TMRW Sports, the sports, media, and entertainment vehicle led by Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy has announced an initial investor group that is perhaps as impressive as any launch company has ever assembled.
The institutional investment was co-led by Connect Ventures and 25madison Ventures. The investment group’s sports experience includes team ownership in every major league and ranges across F1, NFL, NBA, Premier League, MLB, NHL, MLS, tennis, esports, surfing, and golf with a combined social reach of nearly 500 million followers across Twitter and Instagram.
“Over the past year, we’ve assembled a team of investors who will help deliver on the TMRW Sports’ mission to positively impact how sports are experienced in the future,” said CEO Mike McCarley.
“We’ve been intentional about the diversity of expertise, thought and backgrounds as we mobilized this strategic group co-led by Connect Ventures and 25madison Ventures.
“From the very beginning our plan has been to partner with the best-in-class in every way imaginable and Tiger, Rory, and I value the support of this unrivaled team of investors, advisors, and ambassadors who believe in our vision to harness technology to create progressive approaches to sports.”
“Their combined broad reach and cultural relevance will expand potential opportunities and fanbases for TMRW projects. Plus, many share a passion for golf that only adds more fuel to TGL, our first project in partnership with the PGA TOUR.”
“TMRW Sports is redefining how the next generation of fans will play and consume sports by leveraging technology in unique and innovative ways,” added Michael Blank of Connect Ventures.
In addition to Woods’ and McIlroy’s combined 791 weeks at World No. 1 and counting, 105 PGA TOUR wins, and 19 Major Championships, TMRW Sports’ investor group combines to add 113 Formula 1 wins, 40 Emmy Awards, 32 NBA All-Star Games, 16 NFL Pro Bowls, 26 Grand Slam singles titles, 21 Olympic medals, 8 MVP titles across four sports, 10 Grammy Awards, 8 NBA Championships, 7 F1 World Championships, 5 UEFA Champions League titles, 3 Stanley Cups, 3 MLB All-Star Games, 3 WNBA Championships, 2 FIFA Women’s World Cups, and a World Series champion.
F1:
Alex Albon: Williams Racing (THA/GBR)
Lewis Hamilton: Mercedes-AMG Petronas, 7-time World Champion (GBR)
Lando Norris: McLaren (GBR)
Carlos Sainz: Scuderia Ferrari (ESP)
Mark Webber: 9-time F1 Grand Prix winner (AUS)
NBA/WNBA
Stephen Curry: Golden State Warriors, 4-time NBA Champion, 2x NBA MVP (USA)
Andre Iguodala: Golden State Warriors, 4-time NBA Champion (USA)
Chris Paul: Phoenix Suns (USA)
Jayson Tatum: Boston Celtics (USA)
Diana Taurasi: Phoenix Mercury (USA)
NFL:
Josh Allen: Buffalo Bills (USA)
Kelvin Beachum: Arizona Cardinals (USA)
Larry Fitzgerald: Arizona Cardinals ret., (USA)
Tony Romo: Dallas Cowboys ret., CBS Sports (USA)
Soccer:
Jozy Altidore: Liga MX, Puebla (USA)
Gareth Bale: MLS, Los Angeles FC (GBR)
Servando Carrasco: MLS, ret. (USA)
Alex Morgan: NWLS, San Diego Wave FC, 2-time World Cup Champion (USA)
MLB:
Shohei Ohtani: Los Angeles Angels (JPN)
Trea Turner: Los Angeles Dodgers, World Series Champion (USA)
Tennis:
Andy Murray: 3-time Grand Slam Singles Champion, 2-time Olympic Gold Medalist (GBR)
Serena Williams: 23-time Grand Slam Singles Champion, 4-time Olympic Medalist (USA)
Entertainment:
Justin Timberlake: 10-time Grammy Award, 4-time Emmy Award winner (USA)
NHL:
Sidney Crosby: Pittsburgh Penguins, 3-time Stanley Cup Champion (CAN)
Gaming:
Tyler “Ninja” Blevins: professional gamer and entertainment personality (USA)
Surfing:
Kanoa Igarashi: World Surf League, Olympic Silver Medalist (USA/JPN)
Business:
Arthur Blank: Owner and Chairman, Atlanta Falcons, Atlanta United and PGA TOUR Superstore; Co-Founder, The Home Depot
David Blitzer: Co-Managing Partner and Co-Founder of Harris Blitzer Sports & Entertainment: Philadelphia 76ers, New Jersey Devils, and Newark’s Prudential Center; Owner, Real Salt Lake; Minority Owner, Cleveland Guardians
John Collins: Board Director, Super Group Ltd. Former CEO, On Location Experiences; COO, NHL; President and CEO, Cleveland Browns; and senior marketing, sales and programming executive, NFL
Ben Grossman: Sports, media, and technology executive; Co-Owner, Minnesota United and Angel City FC
Eric Grubman: Chairman of Super Group Ltd. and DroneUp; former senior executive, NFL, Goldman Sachs, Constellation Energy Group, and On Location Experiences
John Henry: Principal Owner, Fenway Sports Group, including the Boston Red Sox, Liverpool Football Club, and Pittsburgh Penguins
Dawn Hudson: Board Director, Interpublic Group and NVIDIA. Former CMO, NFL; President and CEO, Pepsi-Cola North America; and Chairman of the Board, LPGA Tour
Steve Nash: Co-Founder, BLOCK; Former NBA MVP
Tom Penn: Founding President and Co-Owner, Los Angeles Football Club; Co-Founder, Sports Leadership Institute, former senior executive, NBA
Kevin Warren: Commissioner of the Big Ten Conference; former COO, Minnesota Vikings
Tom Werner: Chairman, Fenway Sports Group, including the Boston Red Sox, Liverpool Football Club, and Pittsburgh Penguins
Mark Wilf: Co-Owner of the Minnesota Vikings, Orlando City Soccer Club, and Orlando Pride
Media/Technology:
Chris Chaney: Co-Founder and CEO, Fancurve; former CEO and Founder of Infinite Esports & Entertainment
Zach Dixon: Founder and COO, Players Lounge
Dick Ebersol: Former Chairman, NBC Sports; executive producer Sunday Night Football and NBC Olympics, Co-Creator Saturday Night Live
Rohit Gupta: Co-Founder NYXL; Partner, Sterling.VC
Alex Lieberman: Founder and Executive Chairman, Morning Brew
Ari Litan: COO of LayerZero Labs; former executive and founding team of The Athletic; Co-founder, Swish
Alexis Ohanian: Founder, Seven Seven Six; Co-Founder and former Executive Chair, Reddit
This will be one of the most exciting sporting stories of the coming years.
