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Active Pre-seed Sports Investors (2026)

5 investors currently writing pre-seed checks in Sports. Synthesized from live platform activity · updated August 2026.

Raising capital in the Sports space requires finding partners who understand your specific market dynamics. The investors listed here are actively deploying capital and looking for high-growth opportunities with defensible competitive advantages. Pre-seed investors primarily back the founders' vision, early prototypes, and initial market validation before substantial revenue exists.
Sector: Sports Stage: Pre-Seed + Geography + Check size
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Prateek Sharma
Sports
Ahead VC is an early-stage venture capital fund focused on B2B startups operating in the India-US corridor, with particular emphasis on comp...
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ROHIT BAFNA
Sports · $230K–$500K
888 VC is an early-stage venture capital firm backing category-defining, technology-led businesses with a focus on the India-US corridor. Ro...
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Tim Chae
Tim Chae
Sports · $150K-$500K at accelerator/seed stage; $3M-$10M at Series A
500 Global, where Tim Chae serves as Managing Partner, invests across sectors and geographies in fast-growing technology companies at early...
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Aneel Ranadive
Aneel Ranadive
Sports · $1M - $5M
Soma Capital is a founder-friendly seed investor backing software and AI builders globally. The firm invests early in brilliant entrepreneur...
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Tom Williams
Tom Williams
Sports · Up to $250K pre-investment threshold
Tom Williams founded Heron Rock Capital as an exclusively first-check investor platform backing exceptional founders and difficult ideas bef...
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