05 Jul 2019 --- Life sciences financer Seventure Partners has launched Sport & Performance Capital, a new fund dedicated to supporting innovation in the sport and wellness industries. With a final target of €80 million, the venture fund will invest in start-up companies and growing SMEs. The company has now settled the first close of the new fund, meaning investment can begin. Seventure Partners aims to invest in about 15 companies by the start of the Paris Olympic Games in July 2024 and has a 10-year investment horizon to support its portfolio companies through to 2029.