Fund profile / Netherlands

Gamma Waves Partners

Geography: Netherlands
Stage: Growth
Fund size: €100M
Focus: Consumer & Commerce and Gaming
Signals: Published

N°01 / About

About Gamma Waves Partners

Amsterdam-based permanent-capital firm co-founded by former Juventus chairman Andrea Agnelli, Giorgio Chiellini, and Rocco Benetton. Launched with €55M committed against €100M target. Blends minority stakes in sports franchises/leagues with growth-stage Sports Tech investments.

N°02 / Thesis

Investment Focus

Location / RegionNetherlands

Funding StageGrowth

Industry Focus

Consumer & Commerce

Gaming

Investor Signals Profile

active

Sweet Spot

Globally ambitious sports tech founders breaking IP-tech silos

Sports IP

Sports Tech

Fan Engagement

Performance Analytics

AI Content

Connected Athlete

Rights-based IP

Emerging Formats

Multi-franchise Platform

Durable defensibility

Bullish Signals

Permanent capital — no fund lifecycle pressurefundmomentum.vc/blog/...

IP portfolio as paid distribution for portfolio techfundmomentum.vc/blog/...

Founders credentialed operators, not just investorsfundmomentum.vc/blog/...

Platform explicitly breaks rights-tech silosgammawavespartners.com

Two-pillar model: IP assets + growth-stage techgammawavespartners.com

Conviction: tech + IP reinforce one anothergammawavespartners.com

Technology driver of performance, fan experience, monetizationgammawavespartners.com

Website reaffirms: scalable tech + defensible rightsgammawavespartners.com

Multi-franchise platform breaks historical innovation silosgammawavespartners.com

Contrarian Signals

€55M raised modest vs. multi-hundred-million competitorsfundmomentum.vc/blog/...

Flywheel integration unproven, may be theatricalfundmomentum.vc/blog/...

Fund Twitter account unrelated; minimal social presenceexternal

Founder Do's

Build scalable platform with network effects

Show Sports IP + Tech intersection

Global ambition, category-leader mindset

Fan engagement or data-driven model

Durable defensibility via rights or IP

Leverage multi-franchise distribution flywheel

Break silos between rights & tech

Target enduring, defensible categories

Founder Don'ts

Single-sport, no-tech plays

No clear monetisation path

Local-only, non-scalable formats

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Facts

Fund Overview

Fund Size€100M

Saves0

Website

People

Key People

Gamma Waves Partners

Andrea AgnelliPartner

Giorgio ChielliniPartner

Rocco BenettonPartner

Kyang YungCIO

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