Multi-Time Founder and Executive Brings Extensive Experience in Successfully Launching and Scaling Businesses and Driving Operational Excellence
We’re thrilled to welcome Luke Zaientz to the Rally Ventures team. In his role as Operating Partner, Luke will work closely with our portfolio companies, providing expertise in go-to-market, customer success, product prioritization, new market entry, mergers and acquisitions, pricing/product marketing and more.
As the founder, COO and CEO of Reigning Champs, Luke led the student-athlete recruiting platform from inception to over $200M in annual revenue. He executed a highly successful inorganic growth strategy, closing and integrating 10 M&A transactions. Under his leadership, Reigning Champs was sold to Endeavor/IMG Academy and later to EQT for $1.2B.
Prior to Reigning Champs, Luke co-founded, raised growth capital from Kleiner Perkins and scaled RMG Networks, a developer and aggregator of place-based video networks, to IPO. He previously held leadership roles at Match.com, BriteVision, i2 Technology, Ryder and UPS. While at Match.com, Luke launched and scaled Match.com Events from 0 to achieve 6,000 events and 500,000 attendees across all major US and European metro areas within the first two years. Luke is a graduate of Northeastern University and MIT.
We look forward to working with Luke and are glad to have him as a resource for Rally and our portfolio companies moving forward. Please join us in welcoming Luke to the Rally team!
