• Halfdays

  Participated · Series A · Oct 2025

  Founded by Olympian Kiley McKinnon with Ariana Ferwerda and Karelle Golda, Halfdays creates technical yet stylish apparel aimed at eliminating the outdoor industry’s traditional “shrink-it-and-pink-it” approach. The brand began with women’s skiwear and has since expanded into trail, active, and everyday performance collections, offering vibrant colorways like “amethyst” and “glazed cherry.” Its products feature materials such as brrr° fabric technology for cooling, wicking, and rapid drying, and shoppers can review detailed activity, fit, and temperature guidance online. After starting as a direct-to-consumer label, Halfdays is now stocked in more than 150 retail locations, including Nordstrom, REI, Dick’s Sporting Goods, and Sporting Life. The company cultivates community through hikes, pop-ups, and events such as its upcoming Winter Launch Party at its Denver flagship. With fresh capital, Halfdays plans to enlarge its ski and winter assortments, grow trail and active lines, and deepen wholesale partnerships with retailers like Revolve and Shopbop. Investment will also support opening brick-and-mortar stores to complement its existing channels.

• Unrivaled Sports

  Led · Equity · May 2025

  Unrivaled Sports operates a growing portfolio of youth sports destinations and programming, including Cooperstown All Star Village, Ripken Baseball Experiences, Rocker B Ranch, Diamond Nation and national flag-football leagues. The company hosts over 600,000 young athletes and nearly 2 million family members and fans across a national footprint spanning 30 states. Over the past year it has invested in capacity and facility upgrades, field re-turfing, multi-million dollar property renovations, and expanded lodging and amenities to elevate the participant and spectator experience. Unrivaled has rapidly grown flag football participation (over 30% year-over-year) and produced large events including the Youth Flag World Championship and upcoming national tournaments. Future plans emphasized in the articles include continuing acquisitions, building and diversifying destinations and programming, upgrading fields and services, and increasing on-site amenities such as lodging, food & beverage, and retail. The company also highlights community initiatives like free clinics, scholarships and tournament access for underserved young athletes. Unrivaled Sports is the parent company for a portfolio of youth sports properties that includes Ripken Baseball, Cooperstown All Star Village, Sports Force Parks, Baseball Factory, Softball Factory, We Are Camp, and the ForeverLawn Sports Complex at the Pro Football Hall of Fame Village. Through its 12 owned and operated facilities the company welcomes more than 550,000 athletes and 1.1 million attendees annually. Founders Josh Harris and David Blitzer lead the business and have structured partnerships with figures such as Cal Ripken Jr. and Shaun White. Andy Campion has been named chairman of the board to help lead growth and innovation in the youth sports arena. The company announced a significant strategic investment from The Chernin Group and debt financing led by BDT & MSD Partners' affiliated funds, with incremental committed capital earmarked for future investments. Management said the roll‑out will continue through 2024, including further investments in other youth sports properties and development of youth football programming.

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