Rudy Cline-Thomas is a venture capital investor at Mastry who built one of the deepest bridges between professional sports and tech through his longtime partnership with NBA All-Star Andre Iguodala and co-creation of the Players Technology Summit, which connects elite athletes with top tech leaders. He went beyond traditional VC work by personally leading a consortium to acquire a significant stake in top NFL agency Athletes First and becoming co-owner and vice chairman of Leeds United, bringing an investor-operator mindset to core sports properties themselves. Rudy Cline-Thomas is a venture capital investor at Mastry who built one of the deepest bridges between professional sports and tech through his longtime partnership with NBA All-Star Andre Iguodala and co-creation of the Players Technology Summit, which connects elite athletes with top tech leaders. He went beyond traditional VC work by personally leading a consortium to acquire a significant stake in top NFL agency Athletes First and becoming co-owner and vice chairman of Leeds United, bringing an investor-operator mindset to core sports properties themselves.