
Sports Investment Partners
2nd Floor 67-68 Jermyn Street, London, England, SW1Y 6NY, United Kingdom
Overview
Sports Investment Partners (SIP) is focused purely on driving investment and growth in the sports industry. SIP takes an “operating leverage” approach, proactively seeking opportunities which allow it to leverage its significant experience and track record of success in sport and business.SIP’s objective is to enable and accelerate growth and optimise its investee companies’ market position and potential. They work closely with financial investors and are highly selective in the company they keep. They are not a fund and should not be confused as such. They work on the behalf of investors to maximise the commercial opportunity that exists in the wider sports and entertainment industry. They find that the backers they work are most likely to back businesses that are profitable (or at least can demonstrate they will be shortly), have a strong management team and are looking for capital to take the next step in their growth journey. Alongside these institutional investors, they look at companies headquartered in Western Europe, although with global reach, worth between £10m-£200m.
- Total investments
- 1
- Lead investments
- 1
- Investments · 12mo
- 0
- Active investors
- 0
Sector focus
- Finance
- Financial Services
- Venture Capital
Investment portfolio
- The Arena Group
Led · Equity · Feb 2012
The Arena Group is a UK-based event services company that designs, delivers and project-manages all aspects of temporary event overlay. Led by CEO Greg Lawless and referred to as Arena Europe in the article, it works on state visits, royal weddings and major sporting tournaments. The company has bases in the UK, Portugal, Abu Dhabi, Singapore and Dubai and plans further global expansion into the Far East. In February 2012 it received a £16.5m growth capital investment. Backers included MML Capital and Sports Investment Partners (SIP), which have taken a minority stake. As part of the transaction Bal Johal joined the board and Matthew Wheeler of SIP became chairman.
Team
No current team members are available.