Investors in Sportstech

HYPE Sports Innovation is the largest global ecosystem for sports innovation with more than 40k members and $ Accelerators in 12 locations. HYPE is the Global Sports Tech Arena with over 100 top sports brands, clubs, and federations as partners. Our vision is to impact people's lives through the power of sports and innovation.

Optimizer Invest is a fully founder-funded venture capital company based in Malta. The company helps early-stage businesses and entrepreneurs to develop and to reach their full potential with profitable growth. The founders and the Optimizer team have a successful background in iGaming, ecommerce and digital lead generation. They primarily invest in consumer-oriented and online businesses. Since the start in 2012, Optimizer Invest has invested in twenty-something companies. Optimizer Invest has also launched a foundation aimed at impact investing.

Rialto is focused on supporting European founders operating in hard tech sectors which demonstrates domain expertise in recession-proof strategic verticals, such as developer tools, robotics, non-gen AI, cybersecurity, AR/VR, Enterprise SaaS, tech-enabled healthcare, and cloud services.

LoveMondays - A Venture Capital Fund backed by Lehrmann Family with a ROI 20 x within the last 12 years and 800 million+ dkk equity. We are proud to be part of 18 companies with more than 5600 dedicated people across various countries.We invest in scale ups with passionate teams. Gamechanger, who challenge status quo. Our aim is to inspire great teams to scale big and help build strong winning cultures, who love Mondays.

Founded by athletes, for athletes. We invest in the next generation of tech enabled startups at Seed & Series A. We implement an investment strategy that harnesses the privileged access to private deals afforded to elite professional athletes. We then add tangible growth by leveraging our network for early-stage companies. We are generalist Seed and Series A investors, writing initial cheques of £50,000 to £300,000 into high-performing early-stage businesses. We focus predominantly on the UK and Europe, but we remain open to exceptional global opportunities. We are not lead investors – instead, we co-invest alongside world-class VCs, collaborating on opportunities with market leading investors and founders.

Wellstreet Ventures' Ventures II Fund continues their successful approach from their first fund, targeting early-stage startups in D2C, B2B, SaaS, and product sectors. They prioritize diverse founders with strong commercial acumen and a growth mindset. Key investment criteria include enhancing customer experience, utilizing data-driven models, and adhering to proactive ESG standards. They focus on startups poised for mainstream adoption, ensuring strategic early-stage investments.

Gasol16 Ventures serves as the strategic platform consolidating Pau Gasol’s entrepreneurial initiatives. The firm is dedicated to maximizing the impact of companies poised to create meaningful change globally. Gasol16 Ventures achieves this goal by identifying high-potential projects and leveraging the extensive experience and network of Pau Gasol and the team.