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Athvance Capital

Athvance Capital is a European investment platform fully dedicated to unlocking long-term value across the global sports industry. The firm invests in emerging and under-commercialised sports IP, and in the technology and service providers that support the industry’s long-term growth.

Combining patient, flexible capital with deep operational expertise, Athvance identifies, integrates, and scales assets at the intersection of sport, media and technology. The firm partners closely with founders and rights-holders to build an operator-led ecosystem that accelerates value creation, fosters innovation and generates sustainable, positive impact.

Backed by experienced entrepreneurs, industry experts and long-term investors, Athvance Capital aims to be the partner of choice for building the next generation of sports assets with global reach.

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BlackCloak

BlackCloak is the pioneer of Digital Executive Protection, providing online privacy protection, personal device security, home network security, and incident response to corporate leaders (C-Suite, Board, executives, etc.) in their personal lives; as well as to high-profile, ultra/high-net-worth and Family Offices. Our award-winning SaaS-based Concierge Cybersecurity & Privacy Platform protects companies from cyberattacks originating in an executives’ personal life from moving laterally into the organization(s) that they serve, while also protecting uniquely at-risk individuals and their families from targeted cyberattacks, financial fraud, identity theft, reputation damage, and other digital threats to personal privacy and security.

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Fitch Ratings

At Fitch Ratings we believe in creating value beyond data and information. At the heart of what makes us different is our people. We’re powered by human insight and a collaborative culture that drives us forward – providing our clients and partners with the industry-leading insight that has an impact on economies, businesses and livelihoods all over the world.

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Freshfields

Freshfields is a leading global law firm with more than 2,800 lawyers across 28 offices in 17 countries, including the US, UK, France, Spain, Italy, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, Dubai and Saudi Arabia. We advise on the most complex and business-critical transactions, disputes and regulatory matters across Europe, the Americas, the Middle East and Asia. Our sports practice is the only full-service practice of its kind with a pedigree stretching back more than four decades. We advise across football, F1, rugby, tennis, cricket, basketball, MotoGP and beyond. In addition to our in depth sports M&A and finance expertise, we bring unrivalled experience in rights commercialisation, sponsorship, licensing and broadcasting, as well as in the high-stakes litigation and regulatory environments that shape the sporting landscape. Our sports law specialists around the globe mean that Freshfields is the strategic adviser of choice for investors, rights holders, financiers, leagues, clubs and governing bodies wherever institutional capital meets global sport.

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Genius Sports

For over 20 years, Genius Sports has helped sports leagues, teams and broadcasters around the world to maximise the value of sports data to engage and monetise fans.

From personalised marketing and dynamic sponsor activation to augmented viewing experiences, our innovative technology unlocks powerful new fan engagement possibilities.

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Premier Jumping League

The PJL is a groundbreaking global 16-team competition defining a new era for showjumping.

Backed by McCourt Global and its Executive Chairman Frank McCourt, and shaped by leaders from equestrian sport, international competition, and entertainment, the PJL brings together the world’s top riders and horses to compete for the biggest prize pot in the discipline’s history ($300M guaranteed prize money across the first three years), across fourteen iconic venues in North America, Europe, and the Middle East.

Designed to open the sport to new audiences whilst respecting its heritage, the PJL combines extraordinary athletic performance with premium entertainment, strengthened by the league’s partnership with Box to Box Films (the production company behind F1’s ‘Drive to Survive’), and supported by a free-to-view broadcasting model.

Cutting-edge technology, radical transparency, and innovative team formats enhance the drama, intensity, and rivalry that defines elite sport – unlocking the full potential of jumping, demanded by today’s global sports and entertainment marketplace, without compromising its core values.

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Ampere Analysis

Ampere Analysis is a fast-growing analyst firm with an experienced team of sector-leading industry analysts specialising in media, content, telecommunications, sports and games. Our research allows companies to solve real-world business challenges in the fast-moving media and games sectors. Our service will combine, for the first time, big data analytics, consumer research and industry analysis.

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Buzz My Videos

Founded in 2011 by former Google and YouTube Executives who shaped the platform’s early international expansion, BuzzMyVideos is the ultimate YouTube growth company. Headquartered in London, BuzzMyVideos specializes in driving hyper-growth and new reach and revenue for content and rights owners, specifically sports media and entertainment companies.

Driven by its cutting-edge YouTube optimization platform, FullScore.AI and proprietary playbooks, BuzzMyVideos condenses months of manual YouTube strategy into minutes. The platform deep-dives into keywords, viewer data, and current trends to deliver automated thumbnail optimization, YouTube SEO metadata tuning, smart playlist curation, automated Shorts creation, and rights management.

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Getty Images

Getty Images partners with many of the most significant sports leagues and governing bodies in the world. Today, Getty Images is the official photographer or photographic partner to over 85 of the world’s leading sports governing bodies, leagues, and clubs. Getty Images’ team of multi-award winning photographers and digital content creators cover over 50,000 sports events a year.

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Greenfly

Greenfly is powering the future of fandom by automating the continuous flow of short-form digital media for sports and entertainment organizations. As a mission control for digital media operations, Greenfly’s AI-powered platform provides real-time access to short-form digital media for staff, partners, athletes and talent. Greenfly automates digital media operations including content capture, collection, automated organization and distribution of digital media for both fan engagement and monetization.

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Northstar Solutions Group

NorthStar is a premier Strategy Realization firm that helps businesses achieve their strategic goals through expert execution and innovative solutions.

Our expert team of “Do-Leaders” and “Happen Makers” works with you to build execution capabilities, harness data, streamline processes, enable technology, optimize talent, and navigate change to realize successful business transformation—100% Every Time.

Using our “Together as One” approach, we seamlessly integrate with your teams, navigate your unique business, technical, and cultural environments, and deliver impactful results from day one turning your vision into reality with expert advice, turn-key delivery, and best fit staff and tools augmentation all customized to solve your most challenging Strategy Realization problems.

Founded in 2004 by former Army officers with the vision to merge the values, creative problem solving, flawless execution, and commitment to mission accomplishment learned in the Army with business and industry best practices to solve observed strategy realization challenges in the business world.

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