Vision Venture Partners Adds Former UFC Exec Mike Mossholder

Nicholas Barth,

April 23, 2018 3:36 PM

The private equity firm behind Echo Fox, Twin Galaxies and Vision Entertainment have added UFC veteran Mike Mossholder as the organization's Chief Business Officer

(Full Disclosure: Twin Galaxies is owned and operated by Vision Venture Partners, managed by Vision Esports L.P., under the care of Jace Hall.)

Vision Venture Partners has brought on former UFC executive Mike Mossholder to serve as the organization's Chief Business Officer. Mossholder was the UFC's Executive Vice President of Global Marketing Partnerships. 

"With more than 20 years of experience in the sports and business world, Mike has an impressive history of expanding global franchises with innovative brand marketing, " said Amit Raizada, partner of Vision Ventures Partners. "We are ecstatic to bring him onboard at VVP and look forward to utilizing his wealth of knowledge as we look to forge new opportunities for business expansion across VVP's ever growing portfolio - including Echo Fox, Twin Galaxies, Vision Entertainment, and more." 

Twin Galaxies Co-Chairman Jace Hall and Vision Ventures Partner Stratton Sclavos at the H1Z1 Pro League Premier Weekend.
Twin Galaxies Co-Chairman Jace Hall and Stratton Sclavos, partner of Vision Ventures Partners, at the H1Z1 Pro League premiere weekend.

Vision Venture Partner's new addition not only has a background in the UFC, as the newly hired Chief Business Offcier also has an extensive history in sports marketing that covers the National Football League, Major League Soccer, Nascar and horse racing. Mossholder will be looking to utilize his vast experience in the world of traditional sports to help out each of the esports properties of Vision Venture Partners. 

Seeing immense growth from its formation in 2016, the firm operates two of its own brands, Vision Esports and Vision Entertainment, in addition to its work with Rick Fox's esports organization Echo Fox and its ownership of a majority share of Twin Galaxies, a video game record tracking company and esports organizer. 

With the firm already securing a $38,000,000 investment, Echo Fox seeing continued success in multiple esports and Twin Galaxies' operational launch of the H1Z1 Pro League, Mossholder will have multiple established brands to lend his marketing expertise to going forward. 

(cover photo courtesy of Vision Venture Partners)



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