# ESPN: portfolio, investments and team

> ESPN is a corporate vc based in United States. 5 investments on record, latest Nov 2024. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team.

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# ESPN

Last cheque observed Nov 2024. Silence since then is not evidence of inactivity: our sources miss unannounced rounds.

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Corporate VC Quiet

Growth Seed Series E Financial Services Information Technology Fantasy Sports

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Cheques on record

**0%** of best year **0** **cheques in 12 months**, 5 on record

Since the last cheque **716** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$2.3M** Rounds led **0 of 5** Exits **2 from the portfolio** Mostly in **United States, 80%**

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## ESPN highlights

- 01 5 rounds on record
- 02 Mostly Growth and Seed: 50% of its rounds
- 03 2 exits from the portfolio

## What they do

- **Type:** Corporate VC (from a list, unverified)
- **Cheque size:** Not stated
- **Sectors:** Financial Services Information Technology Fantasy Sports
- **Based in:** Bristol, United States
- **Cold pitches:** Not stated

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **5 appearances**

- **2024** 1 round
- **Nov** **[Hoopers](https://millionrounds.com/company/hoopers)** Seed · PT · LatamList **$2.3M** With 3 others
- **2018** 1 round
- **Apr** **[Trustx](https://millionrounds.com/company/trustx)** US · FinSMEs **$2.2M** With 4 others
- **2008** 2 rounds
- **Aug** **[ACTIVE Network](https://millionrounds.com/company/active-network)** Growth · US **$80M** With 3 others
- **Aug** **[ACTIVE Network](https://millionrounds.com/company/active-network)** Series F · US **$80M** With 3 others
- **2007** 1 round
- **Sept** **[ACTIVE Network](https://millionrounds.com/company/active-network)** Series E · US · venturebeat.com **$65M** With 7 others

An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor.

## The team

We hold **5** people at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them.

## What they claim to have backed

From their own portfolio page (on their website)

**0** of 5 we have independently watched raise

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Weaker than a round we watched, stronger than a list somebody sold us. A firm is far less willing to put a company on its own site that it never funded.

## Exits from the portfolio

Companies it backed that were later bought or listed **2 in all**

**[ACTIVE Network](https://millionrounds.com/company/active-network)** Bought by [Vista Equity Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/vista-equity-partners) **Undisclosed** Nov 2013

**[ACTIVE Network](https://millionrounds.com/company/active-network)** Listed **Undisclosed** Jun 2011

An exit counts when it came after the firm's first round in the company. From historical deal records.

## Companies it bought

Acquisitions by the firm itself

**Racing-Live** **Undisclosed** Aug 2008

**Cricinfo** **Undisclosed** Jun 2007

## The cheque

Growth Seed Series E

Median round joined **$2.3M** the round, not its cheque

Led 0 of 5 rounds **0%**

- **Sole investor:** Never alone
- **Last cheque:** Nov 2024
- **Exits:** 2 from the portfolio

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Growth *1*
- Seed *1*
- Series E *1*
- Series F *1*

Cheques by month Led Joined

Dec 2023 Nov 2026

Often in the room with

- [Canaan](https://millionrounds.com/fund/canaan-partners) 3
- [North Bridge Venture Partners & Growth Equity](https://millionrounds.com/fund/north-bridge-venture-partners-and-growth-equity) 3
- [Performance Equity Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/performance-equity-management-llc-a-sagard-partner) 3

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## Who they invest alongside

The investors most often in the same rounds as ESPN. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed.

[**Canaan** VC firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/canaan-partners)[**North Bridge Venture Partners & Growth Equity** VC firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/north-bridge-venture-partners-and-growth-equity)[**Performance Equity Management** Private equity **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/performance-equity-management-llc-a-sagard-partner)

## Recently backed

The latest companies ESPN put money into.

[**Hoopers** $2.3M · Nov 2024](https://millionrounds.com/company/hoopers)[**Trustx** $2.2M · Apr 2018](https://millionrounds.com/company/trustx)

## Quick answers about ESPN

### What does ESPN invest in?

ESPN invests most often at Growth and Seed (50% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Financial Services, Information Technology and Fantasy Sports.

### How active is ESPN?

5 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Nov 2024.

### What has ESPN invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Hoopers (Seed, Nov 2024) and Trustx (Undisclosed round, Apr 2018).

### How big are ESPN's cheques?

The median round it joins is $2.3M.

### Does ESPN lead rounds?

Rarely, if at all: none of its 5 investments on record names it as the lead.

### Where does ESPN invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (80%) and Portugal (20%).

### Is ESPN investing now?

No investments in the last 12 months; the latest was in Nov 2024.

### Who does ESPN invest alongside?

Most often Canaan (3 rounds together), North Bridge Venture Partners & Growth Equity (3 rounds together) and Performance Equity Management (3 rounds together).

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