Innovatio Capital has completed the acquisition of Querétaro FC to become the first group of owners of the US majority in Liga MX.
Marc Spiegel, president of Capital Innovatio, ended the acquisition of the Mexican side of Jorge Alberto Hank on Friday.
Innovatio Capital is a sports and data investment company that uses technology to identify investment opportunities in undervalued markets, acquire those assets and create operational edges.
“I couldn't be happier,” Spiegel said in a statement. “We identified MX League as a competition in which we wanted to invest a long time ago, and when the opportunity came to visit Queretaro and see the city and the club, we knew that this was where we wanted to be.
“To complete this agreement in the week of the 75th birthday of the club is obviously especially significant for us. We cannot wait to see the fans of the corregidor for the [first home game of the season] against Pumas “.
The sources told ESPN that there has been a greater interest in investing in the MX League before the centralization of the media rights and an investment at the level of the League of the private capital giant Apollo Global, which is in advanced negotiations to invest more than $ 1 billion in the league.
The co -owners of Wrexham and the protagonists of Hollywood, Ryan Reynolds and Rob Mcelhenney, recently joined Eva Longoria to take a participation on the MX League side, Necaxa, but Querétaro became the first team in being the majority property of an American group.
To Spiegel, whom he offered unsuccessfully for Chris Spoon, who will work as CFO, and Ed Malyon, who will supervise the data and sports strategy.
Querétaro starts the new MX League season at the Tijuana Club this weekend and then travels to Necaxa next week, with the first game at home under the new owners against Pumas on July 25.
