Danny Cortenraede

Building progressive approaches in sports, media, and entertainment.

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Founded in 1988, the Los Angeles Sports Council is the premier sports trade association in Southern California. Our mission is to create a positive IMPACT in the Los Angeles region by utilizing the INCLUSIVE power of the sports ecosystem through year-round INNOVATIVE strategies and programs. The organization is led by a Board of Directors that includes prominent leaders representing teams, leagues, venues, events and businesses that intersect with the sports industry in greater Los Angeles. LASC unites industry, community and city leaders through year-round programming and initiatives—including the L.A. Sports Awards, L.A. Sports Innovation Conference and Ready, Set, Gold!—designed to advance the business of sports and build a stronger, healthier and more dynamic future for all. The LASC Board of Directors also represents the Board of the Los Angeles Sports Council Foundation 501(c)(3) and the Southern California Committee for the Olympic Games 501(c)(3). Although separate organizations, all entities work together for a common goal.

We are a global venture corporation dedicated to enhancing lives through sports and health tech. With a family of funds investing across all stages of venture and a cutting-edge advisory division, we have expanded on the traditional Venture Capital model. We are a leading collective of global investors, innovators, and athletes, joining forces to make meaningful progress, one idea at a time. Originally inspired by Adi Dassler and the entrepreneurial spirit he embodied, LEAD launched in Berlin in 2017. We were founded with the belief that greater investment in sports technology was on the horizon, so we built an academy to accelerate early-stage start-ups in the space. LEAD soon grew beyond an accelerator, becoming a collective of investors, advisors, and innovators who expanded their focus upon recognizing that the line between sports and health was blurring. Today, LEAD is a venture corporation with 70+ portfolio companies, $120 million in assets under management, and a strategic advisory arm supporting global organizations.

Building progressive approaches in sports, media, and entertainment.

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Venturerock is an all-in-one investment and venture building platform on a mission to solve venture liquidity through radical transparency and digitization. We align the interests of founders, investors and venture builders, from seed to scale and beyond, through a shared liquidity infrastructure and AI-powered evidence-based investment and venture building methodology. Our lifeblood - advancing technology, science, and innovation into the next generation of global tech companies. We invest in five proprietary Venture Studios, dedicated to building and scaling ventures across Value and Supply Chains; Sports, Media and Culture; Deeptech; AI and Urban innovation.