# Whistle Sports funding: rounds and investors > Whistle Sports has raised $112M across 5 rounds since 2012. Investors include Emil Capital, NBC Sports Ventures and TEGNA Ventures. Every round with its source. Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/whistle-sports (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United States · [Series D startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies) # Who invested in *Whistle Sports* 5 rounds we have observed, with the 19 investors named in them. Every figure came from a named source, and where the company reported a raise to the SEC itself, that is shown beside it. Follow Whistle Sports and see its new rounds in your feed. [Sign up free](https://millionrounds.com/login?join=1&why=follow&next=%2Fcompany%2Fwhistle-sports) Internet Funding summary Updated 27 Oct 2026 **$112M** raised across 5 rounds since 2012, from 5 sources **$8.0M** Series A **$28M** Series B **$20M** Round **$28M** Series C **$28M** Series D - **Latest round:** Series D, $28M Jun 2018 - **Investors:** 19 (1 led) See who backed them ## The funding story Each circle is a round, placed by date and sized by amount. The line above is the running total. 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 **$8.0M** Series A **$28M** Series B **$20M** Round **$28M** Series C **$28M** Series D - **First round:** Series A, $8.0M - **Biggest round:** $28M - **Usual gap between rounds:** 21 months ## The rounds - **Jun 2018** Series D **$28M** *3 new* [WndrCo](https://millionrounds.com/fund/wndrco) Aser Capital/ Liberty Media Emil Reported by FinSMEs SEC filing: $8.1M sold, first sale Sept 2017 - **Jan 2017** Series C **$28M** *3 new* *3 returning* [Beringea](https://millionrounds.com/fund/beringea) [Emil Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/emil-capital) [Sky](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sky) [Inc Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/inc-fund) [NBC Sports Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nbc-sports-ventures) [TEGNA Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tegna-ventures) Reported by FinSMEs - **Oct 2016** Round **$20M** *11 new* *1 returning* [Sky Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sky-ventures-2) Lead [Liberty Global](https://millionrounds.com/fund/liberty-global) [SeventySix Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/seventysix-capital) [Emil Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/emil-capital) [NBC Sports Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nbc-sports-ventures) [Sky Startup Investments & Partnerships](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sky-startup-investments-and-partnerships) [TEGNA Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tegna-ventures) Derek Jeter Foley Ventures Geraldine Laybourne Peyton Manning Robert Pittman Source recorded - **Jan 2015** Series B **$28M** *2 new* [Tengelmann Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tengelmann-ventures) [Emil Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/emil-capital) From a historical funding record - **Jan 2012** Series A **$8.0M** No investor was named in the report. From a historical funding record ## Founders and team From the SEC filings it signed: 3 on the team. - **John J. West** Executive Officer, Director i - **Michael A. Cohen** Executive Officer i - **Susan E. Pravda** Executive Officer, Director i On the board, as filed i *Andrea A. Radrizzani* *Dean A. Dorman* *Greg A. Bergamesco* *Jonathan A. Mandle* *Marcel A. Bens* *Mark W. Adams* ## Who was in which round The busiest backers across the latest rounds. A filled square is a round they joined; a dark one, a round they led. **Series A** 2012 **Series B** 2015 **Round** 2016 **Series C** 2017 **Series D** 2018 [Emil Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/emil-capital) [NBC Sports Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nbc-sports-ventures) [TEGNA Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tegna-ventures) [Sky Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sky-ventures-2) L [Beringea](https://millionrounds.com/fund/beringea) [WndrCo](https://millionrounds.com/fund/wndrco) [Tengelmann Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tengelmann-ventures) [Liberty Global](https://millionrounds.com/fund/liberty-global) [SeventySix Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/seventysix-capital) [Sky](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sky) ## Everyone who backed them [Emil Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/emil-capital) VC firm **3** rounds [NBC Sports Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nbc-sports-ventures) Growth equity **2** rounds [TEGNA Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tegna-ventures) Corporate VC **2** rounds [Sky Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sky-ventures-2) VC firm **1** round, led 1 [Beringea](https://millionrounds.com/fund/beringea) Private equity **1** round [WndrCo](https://millionrounds.com/fund/wndrco) Private equity **1** round [Tengelmann Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tengelmann-ventures) VC firm **1** round [Liberty Global](https://millionrounds.com/fund/liberty-global) Corporate VC **1** round [SeventySix Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/seventysix-capital) VC firm **1** round [Sky](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sky) VC firm **1** round [Inc Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/inc-fund) VC firm **1** round [Sky Startup Investments & Partnerships](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sky-startup-investments-and-partnerships) Investment firm **1** round Aser Capital/ Liberty Media no record of our own yet **1** round Derek Jeter no record of our own yet **1** round Emil no record of our own yet **1** round Foley Ventures no record of our own yet **1** round Geraldine Laybourne no record of our own yet **1** round Peyton Manning no record of our own yet **1** round Robert Pittman no record of our own yet **1** round Missing a round, or an investor who was in one? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=whistle-sports). ## Also claim to have backed them This firm lists Whistle Sports as a portfolio company on their own website, but no report of a round names it. They are the firms' own claims, kept apart from the rounds above. [Rabil Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rabil-ventures) VC firm Per its own site ## Quick answers about Whistle Sports ### Who invested in Whistle Sports? Whistle Sports's investors include Emil Capital, NBC Sports Ventures, TEGNA Ventures, Sky Ventures and Beringea, and 14 more on record. ### How much has Whistle Sports raised? Whistle Sports has raised $112M across 5 rounds since 2012. ### When did Whistle Sports last raise? Whistle Sports's most recent round was a Series D of $28M in Jun 2018. ### What was Whistle Sports's biggest round? Its most recent round, $28M in Jun 2018, is also its largest on record. ### Who backed Whistle Sports first? Whistle Sports's first round on record, in Jan 2015, was backed by Tengelmann Ventures and Emil Capital. ### What stage is Whistle Sports at? Whistle Sports's latest named round is a Series D, in Jun 2018. ### Where is Whistle Sports based? Whistle Sports is based in the United States. ### Who led Whistle Sports's rounds? Sky Ventures led the funding round in 2016. ## Companies like Whistle Sports In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months. 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