Wayne Kimmel

Managing Partner

Wayne Kimmel is a sports tech venture capitalist, entrepreneur, podcast host, and author. He is the Managing Partner of SeventySix Capital, the venture capital company he founded in 1999 that invests in sports betting, gaming, and sports tech companies.

The Sports Business Journal named Kimmel a Sports Tech Power Player, Insider named him a Top Sports Venture Capitalist and was awarded the Most Admired CEO award from the Philadelphia Business Journal.

Kimmel was an investor in SeamlessWeb (sold to Aramark and now public as GrubHub), Take Care Health Systems (sold to Walgreens and became their healthcare clinics), NutriSystem, VSiN (sold to DraftKings), Vigtory (sold to FuboTV) and C360 (sold to Cosm). He has also sold companies to Intel, IBM, and Yahoo.

Kimmel also hosts the SeventySix Capital Sports Leadership Show, a podcast featuring the industry’s top entrepreneurs, athletes, and thought leaders. He is the Chairman of SeventySix Capital Sports Advisory agency, which consults with teams, leagues, family offices, and brands on the future of sports.

SeventySix Capital has a partnership with the  American Gaming Association to promote its #HaveAGamePlan responsible sports betting campaign and also has a strategic partnership with Rubicon Talent, a sports marketing and talent agency based in New York City that represents professional athletes, Olympians and sports broadcasters.

Kimmel is on the Advisory Council for the University of Maryland’s Sports Management Program, a collaboration of the Robert H. Smith School of Business, the Department of Kinesiology at the School of Public Health, the Shirley Povich Center for Sports Journalism, and Maryland Athletics.

Kimmel is also on the Philanthropic Impact Advisory Council of Athletes’ Voices at Harvard University - the premier program for athletes seeking to increase their influence + social impact and on the Board of Powered By Professionals, an organization that specializes in planning and managing charity events, including non-profit fundraising.

Kimmel was named a Top Innovator by Philadelphia Magazine, Philadelphia Business Journal's Power 100 list and the 2022 Titan 100 list. He’s served on the Boards of Einstein Healthcare Network, Jewish Federations of North America, Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia, and the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts.

Kimmel is a graduate of the University of Maryland at College Park and the Delaware Law School. He is passionate about innovating the sports industry and working to make the world a better place.

FOUNDED SEVENTYSIX CAPITAL in 1999
over 100 investments in startups across the sports, media & entertainment industries
PORTFOLIO COMPANIES ACQUIRED BY Aramark (SeamlessWeb), cosm, DraftKings, fubotv, iBM, Intel, Walgreens and Yahoo
Author AND KEYNOTE SPEAKER on ENTREPRENEURSHIP, NETWORKING AND GIVING BACK
BOARD EXPERIENCE with over 40 for profit and nonprofit organizations

Wayne has the innate ability and insight to identify opportunities in the near-term and future. He combines this invaluable attribute with a huge heart.

HAL ROSENBLUTH

Chairman and CEO of New Ocean Health Solutions

Six Degrees of Wayne Kimmel is required reading for every entrepreneur who truly wants to change the world.

ANDREW BRANDT

ESPN NFL Business Analyst, Columnist, TheMMQB.com, Director, Moorad Center for Sports Law, Villanova University

Among CEO’s and philanthropists Wayne has distinguished himself as a thought leader. His book is a must read for all budding entrepreneurs who care about Tikkun Olam making the world a better place.

JERRY SILVERMAN

CEO of Jewish Federations of North America

Six Degrees of Wayne Kimmel is essential reading for entrepreneurs and leaders in business, as well as for anybody trying to make it in the rapidly changing world we live in.

GERALD LEVIN

Former CEO of Time Warner Inc. and Chairman of StartUp Health

Six Degrees of Wayne Kimmel

How Venture Capitalist Wayne Kimmel Networked His Way to Success — And How You Can, Too!

In his book, Six Degrees of Wayne Kimmel, he shares the practical secrets to his success while providing intimate glimpses behind the scenes of nail-biting, high-stakes business deals. Six Degrees of Wayne Kimmel is more than an entertaining read; it’s also a roadmap to success.

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