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brought to you by American Express business in the world like there isn't anything like hotel tonight or open table for sports that doesn't exist.

Topia Soynanin is raising $2 million for PlayVin. A startup he hopes will make it way easier to book a venue to play sports.

After starting his company in Finland, Topius is here to take a swing at the U.S. market.

And he better bring his A game, because these investors aren't playing around.

I'm Josh Muccio, and Gimlet Media this is the pitch.

Today's investors are

Jillian Manus.

Jillian is a partner at Structure Capital

where they've invested 98 million so far in high profile startups like

Uber.

Phil Nadell.

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