Interviewing Vasu Kulkarni, Partner at Courtside Ventures 

Courtside Ventures is built on the backs of highly specialized sports and media entrepreneurs and investors. They look to utilize  industry networks and deep domain knowledge to bring unparalleled value to the companies that they invest in and support. 

In this conversation, Vasu discusses his love for playing basketball that led him to starting his first software company in 2008. He highlights his struggles to raise funding from VC’s and getting them to believe in the sports area. He talks about Dan and his willingness to back them up as they went on to set up a one of a kind (at the time) sports focused fund. And that set them off onto their journey of letting people know that sports is actually an investable industry. 7 years later, they are now on their third fund and over $200 million under management which is a great stamp of approval. 

To learn more, visit http://www.courtsidevc.com

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