Tropion Sports Partners
Tropion Sports Partners is a global platform creating and capturing value through investment in the sports & entertainment ecosystem. Our core value proposition and competitive differentiator is our ability to leverage our partners and network to provide meaningful commercial uplift and generate real alpha for the teams we invest in.
A Winning Class
For our diverse pool of investors, we offer unique opportunities to join the professional sports ownership community, providing long-term growth upsides from one of the best performing growth equity asset classes of the last two decades.
Generating Alpha
For our partners at the leagues and teams, we provide capital for financial optionality, growth, or liquidity, as well as subject matter expertise for consulting & project management in core areas of strategy & operations.
The Tropion Approach
Our approach is focused on ownership of minority stakes, and our team of Partners and Advisors is uniquely versed to source, assess and execute our strategy given our experience across global sport.
Our Team
Joe Greco
PARTNER
Joe is an accomplished serial entrepreneur and investor. He founded, built, and exited multiple businesses that attracted Private Equity investors (Summit Partners, Roark Capital, CIP Capital, & GTCR), including PSC Info Group and RevSpring. He founded and is Chairman of Experity Ventures, a ˜$400MM alternative asset investment fund. Joe is the Managing Director of Ascend Ventures, his private investment arm and family office platform, and has successfully invested across the entire portfolio of sports business, including teams, media, merchandise, technology & licensing. He is a 9-year co-owner of Major League Soccer’s Philadelphia Union, widely recognized as one of the best managed professional soccer teams in North America.
Nick Sprague
PARTNER
Nick is a leader with unique knowledge of sports business and global soccer. He worked nearly 20 years in the Americas ecosystem as a general counsel in a large multinational group (NYSE: BAK) and as an entrepreneur. Nick has an extensive background in project finance, M&A, compliance, and cross-border transactions. Nick was on the leadership team that launched and ran Inter Miami and has been advising MLS team owners for almost a decade. He has led sports M&A diligence projects in the US, Europe & Latin America, and contains deep knowledge of the broader sports ecosystem, having been an early-stage investor and executive leading the global growth of Orreco—recognized by Sports Business Journal in 2023 as the world’s best sports performance technology company.
Mike Golden
PARTNER
Mike Golden is a leader in building sports e-commerce, media and apparel businesses. Mike was the co-founder of GSI Commerce (now Fanatics), ShopRunner, Organic Media, Homeclick and Burb Media. Previously Michael was the Chief Marketing Officer of Marc Ecko and Zoo York. He served on the Board of Directors of Pet360, Swirl Networks and Yieldify and was the Chairman of Complex Networks. Additionally, Mike has started and been a partner in several successful early-stage venture funds over the last 25 years.
Orson Porter
ADVISOR
Orson is a global leader in sports, communications, media, public policy, and corporate affairs. Orson served for 12 years as Nike’s U.S. Director of Government and Public Affairs, leading Nike’s policy strategy on international trade, brand campaigns, corporate responsibility, supply chain sourcing, and crisis management. Prior to Nike, Orson served as Special Assistant to US President William J. Clinton. In 2011, Orson founded and currently serves as lead principal for a global strategy firm, where he advises CEOs and other corporate leaders on policy and business priorities.
Why Sports?
Contact us
For more information on Tropion, contact us at [email protected] or submit your information.
Tropion Capital Partners
1111 Brickell Avenue, Suite 1000
Miami, Florida 33131