Patrick Venino

Investment Banking Vice President at Nomura

📍 United States🔄 Updated September 2026💼 1 investments📅 6 years investing🗓 Last invested Dec 2020
Angel investor🌍 United States
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Seed Investor
Dec 2020
We are reimagining sports through technology, fan ownership, and AI. We built Fan Controlled Football and Fan Controlled Racing, the first pro sports where fans called the plays in real time. With 4 Sports Emmy nominations, weve proven fans want more than just a seat in the stands, they want the controls. Now we’re scaling our vision into a global platform. The Victory Sports ecosystem powers interactive sports and prediction markets using AI agents, tokenized governance, and smart on-chain incentives. Our newest project, Legend, lets AI agents and token holders co-manage a real Italian football club, Costa DAmalfi FC, turning fan passion into real-world impact. Backed by Tier 1 investors like Delphi Digital, Lightspeed, Animoca, and Spartan, we’re building the next generation of sports. One that is interactive, intelligent, and owned by the fans.
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2022
Investment Banking Associate
Jan 2022
Nomura is a financial services group with an integrated global network. By connecting markets East & West, Nomura services the needs of individuals, institutions, corporates and governments through its four business divisions: Wealth Management, Investment Management, Wholesale (Global Markets and Investment Banking), and Banking. Founded in 1925, the firm is built on a tradition of disciplined entrepreneurship, serving clients with creative solutions and considered thought leadership.
2020
Seed Investor
Dec 2020
We are reimagining sports through technology, fan ownership, and AI. We built Fan Controlled Football and Fan Controlled Racing, the first pro sports where fans called the plays in real time. With 4 Sports Emmy nominations, weve proven fans want more than just a seat in the stands, they want the controls. Now we’re scaling our vision into a global platform. The Victory Sports ecosystem powers interactive sports and prediction markets using AI agents, tokenized governance, and smart on-chain incentives. Our newest project, Legend, lets AI agents and token holders co-manage a real Italian football club, Costa DAmalfi FC, turning fan passion into real-world impact. Backed by Tier 1 investors like Delphi Digital, Lightspeed, Animoca, and Spartan, we’re building the next generation of sports. One that is interactive, intelligent, and owned by the fans.
2018
Senior Associate
Jul 2018
Alvarez & Marsal is a leading global professional services firm dedicated to helping organizations tackle their most complex business issues, maximize stakeholder value, and deliver sustainable change. Privately held since its founding in 1983, clients select us for our deep expertise and proven ability to create and deliver practical solutions to their unique problems. Leveraging A&M’s restructuring heritage, our fact-driven, action-oriented approach empowers organizations to drive transformation and unlock value at every stage of growth. Our worldwide network extends across six continents, with over 10,000 people comprised of experienced operators, world-class consultants, former regulators and industry authorities. We foster a uniquely collaborative environment that embraces our peoples’ diverse perspectives and A&M’s entrepreneurial spirit to deliver end-to-end capabilities that span advisory, business performance improvement, and turnaround management. When action matters, find us at www.alvarezandmarsal.com.
Senior Associate
Jan 2018
Anchin is a leading accounting, tax and advisory firm, specializing in the needs of privately-held companies, investment funds and high-net-worth individuals and families. Its highly-focused industry specialization helps clients overcome challenges and achieve their financial objectives with exceptional confidence. Consistently recognized in respected “best of” lists for service, firm management and employee satisfaction, Anchin prioritizes partner-level engagement, and commitment to employee happiness. The full-service firm, with a staff of 450, including more than 60 partners, provides a wide range of assurance, financial reporting, tax and advisory services, including tax strategies and compliance; tax credits and incentives; state and local and international tax strategies, family office strategies management and succession advisory; growth, transition and exit strategies; transaction advisory; client accounting advisory services; cybersecurity and digital risk solutions; and litigation support, forensic accounting and valuation services. Anchin has offices in New York City, Uniondale, New York, and in Boca Raton, Florida, and is an independent member of BKR International, a network of more than 160 firms with over 500 offices in over 80 countries around the world. Discover what’s possible by visiting us online at www.anchin.com.
2015
Experienced Associate
Jul 2015
At PwC, we help clients drive their companies to the leading edge. We’re a tech-forward, people-empowered network with more than 370,000 people in 149 countries. Across audit and assurance, tax and legal, deals and consulting we help build, accelerate and sustain momentum. Find out more at www.pwc.com. PwC: Audit and assurance, consulting and tax services PwC refers to the PwC network and/or one or more of its member firms, each of which is a separate legal entity. Content on this page has been prepared for general information only and is not intended to be relied upon as accounting, tax or professional advice. Please reach out to your advisors for specific advice.