Emily Buckley

Founded by Former Athletes with the mission to give back to the athletics ecosystem that gave us so much. We are modernizing athletic procurement and facilities management so organizations can focus on athletes, not operations. ATHLETEQUIP delivers smarter, safer, and more efficient systems that elevate how sport is equipped, managed, and maintained. While billions pour into performance technology, wearables, analytics, and training platforms however, the operational backbone of sport remains trapped in legacy procurement and outdated processes. ATHLETEQUIP was founded to close that gap. We transform athletic equipment procurement and asset management into a unified, AI-powered, design-driven platform, backed by white-glove service and enterprise-grade intelligence. By combining intelligent sourcing, automated compliance, lifecycle asset management, and premium design services, ATHLETEQUIP delivers scalable solutions that reduce cost, streamline operations, and unlock long-term value for organizations across every level of sport and beyond.

Founded by former New Zealand Captain, Bex Smith, we take a player-first, incubator-style approach, creating high-performance environments where players thrive and clubs are built on strong foundations. By combining accelerated growth with long-term sustainability, we unlock each club’s full sporting and commercial potential. With global best practices and deep local commitment, Crux honours the unique identity and culture of every club we support, giving them the resources, expertise, and network to win on and off the pitch.

The Players Network is an organization run by and for pro womens footballers (soccer players) to connect, protect, and empower them with the tools, and knowledge they need to have more ownership and power as they pursue/continue their careers abroad.

samcio is the investment operating system for private market funds. Our AI-native platform, powered by the persona Sam, runs the full investment workflow in one workspace — from inbound deal capture and thesis-aware scoring to deep diligence, IC memos, team voting, portfolio intelligence, and LP reporting. Every deal is evaluated through your firms own framework. Sam parses decks, pressure-tests financial models and data rooms, drafts first-pass memos in your voice, and tracks capital deployment against thesis targets — so your team makes consistent, comparable decisions at scale. samcio has a Deal Room — a structured collaboration space where partners and analysts ask questions, tag teammates, and thread replies around every opportunity. With "Whats Blocking," Sam automatically surfaces whats waiting on you, whats gone stale, and whats quietly dying — so nothing falls through the cracks. Funds use samcio to replace the typical CRM + AI reader + spreadsheet + project management stack with a single, thesis-aware system of record. From solo GPs to multi-partner firms, we help investors standardize underwriting, preserve institutional memory, and keep decisions aligned to their thesis.

C2X listens to real coaching interactions, analyzes communication patterns using academically grounded research, and delivers actionable insights that help coaches improve performance, consistency, and athlete outcomes. Currently testing with Launch Partners Join the waitlist: https://www.coach2x.com

Founded by Former Athletes with the mission to give back to the athletics ecosystem that gave us so much. We are modernizing athletic procurement and facilities management so organizations can focus on athletes, not operations. ATHLETEQUIP delivers smarter, safer, and more efficient systems that elevate how sport is equipped, managed, and maintained. While billions pour into performance technology, wearables, analytics, and training platforms however, the operational backbone of sport remains trapped in legacy procurement and outdated processes. ATHLETEQUIP was founded to close that gap. We transform athletic equipment procurement and asset management into a unified, AI-powered, design-driven platform, backed by white-glove service and enterprise-grade intelligence. By combining intelligent sourcing, automated compliance, lifecycle asset management, and premium design services, ATHLETEQUIP delivers scalable solutions that reduce cost, streamline operations, and unlock long-term value for organizations across every level of sport and beyond.

At Red North, we are seasoned founders and operators with a proven track record of leading organizations from early-stage growth to successful exits. We’ve built, scaled, and sold companies and now we bring that expertise to founders and business leaders who want to do the same. With deep experience in operations, finance, strategy, and leadership, we help businesses navigate complexity, unlock growth, and prepare for lasting success. Whether launching, scaling, or selling, we partner with our clients every step of the way. At Red North, success isn’t just the destination, it’s the direction we help you take. Dream big, well help craft a playbook to reach your goals.

Vinoperte — Wine for You 🍷 Vinoperte is a consumer wine intelligence platform capturing real-time preference data at the point of decision. Through taste profiling and menu-scanning technology, we generate structured insights on flavor preference, age demographics, and in-venue purchasing behavior — unlocking a new data layer for producers, distributors, and hospitality groups. Vinoperte transforms fragmented wine ordering into actionable consumer intelligence.