Deepen Parikh knew he struck gold early in the first year of Courtside Ventures’ existence when his parents kept reminding him: “You’re so lucky to work in the field you’ve been in love with all your life.”
Parikh, along with powerful backers in Cleveland Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert, George Pyne’s Bruin Sports Capital and British advertising company WPP, has helped the venture capital fund in just two years become a selective yet big-betting firm helping several well-known entities take…