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TIA Ventures May Newsletter
May 2025
TIA Ventures
May 20, 2025
Recent Investments
 | ACKWEST is a market research technology platform providing enterprises with best-in-class first-party data to drive better and faster business decisions. The company leverages advanced technology, deep and proven operational expertise, and user-centered solutions to set new standards in first-party data. ACKWEST is redefining how data is created, shared, and leveraged for business information, with an extreme focus on transparency and efficiency. |
 | SION is a software platform for tracking and managing commissions through a simple and intuitive dashboard, designed initially for the travel industry where 40% of commissions are paid late or not at all. The platform enables independent contractors and their host agencies to spend more time focused on winning new business and less time struggling to get paid on business they’ve already won. |
Launch of New Fund: ‘Football and Technology Fund’
🚀 Fund Launch: Football & Technology Fund
Two weeks ago we welcomed over 150 investors to the Metropolitan Club in NYC for an evening with Ipswich Town CEO Mark Ashton. It was an energizing discussion on the club’s tremendous recent growth, and the broader investment opportunity in European football. Thank you to everyone who attended and brought such thoughtful energy to the room.
At the event we officially launched our next Fund: Football & Technology Fund — a joint venture between TIA Ventures and Clara Vista Investment Partners: https://www.sportsandtechfund.com. The Fund is focused on a) acquiring undervalued European football clubs and b) investing in technologies that will transform club operations, drive commercial growth, and increase on-field performance.
For those unable to attend, below please find our Fund Launch Video, Event Highlights & Full Recording, and Investor Presentation.
TIA Ventures Partner Insights
🚨 The #1 Killer of Great Product Development? Loss of Business Context.
Too many teams build in a vacuum—focusing on tickets, tasks, and timelines while forgetting why the product exists in the first place. In this sharp and story-rich convo, the TIA Ventures crew dives into how great ideas get lost in translation between founders, PMs, engineers, and users.
💡 Key takeaways:
• Context loss is like a game of telephone 📞 — each layer removed from the customer increases the odds of getting it wrong.
• Curiosity isn’t optional. The best builders constantly ask: Why does this matter? Who is this for?
• Tools like Rally’s Observer Rooms help bring teams closer to the end user 👀
• Founders must walk the floor—figuratively (and literally) staying plugged into what their team is shipping and why.
👊 If you’re not building with your customers, you’re building for rework.
Portfolio Company News
 | Bevi Appoints Wajeeha Ahmed as Chief Financial Officer Wajeeha Ahmed brings over 20 years of finance and leadership experience, with a proven track record of scaling high-growth companies and driving profitability. Most recently, Ahmed served as the CFO of Hungryroot, where she built the company’s core financial functions while also leading the IT and legal departments. Read More. |
 | EightSleep Launches New Product: Pod 5 |
 | Bite Named One of Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies of 2025 |
Open 👩🏽💻 Roles
🚀 Hot Jobs Alert!
Here are some open roles from our portfolio companies that just closed fresh rounds of funding 💸—meaning now’s the perfect time to join them on their next chapter. Whether you’re into product, growth, or engineering, there’s something here for every builder 🔧
👇 Check out the roles and apply before they’re gone!
TIA Ventures Team
