Chris Bevilacqua
Co-Founder & CEO, Simplebet, Inc.; Co-Founder, Bevilacqua Helfant Ventures.
Chris Bevilacqua is the co-founder and CEO of SimpleBet, Inc., a B2B, enterprise software technology company leveraging data, ML and AI to build the future operating system of in-play sports betting and fan engagement. He is also the co-founder of Bevilacqua Helfant Ventures, a New York based sports, media & entertainment advisory and investment firm. In the early 2000s, Bevilacqua created CSTV – the first ever 24-hour cable TV network dedicated to collegiate and amateur sports, which was later sold to CBS in 2006 (now the CBS Sports Network). Bevilacqua has been an active investor across sports, media and tech with deep insight and experience into media companies, startups and distribution platforms. Bevilacqua is a 1986 graduate of Penn State University, where he was an NCAA All-American wrestler and was elected to the National Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2012.