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Apollo Sports Capital — Growth VC Firm

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Profile updated October 2026Website

Apollo Sports Capital is a Growth venture capital firm investing in Developer Tools. The firm has 8 portfolio companies in our records.

Portfolio
8 companies on record
Partners
11 listed
AUM
$500M
Stage
Growth
Sectors
Developer Tools
Check size
Not in our records
How to approach: warm intro preferred
Stage

Growth

AUM

$500M

Portfolio

8+ companies

Team

11 partners

Investment Thesis

New sports-focused capital platform investing across the sports ecosystem, including pickleball and adjacent infrastructure.

How Apollo Sports Capital invests

Apollo Sports Capital is a vc firm. The firm invests at the Growth stage, with a focus on Developer Tools.

Apollo Sports Capital manages approximately $500M in assets. Our records include 3 funds raised by the firm.

Apollo Sports Capital has backed 8 companies in our records, including Athene, Retirement Services, Apollo Global Management, Inc. (NYSE: APO), Athene (NYSE: ATH.PRA-D).

Partners & Team

KH

Kristin Hester

Managing Director

RI

Rodney Ishioka

Director

JL

Jessica Lomm

Partner

ED

Erika Davila

Managing Director Head

TN

Tom Norton

Head of Family Office

TR

Taylor Reinhardt

Investor Relations Director

GS

Gary Stein

Head Of Corporate Communications

BF

Brian Feurtado

Partner

NG

Noah Gunn

Managing Director

MP

Matthew Perrignon

Managing Director

U

Unknown

Partner

Sports investing

Industry Focus

Invests In

Developer Tools

Funds

Apollo Sports Capital Fund III

$200M2023
actively investing

Apollo Sports Capital Fund II

$250M2021
actively investing

Apollo Sports Capital Fund I

$150M2019
fully deployed

Recent Activity

Raised Apollo Sports Capital Fund III ($200M)

2023 · fund records

Raised Apollo Sports Capital Fund II ($250M)

2021 · fund records

Raised Apollo Sports Capital Fund I ($150M)

2019 · fund records

Portfolio Companies (8)

Other

AT

Athene, Retirement Services

AP

Apollo Global Management, Inc. (NYSE: APO)

AT

Athene (NYSE: ATH.PRA-D)

AP

Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance (NYSE: ARI)

MI

MidCap Financial Investment Corp. (NASDAQ: MFIC)

AT

Atlético de Madrid

Sports / pro sports franchise·Majority shareholder transaction / control investment

Professional football club based in Madrid

WR

Wrexham AFC

Sports / pro sports franchise·Minority investment

Professional football club based in Wrexham

YA

Yankee Global Enterprises

Sports / sports holding company·Strategic investment / financing agreement

Holding company for the New York Yankees and related sports/media assets

How to pitch Apollo Sports Capital
  • •Raising at Growth? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • •Lead with your fit in Developer Tools — the sectors they actively back.
  • •warm intro preferred
  • •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Kristin Hester, Managing Director.
  • •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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