Development capital for Africa's academy prospects, repaid once they're playing in Europe.

Starpoint Sports Capital finances elite young footballers through the development years before their first professional contract, on a fixed, tiered repayment cap.

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Return profile

Target vs. benchmark

Modelled as of October 2026 · not a realised return

Starpoint good case
21.9%
US venture capital, 10yr
14.9%
Starpoint (good case)
21.9%
Starpoint (target)
16.8%
US venture capital
14.9%
US private equity
15.2%
S&P 500
14.8%

Starpoint figure is a projected base-case target grounded in 153 tracked academy exits since 2000, across 56 academy systems in 11 countries — not a live or realised return. Benchmarks: Cambridge Associates US VC and US PE indexes (pooled net IRR) and S&P 500 annualised return, periods to 31 Dec 2025.

Starpoint commits capital before a transfer fee exists — the same timing that makes early venture capital work, applied to football for the first time. There isn't one breakout prospect here, there are dozens, so missing this pipeline isn't missing one Google. It's missing a hundred.

STRATEGY
Pre-professional development capital
EDGE
Academy relationships & player trust
MINDSET
Long horizon
RELATIONSHIP
Personal, not transactional

INVESTMENT PHILOSOPHY

A simple structure, applied with discipline.

Pre-value entry

Capital goes in at fifteen to eighteen, years before a transfer value exists for the market to price him against.

Long horizon

Positions are held through the development years and judged on the tier a career reaches, not short-term form.

Academy information advantage

Relationships with coaches, academies and families are tracked continuously, so underwriting rests on access other capital doesn't have.

THE TEAM

The people behind the Fund.

Banking, professional sport and venture capital, around one table.

Cedrick OforiFounding GP

Ex-Goldman Sachs. Built Prolific Sports Group, closing $20m+ in commercial deals across Europe and Africa. Former Manchester City academy player.

Brendan HarrisInvestment Committee

Eight-year MLB career with the Chicago Cubs and Cincinnati Reds. Wharton MBA. Director of Business Development at X10 Capital, sourcing, underwriting and closing athlete investment deals.

Shawn HillFund Operations

Venture background across Moderne Ventures, Polymath Ventures and Garden State Venture Partners.

Advised by scouting and safeguarding experience from Chelsea FC and The FA, with specialist legal and compliance counsel.

Portrait of Cedrick Ofori
Cedrick Ofori · Founding GP

REAL OUTCOMES

FiveFour you could have backed.

Real journeys from academy to the tier each career reached. Entry tier and tier reached are shown — the repayment cap at each tier is covered earlier on this page, not repeated here.

Nicolas Jackson
Tilene → Chelsea
2019
T4
Entry tier
⟶
T0
Tier reached
Mohammed Kudus
Right to Dream → Tottenham
2018
T3
Entry tier
⟶
T0
Tier reached
Omar Marmoush
Wadi Degla → Manchester City
2017
T2
Entry tier
⟶
T0
Tier reached
Victor Osimhen
Ultimate Strikers → Napoli
2017
T2
Entry tier
⟶
T1
Tier reached
Franck Kessié
Stade d'Abidjan → Atalanta
2017
T3
Entry tier
⟶
T0
Tier reached

Illustrative only — no player shown is associated with the Fund. Tier classifications follow the Fund's own framework; these outcomes are not a guarantee of future performance.

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