About VC Sports

We connect investors, executives, and entrepreneurs with a passion for technology and sports.

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Founded in 2011 by Jeffrey Volk (Head of Business & Revenue @Deltatre, formerly MLBAM, BAMTech, USTA) and Deepen Parikh (Partner @Courtside Ventures, formerly Interplay Ventures), NYVC Sports seeks to integrate New York City's vast entrepreneurial, enterprise, and investing communities through a curated network of executives -- all at the intersection of the digital and sports marketplaces. 

Through monthly panels, debates, breakfast series, business pitches, and other unique events, NYVC Sports integrates New York’s vast entrepreneurial, enterprise, and investing communities. Our network features representatives from each of the professional sports leagues, teams, media players and publishers, as well as select entrepreneurs, agencies, private equity investors and venture capitalists, all of whom focus on New York’s sports and digital. 

We tailor our events to focus on most relevant areas of the sports and digital space, including How Startups Can Partner With Leagues, Investment Strategies, Startup Capital, Disruption Trends, Big Data, Innovations in Ticketing, Non-Traditional Events, and a birds eye view of the 2012 Summer Olympic Games in London. Future panels will focus on What's Next in Social Media, the Future of Fantasy and Gaming, In-Venue Intelligence, the Relationships between Content Creators and Distributors and more. 

 

Our Founders

 
 

Jeff Volk

Bus dev & strategy exec, @Deltatre, entrepreneur, innovator, investor, adventurer, advisor, and Boston sports fan.

Deepen Parikh

Bus dev & strategy exec, @Deltatre, entrepreneur, innovator, investor, adventurer, advisor, and Boston sports fan.

What We Do

We host frequent events covering all areas of the sports and digital marketplace, including:

 

Startup and Investment Strategies

Sports-League Partnerships

Disruption Trends

Big Data in Sports

Explosion of Live Streaming & OTT Models

Innovations in Ticketing and Venue Intelligence

Emerging Sports and Leagues

What's Next in Sports Investment -- Big and Small

Thought Leadership with Industry Titans / Royalty

Social Media

Online and Mobile Gaming

Content Creation and Distribution

Daily Fantasy Gaming

eSports Trends

What to Expect Next in Gambling

Culture's impact on Winning on & off the Field / Court

 

How We Do It

Discussion topics cover a wide variety of perspectives in the entrepreneurial and investment communities, including:

 

MLB Advanced Media

NFL

NHL

NBA

ESPN

WWE

USTA

PGA TOUR

UFC

Monumental Sports

SF 49ers/ Aurum Prtnrs.

New York Jets

New York Knicks

Big East Conference

NYC Sport Commission

NY State Senate

LionTree

Fox Sports 1

Deltatre / Bruin Sports Capital

Snap

Turner Sports

Boston 2024

US Olympic Committee

Harvard Innovation Ctr.

Tough Mudder

Evolution Media Capital

GSV Asset Mgmt.

AdvancIT Capital

Evolution Media Capital

Sterling Ventures

120 Sports

Silver Chalice

Facebook

RSE Ventures

Twitter

SeventySix Capital

Courtside Ventures

Landmark Ventures

Shelly Palmer

Raptor Sports

Univision

YouTube Sports

Twitch

Major League Gaming

USA Today Sports

Thuzio

DraftKings

Gugenheim

RGA Ventures

Bike New York

SeatGeek

Raine Group

Barstool Sports / Chernin Group

The Athletic

 

 Join a local community

We have local communities in major US cities and London.