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Black Lab Sports

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Investor type

PE / VC

Founded

2014

AUM

$1 M

Location

Boulder, Colorado, United States

Investment Ticket

$10-50 m

Investment Stage

Series B Seed Series A Late Stage (Series C+)

Region of investment

North America
Investor profile last updated: 09 February, 2026

Profile

At Black Lab Sports, we are a community on a passionate quest to create the future, live a life of meaning, and provide all those around us with boundless possibility. We’re a sports-tech, human-tech, coworking studio and venture capital firm.

We incubate technology and invest in businesses that unleash the human potential of the mind, body, heart, and spirit. To bring these technologies to market, we built an innovation hub and commercialization platform at the intersection of business, human performance, and creativity.

Black Lab Sports operates out of a 22,000 square-foot renovated warehouse located in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains we call The Lab.

The Lab is a world-class creator community, innovation center, and event space designed to launch the next great sports-tech and human performance brands. We have created a vibrant ecosystem that blends a high-tech accelerator with a sports science laboratory, athlete test facility, fine art studio, warehouse distribution center, versatile event space, and maker-focused co-working space.

We live our purpose, invest in Thinker-Doers, and help our community unleash greatness every day!

Industry

Sports/SportsTech Technology Media and Entertainment Consumer Products Consumer Services (B2C) Digital Food and Beverage Foodtech AI VR/AR Machine Learning (ML) Energy

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Jean-Paul O’Brien CEO & Managing Director
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William Powell Managing Director
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FAQs about Black Lab Sports

Black Lab Sports is a venture capital and private equity firm. It backs companies at Series B, Seed, Series A and Late Stage (Series C+), writing tickets of $10-50 m.
Black Lab Sports is located in Boulder, Colorado, United States.
Black Lab Sports was founded in 2014.
Black Lab Sports invests in companies and startups in Sports/SportsTech, Technology, Media and Entertainment, Consumer Products, Consumer Services (B2C), Digital, Food and Beverage, Foodtech, AI, VR/AR, Machine Learning (ML), Energy.
Black Lab Sports invests in companies and startups in North America.
Black Lab Sports invests in companies and startups at Series B, Seed, Series A, Late Stage (Series C+).
Black Lab Sports usually invests $10-50 m on average.
Black Lab Sports has around $1m assets under management.
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