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
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
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.
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
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.
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).
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
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!
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
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!
📈 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
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
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
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
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.
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
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
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.
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
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.
@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