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Mark Cuban and NBA stars join £3m raise for Irish sports tech firm Sport Business Billionaire investor Mark Cuban and several current NBA stars have backed a $4m (£3m) fundraising round for Irish sports tech company Orreco. They join major-winning golfers Padraig Harrington and Graeme McDowell as investors in Orreco, which uses AI to analyse athletes’ movement for signs of injury susceptibility. “This is the first proactive approach to use [...]
Shark Tank star Mark Cuban joins $750m private equity sports fund Sport Business Star of Shark Tank and former Dallas Mavericks majority owner Mark Cuban is part of a new $750m private equity sports fund. Harbinger Sports Partners Fund will look to acquire minority stakes across a number of sports including Major League Baseball (MLB), National Football League (NFL) and National Basketball Association (NBA). Other figures included are [...]
NBA breaks rank with NFL and joins X and Truth Social alternative Bluesky Sport Business The NBA has broken ranks with the NFL and established an official presence on Bluesky, the rival social media platform to X. The world’s biggest basketball league launched its account over the last week, though it did not post during its All-Star Weekend. The NBA and some of its teams join Major League Baseball in [...]
Most profitable sports clubs of 2025 list features three Premier League sides January 11, 2025 Three Premier League clubs have made the Forbes most profitable sports teams list of 2025, with the top 20 generating an estimated £3.2bn in profit during the most recent season. The figures, calculated using Forbes’ estimates of operating income with total value using the enterprise values, suggest an average £159m profit per team, up 12 [...]