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A gym, not a conference.

Invitation-only gatherings that engineer high quality collisions between active athletes, high growth founders, and strategic investors. Mechanics and dealmaking, not podium moments.

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50
Curated decision makers in the first room, West Hollywood
43%
Of that room from the investment community
2
Co-investment partnerships formed out of one evening
60–80
Invitation-only seats per gathering going forward
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How the room is built

/Mechanics, not podiums

The programming is built for what happens between people, not for the stage. Every element exists to get two right people into the same conversation.

/Active operators only

People investing, building, and closing today. Decision makers, not junior representatives sent in their place.

/Integrated panels

Founder, investor, and buyer in the same conversation. No segregated programming that keeps the sides of a deal apart.

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Who has been in the room

JP MorganLA28Warner Bros GamesAmazon Prime VideoSnapSphere EntertainmentAngel City FCUFCNBPAUnrivaledAperture VCGrit CapitalSony Innovation FundBankTech VenturesBB Ventures

Organizations represented at the launch event in Los Angeles, co-presented with JP Morgan and supported by Hidonix.

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See the room for yourself

Full panels from the stage, published in full. No highlight reel edit, no teaser cuts. Watch a whole conversation and judge the room.

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SPIKE Series, Los Angeles: 50 curated decision makers, two panels, one room 0:25

50 Curated Decision Makers, Two Panels, One Room

Twenty five seconds inside the launch event in West Hollywood. The fastest way to understand what SPIKE is before you read another word.
Athletes Who Invest: Sport, Capital, and the Second Career 57:53

Athletes Who Invest: Sport, Capital, and the Second Career

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The 5 AM Work: What Founders Do When Nobody Is Watching 43:13

The 5 AM Work: What Founders Do When Nobody Is Watching

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From the Field to the Deal: What Athletes Bring to Investing 36:34

From the Field to the Deal: What Athletes Bring to Investing

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Kill Your Assumptions Before Investors Do 30:02

Kill Your Assumptions Before Investors Do

Founder spotlight
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Built around the 2028 LA Olympic cycle

Los Angeles spends the next four years becoming the centre of gravity for sport, media and performance technology. SPIKE is being built as the innovation and dealflow layer inside that cycle.

The mid-term ambition is to program inside national hospitality houses, partnering with trade offices rather than competing with them. Early partners get first consideration for that positioning.

  • 2024SPIKE Series launches
  • 2025First event in West Hollywood. 50 attendees. Community and partnership models tested.
  • March 2026Early-stage VC conference, co-hosted with Techstars
  • 2026Los Angeles gatherings of 60 to 80, plus quarterly practice sessions
  • 2027–28Ecosystem positioned around the LA28 cycle

The room is built one introduction at a time.

Invitations go to investors, enterprise leaders, founders from seed to Series B, and athletes moving into capital. Tell us which one you are.

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