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Private Equity
Private equity’s pro sports ties
December 11, 2024PE has emerged as a major financier of major league sports. We mapped every connection between buyout firms and pro sports teams.Article
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Private Equity
US investors score Sheffield United in latest European soccer acquisition
December 5, 2024Historic English soccer club secures US capital to target Premier League return.Article
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Sports
Bruin Capital, TJC launch sports agency through four-way merger
December 4, 2024AS1 will represent over 300 players across Europe with an enterprise value of €295 million.Article
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Featured
Paris office raids cast a shadow over CVC’s French soccer deal
November 5, 2024French investigators have raided both the office of CVC Capital Partners and French soccer’s governing bodyArticle
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Sports
From padel to volleyball, PE targets increasingly niche sports
November 4, 2024As more investment floods into sports, private equity is turning to niche areas for high returns and limited competitionArticle
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Private Equity
Paris Olympics open investors’ eyes to women’s sports
September 3, 2024With more female athletes becoming household names, women’s sports could become the next target for PE investment.Article
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Sports
The NFL’s new private equity rules benefit a select few firms
August 27, 2024The rigid parameters of the NFL’s new PE ownership rules place a de facto limit on the types of firms able to play the game.Article
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Sports
European football’s PE connections
August 13, 2024Investors have pushed into the niche asset class, snapping up stakes in multiple teams at a time when many clubs are in financial straits from pandemic-era losses.Article
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Sports
Marc Lasry’s sports fund secures nearly half a billion in funding
June 12, 2024The substantial fundraise signals continued investor interest in sports teams, leagues and media rights.Article
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Exclusive
LPs shoot for rare access to NBA stakes as valuations soar
June 5, 2024A family office’s fresh fund commitment to Blue Owl’s sports strategy highlights the creative ways pro basketball has opened the door to institutional investors.Article
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Sports
Major league sports investor Arctos closes fund on $4.1B
April 2, 2024With ownership stakes in the Golden State Warriors and the Sacramento Kings, Arctos is continuing to execute its sports strategy.Article
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VC Fundraising
Lance Armstrong’s Next Ventures targets $100M 2nd fund
March 11, 2024Prominent athletes are ramping up their investments in the private markets.Article
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Commentary
German football fans don’t want to play ball with PE
February 22, 2024Soccer fans have put paid to CVC’s plans for Germany’s Bundesliga.Article
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Sports
Q&A: How LBK seeks to create value in European soccer
November 7, 2023LBK Capital’s Ben Rosenzweig gives his perspective on why even smaller European soccer clubs have appeal for private investors.Article
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Sports
Private market investors say capital influx ‘changing the game’ of sports
October 2, 2023On the first day of the Greenwich Economic Forum, an annual gathering of institutional investors and asset managers, panelists predicted big returns and growing sophistication in the financing structures of professional sports investments.Article
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Sports
777 targets Everton FC as bar raises for private market ownership of soccer teams
September 14, 2023PE firm’s $685 million offer for Everton has been accepted, but multi-club ownership can be controversial.Article
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Sports
More private investors take shots at sports, but do they score?
September 5, 2023In early 2021, the NBA opened the door to private equity funds for the first time, allowing institutional investors to own up to a 20% stake in a single franchise.Article
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VC Fundraising
San Francisco 49ers family office targets $50M for first VC fund
August 17, 2023Aurum Partners has been quietly investing in venture for years, including as a Series A investment in Allbirds.Article
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