Travis York

Founder & CEO | York Creative Collective & GYK | Building brands, businesses and real-world experiences

📍 Manchester, New Hampshire, United States🔄 Updated October 2026💼 6 investments📅 11 years investing🗓 Last invested Jun 2019
VC🌍 United States
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Advisor & Investor
Jun 2019
Sports media platform creating all-access content with athletes across video features, podcasts, newsletters and beyond!
early stageOnline Media
Co-Founder & Board Member
Aug 2017
Explorics is a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) marketing technology company offering a cloud-based reporting and analytics platform for results-oriented business leaders accountable for marketing and ecommerce performance. Explorics‘ platform allows marketers to track, measure, analyze and optimize performance across dozens of third party technologies such as Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, Google, MailChimp, and more. Explorics provides its clients with highly visual, interactive, and customizable dashboards enhanced with tangible insights and recommendations to help improve results. Core platform functionality is also available for API integration. For more information visit https://explorics.com
Advisor & Investor
Jul 2016
Iron & Air Media is a full-service creative partner to motorsports, adventure, and lifestyle brands. We craft high-quality print, online, and video content for large and small brands, including our own Iron & Air Magazine, a global motorcycle publication unlike any other. Our focus is the motorcycle and the places it takes you.
Co-Founder & Board Member
Feb 2016
At YORK Athletics, we believe that the power of the fighting spirit can be used to redefine ourselves, inspire communities and change the future. Were committed to motivating and celebrating the everyday fighter on their journey towards personal growth, balance and carving out a unique - and often powerful - path in life. To us, thats WORTH THE FIGHT. #worththefight YORK Athletics manufactures high-quality unisex footwear that is built to perform and intentionally designed with a minimal aesthetic, making them versatile for any wearing occasion. Our signature sneaker, The Henry, was recently awarded Best New Performance Gear​ from Mens Health Magazine and has earned praise in Esquire, ESPN Wns, Hypebeast and Gear Patrol Magazine. www.yorkathleticsmfg.com @yorkathleticsmfg
Co-Founder & Board Member
Jan 2015
At YORK Athletics, we believe that the power of the fighting spirit can be used to redefine ourselves, inspire communities and change the future. Were committed to motivating and celebrating the everyday fighter on their journey towards personal growth, balance and carving out a unique - and often powerful - path in life. To us, thats WORTH THE FIGHT. #worththefight YORK Athletics manufactures high-quality unisex footwear that is built to perform and intentionally designed with a minimal aesthetic, making them versatile for any wearing occasion. Our signature sneaker, The Henry, was recently awarded Best New Performance Gear​ from Mens Health Magazine and has earned praise in Esquire, ESPN Wns, Hypebeast and Gear Patrol Magazine. www.yorkathleticsmfg.com @yorkathleticsmfg
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2022
Co-Founder & Principal
Sep 2022
York Real Estate, based in Manchester, NH, represents the closely-held commercial properties and real estate fund interests of the York family and select strategic partners. With over 100,000 square feet of history-rich office, retail and community space in Manchester, NH, coupled with general partner investments in modern, large scale mixed-use projects alongside tier one construction development firms throughout New England, the Northeast and expanding throughout the United States, York Real Estate is focused on accelerating emerging markets and uplifting communities.
late stageReal Estate
2019
Founder & CEO
Sep 2019
YCC is a portfolio of privately-owned creative ventures working together to maximize their growth potential. We are one-part growth engine and one-part brand steward. YCC was founded in 2019 by GYK Antler CEO Travis York, a longtime investor and creative entrepreneur, with the mission of building brands and businesses that are connected by a shared focus on quality, craft and authenticity. Ventures are given access to a comprehensive suite of resources to help them grow and thrive, while they prioritize and focus on what drives their business forward. GYK Antler’s creative marketing services are strategically positioned at the center of the ecosystem to drive growth. Whether ventures need strategic advisory services or business operations support from YCC’s experienced business leadership team or access to capital, they can create efficiencies through YCC’s shared services offering. YCC ventures include GYK Antler, an integrated marketing company; Big Brick Productions, a full-service video production company; Iron & Air, an omni-channel media platform for motorcycle enthusiasts; YORK Athletics Mfg., a DTC performance footwear company; Noble & Cooley, a historic premium drum manufacturer; and TorchPro, a sports media company changing the way fans and athletes interact.
Investment Partner & Advisor
Sep 2019
York IE® is an investment and operating firm that combines a family of funds with a hands-on operating platform to build and back software companies. With a 250+ person in-house team, AI and automation technology, deep ecosystem partnerships, and cross-functional insights from thousands of engagements, York drives value creation for the private technology market. Fuel® Your Strategic Growth at York IE.
Advisor & Investor
Jun 2019
Sports media platform creating all-access content with athletes across video features, podcasts, newsletters and beyond!
early stageOnline Media
2017
Co-Founder & Board Member
Aug 2017
Explorics is a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) marketing technology company offering a cloud-based reporting and analytics platform for results-oriented business leaders accountable for marketing and ecommerce performance. Explorics‘ platform allows marketers to track, measure, analyze and optimize performance across dozens of third party technologies such as Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, Google, MailChimp, and more. Explorics provides its clients with highly visual, interactive, and customizable dashboards enhanced with tangible insights and recommendations to help improve results. Core platform functionality is also available for API integration. For more information visit https://explorics.com
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