Capital in Motion: Where Investors See the Next Big Plays in Sports, Entertainment, Real Estate & Beyond
Presented By: Smart Business Dealmakers
Alternative asset classes have moved from the fringes to the forefront of dealmaking strategy. From crypto to sports, from real estate to venture capital, investors are increasingly chasing opportunity, emotion, and long-term value in nontraditional spaces. Veteran investors and dealmakers will explore how these asset classes are evolving, why capital is flowing in, and what comes next for founders and funds looking beyond the typical playbook.
Moderator:
Chief Content Officer
Smart Business
Dustin is an award-winning business journalist, bestselling author, and the chief content officer of Smart Business. Over the past 30 years, he has interviewed thousands of business and civic leaders, and helped more than 50 CEOs and entrepreneurs transform their ideas into books. A trained investigative politics reporter and former digital media entrepreneur, Dustin joined Smart Business in 1997 after serving as an editor at several daily newspapers.
Panelists:
Managing Director
Atairos
Chester Hall is a Managing Director at Atairos. Chester joined Atairos in 2016 and works across all major investment functions, including origination, transaction execution and partner company engagement. Prior to Atairos, Chester worked at M/C Partners, where he managed growth equity investments across the communications, media and technology services industries. Before M/C, Chester worked in the Corporate Advisory group at Greenhill & Co. and as a long-only fund research analyst at Global Thematic Partners and Deutsche Bank.
Chester is a member of the Board of Directors of Antares Auto-Tune and V Sports and a Trustee of the Agnes Irwin School. He was previously a member of the Board of Directors of Learfield and Spectra. He received his Master of Business Administration degree in Finance and Management from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and his Bachelor of Arts degree from Brown University.
Managing Partner
SeventySix Capital
Wayne Kimmel is a sports tech venture capitalist, entrepreneur, podcast host, and author. He is the Managing Partner of SeventySix Capital, the venture capital company he founded in 1999 that invests in sports, media and entertainment companies.
EVP - Strategic Finance
Freedom Mortgage
At Freedom, I help oversee and manage all financial aspects related to investments, fundraising, and strategic planning. This includes the evaluation of potential investments and acquisitions, management of existing investments, capital raising and investment risk management.