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Atlanta Inno: Kevin Durant invests in Atlanta pickleball startup

In October 2022, Atlanta-based Overline and Washington D.C.-based Ardent Venture Partners joined Durant and Kleiman's Boardroom Pickleball entity for a $750,000 seed round into the company. Those funds will be used by the company for engineering, marketing and design.

Pickleheads claims to be the first venture-backed technology startup to enter the pickleball space. Atlanta Inno has not been able to independently verify this.

That investment happened the same month Durant and Kleiman purchased a Major League Pickleball team of their own, with the intent of helping grow the league. The Brooklyn Nets player is one of several athletic celebrities, such as Lebron James and Tom Brady, to become an owner of a MLP team.

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