Courtside Ventures' partners. Kai Bond is upper left.
Courtside Ventures' partners. Kai Bond is upper left.
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Courtside Ventures raises $100M fund for sports, collectibles, wellness and gaming

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Courtside Ventures has closed a total of $100 million for its third early-stage venture capital fund focused on sports, collectibles, wellness and gaming.

Fund III investors include a globally diverse group of industry leaders across professional sports including
team owners, athletes and industry executives, said Kai Bond, partner at Courtside Ventures, in an interview with GamesBeat.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.