How this Ex-NHL player raised $500K in venture capital with just a pitch deck and prototype

Shawn Miller
7 min readMay 11, 2021

This is the story of how Zenkai Sports Founder Doug Lynch built a brand that attracted buy-out interest from some of the biggest names in the sportswear and performance apparel industry and raised $500K all in just three months.

“Are you someone that can attract talented people as your team grows? Are you someone people want to work with? Are you someone people will follow and believe…

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Shawn Miller

CEO @ SizeWize | Eliminating clothing ecom returns with AI | Western University | Newchip Accelerator