Jake Hoselton is the CEO & Co-Founder of Grass Clippings and Grass League.
Grass Clippings is a pioneering golf brand that elevates the golfing experience by spotlighting the unsung heroes of the sport: greenskeepers.
The brand’s innovation extends to creating the Grass League, the first global high-stakes par 3 golf league in North America.
The league features competitive tournaments with both amateur and professional players in team-based formats.
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Akshat Prakash is the CTO and Co-founder of CAMB.AI.
CAMB.AI is a leading AI speech translation company that enables the world's biggest sports leagues, broadcasters, studios, and creators to go multi-lingual, at scale, in over 140 languages and locales.
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John Stewart is the CEO & Co-founder at Fastbreak.ai.
Fastbreak.ai is a SaaS company transforming how the world of sports operates. Its AI-powered platforms deliver the intelligence behind scheduling, tournament management, and sponsor activation for professional, amateur, and youth sports organizations worldwide.
John is a serial entrepreneur who founded his first company, an engineering services in 2003.
After successfully exiting that business in 2009, he co-founded Saber Business Solutions, which evolved into MapAnything, a geospatial mapping and scheduling software company, acquired by Salesforce in 2019.
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Connor Lim is the Founder & CEO of International Dance League (IDL).
The IDL is a first-of-its-kind professional sports league for dance. Think F1 meets America's Best Dance Crew.
The league transforms elite dance into a high-stakes, team-based competition, featuring city-based franchises, world-class talent, and a season-long format.
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Kushaan Ahuja is a Partner at Will Ventures, an investment firm focused on sports, entertainment, and consumer brands.
Before joining Will Ventures, Kushaan was leading venture & growth investments at the sports and entertainment conglomerates, Endeavor and TKO.
During his time there, he led investments across Consumer AI, Creator Economy, Gaming, Emerging CPG, and Sports. Before that, he was an investment banker at J.P. Morgan covering Technology, Internet, and Digital Media clients.
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Sameer Ahuja serves as president, GameChanger, senior vice president, DICK’S Sporting Goods. In this role, Sameer is responsible for leading GameChanger, a leading youth sports mobile app for video streaming, stats & data, scheduling, and communications.
A long-time entrepreneur, prior to joining GameChanger in 2017, Sameer served as the Founder & CEO of the boutique hedge fund Dera Capital Advisors. Sameer also held a leadership role at GATE Global Impact LLC and was Co-Founder, COO and CFO of the Sports Museum of America.
Early in his career, Sameer worked for JPMorgan Chase as an associate for its Global Investment Bank.
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Marley Hughes is the CEO & Founder of Momentous Sports and CEO of Magnolia Hill Partners, a family office with a unique focus on Op Co and Prop Co investments in high-barrier sectors like data centers and professional sports.
Momentous Sports, a division of Magnolia Hill Partners, is a global investment platform at the center of professional sports ownership and mixed-use real estate development.
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Andy Marston is Head of Corporate Venture at The Players Fund. He oversees the firm's corporate venture efforts, working with clubs, leagues, and entertainment brands to shape venture strategies, unlock access for startups, and build new models of innovation.
The Players Fund is pioneering a new frontier in venture capital as the UK's first athlete-led firm, founded by athletes, to empower the athlete community as investors.
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Ben Levin is Co-Founder & COO of Crux Football, a European women’s football multi-club platform focused on scaling the women’s game.
Prior to Crux Football, he was the Vice Chairman of Crawley Town FC and a strategy consultant.
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Jeff Berding is the Co-CEO of FC Cincinnati, who, with Carl H. Lindner III, founded the club as a USL franchise in 2015.
With three seasons of record-setting success on and off the field in the USL, Berding led the club’s expansion efforts that successfully resulted in the club’s ascension to Major League Soccer for the 2019 season and then the opening of TQL Stadium in 2021.
Before founding FCC, Berding spent more than 19 years as an executive with the Cincinnati Bengals, where he led the Sales and Public Affairs efforts for the NFL team.
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Matt Rizzetta is Founder and Managing Partner of Underdog Global Partners, which owns, operates, and advises on assets that unlock unique experiences, provide exclusive access, and target attractive return profiles.
Rizzetta is an entrepreneur and global executive with an exemplary track record of acquiring, operating, and scaling companies across media, sports, and entertainment platforms worldwide.
He also served as Founder and CEO of North 6th Agency from 2010 until 2020. Under his leadership, N6A grew to become one of the 50 Most Powerful Firms in the United States according to the Observer, before merging with KRMA.
Beginning in 2020, Rizzetta began acquiring assets and building a diversified portfolio of holdings, which includes various sports, entertainment, and media properties.
In 2022, Rizzetta acquired Campobasso FC and led the club through a period of unprecedented growth, culminating in an exclusive partnership with Disney. Rizzetta became the co-creator and executive producer of “Running With the Wolves,” an ESPN Original series that tells the story of Campobasso FC’s rise to glory.
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Jack Adler is the Founder & CEO of Out2Win.
Out2Win is a data intelligence platform that streamlines the way brands discover, analyze, and connect with athletes for influencer marketing partnerships.
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Jasmine Robinson is a Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Monarch Collective.
Monarch Collective is an investment fund that is focused exclusively on women's sports.
So far, Monarch has invested in teams such as Angel City FC, San Diego Wave, and Boston FC.
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Jason Burchard is Co-Founder and CEO of RootNote.
RootNote is a software platform empowering athletes, creators, and the next generation of entertainment brands with data.
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Harrison Brown is the Co-Founder & CEO of HEADCHECK Health.
HEADCHECK Health is an end-to-end concussion management solution to help teams and organizations with concussion protocols, athlete recovery, and risk mitigation.
HEADCHECK Health's clients include professional sports leagues like the MLS and the CFL, collegiate and high school athletic departments, national sports governing bodies such as Volleyball Canada, and grassroots sports organizations, as well as clinics and hospitals.
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María Teresa Pérez Lobatón is the Co-Founder & Managing Partner of Mural Ventures.
Mural Ventures is an advisory and investment firm led by former founders in the convergence of sports, media, and tech. They focus on opportunities specifically in Latin America and Spanish-speaking countries.
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Jay Li, the CEO and co-founder of the Asian University Basketball League (AUBL).
AUBL is a pan-regional intercollegiate basketball league spotlighting Asia’s most prestigious university basketball programs, anchored by top teams from Greater China, Japan, and Korea.
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Rebecca Kacaba is the CEO and Co-Founder of DealMaker.
DealMaker is a disruptor in the capital markets and transforms the way leading brands raise private capital through technology.
DealMaker Sports has helped numerous sports organizations raise community funding.
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Jake Schuster is the CEO and Founder of Gemini Sports.
Gemini Sports helps elite sports team front offices streamline roster management decisions with intuitive, customizable, AI-powered workflows.
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Chris Wilkerson is a former pro football player and twice-exited entrepreneur.
Currently, he is the General Partner of 51Ventures, a venture capital firm investing in relentless founders in sports tech who want to change the game.
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