtside Ventures (New York, NY) — sector focus: Finance, Financial Services, Venture Capital, Sports, Gaming, Fitness, Esport, Software, Mobile Apps, Wellness, Video Games, Health Care, Media and Entertainme….
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Where is Vasu Kulkarni based?
Vasu Kulkarni is based in New York, NY.

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