{"id":4697,"date":"2026-08-28T17:09:16","date_gmt":"2026-08-28T15:09:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportforumhungary.hu\/?post_type=eloado&#038;p=4697"},"modified":"2026-09-18T17:47:57","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T15:47:57","slug":"david-sargeant-jury-member-startup-grand-prix-sport-forum-hungary-2026","status":"publish","type":"eloado","link":"https:\/\/sportforumhungary.hu\/en\/eloado\/david-sargeant-jury-member-startup-grand-prix-sport-forum-hungary-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"David Sargeant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">David is a hands-on investor, advisor, and consultant in the sports-tech scene. With a background in the commercialisation of sport he has worked across North America with world famous brands such as the Cleveland Cavaliers, New York Jets, Jacksonville Jaguars, Arizona Diamondbacks, Dallas Stars, Texas Rangers, NASCAR, MLB, Big Ten, the PGA Tour, and CBS Sports.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As a hands-on investor David looks to invest in sports-tech companies he can help personally beyond just a cheque. Via Digital Technology Ventures David has an interest in more than 15 sports-tech companies across the globe from Sydney to Mumbai, to London and Toronto.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">David has had success with an exit a year. Recent big triumphs include the successful sale of marketing automation platform Fresh Eight and AI and data platform VAIX, both acquired by Sportradar, along with the acquisition of data platform Angstrom Sports by Entain. David is now launching a spin-off venture Sporteva, an investment vehicle looking at startups that are solely focused on Women\u2019s Sport. He also advises sports-tech fund, and startup community, Profluence, and acts as fractional CCO for sports media company Forever Network.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":4698,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"class_list":["post-4697","eloado","type-eloado","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>David Sargeant - Sport Forum Hungary 2026<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Meet David Sargeant, a sports-tech investor and advisor backing innovative startups worldwide and supporting founders with capital.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sportforumhungary.hu\/en\/eloado\/david-sargeant-jury-member-startup-grand-prix-sport-forum-hungary-2026\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"David Sargeant - 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