Joey Brander

Founding Team @TMRWSports @TGL | Building & investing across sports, media, & consumer

[Alexis Ohanian 🗽 @alexisohanian]

So hyped to be a part of the journey again with TMRW Sports — and you know I’m especially hyped to help build the women’s side of pro flag football! LFG @sevensevensix

[Joey Brander @JoeyBrander]

It’s been a pleasure getting to know Alex Morgan over the past few years. She was an early investor in @TMRWSports and has been a great partner. We’re excited to now welcome her, alongside an incredible group of sports icons & business leaders, as the lead capital partner in WTGL

[Front Office Sports @FOS]

WTGL, the new women’s indoor team golf league, is launching with high-profile investors, led by former U.S. women’s national soccer star Alex Morgan’s Trybe Ventures.

“I really do think women's golf has this massive opportunity to just blow up," Morgan tells FOS.

[Joey Brander @JoeyBrander]

After a competitive expansion process, we are happy to announce our first @TGL expansion team - Motor City Golf Club, led by Michael Hamp, Peter Hamp, and Kevin Kelleher and bringing together the Hamp family and Rob Walton, owners of the Detroit Lions and Denver Broncos

[Front Office Sports @FOS]

Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy's TGL has announced its first expansion team:

Motor City Golf Club representing Detroit ⛳️

Ownership includes Lions principal owner Sheila Ford Hamp and Broncos owner Rob Walton.

[Joe Pompliano @JoePompliano]

TGL is averaging 869,000 viewers through its first three weeks.

That's a 50% jump over ESPN's comparable time slot in 2024, but the bigger story is the audience's age.

The median age of a TGL viewer is 51 years old, younger than the NHL (52), F1 (53), NFL (54), and MLB (60).

[Joey Brander @JoeyBrander]

Week 1 of @TGL ✅. Nearly 5 years in the making. Thanks to everyone who supported us along the way.

Tune in Tuesday at 7pm EST on ESPN for Tiger’s debut!

#tgl

[Joey Brander @JoeyBrander]

We’re up to 85 countries & territories for @TGL Season 1 with more on the way. Broad global distribution with premier partners was a core part of our thesis since day one and I couldn’t be more excited about our media partners both at home and around the world. Tune in Jan 7!

[Josh Carpenter @JoshACarpenter]

Sky Sports gets a two-year deal to air TGL, which is less than two weeks from launch

[Joey Brander @JoeyBrander]

@ryanspoon @TGL Thank you! Another big step

[Ryan Spoon @ryanspoon]

Congrats @TGL @JoeyBrander and team

[Joey Brander @JoeyBrander]

With many emerging sports leagues coming to market, investors must keep in mind the core pillars needed for success at scale - premier talent, effective governance, broad distribution & a modern media approach. I always enjoy discussing our thesis w/ @brianreillyvc @aaronmillerwv

[Aaron Miller @aaronmiller_]

@brianreillyvc and I share our POV on the rise of venture-backed sports leagues.

https://t.co/AE66KQyyPY

[Joey Brander @JoeyBrander]

Happy to announce the closing of our Series A, which will fuel ongoing operations as we move toward launch of @TGL presented by SoFi and serve as a springboard for future projects, including new partnerships with major global sports leagues. Thanks to everyone for their support!

[TMRW Sports @TMRWSports]

📈 The momentum continues with the closure of our Series A investment round, which was co-led by Dynasty Equity and Connect Ventures, and included participation from other leading investors, including Arthur M. Blank, David Blitzer, and Derek Jeter. More: https://t.co/gfuNeJjCjx

[Joey Brander @JoeyBrander]

Honored to be named to Sports Business Journal’s “New Voices Under 30” this year. It is truly a privilege to be featured alongside an incredible group of industry leaders and in a publication that I grew up reading. Excited for what is to come as we continue building @TMRWSports

[Sports Business Journal @SBJ]

Meet the SBJ New Voices Under 30 Class of 2023 👏👏

#SBJNVU3Meet the SBJ New Voices Under 30 Class of 2023 👏👏

#SBJNVU3Meet the SBJ New Voices Under 30 Class of 2023 👏👏

#SBJNVU30

[Joey Brander @JoeyBrander]

Had a great time speaking about @TMRWSports for the @NYVCSports community!

[Jeff Volk @javolk]

Welcome back @NYVCSports!
Thanks @BonnieBernstein, @JoeyBrander, Tucker Brown and Jeff Klinefelter for a thoughtful and fun panel discussion, preceded by curated networking amongst so many friends and industry friends who we haven’t been able to see in too long.
cc @TMRWSports

[Joey Brander @JoeyBrander]

Nothing quite like the Masters

[TMRW Sports @TMRWSports]

Meet the latest group of investors to join TMRW Sports: @SHAQ, @DwyaneWade, and @KDTrey5 and @richkleiman's @35Ventures. These basketball stars know what it takes to build a great team, so we're excited to continue the momentum with them on board.

[Joey Brander @JoeyBrander]

Stay tuned…another big announcement coming tomorrow

[TMRW Sports @TMRWSports]

Coming TMRW: We're adding a few more BIG names to our roster of all-star investors. 👀

[Joey Brander @JoeyBrander]

Insightful thread on what should be an impactful year in VR. With likely new products in the US market (Apple’s long expected mixed reality headset and Pico’s potential US entry) and new releases from PS and Meta, VR will move closer to its mass consumer inflection point

[Ryan Engle | GOLF+ @Rengle820]

My predictions for #VR 2023:

📉Start off tough. Unit sales down YoY, and likely to keep decreasing.

💸Tough to raise

😐PSVR2 launch will be lukewarm.

🍎Apple will announce an expensive / incredible device. VR crowd will love it. Most others will want to wait and see.

🧵1/3

[Joey Brander @JoeyBrander]

Excited to have you on board!

[Joey Brander @JoeyBrander]

Proud to announce our initial group of investors at @TMRWSports. It has been a pleasure working with such an impactful group that share in our vision of the fusion of sports and tech.

[TMRW Sports @TMRWSports]

Meet our initial investor group, a roster of icons across sports & entertainment matched with business titans - headlined by @StephenCurry30, @LewisHamilton, @alexmorgan13, @andy_murray, @Ninja, @CP3, Shohei Ohtani, @tonyromo, @jtimberlake & @serenawilliams.

[Joey Brander @JoeyBrander]

100%. EA generated $1.6B in FY21 revenue from its Ultimate Team modes across FIFA, Madden, and NHL. Imagine if there were elements of these virtual economies that were interoperable across other game environments, had liquid secondary markets, or that unlocked IRL utility/access

[Brycent @brycent]

The gaming genre I am excited about, that is flying under the radar is Sports Games in Web3.

The number of people playing Ultimate Team/purchase skins and players in games like:
- Madden
- Fifa
- NBA 2k

Sports games will win in Web3 and be adopted incredibly fast.

[Joey Brander @JoeyBrander]

@RyanWatkins_ With a record $128B raised by US VC firms in 2021, more fund announcements in 2022, and an increasing number of non-traditional venture investors participating in the asset class (many seeking crypto exposure) there's still a lot of dry powder out there that needs to be deployed