This Week’s Report. This week, billionaire sports owners made another move toward owning the youth talent pipeline, venue operators kept adding destination facilities to their portfolios, and tech consolidation crossed borders. We tracked three headline deals reshaping how capital flows through youth sports, plus three off-market opportunities you won't find anywhere else.

“Great companies don’t scale because of ideas. They scale because of people in the right seats.”

— Dan Soviero, Founder & CEO, Signature Athletics | Read full post →

National youth golf tournament platform with strong margins and a loyal community following. The founder is hands-on, well-respected in the space, and looking for a partner, not an exit. Open to equity roll and a long-term operating role.

Why It Matters: Youth golf remains largely unconsolidated. This is an established national brand generating real EBITDA.

Profitable flag football operator running 5 locations across Florida and Maryland with 38% margins. The business comes with established field contracts, a commissioner network, and strong local brand recognition. The founder is open to selling and staying on in a leadership role.

Why It Matters: Acquisitions where the founder stays involved tend to transition more smoothly. This one comes with clean financials and infrastructure already in place..

E-sports platform serving 3,000 schools with league management, coaching, and event operations built for COPPA compliance. The team has landed contracts with Space Force, the U.S. Army, and Verizon, validating both the product and the go-to-market approach.

Why It Matters: E-sports is how the next generation engages with competition. This platform already has the school relationships and sponsorship traction to prove the model works.

Elysian Park Ventures Acquires Student Sports To Verticalize Elite Pipelines

Elysian Park Ventures, the investment arm tied to LA Dodgers ownership, acquired Student Sports from PlayMetrics on December 12th. That means brands like Elite 11 (the premier quarterback showcase) and Area Code Baseball now sit closer to a pro sports ecosystem. For PlayMetrics, it's a chance to refocus on being a pure software company instead of juggling tournaments, media, and product development. For everyone else, it's a signal: pro ownership is pulling the talent identification pipeline in-house.

— Dan Soviero, CEO of Signature Athletics | Read Full Post →

Unrivaled Sports Acquires Twin Creeks Sports Complex in Silicon Valley

Alpine Software Group agreed on December 18th to acquire PlayHQ, an Australian platform that runs a significant portion of grassroots sports operations there. PlayHQ had already acquired TeamPay earlier in 2025 to handle payments at the point of play. Now it's all rolling into ASG's broader software portfolio. The takeaway for operators: youth sports tech is maturing quickly. As platforms get absorbed into larger software groups, expect more standardization, tighter metrics, and pricing that feels less negotiable.

— Kim Pope, President of Signature Media | Read Full Post →

Alpine Software Group (ASG) to acquire PlayHQ in cross-border tech merger

Alpine Software Group agreed on December 18, 2025, to acquire Australia based PlayHQ, a platform that already runs a big chunk of grassroots sport operations there. PlayHQ had just bought TeamPay earlier in 2025 to tighten up payments at the point of play, and ASG is now plugging that into its broader software portfolio. The operator takeaway is that youth sports tech is getting “grown up” fast, and once these platforms get rolled into larger software groups, expect more standardization, more metrics discipline, and pricing that starts to feel a lot less optional.

— Jay Greyson, Managing Partner, Signature Capital | Read full post →

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Have a great sports week,

Dan Soviero, Founder and CEO, Signature Athletics