Sapphire Sport

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VCMatch tracks Sapphire Sport as an investor focused on Consumer, Gaming, and E-commerce companies, Seed and Series A rounds, United States, Bay Area, and New York markets, and $300m check sizes. Upload your deck to compare your startup against the full private matching profile.

Check Size

$300m

Stages

Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C

Focus Areas

Consumer, Gaming, E-commerce

Geography

United States, Bay Area, and New York

Investment Thesis

359 Capital partners with relentless founders in consumer and consumer-adjacent spaces, positioning itself as an accelerant through a unique LP network of iconic brands across sports, media, and entertainment. The firm believes in helping founders achieve success by providing connectivity into difficult-to-penetrate markets that are typically hard for startups to access. With $300M under management, they back companies from Seed to Series C, acting as lead, co-lead, or syndicate investors.

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Investment Focus

Who should take a closer look

Sapphire Sport is most relevant for founders raising Seed, Series A, and Series B rounds in Consumer, Gaming, E-commerce, and Media Entertainment, especially across United States, Bay Area, and New York, with public check-size signals around $300m.

Focus statement

359 Capital focuses on next-gen media, digital commerce, gaming, social, AI applications, prosumer tools, and wellness. They specifically invest in early-stage technology companies at the nexus of tech and culture, leveraging their LPs' expertise and networks in sports, media, and entertainment.

Value Add

Unique LP base of iconic brands including City Football Group, adidas, AEG, MSG, Sinclair, and owners from all major U.S. sports leagues
Deep expertise in the sports, media, and entertainment ecosystem that is difficult-to-penetrate for typical VCs
Ability to translate market insight into portfolio support and strategic introductions through LP relationships
Team with proven track record: co-founders previously built and sold YES Network to FOX for $3.8B in 2015
Prior investment success through founders' work at Sapphire Ventures (LinkedIn, DocuSign, Paytm, Square)