ClutchPoints
{{distinguish|Klutch Sports}}
{{short description|American sports media website}}
{{Infobox website
| name = ClutchPoints
| logo = 250px
| type = Sports Media
| founder = Nish Patel
| url = {{URL|www.clutchpoints.com}}
| launch_date = 2015; {{Time ago| 2015}}
| key_people = Nish Patel (CEO)
| current_status = Active
}}
ClutchPoints is an American sports news website. It was founded by Nish Patel in 2015. ClutchPoints covers the NBA, NFL, MLB, NHL, WNBA, NCAA football, and NCAA basketball among other sports through a focus on team-specific fans across their editorial, video, and social content, with the latter being known in the form of creative graphics.{{cite web|url=https://www.admonsters.com/clutchpoints-launches-hbcu-initiative/|title=For Fans, by Fans: Nish Patel, Founder of ClutchPoints, Launches HBCU Initiative|website=admonsters.com|last=Byrd|first=Andrew|date=March 1, 2023|access-date=November 4, 2023}}{{Cite web|last=Hurda|first=Craig|date=2018-04-25|title=ClutchPoints gives a new view to mainstream sports (review)|url=https://www.androidguys.com/reviews/app-reviews/clutchpoints-review/|access-date=2020-06-17|website=AndroidGuys|language=en-US}}{{cite web|url=https://hoopshype.com/lists/clutchpoints-ceo-nish-patel-favorite-graphics/|title=We spoke with the ClutchPoints CEO about his favorite ClutchPoints graphics|website=HoopsHype|last=Barrigon|first=Raul|date=February 9, 2021|access-date=February 9, 2021}}
Corporate affairs and business model
Nish Patel has been ClutchPoints’ chief executive officer since he founded the company. Willy He serves as Head of Growth, Dillon Reagan serves as Head of Operations, and Jeetu Chawla serves as chief operating officer and chief revenue officer.{{Cite web|title=Team|url=https://clutchpoints.com/meet-the-team/|access-date=July 19, 2024|website=ClutchPoints|language=en-US}}
The company generates revenue through advertising and sales.{{Cite web|last=Attah|first=Tobenna|title=How Clutchpoints is changing the game in online video preproduction {{!}} TRF 635 Magazine|url=https://lpelin.expressions.syr.edu/trf635/2017/09/28/how-clutchpoints-is-changing-the-game-in-online-video-preproduction/|date=September 28, 2017|access-date=2020-06-17|language=en-US}}
History
ClutchPoints was founded by Nish Patel in 2015. As a college sophomore at the University of California, Los Angeles in 2012, Patel first built a Facebook page called NBA Memes that focused on memes on the NBA. Patel then created various NBA team-specific social media pages.{{cite news|last=Kulkarni|first=Chirag|date=July 5, 2016|title=How This Company Is Changing The Experience Of A Sports Fan Forever|url=https://www.inc.com/chirag-kulkarni/how-this-company-is-changing-the-experience-of-a-sports-fan-forever.html|website=inc.com|access-date=June 8, 2020}}{{cite news|last=Cato|first=Tim|title='I've never seen that before': How ClutchPoints is making the NBA more absurd|website=The Athletic|url=https://theathletic.com/2174584/2020/11/02/ive-never-seen-that-before-how-clutchpoints-is-making-the-nba-more-absurd/|url-access=subscription|date=November 2, 2020|access-date=November 2, 2020}} After building up an audience of close to 5 million, Patel began looking for help to grow the company. Patel eventually started Bruin Entrepreneurs, and through StartUp UCLA’s summer accelerator program, he was able to find investors interested in helping him start a company.{{cite web|url=https://newsroom.ucla.edu/magazine/startup-ucla-summer-accelerator|title=Business Boom|website=newsroom.ucla.edu|last=Wheeler|first=Mark|date=January 1, 2019|access-date=November 4, 2023}}{{cite web|url=https://startupucla.com/types-startups/clutchpoints/|title=ClutchPoints|website=startupucla.com|access-date=November 4, 2023}}
The app includes the same written content on the website as well as individual game streams with tweets, analysis, play-by-play, and highlights in one feed.
In April 2017, ClutchPoints raised $500,000 in seed money with Eytan Elbaz, Gil Elbaz, ActOne Ventures, and TenOneTen Ventures contributing.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=ClutchPoints Funding|url=https://angel.co/company/clutchpoints/funding|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-06-17|website=AngelList}}{{cite web|url=https://clutchpoints.com/clutchpoints-raises-500000-in-seed-round-funding/|title=ClutchPoints raises $500,000 in seed-round funding|website=ClutchPoints|date=April 27, 2017|access-date=August 6, 2022}}
In February 2018, Baron Davis invested in ClutchPoints.{{cite web|url=https://clutchpoints.com/former-nba-star-baron-davis-invests-in-clutchpoints-inc/|title=Former NBA star Baron Davis invests in ClutchPoints, Inc.|website=ClutchPoints|date=February 9, 2018|access-date=August 6, 2022}}
In February 2020, ClutchPoints agreed to a podcasting content partnership with Blue Wire focused on two podcasts, Battle for LA and Establish the Pass.{{Cite web|last=Andrew Carnazola|date=2020-02-12|title=Blue Wire, Clutch Points Agree on Podcast Partnership|url=https://bluewirepods.com/blue-wire-clutch-points-agree-on-podcast-partnership/|access-date=2020-06-17|website=Blue Wire|language=en-US}}
In July 2020, ClutchPoints released a web series on Kobe Bryant's 2010 NBA championship, The Final Ring, which featured interviews from Los Angeles Lakers players such as Derek Fisher, Pau Gasol, and Metta Sandiford-Artest, among others.{{cite web|url=https://clutchpoints.com/nba-news-8-episode-kobe-bryant-lakers-web-series-set-to-be-released/|website=ClutchPoints|title=8-episode Kobe-Lakers web series on the 2010 championship season set to be released|last=Brecher|first=Clint|date=2020-07-01|accessdate=2020-08-05}}{{cite web|url=https://www.philstar.com/sports/2020/07/02/2025132/mamba-out-kobe-bryant-documentary-air-july|title=Mamba Out: Kobe Bryant documentary to air this July|website=Philippine Star|last=Morales|first=Luisa|date=2020-07-02|accessdate=2020-08-05}}
In March 2021, ClutchPoints invested in and partnered with Players Media Group's subsidiary, PlayersTV, to co-produce original programming through the PlayersTV media network owned by athletes such as Chris Paul, Damian Lillard, and Kyrie Irving.{{cite web|url=https://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Daily/Issues/2021/03/26/Finance/Clutch-Points.aspx|title=Sports media platform ClutchPoints invests in, partners with PlayersTV|last=Mullen|first=Liz|website=Sports Business Journal|date=March 26, 2021|access-date=May 22, 2022}}
In July 2021, ClutchPoints announced a partnership with GameOn Technology to develop a Messenger chat application focused on delivering NBA content.{{cite web|url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/clutchpoints-aims-to-expand-reach-through-new-partnership-with-gameon-technology-301327704.html|title=ClutchPoints Aims to Expand Reach Through New Partnership with GameOn Technology|website=prnewswire.com|date=July 8, 2021|access-date=August 6, 2022}}
In December 2022, ClutchPoints announced a partnership with the National Basketball Retired Players Association (NBRPA) to develop content on retired players across the ABA, the NBA, and the WNBA.{{cite web|url=https://www.legendsofbasketball.com/clutchpoints-and-nbrpa-form-content-partnership-to-preserve-nba-legends-stories/|title=CLUTCHPOINTS AND NBRPA FORM CONTENT PARTNERSHIP TO PRESERVE NBA LEGENDS' STORIES|website=legendsofbasketball.com|date=December 13, 2022|access-date=December 23, 2022}}
In 2023, ClutchPoints became a certified minority business enterprise via the Southern California Minority Supplier Development Council. In September of the same year, ClutchPoints acquired HBCU Pulse, a media company focused on historically black colleges and universities-related news, entertainment, and sports.{{cite web|url=https://hbcuconnect.com/content/391372/clutchpoints-launches-new-diversity-initiative-empowered-through-acquisition-of-hbcu-pulse|title=ClutchPoints Launches New Diversity Initiative ‘Empowered’ Through Acquisition of HBCU Pulse|website=hbcuconnect.com|last=Culpepper|first=Reginald|date=September 28, 2023|access-date=November 4, 2023}}
In June 2024, ClutchPoints announced a sponsorship deal with ZALA, a football team led by AJ DeLaGarza that plays in the Soccer Tournament.{{cite web|url=https://clutchpoints.com/clutchpoints-to-sponsor-zala-led-by-aj-delagarza-in-the-soccer-tournament|title=ClutchPoints to sponsor ZALA, led by AJ DeLaGarza, in The Soccer Tournament|website=ClutchPoints|last=Bassett|first=Bailey|date=June 4, 2024|access-date=June 16, 2024}}
References
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External links
- [https://www.clutchpoints.com Official Site]
Category:American sport websites