A registered fund built on
a different conviction.

Marques Colston has spent more than a decade building at the intersection of professional sports, private capital, and executive leadership — as a franchise owner, investment professional, and institutional advisor. The New Orleans Saints' all-time franchise leader in receptions, yards, and touchdowns and a Super Bowl XLIV champion, he has since been inducted into four Halls of Fame — the New Orleans Saints, Pennsylvania, Louisiana, and Hofstra University — and received honorary doctorates from the University of New Orleans and Hofstra University. His career on the field is well documented. What he has built since is what defines him today.

Colston has operated inside professional sports at every level — not as a passive investor, but as an owner and executive. As Owner, President & General Manager of the Harrisburg Stampede (AFL), he rebuilt the entire football and business operation from the ground up: doubling sponsorship revenue and tripling ticket sales in year one, securing a live television broadcast deal, and delivering a league championship. He went on to co-own three additional professional sports franchises — the Philadelphia Soul, Albany Empire, and Atlantic City Blackjacks — contributing to two additional league championships, generating seven figures in sponsorship revenue and advising the Arena Football League on commercial partnerships with DraftKings, CBS, and Facebook.

As a Strategic Advisor to the NFLPA One Team Collective and NFL Players Inc., he advised balance sheet investments including WHOOP and StatMuse. He co-founded the Venture Playbook, an executive education program at Columbia Business School, helping to develop frameworks for athletes as investors and long-term equity stakeholders.

Prior to starting Champion Fund, Colston served as a financial advisor (Series 7 and Series 66 securities licenses) at Janney Montgomery Scott, advising on $350M+ in client assets.

Nick Edwards is an investment manager and entrepreneur with more than 15 years of experience at the intersection of professional sports, private capital, and high-growth businesses. He is Founder and Portfolio Manager of The Champion Fund and Managing Partner, Capital Markets & Investments at Champion Capital.

His investment perspective is grounded in direct operating experience. Over the course of his career, Edwards has worked inside professional sports organizations across the NFL, NHL, NBA, and MLS — giving him firsthand insight into how teams, technology platforms, media businesses, and the broader sports ecosystem create and capture value. He has worked alongside professional athletes, championship organizations, founders, and institutional stakeholders across the industry, building the proprietary network and deal access that informs the Fund's sourcing today.

Prior to The Champion Fund, Edwards built and led businesses across private equity, venture capital, health technology, and real estate. He has served as a general partner and limited partner in private investment structures, participated in SPVs and growth-stage investments, and helped build companies from formation and capitalization through scaling and strategic transactions — including Eden Equity Partners, Loop Care Platform (as Chief Innovation Officer), and BisonX Startup Studio. His academic work at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, where he served as Director of Exercise-Medical Integration and Chief Science Officer, further grounds his approach in institutional discipline.

Edwards is also a former professional MMA athlete and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu national champion.

Chuck Pettid is a fintech executive and private markets investor with more than two decades of experience building regulated capital markets infrastructure and raising capital at scale. As a founding team member and EVP at Republic, he helped build one of the world's largest private investment platforms — raising over $4 billion across private markets and personally leading more than $1 billion in company raises. He led $200 million+ in strategic acquisitions, including Seedrs and INX, a licensed digital asset exchange — expanding Republic's regulated infrastructure across North America, Europe, and Asia. He continues in a senior advisory capacity to the platform and holds board roles across eight-plus Republic entities.

His work in sports capital spans the full transaction spectrum. Pettid has raised capital for more than a dozen professional sports teams and directed a full acquisition offer for a Premier League club — experience that puts him at the intersection of institutional capital, regulated deal infrastructure, and professional sports.

Earlier in his career, Pettid served as an Associate Financial Advisor at Merrill Lynch, COO of an energy hedge fund, and Director of Research at a commodity fund. He is founder and General Partner of RainmakeMe Fund I LP, an early-stage venture vehicle. He holds an MBA in Finance from Fordham Gabelli School of Business and a B.S. in Finance from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln.