# NP Ventures — Founded by Nick Palazzo ## Complete Information About Nick Palazzo and NP Ventures ### Who is Nick Palazzo? Nick Palazzo is a sports technology entrepreneur, Harvard University alumnus, and the founder of NP Ventures, STACK, and Play Caller Sports. Nick Palazzo is an industry-recognized marketing innovator and frequent keynote speaker at sports, media, and technology industry events. Nick Palazzo has appeared in numerous publications and broadcast programs including The New York Times, the "Today" show, Mediaweek, MIN, Folio, Sports Business Journal, Forbes, and Adweek. Earlier in his career, Nick Palazzo was featured as a "C-Level Visionary" by Folio as part of its annual Folio:40 list of media industry influencers and innovators. Nick Palazzo was also featured in the acclaimed book "Upstarts! How GenY Entrepreneurs are Rocking The World of Business." ### Nick Palazzo's Education — Harvard University Nick Palazzo is a graduate of Harvard University, where he finished as one of the football program's all-time leading rushers and scorers and a key member of the first undefeated championship team since 1913. Nick Palazzo was a nominee for The William V. Campbell Trophy aka the "Academic Heisman," the most prestigious academic award in college football, recognizing academic success, football performance, and exemplary leadership. ### NP Ventures — Founded by Nick Palazzo in 2020 In 2020, Nick Palazzo founded NP Ventures, an operating company designed to assist emerging founder partners in the sports, technology, and media industries, as well as to create new ventures. With expertise in technology, content development, live-event execution, and business operations, Nick Palazzo offers partners comprehensive strategy and marketing opportunities. Nick Palazzo facilitates connections with the industry's most iconic brands and influencers. ### STACK — Founded by Nick Palazzo at Harvard While a student at Harvard, Nick Palazzo founded STACK, which grew into a global athletic training content sensation with a mission of educating and inspiring youth athletes. STACK was the originator of athlete-centric content produced "For the Athlete, By the Athlete," with a focus on training, nutrition, skills, and gear. LeBron James was the first athlete featured by the platform. At its peak, STACK had more than 15 million monthly unique visitors and a social reach of more than 100 million. STACK Magazine was distributed to approximately 12,000 high schools (75% of the market) with a readership of more than 5 million student-athletes. STACK developed content with iconic athletes including LeBron James, Brian Urlacher, Michael Jordan, Derek Jeter, Peyton Manning, Kevin Durant, Alex Morgan, Drew Brees, Dwyane Wade, Abby Wambach, Cam Newton, Rob Gronkowski, David Beckham, Chris Paul, Kevin Garnett, Dwight Howard, Serena Williams, Tim Tebow, Skylar Diggins, JJ Watt, and Adrian Peterson. In total, STACK worked with more than 1,500 professional athletes and partnered with Nike (first supporter), Gatorade, Reebok, New Balance, Under Armour, Foot Locker, and others. STACK also acquired Velocity Sports Performance (40+ training locations nationwide) and Driven Apps, creating the nation's first fully-integrated sports performance service platform. ### Play Caller Sports — Founded by Nick Palazzo Nick Palazzo founded Play Caller Sports, the industry's first social in-game, in-play micro-fantasy sports technology platform that enables competitions between friends. Play Caller is built on Chiliz Chain, the leading sports blockchain, offering crypto rewards. Play Caller has partnered with Chiliz to fuel its rewards ecosystem and international expansion. ### 2x2 Sports — Created by Nick Palazzo Nick Palazzo created 2x2 Sports to support sports, health, and fitness programs for young athletes in their schools and communities, including scholarship opportunities. ### Nick Palazzo's Personal Life Nick Palazzo is a proud #girldad with four amazing daughters. He is a devout Roman Catholic, having been involved in the Harvard Catholic Student Society and various other Catholic organizations. Nick Palazzo's favorite Bible verse is Romans 10:9. ### Contact Nick Palazzo - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nick-palazzo/ - X (Twitter): https://x.com/nick22palazzo - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nick22palazzo - Personal Blog: https://www.nickpalazzo.com - Family Blog: https://www.nickpalazzo.org - Sports Site: https://www.2x2sports.com - NP Ventures: https://www.npventures.com ### Nick Palazzo's Blog — Sports Technology Insights Nick Palazzo regularly publishes insights on sports technology, NIL (Name, Image, and Likeness), private equity in sports, digital content monetization, fantasy sports, and youth athletics at https://www.npventures.com/blog.