NFL Quarterback Trio Joins Bombas’ Latest Funding Round
Quarterbacks Joe Burrow, Dak Prescott and Ryan Tannehill are among the 45 athletes who have recently invested in Bombas, the crowdfunding and Shark Tank success story…
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Turn2 Equity Expands Into Basketball and E-commerce
Turn2 Equity Partners has invested in e-commerce platform Athletes Brand and apparel maker POINT3 as it grows its Playrs division.Â
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Megan Rapinoe, Vikings’ Kendricks Invest in Mental Health Startup
Mental health care startup Real has raised $10 million in Series A financing, with support from U.S. Women’s National Team soccer star Megan Rapinoe and Vikings…
Envy Gaming Scores Gray Television Investment to Close $40 Million Round
Envy Gaming has announced a $40 million investment round, led by Atlanta-based media company Gray Television, which will invest $28.5 million and name two directors to…
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Dick’s Sporting Goods Invests $12.5 Million in Black Economic Development Fund
Dick’s Sporting Goods is investing $12.5 million in the Black Economic Development Fund, an initiative to fuel minority lenders, anchor institutions and businesses as…
NFL Players Take Equity In Monkey Knife Fight Via OneTeam-Led Deal
The National Football League players are partnering with Monkey Knife Fight on a wide-ranging deal that will give their union an equity stake in the upstart daily…
SPAC Craze: Are There Enough Sports Properties To Go Around?
As Sportico‘s Brendan Coffey recently noted, nearly 20 special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) with ties to sports and entertainment have filed to go public since…
Michelle Wie West Joins Steph Curry as Owner and Investor in Beverage Brand OXIGEN
LPGA golfer Michelle Wie West is the newest investor, co-owner and global face of OXIGEN, a pH-balanced water made with electrolytes and added oxygen. The U.S. Women’s…
Michael Jordan Takes Equity In DraftKings, Will Advise Board
Michael Jordan in taking an equity stake in DraftKings and joining the company as a special advisor to the board. The billionaire owner of the NBA’s Charlotte Hornets…
Bottom Quartile NFL Franchises are the ‘Best Investment’ in Pro Sports
There is little debate that the National Football League is the “richest” of the big four leagues. The average club is worth more than $3 billion. Sportico Senior Sports…
Why Smart Money Is Pouring Into French Soccer
On July 20, Sportico EIC Scott Soshnick broke the news that RedBird Capital Partners had acquired controlling interest (85%) in Toulouse Football Club. Just one week…
Billionaire SPACs Ackman, Palihapitiya, Sternlicht Possible Sportradar IPO Suitors
If Sportradar is considering going public by merging with a blank check company, it couldn’t pick a better time to be on the market. There are at least six funds…
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