Welcome on Champs, the podcast that analyses the phenomenon of athletes investing in start-ups.
If some athletes started to invest in tech in the late 90s, like Shaquille O'Neal who invested very early on in Google, the trend only gained traction 10 years later, first with NBA stars like Kobe Bryant, Lebron James ou encore Andre Iguodala. Progressively, it has expanded to other US athletes, like Serena Williams who launched her own Serena Ventures. Today, the phenomenon is just getting into Europe with athletes like Tony Parker, Andy Murray or Rory McIlroy who are just paving the way for the next generation.
With our guests, we try to understand why and how athletes invest in start-ups and how they can help them grow beyond their cash injection.
Season 1 will focus on entrepreneurs who raised money from pro athletes, trying to understand how they got in touch with their "special" investor, the specificities of raising money from such profiles, and how athletes can support them to execute on their growth ambitions.
This podcast is produced by Athletico Ventures, the first European club deal helping pro athletes to invest in the most promising consumer, impact or sports and media start-ups, alongside tier 1 investors.
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In this episode, Pierre Husson shares with us his vision for amateur sports video highlights, and how he and his cofounders (Frack Si-Hassen and François Alary) onboarded a football legend - Jean-Pierre Papin - on their mission to promote amateur sports."Papinades" of upcoming stars are on Rematch, have a look!
And for the authentic papinades, follow the links below:
https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/papinade (https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/papinade)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSP5JwBkeeU (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSP5JwBkeeU)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75xBh0hIYjU (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75xBh0hIYjU)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_ujAM6aGTE (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_ujAM6aGTE)
Other useful links:
https://twitter.com/JP_Papin
https://twitter.com/Rematch_Sport
https://www.instagram.com/rematch_sport/
https://www.athletico.vc/
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16 Apr 2021
CHAMPS | Episode 4 | Kevin Beesley & Laurent Mesnil, Associés chez Elite Patrimoine
In this fourth episode, Kevin Beesley and Laurent Mesnil, Partners at Elite Patrimoine, give us a masterclass of wealth management for high profile athletes. Massive thanks for this very insightful discussion and a few interesting anecdotes!
Less visible than agents, athletes' wealth managers are critical partners of the athletes, helping them to ensure their long-term financial security so that they can focus on performing on the pitch!
Congrats to the entire Elite Patrimoine team for taking care of some of the best French talents!
Sorry to non-French speakers. The first few episodes are in French but we'll soon be available in English.
Useful links:
https://www.athletico.vc/
https://www.elitepatrimoine.fr/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurent-mesnil-ba85131/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevin-beesley-3459b21b0/
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8 Mar 2021
CHAMPS | Episode 3 | Olivier Ramel, CEO Kymono
In this third episode, we have a very insightful discussion with Olivier Ramel, CEO of Kymono, on how he managed to onboard Presnel Kimpembe as a client first, and then as an investor.
Although the relationship between Presnel Kimpembe and Kymono was not confidential - especially around the collaboration on Presnel's fashion brand PK3 - this is the first time Olivier speaks so openly about their relationship.
Along the way, we discuss entrepreneurship (Olivier created 6 companies before turning 30), company culture design, Kymono's development strategy and athletes' appetite for business.
A very enjoyable chat. Thank you Olivier!
Useful links:
https://pk3.paris/
https://www.instagram.com/kimpembe3/
https://kymono.co/
https://twitter.com/Kymono_co
https://twitter.com/RamelOlivier
https://www.athletico.vc
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15 Jan 2021
CHAMPS | Episode 2 | Florian Valot, joueur aux New York Red Bulls & Arnaud Santin, CEO Sports Dynamics
Dans ce second épisode, nous échangeons avec Arnaud Santin, cofondateur de Sports Dynamics, qui a levé 400k€ en 2020 auprès du CNRS et de plusieurs business angels, dont Florian Valot, joueur des New York Red Bulls en MLS.
Et surtout, nous avons la chance d'avoir Florian avec nous, qui entre deux entrainements dans la dernière ligne droite de la saison régulière, a pris le temps de venir nous apporter sa vision d'athlète de haut niveau sur l'investissement dans les start-ups, pour compléter les éclairages d'Arnaud.
Un grand merci à Arnaud et Florian pour leur temps et leurs éclairages sur la prise de participation de Florian dans Sports Dynamics. Même si la rencontre Arnaud x Florian est presque accidentelle, l'entrée d'un footballeur au capital est très réfléchie, avec des réflexions commune sur le développement commercial et le développement produit.
Le parcours atypique de Florian est très inspirant. Et c'est une chance d'avoir son ressenti d'athlètes sur les motivations d'un tel investissemet ainsi que ce qu'il en retire au-delà de l'apsect financier, notamment dans son développement personnel.
Bravo à toute l'équipe de Sports Dynamics qui se développe rapidement et continue de signer quelques beaux clubs européens.
Bonne chance à Florian pour la prochaine saison de MLS!
Liens utiles
https://sportsdynamics.eu/
https://twitter.com/Sports_Dynamics
https://www.instagram.com/florian_valot/
https://twitter.com/florian_valot
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27 Nov 2020
CHAMPS | Episode 1 | Nicolas Julia, CEO of Sorare
Dans ce premier épisode, nous écheangons avec Nicolas Julia, cofondateur de Sorare qui a levé 3.5m€ en début d'été 2020 auprès de Partech, e.ventures et Andre Schürrle, Champion du Monde de football 2014 avec l'Allemagne. Nicolas a eu la gentillesse de nous éclairer sur l'entrée de Schurle à son capital et ce que cela lui apporte depuis.
Merci à Nicolas pour son temps et sa transparence. C'est super intéressant de voir comment Nicolas et son équipe ont su saisir l'opportunité d'accueillir Andre Schurle à leur capital pour développer une relation de confiance avec lui, leur permettant d'avoir son soutien spontané et authentique auprès de son audience ou dans la presse.
Liens utiles
https://sorare.com/
André Schürrle: https://twitter.com/Andre_Schuerrle
Nicolas Julia: https://twitter.com/ni2las
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