Welcome to our Monthly Recap. This blog series provides insights into the events of the past weeks at the end of each month. The topics always revolve around startups, sports, professional athletes, and entrepreneurship. Readers will find information on interesting articles, podcast and newsletter recommendations, as well as profiles of entrepreneurially successful athletes 🚀
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Headlines of the Month
Why Athletes Should Start Investing In Sports Tech
Antonio Cacorino, with his company APEX, recently launched a new VC fund in which numerous international top athletes like Formula 1 drivers Lando Norris and Carlos Sainz have invested. The fund's investment focus includes startups in the sports tech scene.
In this article, he describes why and how athletes should invest in this emerging industry.
© Global Banking & Finance
Everyone's Investing In Sports
The sports industry is booming, not only in the world of media but also gaining significant attention in the financial world. More and more investors are considering entering clubs or companies.
Prominent personalities are also part of this trend. Actors, musicians, athletes, influencers - many are jumping on the hype train. More on this here.
© Sportstechx
Warren Buffett Invests in MLB-Team
Another indicator of the sports boom: Stock market guru Warren Buffett, through his company Berkshire Hathaway, is investing in the US baseball team Atlanta Braves.
This article provides more information.
© Mark Peterson/Corbis via Getty Images
Recommendations of the Month
💡 We bring you two recommendations from our team. The New Game Newsletter reports on the strong growth of investments in women's football. Our internal podcast discusses the role of professional athletes in the sustainability industry. We had founder and investor Tim Schumacher as a guest, and we discussed, among other things, his World Fund. 💡
Athlete Profiles
In November, we focused on three German investors who recently participated together in the Cologne-based startup Prematch. Below are the profiles of Jürgen Klopp, Serge Gnabry, and David Raum.
Jürgen Klopp
Age: 56
Sports: Soccer ⚽️
Club: FC Liverpool
Location: Liverpool
Ventures: K4 Beteiligungsgesellschaft mbH
Investments: > 4, e.g. Prematch, SPORTTOTAL, Padel FC
Focus: Sports
Serge Gnabry
Age: 28
Sports: Soccer ⚽️
Club: FC Bayern München
Location: München
Ventures: B-Engaged, The Players Fund
Investments: 3, z.B. Prematch, The Players Fund, Virón
Focus: Sports, Fashion
David Raum
Age: 25
Sports: Soccer ⚽️
Club: RB Leipzig
Location: Leipzig
Ventures: -
Investments: 1 - Prematch
Focus: Sports
That concludes the fifth edition of the Monthly Recap. From interesting news in the world of Athlete Angels to media recommendations and profiles of entrepreneurially successful athletes, we covered it all. We hope this gave you a good overview of the past month. Feel free to check back at the end of next month for the next recap. 🚀
FYI: All athletes facing difficulties in understanding the mentioned terms can access our lexicon in the Athlete Angel Academy.
References: LinkedIn, yahoo finance, Sporttechx, The Game, Handelsregister, North Data, Crunchbase, Global Banking & Finance
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