A powerhouse to leverage the value of the sports industry.
Our investment criteria
INSPIRING SPORT CAPITAL targets companies with opportunities in terms of growth, synergies, and build-up, meeting the following criteria:
Revenue up to €100 million
Revenue between €10 million and €100 million. We are also able to target both larger companies in the case of co-investments beyond the ISC pool of investors, or smaller ones, particularly in the case of strategic investments to accelerate the digital transformation of our portfolio.
Equity tickets up to €50 million
Our long-term capital base brings together HNWIs, family offices, and strategic industry leaders who share a conviction in the sector’s potential.
Majority role
We take a hands-on approach in the situation of transmission and/or growth equity (through a dedicated SPV / Club deal).
Target countries
European companies with international growth potential.
Scope of investment
Sport business (properties, contents, digital media, technologies), marketing services, sporting goods & apparel, and intellectual properties.
A real impact on the growth of the invested portfolio.
EXPERTISE
By providing strategic and operational support through our sophisticated knowledge of the marketing of sports and the evolution of the economic models.
SYNERGIES
By pooling the levers of digital transformation and international expansion.
NETWORKING
By promoting the networking of the invested companies and by benefiting from the « ecosystem effect ».
BUILD-UP
By implementing a consolidation and build-up strategy by universe (cycling, sailing, board sports, winter sports, etc.) and transversal (sporting goods, accessories, technologies, data, marketing rights).
MONITORING & MENTORING
By providing financial support and management tools, with a proactive role through companies’ boards.
POSITIVE IMPACT
By implementing/sharing a CSR program through athletes’ mentoring, social inclusion, and sustainable development goals ; and by supporting the “legacy” of the 2024 Paris Olympic Games.