Shripal Shah

NextUp Ventures works with startups and emerging brands within sports betting, esports, and sports technology to provide strategic capital and key resources for growth and scale. These are truly extraordinary times, and now, more than ever, startups have very little margin for error in navigating the ever-evolving sports landscape. We believe the best way to move an industry forward is by investing in startup companies and entrepreneurs who will be tomorrows leaders. Getting the right people on board to push your vision forward is critical—our team is unmatched in the industry and ready to help you achieve your goals. When you engage NextUp Ventures, your startup instantly gains access to an experienced and versatile team of industry veterans who bring to the table: * A deep network of relationships to make the right connections with the right executives, angels and investors across all areas of sports * Personal capital to ignite and amplify seed rounds * Strategic counsel to evaluate and analyze a business, ensure capital is maximized and best utilized to connect to the consumer through sports * True partnership, sweat equity and a vested interest in driving an accelerated sales cycle to get to market quicker We are a team of highly experienced, hands-on operators, entrepreneurs, and technologists. We have decades of collective experience building highly-successful companies, launching products and services used by millions of people and creating tens of millions of dollars in commercial value. Our public relations practice area includes award-winning industry veterans with expertise across verticals to help startups build their brand narrative, storytell and generate impactful earned media coverage, while keeping costs low.

Techstars helps founders scale their startups into world-changing businesses. Founded in 2006, Techstars is on a mission to invest in startups to enable more capital to flow to more entrepreneurs around the world in order to deliver exceptional returns to our investors. We do this by operating accelerator programs and venture capital funds, as well as by connecting startups, investors, corporations, and cities to help build thriving startup communities. Our results show why Techstars is Better for Founders than any other global accelerator: On average, 74.5% of Techstars companies will raise money within 3 years of their program; 18.5% of Techstars portfolio companies have exited 5 years after their program and 31.1% after eight years. (PitchBook June 2023)

NextUp Ventures works with startups and emerging brands within sports betting, esports, and sports technology to provide strategic capital and key resources for growth and scale. These are truly extraordinary times, and now, more than ever, startups have very little margin for error in navigating the ever-evolving sports landscape. We believe the best way to move an industry forward is by investing in startup companies and entrepreneurs who will be tomorrows leaders. Getting the right people on board to push your vision forward is critical—our team is unmatched in the industry and ready to help you achieve your goals. When you engage NextUp Ventures, your startup instantly gains access to an experienced and versatile team of industry veterans who bring to the table: * A deep network of relationships to make the right connections with the right executives, angels and investors across all areas of sports * Personal capital to ignite and amplify seed rounds * Strategic counsel to evaluate and analyze a business, ensure capital is maximized and best utilized to connect to the consumer through sports * True partnership, sweat equity and a vested interest in driving an accelerated sales cycle to get to market quicker We are a team of highly experienced, hands-on operators, entrepreneurs, and technologists. We have decades of collective experience building highly-successful companies, launching products and services used by millions of people and creating tens of millions of dollars in commercial value. Our public relations practice area includes award-winning industry veterans with expertise across verticals to help startups build their brand narrative, storytell and generate impactful earned media coverage, while keeping costs low.

NextGen Venture Partners works with over 1,800 Venture Partners to invest $1 million in seed stage companies and $2 million to $10 million in companies with more than $10 million in revenue. Our Venture Partners are top founders and innovation executives across the country whose expertise and connections help NextGen accelerate the growth of our portfolio companies.

MOKO Social Media is at the forefront of the next generation in social media, providing innovative products and content to enable communities to engage and interact. MOKO provides tailored content for high value, niche user groups including students, political supporters and active lifestyle participants: communities that share common interests and need to engage regularly and efficiently. Within its student space, MOKO is a mobile leading US college intramural and recreational sports platform. Agreements with the largest college and high school sports data providers in the US grant MOKO exclusive access to provide its award-winning app REC*IT, and BigTeams powered by REC*IT, to over 1,000 US colleges, representing approximately 50% of the US college population, and to over 4,400 US high schools respectively. MOKO aims to capture its target audiences by becoming their destination of choice for information and interaction. It does this by creating highly relevant and exclusive content, and by providing the platforms that enable the communities to consume and share the content seamlessly across devices. This integrated approach gives MOKO unique and exclusive exposure to markets that are highly desired by advertisers and that can be leveraged for growth and revenue through advertising, sponsorship, social network distribution and other monetization of the platforms. Like us on Facebook: https://facebook.com/themokostory Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/themokostory