Built for the part of sportseveryone else overlooked.
The Champion Fund is an SEC-registered interval fund — organized under the Investment Company Act of 1940 — offering diversified exposure to sports media, technology, ventures, clubs, and real estate. We invest across the full global sports ecosystem, with a focus on opportunities where institutional capital is still underrepresented.
- $500 minimum
- 5-minute signup
- No accreditation needed
The window is open.
It won’t be forever.
Three forces are converging in the global sports economy right now.
Institutional capital has concentrated heavily in marquee domestic franchises, driving valuations that constrain future returns for new capital entering those positions.
Global sports is expanding faster than professional investment infrastructure has followed — in media, technology, international clubs, and fan experience businesses.
And institutional capital is just beginning to systematically discover the broader sports ecosystem that the Champion Fund was built to access.
When institutional capital discovers a category and begins pricing it systematically, conditions shift and early positions become harder to access at current terms. That moment is approaching in this space. The window is open today. Past performance is not indicative of future results.
A different focus than the funds you’ve heard of
The largest institutional sports investment funds have concentrated heavily in marquee American franchise assets — NBA, NFL, MLB, NHL.
The Champion Fund doesn’t exclude U.S.-based sports investments, but our strategy is built around the broader global sports ecosystem: sports media and technology, international clubs with growing commercial trajectories, sports ventures, and sports-driven real estate. These are the areas where institutional discipline still creates meaningful differentiation, because institutional capital hasn’t fully arrived yet.
Registered. Regulated.
Built to last.
The Champion Fund is organized as a registered investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940 — the same regulatory framework governing the investment industry’s most established funds. That means mandatory SEC oversight, required disclosures, and governance standards built into the structure by law. Liquidity isn’t a feature we added to attract investors. It’s a legal requirement.
Registered Investment Company
Organized under the Investment Company Act of 1940
Open to All Investors
Accredited and non-accredited investors eligible
Liquidity By Law
Semi-annual redemption windows — required by SEC regulation, not optional
Minimum Investment: $500
Institutional-quality access, without institutional minimums
Five Investment Categories.
One managed portfolio.
The Champion Fund deploys capital across five targeted categories of the global sports economy — each an area where we believe institutional discipline creates real differentiation.
- Sports Ventures25%
- Sports Assets25%
- Media and Services20%
- Real Estate & Hospitality20%
- Thematic Funds10%
Sports Ventures25%
Growth-stage businesses redefining how sports are played, watched, and monetized globally.
Sports Assets25%
Teams, clubs, leagues, and sports properties with long-term appreciation potential across global markets.
Media and Services20%
Established media, content, and service businesses with sports adjacency and institutional-quality fundamentals.
Real Estate & Hospitality20%
Sports-driven real estate, venue assets, and hospitality at the intersection of fandom and capital.
Thematic Funds10%
Curated LP and GP stakes in sector-focused funds with complementary sports ecosystem exposure.
Allocations are targets and subject to change. See the Prospectus for full details.
Current portfolio
Four investments currently held in the fund — each reflecting the Champion Fund’s thesis of global reach, diversified exposure, and a focus on the sports ecosystem beyond the marquee domestic franchise market.
Sports Illustrated Tickets
SI Tickets is a blockchain-backed digital ticketing platform that has raised over $87 million in capital and secured a $50 million credit facility in 2025. The platform serves professional leagues and clubs globally, with investors including Drew Brees and institutional partners Feenix Venture Partners and Eagle Point Credit Management. The Champion Fund’s position represents direct exposure to the sports technology infrastructure powering modern fan engagement.
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Ipswich Town FC
Ipswich Town FC is a Premier League club that has attracted institutional investors including Avenue Sports Fund and Bright Path Sports Partners. The Champion Fund’s position reflects the Sports Assets allocation and the fund’s conviction in the long-term commercial trajectory of global football clubs outside the saturated U.S. franchise market.
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Fathead
Fathead is the market-leading officially licensed sports wall graphics and memorabilia brand, acquired in 2023 by a group of former athletes. With licensing relationships spanning the NFL, NBA, MLB, and NHL, Fathead operates at the intersection of sports consumer products and fan culture. The Champion Fund’s position reflects the Media and Services allocation.
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Emerging
Emerging is a venture capital fund investing in the ‘sportstainment’ economy — immersive, experience-driven businesses at the intersection of sports, entertainment, and real estate, including Puttshack, F1 Arcade, and Batbox. The Champion Fund’s LP position in Emerging reflects the Thematic Funds allocation, providing exposure to next-generation fan experience businesses.
View companyPublic market sports investments trade with equity market volatility and reflect investor sentiment as much as underlying asset value. The Champion Fund invests directly in private sports assets, ventures, and funds — positions not correlated to daily market movements and not accessible through public markets. The 40 Act interval fund structure provides private market exposure that is traditionally not accessible to retail investors, with regulated access and mandatory liquidity.
The Fund makes semi-annual repurchase offers of at least 5% of net assets per interval. If requests exceed that cap, they are fulfilled on a pro-rata basis — each investor receives a proportional share of the available pool. This is a standard feature of the interval fund structure, disclosed in full in the prospectus. Investors should plan for the possibility that complete redemption may require more than one window.
Track records reflect past performance in markets that no longer exist at the same entry points. The Champion Fund is structured to institutional standards from day one — registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, governed and regulated — with the positioning of a founding investor. That combination is unavailable once the fund is no longer new. Past performance is not indicative of future results. There is no guarantee that early investment in this Fund will produce favorable outcomes.
Insights
Perspectives from the team building the fund.
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SEC-regulated structure. Institutional-quality exposure. Access to the global sports economy — starting at $500.