West River Group: investing in the global innovation economy
In the fourth episode of this summer's Investor's View series, we welcome Anthony Bontrager, managing director of West River Group. Anthony's 25 years of experience spans founding his own businesses, ...
25 Aug 202344min
The new social media landscape, and the evolution of pre-season tours
This week Yanni is joined by Nick Shaw, managing director of EMEA at Greenfly, and Keegan Pierce, managing director for the UK and Ireland at La Liga, as they dissect the dynamic world of sports socia...
15 Aug 202352min
Techstars: accelerating startups across sports and tech
This week Yanni welcomes Jordan Fliegel, managing director of Techstars NYC and Techstars Sports. Over the course of the conversation, Jordan details how Techstars identifies promising startups, and t...
9 Aug 202351min
The Women’s World Cup, and the ‘Netflixication’ of sport
In this week’s Sports Loft Podcast, we explore the broadcast and sponsorship landscape surrounding the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup, NWSL and Super League. To unpick it all, we’ve called upon Jenny Mit...
28 Juli 202342min
Where Sapphire Sport will invest its second fund
Our most recent episode of ‘An Investor’s View’ features Michael Spirito, a founding partner and lead investor of Sapphire Sport, the $300m venture firm that counts City Football Group, adidas and AEG...
19 Juli 202351min
Apex Capital: investing with the world’s best athletes
In our new series of ‘An Investor’s View’ podcasts, host Yanni Andreopoulos sits down with Antonio Cacorino, founder and CEO of Apex Capital. In this episode, we explore the opportunities around inves...
6 Juli 202342min
How Covatic’s privacy-first approach to advertising can disrupt sport
Join Yanni as he chats with Nick Pinks, CEO and founder of Covatic, the Sports Loft member company that's revolutionising advertising through its private-by-design ad-tech. First up, the pair discuss ...
21 Juni 202344min
