Launching this summer, The Skills is the premier online sports education platform where the world's most celebrated athletes teach their skills on a global scale.
Location: United States, California, Manhattan Beach
Employees: 1-10
Total raised: $5M
Founded date: 2019
Investors 4
| Date | Name | Website |
| - | Grishin Ro... | grishinrob... |
| - | Will Ventu... | willventur... |
| - | Thomas McI... | tgm.com |
| - | 23/Venture... | 23divide.v... |
Funding Rounds 1
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 09.12.2020 | Seed | $5M | - |
Persons 6
| Date | First Name | Last Name | Title | Location | |||
| - | Justin | Taylor | Business D... | linkedin.c... | - | j****n@the... | - |
| - | Kirsten | Rudberg | Marketing ... | linkedin.c... | - | k*****n@th... | - |
| - | Omer | A. | Chief Exec... | linkedin.c... | - | o**r@thesk... | - |
| - | Perry | Petrozelli | VP of Prod... | linkedin.c... | - | p***y@thes... | - |
| - | Sara | Cami | - | linkedin.c... | - | s**a@thesk... | - |
| - | Mike | Casey | - | linkedin.c... | - | M**e@thesk... | - |
Mentions in press and media 12
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| 01.07.2022 | GR0 Presents: How to Bootstrap Your Startup | Though the image of perfecting a pitch deck and then presenting your concept to investors and VCs is central to our common conception of being a founder and entrepreneur, many of the largest and most valuable tech companies in the world – f... |
| 17.02.2022 | LA Is The Third-Largest Startup Ecosystem in the US | Los Angeles is now the third-largest startup market in the U.S.—with nearly 4,000 venture-backed startups calling the City of Angels home, according to a new report from venture capital firm Telstra Ventures. On Wednesday, San Francisco-bas... |
| 31.01.2022 | What Are LA’s Hottest Startups of 2022? See Who VCs Picked in dot.LA’s Annual Survey | In Los Angeles—like the startup environment at large—venture funding and valuations skyrocketed in 2021, even as the coronavirus pandemic continued to surge and supply chain issues rattled the economy. The result was a startup ecosystem tha... |
| 05.01.2021 | Here Are the LA Seed Startups Top VCs Wish They'd Invested In | Los Angeles is home to around 5,000 startups, the majority of which are in their young, formative years. Which of those thousands are poised for a breakout in 2021? We asked dozens of L.A.'s top VCs to weigh in. We wanted to know which comp... |
| 09.12.2020 | Sports Education Platform The Skills Raises $5 Million | The Skills – an online education platform that focuses exclusively on education taught by icons of professional sport – announced a $5 million seed round. These are the details. The Skills – an online education platform that focuses exclusi... |
| 08.12.2020 | The Skills Raises $5M in Seed Funding Round | The Skills, a Los Angeles, CA-based online education platform to focus exclusively on education taught by icons of professional sport, raised $5m in seed funding. The round was led by Will Ventures with participation from other investors in... |
| 08.12.2020 | The Skills Raises $5M in Seed Funding Round | The Skills, a Los Angeles, CA-based online education platform to focus exclusively on education taught by icons of professional sport, raised $5m in seed funding. The round was led by Will Ventures with participation from other investors in... |
| 07.12.2020 | The Skills Raises $5M in Seed Funding Round | The Skills, a Los Angeles, CA-based online education platform to focus exclusively on education taught by icons of professional sport, raised $5m in seed funding. The round was led by Will Ventures with participation from other investors in... |
| 07.12.2020 | The Skills Raises $5 Million for Online Sports Courses | - |
| 04.12.2020 | The Skills Scores $5M | Los Angeles-based The Skills, a startup which operates an online education site where professional sports players teach different skills, said on Friday that it has raised $5M in a seed funding round. The funding was led by Will Ventures, a... |
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