Accrue Sports and Entertainment Ventures is a strategic investment and advisory firm which focuses on unique opportunities arising from the convergence of sports with the media, entertainment and technology sectors.

Founders
Accrue was launched by Bryant McBride, Steve Solomon, Doug Perlman and Paul Levy. Together, the management team has unrivaled experience as investors, advisors and operators in the sports vertical.

McBride is an entrepreneur who facilitated four successful exits in the sports industry including, most recently, the sale of FanNation to Time Warner/Sports Illustrated. Solomon has been an advisor of many years to a number of the sports and media worlds' leading players and previously was a top executive with the National Hockey League, ABC Sports and Univision. Perlman is a recognized leader in developing and managing traditional and digital media businesses as a senior executive at both the National Hockey League and most recently as President of IMG Media, North America. Levy completes Accrue's management team, bringing experience as an entrepreneur and most recently as a principal Investor at a private equity fund.

The four partners are joined and complemented by a team of experienced professionals with varying backgrounds in the finance, sports and entertainment sectors, who help drive both the investment and advisory businesses.

Accrue's Advisory Board includes Richard Dresdale, President of Fenway Partners; Walter O'Hara, Managing Director at Allen & Company; and Jeff Seltzer, Managing Partner of Pierce Yates Ventures.

Investments
Accrue seeks to identify strategic investment opportunities with next-generation sports-related companies, ranging from professional to youth levels, which touch the media, entertainment and technology sectors. Through its advisory business, Accrue provides strategic and transactional guidance to clients operating in the sports media space. The management team provides clients and entrepreneurs access to the key figures in the sports media world and unique insight into the dynamics driving the industry. The team's unique blend of experience at networks, leagues and agencies, as well as its expertise in both television and digital media, will help secure Accrue's position as a leader in the industry.