Request an invitation
First Cap is a small, invitation-only network of angels backing seed and Series A sports technology, alongside the executives who buy it: football, motorsport, tennis and padel, golf, basketball, and the media, data and health businesses around them.
Membership is by invitation or referral from an existing member. This form is a request to join, not an offer or an application to invest. We read every one, reply personally, and introduce ourselves properly on the first call. You will speak to one of us before you are invited.
What members see
Before a company comes to members, it goes to our buyer panel: the club, league and team executives who would sign the contract. Members see what the buyers said, in confidence, alongside the founder’s materials. You decide for yourself; you decide with the customer’s view in hand.
The buyer panel is drawn from commercial, finance and innovation leads at clubs, leagues, teams, governing bodies and venue operators, across football, motorsport, tennis and padel, golf and basketball.
What membership involves
- Deal by dealNo annual commitment and no minimum number of investments. You can be a member and never invest.
- Statement firstBefore you see any company, we ask you to sign an investor statement and read a short summary of the risks.
- Members’ dinnersA few times a year, with the operators who buy sports technology.
Membership is open only to certified high net worth and self-certified sophisticated investors. Most early-stage companies fail, and you should expect to lose all of any money you put in. Shares in private companies usually cannot be sold for many years, if ever. Only use money you could afford to lose, and spread it across companies rather than putting it into one.
Your request
Every field is required unless it says otherwise.