Great piece of advice from NBA icon Isiah Thomas…
NBA icon Isiah Thomas with one of the better pieces of advice for young athletes you will ever hear. (🎥: Forbes)
Athletico Ventures
Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
We help pro athletes invest in the most promising consumer, impact or sports & media start-ups.
About us
We help elite athletes invest in the most promising start-ups, alongside top tier investors, then maximising benefits for athletes and start-ups. ******************************* WELCOME TO A NEW WORLD Where game changers in their field Gain exclusive access To world-beating opportunities Where we match elite athletes to brilliant entrepreneurs Whose values, drive and standards of excellence they share Where athletes can thrive during and after their career Or even find a new one Where start-ups can benefit from athletes' funding and so much more Their unique profile, mindset and personality A world where there’s a new way to play And the strength of the team wins
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https://www.athletico.vc/
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- Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
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- 2-10 employees
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- London
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- Privately Held
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- 2020
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2024 was quite special for Athletico Ventures! > We made 7 new investments (Gladia, Samara, NEAT Protect, Syntetica, stealth x3), across France, Spain and the UK > We co-invested alongside some of the best venture firms (EQT Ventures, 20VC, Hoxton Ventures, Balderton Capital, Singular, XAnge, etc.) > 5 of our portfolio companies raised up rounds, including a massive $200m Series D for ŌURA > Our portfolio companies raised $350m in total > We participated in top panels and conferences across Europe (Slush, SuperInvest, South Summit, Viva Technology, Athlete Investor Summit, etc.) > We hosted exclusive events with athletes and tech folks across Paris, London, Madrid and Munich Obviously, we also had our challenges with a couple of companies going into administration, and some deals we could not win. But overall, it's a very positive year for Athletico Ventures! Time for a short break before a very exciting 2025! cc Arthur Bernard
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Our portfolio company ŌURA has just announced a $200m Series D round, led by Fidelity Management, bringing the company’s valuation to $5.2Bn. 🔥 🚀 ŌURA has sold more than 2.5m rings to date! 🤯
Today, we’re proud to announce that OURA has raised $200M in Series D funding led by Fidelity Management & Research Company and Dexcom, the global leader in glucose biosensing. With this investment, Oura’s valuation has surpassed $5.2 billion, a milestone that validates our mission and approach. Founded in Oulu, Finland, more than 11 years ago, Oura’s mission then was the same as it is today; in the simplest terms, it’s to help all people live healthier lives. In the last decade, we’ve expanded our product offering, invested deeply in science, research, and validation, expanded our retail footprint and partnership portfolio, and doubled down in specific health areas like women’s health, heart health, stress & resilience, metabolic health, and more. We'll use this investment to expand our product offerings, fuel further investment in product, science, and healthcare innovation, including AI, advance global expansion efforts, and explore additional acquisitions to accelerate growth. More from TechCrunch: https://lnkd.in/g2fdpRfQ
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Athletico Ventures’ newsletter #17 is out ! 🔥 A selection of sports celebrity investments and VC contents published over the last few months. Highlights: > Football stars (e.g. Messi w/ SuperAnnotate and Maguire w/ Lawhive) are investing more and more in B2B businesses, i.e. outside of the more obvious consumer and sports sectors > How The Chainsmokers built a fund (Mantis Venture Capital) that doesn't rely on their celebrity status > Giannis Antetokounmpo launches his own venture fund > Podcast recommendation: "Business of Sport" with Charlie Stebbings & Harry Stebbings (esp. episodes with Michael R. Yormark and Nico Rosberg) All links in comment. #athleteinvestors #startupfunding #venturecapital
Athletico Ventures’ newsletter #17 is out ! 🔥 A selection of sports celebrity investments and VC contents published over the last few months. Highlights: > Football stars (e.g. Messi w/ SuperAnnotate and Maguire w/ Lawhive) are investing more and more in B2B businesses, i.e. outside of the more obvious consumer and sports sectors > How The Chainsmokers built a fund (Mantis Venture Capital) that doesn't rely on their celebrity status => Listen Dan Lorenc, Drew Taggart and Alex Pall at Disrupt 2024 > Giannis Antetokounmpo launches his own venture fund > Podcast recommendation: "Business of Sport" with Charlie Stebbings & Harry Stebbings (esp. episodes with Michael R. Yormark and Nico Rosberg) All links in comment. #athleteinvestors #startupfunding #venturecapital
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Giannis Antetokounmpo, just launched BYL Ventures. The firm will focus on investments in sports, entertainment and media, sports intellectual property, consumer products and technology, driven by the Antetokounmpo family's dedication to fostering innovation and entrepreneurship. Links in comments. #athleteinvestors
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Athletico Ventures' founder, Arthur Bernard, has been named in the 6th edition of the Institut Choiseul's Sport & Business 2024 Ranking! See article in comments.
Proud and honored to be included in the 6th edition of the Institut Choiseul's Sport & Business 2024 Ranking! A ranking that reveals the young leaders aged 40 and under who play or will play a major role in the French sports industry: representatives of institutions, start-ups, tech entrepreneurs, former athletes or investors. See article in comments. Congrats to Emmanuelle Malecaze-Doublet for leading the ranking. Happy to see many familiar faces in the list (Nicolas Maurer, Matthieu Lille-Palette, Jerome Meary AAA, Sevan Karian, Thibaut Predhomme, Alexandre Mulliez, Kevin BEESLEY, Romain TREBUIL, and more...). #ChoiseulSportBusiness #athleteinvestors
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Thrilled to announce our participation in Gladia's $16m Series A, alongside XAnge, with participation by Illuminate Financial, XTX Ventures, Gaingels, Mana Ventures, Motier Ventures, Roosh Ventures, and more. Funding will accelerate Gladia’s transition from a speech-to-text API to an end-to-end audio infrastructure provider for use cases like agent assistance for contact center platforms, sales enablement tools and AI meeting assistants. Because good news always come in pairs, Gladia also announces the launch of the first multilingual real-time audio transcription and analytics engine! Given that most speech recognition models today are trained predominantly on English audio data and are therefore inherently biased, Gladia prioritized building the first real-time product that is truly multilingual. The new fine-tuned engine delivers advanced real-time transcription in over 100 languages, along with enhanced support for accents and the unique ability to adapt to different languages on the fly.
“I founded Gladia for a very personal reason – I was frustrated that existing audio transcription services were not able to understand my French accent,” explained Jean-Louis Quéguiner, CEO and Co-Founder, Gladia. 🤣 🤣 🤣 Very French, and very true my dear Jean-Louis! Thrilled to announce our participation in Gladia's $16m Series A, alongside XAnge, with participation by Illuminate Financial, XTX Ventures, Gaingels, Mana Ventures, Motier Ventures, Roosh Ventures, and more. Funding will accelerate Gladia’s transition from a speech-to-text API to an end-to-end audio infrastructure provider for use cases like agent assistance for contact center platforms, sales enablement tools and AI meeting assistants. Because good news always come in pairs, Gladia also announces the launch of the first multilingual real-time audio transcription and analytics engine! Given that most speech recognition models today are trained predominantly on English audio data and are therefore inherently biased, Gladia prioritized building the first real-time product that is truly multilingual. The new fine-tuned engine delivers advanced real-time transcription in over 100 languages, along with enhanced support for accents and the unique ability to adapt to different languages on the fly.
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Excited to eventually unveil our investment in Jump Congrats Nicolas Fayon and the entire team for raising 11m€ from Breega, Index Ventures, RAISE and more. The world of work is undergoing a profound transformation. 50% of GenZ do not want a traditional permanent contract. They aspire for flexibility and mobility therefore considering freelancing. Which usually comes at the cost of job security. Enters Jump. Jump provides access to the best of social protection (company health insurance, employee savings, easier access to mortgages, etc.), giving freelancers a reliable base of tools and all the benefits of salaried employment.
J’ai l’immense joie d’annoncer aujourd’hui que Jump lève 11 millions d’euros pour faire bouger les codes du travail pour les jeunes générations 🚀 Cette série A leadée par Breega, avec la participation de RAISE, et le renouvellement de la confiance d'Index Ventures va nous permettre de déployer le modèle en France et en Europe pour soutenir les travailleurs modernes en quête de liberté. On est à un point de bascule, les chiffres parlent d’eux-mêmes : 📌 Déjà +4 millions d’indépendants en France, la plupart de la Génération Y ; 📌 La GenZ arrive massivement sur le marché du travail et 1 jeune sur 2 ne souhaite pas de CDI classique. C'est le bon moment pour sauter le pas. Merci à nos investisseurs Julia Andre, Benjamin Deplus & Lucile Beaume, Stéphane PESQUE pour leur confiance. Merci aux milliers de Jumpers qui nous ont déjà rejoints et à tous ceux qui vont sauter le pas dans les prochains mois et les prochaines années. Enfin, merci à cette incroyable équipe Jump dont je suis si fier. Merci pour votre dévouement, pour aller chercher l’extra-mile, pour votre drive au quotidien et pour votre humilité. Let's go !
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New deal for Athletico Ventures... Thrilled to participate in NEAT Protect Series A.
Thrilled to participate in Neat's Series A! Congrats Fabien Cazes, Maximilien Dauzet and the entire NEAT Protect team. Neat makes insurance transparent and effortless by embedding it into the products and services people use and love. Their impressive growth since inception 2.5 years ago validates their vision. This funding gives them the resources to take it to the next level! #yousellwecare #seriesA #athleteinvestors
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