Tiger Woods raises capital from NBA, F1, tennis and soccer stars for his sports company

Tiger Woods shows that he has a long list of contacts in the sports world, and that they trust him. The American golfer has closed a macro round of financing for his new sports company, Tmrw Sports, in which 25 professional athletes have participated, including Stephen Curry, Lewis Hamilton, Serena Williams, Gareth Bale, Andy Murray o el español Carlos Sainz Jr. Financial details have not been disclosed.

The company has highlighted in a statement that, in addition, the Connect Ventures and 25madison Ventures funds have also participated in the round, as well as various team owners and franchises in the NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, Premier LeagueMLS, NWSL y los esports.

In fact, the United States and the United Kingdom stand out as the countries from which the vast majority of the investors of this company come from, in which Along with Woods, a rival of his participates as co-founder in the greenNorthern Irishman Rory McIlroy.

In addition to the figures already mentioned, other athletes related to F1 (Lando Norris, Alex Albon and Mark Webber), with the NFL (Josh Allen, Kelvin Beachum, Larry Fitzgerald and Tony Romo), with the NBA have also joined the company. and the WNBA (Andre Iguodala, Chris Paul, Jayson Tatum and Diana Taurasi), with soccer (Alex Morgan, Jozy Altidore and Servando Carrasco) and with other disciplines such as ice hockey, baseball, surfing (Kanoa Igarashi) and esports Ninja Belvins).

Founded this summer, Tmrw Sports will be specialized in promoting projects related to sports and entertainment, “taking advantage of technology”, they pointed out in their presentation note. For this reason, among the new investors there is also the musician Justin Timberlake. His first project is the TGL, a team golf league in which the PGA Tour collaborates, where your golfers will come from. The championship, which will start in 2024, will serve to add a new rival to LIV Golf, promoted by Saudi Arabia and which has shaken the foundations of this sport with a prize pool of 400 million dollars for next year.

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