Mm-hmm

... um, transitioning into the investment world, um, having some owner- ownership and operational experience, uh, for, for about seven years.

So I've been able to see this asset class from a bunch of different lenses.

And the one thing that you realize is the, the biggest value catalyst for, for the asset class itself, the, the athletes, the, the fans, um, the coaches, administrators, they create all the value but get none of the equity in it.

So, um, the Champion Fund is really a vehicle that, that makes that whole asset class accessible to every investor.

Yeah

... that's, you know, slightly underrated from a media value perspective.

Um, we're, we're looking at, uh, sports, sports ventures, which is growth stage technology companies.

Mm-hmm

... um, transitioning into the investment world, um, having some owner- ownership and operational experience, uh, for, for about seven years.

So I've been able to see this asset class from a bunch of different lenses, and the one thing that you realize is the, the biggest value catalyst for, for the asset class itself, the, the athletes, the, the fans, um, the coaches, administrators, they create all the value but get none of the equity in it.

So, um, the Champion Fund is really a vehicle that, that makes that whole asset class accessible to every investor.

Yeah

... that's, you know, slightly underrated from a media value perspective.

Um, we're, we're looking at, ah, sports, sports ventures, which is growth stage technology companies.

Could be fan engagement tech, could be ticketing technology.

What does this look like, and what, what are you bringing to market here?

So we, we have brought, uh, what we're calling Champion Fund to market, and what it is is it's an interval fund that creates access for both accredited and non-accredited investors, um, to, to invest inside the, uh, the sports ecosystem.

So, uh, traditionally, like you mentioned, it's, it's been a, it's been a world that's been pretty inaccessible to most investors, and most of the conversation has been around what I call the Big Four leagues, the NFL, NBA, and NHL, and MLB.

And what we're doing with, with Champion Fund is it's an interval fund, uh, which, which allows us to take all of, all, all of sports as an asset class, um, kinda dump it into a managed portfolio, and then give access to both accredited and, and non-accredited investors, uh, a- as a platform.

Where are you gonna go? Where, where are, where are you targeting investments? Like, would you go after those Big Four leagues, or are you focused elsewhere?

No, we're, we're really focused elsewhere.

We, we call it the value chain.

So, so what we've done is we've taken the sports asset class as a whole, and we've broken it into five sub-asset classes.

Yeah, go ahead, Marcus.

No, definitely appreciate it.

I think You know, what we set out to build with Champion Fund was truly around, like Nick said, access.

And what you realize through just kind of navigating this ecosystem is that there are different investor archetypes that need different access points.

And, you know, whether you're a high net worth investor accredited, non-accredited, the reality is we're kind of in this environment where alternative investments are, it's kind of, it's trending, right? It's a tailwind that not only are individual investors getting privy to, but we're starting to see this shift even on the institutional side around access to alternatives.

And as we were looking at the sports asset class, again, starting with the athlete avatar in mind and really understanding not just the capital needs, but the liquidity needs, the diversification needs of the athlete community.

And, you know, starting to think through how that truly solves for the retail investor.

So I'd love to hear a little bit more about focusing on that athlete investor.