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This tech founder turned NBA owner just launched a $1 billion fund to connect startups to sports

Accel partner Ryan Sweeney and Qualtrics cofounder Ryan Smith, seen here sandwiching their Utah Jazz co-owner Mike Cannon-Brookes, have launched a new investment firm connecting tech and sports.In Utah’s growing tech ecosystem, Ryan Smith is a legend. The entrepreneur built and led startup Qualtrics, originally an online survey tool operated out of his family’s basement, to an $8 billion acquisition and an IPO (and take-private). With his time, influence and dollars, he led the effort to grow th...

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