Vesper’s Alexandra Bromley?recently attended the 2024 Women in M&A Summit hosted by the Kayo Conference Series?in Boston. The event featured 300+ women in private equity dealmaking, M&A and capital markets discussing their outlook for deal activity and sharing their perspectives on what 2025 will bring for the private equity industry. Thank you to the Kayo team for hosting a wonderful event! #2024KayoWomeninMA #womeninprivateequity #privateequity
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Vesper Company partners with founders and management teams to scale content, technology, and services companies by providing aligned, long-term capital and active support.
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Vesper’s Thomas Van Wazer will be attending the McGuireWoods LLP Independent Sponsor Conference in Dallas this week. Please reach out if you are interested in connecting at the event or afterwards. #MWISC24 #privateequity
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Congratulations to the League One Volleyball team. Excited to watch on ESPN in 2025
We’re excited to share that League One Volleyball is coming to ESPN! ESPN has secured media rights to present League One Volleyball pro matches across its linear networks and digital platforms, including ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU and ESPN+, both in the US and around the world. In addition to airing and streaming LOVB pro matches, ESPN will also highlight LOVB athletes through storytelling during its extensive coverage of the fall NCAA volleyball season, leading right into our inaugural pro season. LOVB has set out on an ambitious path to develop volleyball into the next major American sports league, and we could not think of a better media company to have in this journey than ESPN.
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Delighted to have?Alexandra Bromley?as part of the Vesper Company team. As we continue to scale our platform that delivers a differentiated private capital solution to founders and management teams in the mid-market, Allie will be a core part of the team supporting our business development and capital formation activities.
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At Vesper Company, we believe the sports ecosystem continues to present attractive investment opportunities, supported by macro tailwinds. Value of Live Sports: This past weekend’s Super Bowl LVIII demonstrated the power of live sports, commanding 123.4 million viewers, a new American television record audience. In a media landscape that has been shifting away from linear viewing towards on-demand viewing, sports still represent “must-watch” content. The proliferation of sports content on news and social platforms further reinforces the need for viewers to watch live to fully experience the event. The high level of engagement that live sports generates has caused its value to increase in turn. The cost of advertising slots in the Super Bowl as well as the average ticket prices for sporting events have both risen ~10% a year since 2019. We believe companies that help sports rightsholders monetize their content through value-added services, particularly revenue enhancing services, can offer compelling investment opportunities. Viewer Consumption Habits are Changing: With the proliferation of OTT platforms such as YouTube TV and owned-and-operated streaming platforms from rightsholders, fans can now consume sports when and where they want. As sports consumptions follows the trend of other media towards streaming platforms, regional linear television deals become less important, and streamers need to find ways to better monetize their fanbase, including through advertising revenue: see the recent Diamond Sports bankruptcy and proposed Amazon investment. As a result, media companies are trying to build more engagement with their OTT audiences, such as YES Network’s recent launch of “Yes Rewards,” an app-based loyalty program which allows fans to earn points redeemable for gift cards based on their engagement (e.g., watching a Yankees game). We believe this fan experience will increasingly become the hub for additional commercial opportunities such as sports betting, physical merchandise and memorabilia, digital collectibles, travel, food, and more. Women’s Sports Getting the Attention it Deserves: Sports consumption is increasingly growing beyond the traditional big four leagues (NFL, NHL, MLB and NBA) as other sports have been successful in telling compelling stories and connecting viewers to the players and teams. In particular, women’s sports have seen a significant rise in awareness and fandom. In August 2023, Nebraska Women’s Volleyball played in front of 90k+ fans at Memorial Stadium, setting the attendance record for women’s sporting events. We are particularly excited as investors in League One Volleyball (LOVB), which will launch its professional league in November 2024 with the support of their club volleyball network. With other success stories, including the continued growth of the National Women’s Soccer League and the amazing start to the Professional Women’s Hockey League, we expect continued investment in women's sports.
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The 2024 Grammys affirmed the continuing evolution and resilience of the music industry and provided key insights for our growing engagement in the content sector. Resilience of Music: What’s old is new again. We see the revival of catalog songs in our playlists and on our awards shows. For instance, at this year’s Grammys, Tracy Chapman performed her 1988 single “Fast Car” alongside country artist Luke Combs, who recently achieved significant success with his cover of the song. “Fast Car” has also been covered by Jonas Blue, Sam Smith, Justin Bieber, and others. This example is a testament to the enduring appeal of great songs. New audiences continue to discover catalog songs as they engage with content across streaming services, social platforms, film, and TV. The long-term value of music creates compelling opportunities for both creating new music and investing in catalogs. The Enduring Value of Artist Development: The barriers to music creation have been lowered by the digital transformation of music production, distribution, and marketing. Today over one hundred thousand tracks are uploaded to streaming services daily, with the major labels distributing less than four percent of these tracks. Yet, at the Grammys, virtually all nominees in major categories are signed to major labels or established indies, demonstrating the role these platforms play in developing, promoting, and supporting artists. Put simply, labels have held enduring value by helping artists cut through the noise. Global Opportunities in Music: This year’s Grammys reflect the ongoing shift towards recognizing more diverse music, aligning with global consumer trends. Exciting growth is occurring in music genres and markets worldwide. In 2023, country music found crossover success on the pop charts, Latin artists continued to flourish in streaming, and genres like AfroBeats, K-pop, and J-pop continued to reach global audiences. These developments underscore the wide-ranging appeal and global opportunities in today’s music industry.? As content industry investors, we view these trends as indicators of a promising future for music, with benefits extending to artists, writers, consumers, and companies. #grammys #privateequity #directlending #content #IP #musiccatalogs
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We're excited to kick off 2024 by welcoming Ian Vick to the team!
After an incredible 2.5 years at Fractal Software, I’m excited to announce that I’ve joined the investment team at Vesper Strategic Partners. The Vesper team is building a phenomenal platform to back founder and management-owned businesses. Together we will be focused on making long-duration minority and majority equity investments in the sports, media & entertainment, financial services and technology-enabled services verticals.
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