Who we are

Building the
Future of Rec Sports

Executive Team

Connor Renton

Founder & CEO

3× founder. Brand builder, 1B+ views/1M followers on Social and products in 5,000 retail doors. AI-native, engineered a 200-page GPT system that redefined internal workflows — driving a 150% surge in company-wide output.

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Sohaib Sabrani

Chief Operations Officer

Oversees national operations and market expansion, managing a 200-person team across 20+ cities. Built and scaled the systems behind Brodie's 40% margins in Burlington — now replicating that operational excellence nationwide.

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Caio Carvalho

Director of Technology

YC-founding engineer behind the PlayerOne platform — the tech and systems architect turning Brodie's culture into a scalable machine. Powers the product, logistics, and automation driving national growth.

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Shane Stirling

Executive Creative Director

Head of BRL Studio™ — brings global brand experience from Nike and Adidas. He leads Brodie’s creative, design, and storytelling teams — crafting the visual language and cultural narrative powering Brodie’s rise as the future of rec sports.

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Jimmy Tristovski

Vice President, People & Talent

3× founder. Brand builder, 1B+ views/1M followers on Social and products in 5,000 retail doors. AI-native, engineered a 200-page GPT system that redefined internal workflows — driving a 150% surge in company-wide output.

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Lead Investors

Backed by the best in consumer technology

Golden Ventures

Toronto, Canada

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Golden Ventures is a seed-stage and sector-agnostic venture capital fund, headquartered in Toronto and investing throughout North America. Focused on businesses that use technology or the emergence of new platforms to disrupt the status quo.

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Lerer Hippeau

New York City, USA

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Lerer Hippeau are specialists focused on zero-to-one, leading Seed and Pre-Seed rounds. A talent-driven, generalist firm, supporting the founders who redefine categories — and create new ones entirely. Building the fund and our team's lives in New York City.

Ben Lerer

Andrea Hippeau