Founder Series with Mason Plumlee, Ep. 21: Brendan Szulik, Founder & CEO of Silbo. Mason speaks with fellow Duke grad Brendan Szulik today about a topic he knows a lot about: referees. Brendan is the founder of Silbo, a digital marketplace that connects amateur...
While watching his younger brother pitch for Amherst College in a NESCAC tournament game five years ago, Brendan Szulik says the game got “ruined” by the home plate umpire. He says his brother, Keenan, was a control pitcher who nevertheless hit three Tufts batters in...
Co-Founders Brendan Szulik and Daniel Caldwell first developed the idea for Raleigh-based Silbo around five years ago when an umpire ruined CEO Szulik’s younger brother’s baseball game.
Silbo, a digital marketplace designed to connect sports referees with amateur sports leagues, has raised a $1.1 million seed round from IDEA Fund Partners and Dantes Investments. This is the second seed round for the North Carolina-based startup after a $1.3 million...
Silbo, a startup that matches sports officials with leagues through an online platform, has raised $1.1 million in venture capital from Triangle-based IDEA Fund Partners as well as Dantes Investments.
