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Beyond the bench: How are investment opportunities in women's sport developing?

Posted by on 12 November 2024
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Earlier in the year we spoke to Kara Norman, Monarch Collective, about the rise in women's sports and why now is the time for investors to get involved. Since then, the interest in investing in sports and entertainment has only grown, but women's sports in particular is picking up momentup with both investors and fans around the world. At SuperInvestor 2024, we hosted the first ever Investing in Sports Summit, and of course women's sports was high on the agenda. We spoke to some of the industry trailblazers within this field about how the interest in women's sport is growing, which areas pose the biggest opportunities for growth and what challenges still block significant development compared to it's male counterparts.

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