Sports Hardware
Hardware for swimming, baseball, and football, used from youth programs up through the pros.
Private holding company · Est. 2006
Building technology companies that last.
Black Line Ventures was founded in 2006. Since then it has started six technology companies, funded them itself, and kept every one.
About
What we own, we keep.
Black Line Ventures is closely held. Every company in the portfolio was started inside BLV and later spun out. Each one now trades under its own name, with a CEO and management team of its own.
The holding company itself is small. It owns strategy for the group, including product and technology, and runs the shared back office. Building, selling, and day-to-day decisions belong to the companies.
Combined annual revenue
$150M+
Operating companies
6
Years of ownership
20
People across the portfolio
2,500+
Permanent equity
We fund our companies ourselves and we keep them. No outside investors, no exits, and no plan to change that.
Independent companies
Each company has its own CEO and management team and runs its own business day to day.
Shared direction
Corporate, product, and technology strategy are set and owned here. The companies carry it out, and build and sell the products. BLV also runs administration and the back office for all six.
Portfolio
Six companies. Six industries.
They operate on their own, under their own names. For questions about any of them, go to the company directly.
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Sports Software
Software for swim programs at every level, and for professional football and baseball teams, from the coaching staff to the front office.
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Analytics
Predictive analytics, from a general-purpose engine that takes in data of almost any kind and uses AI to forecast what comes next, to tools built for a single niche. Sold on their own, and also powering many of the sports software company’s products.
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Bespoke Solutions
Custom software, built one client at a time.
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Research & Development
The portfolio’s research lab. It also takes on a small amount of work for outside clients.
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Agricultural Technology
Sensors, ground and air autonomy, and digital twins for growers, starting with vineyards. The goal is a digital farm in a box: everything needed to run a vineyard from a screen, in one package.