Deepen Parikh

Partner at Courtside Ventures · Joined 2016

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Biography

Deepen Parikh is a Partner and co-founder of Courtside Ventures, which he helped launch in 2016 to back early stage companies across sports, media, betting, and wellness. He led the firm's investments in Beam, acquired by Microsoft, and in The Athletic, where he served on the board from the initial seed investment through the company's $550 million acquisition by The New York Times in 2022. Earlier he was a partner at Interplay Ventures, spent three years at UBS, and founded a CRM company serving professional and college sports teams. He serves as an independent director of 24 Hour Fitness and holds a BA from the University of Maryland, College Park.

Education

Previous Experience

Notable Investments

The AthleticBeam

Board Seats

Career Timeline

2016
Co-founded Courtside Ventures, which launched with a $35 million debut fund.
2017
Courtside announced it led the seed round in The Athletic, where he took a board seat.
2022
The Athletic was acquired by The New York Times for $550 million.

Sources & References

Courtside Ventures - Deepen Parikh bio ↗PR Newswire - Courtside leads The Athletic seed (2017) ↗CNBC - NYT to buy The Athletic for $550M (Jan 2022) ↗