The London Lions have earned a berth in the Basketball Champions League, Qualifying Rounds for the 2020-21 season, representing the city of London in European basketball for the first time since the turn of the century. “Just…imagine bringing a team from (for example) Israel, Greece, or Lithuania to London on Wednesday night, with the place...
London-listed R&Q has raised $100M in fresh equity as it expects the Covid-19 crisis to create “considerable future opportunity” for the group’s legacy acquisitions and program underwriting services, the company announced this morning. Backing the issue – the equivalent of 27 percent of the group’s £300M market cap prior to the placing – is existing...
Global Sports Rights Management (GSRM) is poised to secure the international broadcast rights to Brazilian football’s top two leagues after being chosen by the nominated clubs commission. The clubs met via video conference on Friday afternoon to vote for their preferred proposal gave their backing to GSRM. The Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) and the National...
Brickell Insurance Holdings, an affiliate of 777 Partners, a Miami based investment firm, has acquired Merit Life Insurance Co., a Texas domiciled insurance company, from OneMain Holdings. Terms of the transaction are not being disclosed. Under new leadership, Merit will deliver innovative products to the pre-retirement and retirement markets. Merit’s first product will be an...
Fanatiz, a high value sports streaming platform, has closed a $10 million Series A funding round with 777 Partners, a Miami-based private investment firm with interests that span several high growth industries. Led by Fanatiz founder & CEO, Matías Rivera, today’s announcement comes on the heels of numerous accomplishments, including the company’s 125% increase in...
777 Partners is excited to announce its investment in Synchrono Group, a new insurance technology platform led by Steve Hartman, the former CEO of Falls Lake Insurance Company and its subsidiaries. Synchrono’s platform leverages artificial intelligence and predictive analytics to deliver state-of-the-art digital underwriting, claims audit and professional services to property & casualty insurance and...
