Institutionally-backed Private Equity accelerating growth in the global Sports, Media & Entertainment industry.
Bluestone Equity Partners harnesses a unique combination of blue-chip investing and operating experience, coupled with deep industry ties, to forge highly-strategic capital partnerships with established Sports, Media & Entertainment businesses and properties seeking growth and scale on a global basis.
About Us
We are partners who seek, and deliver, sustained and durable value and alignment in all our relationships.
Led by Founder & Managing Partner Bobby Sharma and Partner Kyle Charters , Bluestone partners with exceptional management teams and rights-holders leading high-growth, proven Sports, Media & Entertainment businesses. Our team brings together unparalleled global investment, operational, and management experience.
Blue-Chip Experience
We have held positions as deal-makers, senior executives, and board members at some of the most highly-regarded and respected firms, companies, and organizations in the world, regardless of industry. We are driven by a unique combination of business and investment experience, yielding exceptional expertise.
Deep Industry Ties
On a bedrock of integrity and respect, we have built a deep network of trusted industry relationships, extending to the very top leaders and decision-makers across the major leagues, teams, companies, agencies, and federations that comprise the Sports, Media & Entertainment industry.
Global Perspective
While firmly-rooted in the United States, our experience, expertise, and relationships extend globally, providing us a unique ability to invest and operate in a range of businesses, looking to grow and scale in many directions.
Highly-Strategic
Our platform brings a varied and diverse perspective, along with industry expertise honed over decades building, operating, and advising businesses in Sports, Media & Entertainment – including at the cutting edge of the technologies and disruptive forces shaping the future.
Focus & Strategy
Compelling Asset Class
The emergence of Sports, Media & Entertainment as a institutional asset class presents a timely and compelling market opportunity, given strong fundamentals, low or no correlation with equity markets, and proven track-record of growth and resilience through turbulent macroeconomic cycles, for over a generation.
Growth-Oriented
We are focused on partnering with established and growing businesses, with an opportunity to further grow and scale through elevated strategies and operations, from the capital and resources we can provide.
Flexible & Differentiated
We have the ability and flexibility to invest across asset and transaction types – on both a minority and control basis – enabling us to construct a differentiated portfolio, built with ideal deal structures, bespoke to individual companies.
Long-Term Partnership
Above all, we seek long-term alignment with partners (founders, management teams, Boards of Directors, rights-holders, and other investors and shareholders), who can realize outsized benefit from our long-term, stable capital support, and a collaborative investor relationship.
Professional & Amateur Sports
Sports teams, leagues, associations, governing bodies, and rights-holders – spanning professional to collegiate, and youth to participatory athletics.
Media & Entertainment
High-engagement content and live events, including streaming, gaming, music, and other forms of direct-to-consumer entertainment.
Technology & Services
Ancillary and adjacent business and underlying infrastructure supporting the Sports, Media & Entertainment industry – including production, services, data, software, and technology.
RECENT NEWS
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Former NBA Executive Bobby Sharma Launches Private-Equity Firm
Bluestone Equity Partners amasses $300 million to back sports, media and entertainment deals