Sports software
Performance analytics, coaching workflows, club and league systems, scouting intelligence, fan infrastructure, venue technology and applied AI built on proprietary data.
PB INVEST · Operator-led private capital
Backing the software layer of sport.
PB INVEST studies scalable sports software opportunities across Europe and the United States, alongside selective investments in regional telecom operators and digital infrastructure in France.
Primary mandateSports softwarePerformance, operations, data and monetisation.
Geographic lensEurope ↔ USACross-border scale, distribution and consolidation.
Selective mandateTelecom FranceRegional operators and resilient digital infrastructure.
Research postureEvidence-ledInstitutional data, operating diligence and market structure.
94.9%French premises fibre-ready, March 2026
ARCEP
27.7mFrench fibre subscriptions, March 2026
ARCEP
$42.45bnUS BEAD federal broadband programme
NTIA
300+Companies backed by the EIC Fund across 25 countries
European Commission
Where we invest
Specialist capital for operational markets.
The common thread is not a fashionable label. It is software, data or infrastructure that becomes hard to remove from a real operating workflow.
Regional telecom
France-based regional operators and digital infrastructure where local density, recurring demand, network quality and operating discipline create defensibility.
Europe ↔ United States
European platforms that can scale into deeper US budgets, and US products that can unlock fragmented European markets through localisation and partnerships.
Market evidence
The thesis sits on measurable structural change.
We use official datasets as a reality check. Market momentum matters, but only when it translates into durable customer need and value capture.
France fibre coverage
Share of premises eligible for FttH.
Official ARCEP publications. Coverage advanced from 92% to 94.9% in twelve months.
France fibre subscriptions
Fibre subscriptions, millions.
The investment question is shifting from build-out alone toward adoption, quality, operations and lifecycle economics.
Fibre share of fixed internet
France, March 2026.
European innovation capital
EIC Fund reported capitalisation and signed investment agreements.
The EIC also reports more than 1,000 active co-investors and €5bn mobilised from private investors across its wider impact metrics.
Sports technology
Technology is moving closer to the decision-maker.
UEFA’s Innovation Hub explicitly works with start-ups, academic institutions and businesses to test new solutions on and off the pitch. That matters because institutional buyers are becoming active participants in innovation ecosystems.
We treat that as evidence of a more institutionalised buyer ecosystem, not as proof that every sports-tech product deserves capital.
1.6 million people employed in sport across the EU.
Eurostat reported 1.6m sport-sector jobs in 2024, with 37% of workers aged 15 to 29. The same release highlights more than 5,000 sporting-goods manufacturers in 2023 and €8bn of turnover.
See the dataDigitisation is not the thesis. Workflow ownership is.
We prefer products attached to repeatable operating processes, measurable ROI and data rights. A large market cannot rescue a shallow product.
PB INVEST screen
What gets through the first filter.
We pressure-test product depth, revenue quality, data defensibility, distribution efficiency, cross-border portability and governance before valuation excitement enters the room.
ProductEmbedded
Mission-critical workflow beats optional engagement.
RevenueRepeatable
Recurring or highly repeatable revenue with evidence of retention.
DataOwned
Permissioned, proprietary or compounding datasets with clear rights.
ExpansionPortable
Europe-US scale without destroying economics in localisation.