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| Type | Private |
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| Industry | Private equity |
| Founded | 1 May 2015 |
| Founder | Riccardo Silva |
| Headquarters | Mayfair, , |
Number of locations | 3 (2018) |
Key people |
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| Products | Growth capital |
Number of employees | 20+ (2018) |
| Website | silvainternational |
Silva International Investments is a London-based investment company, founded on 1 May 2015 by Riccardo Silva. The firm manages and invests in assets across multiple sectors, including media, sport, fashion, technology and real estate.
Silva International Investments hosts a growing portfolio.
In February 2017 Silva International invested in Miami based real estate company Mast Capital. [1]
August 2017 saw Silva International Investments acquire SportBusiness, who provide insight into businesses working in the sports industry throughout the world. [2] [3]
The company has a monthly audience of 130,000 reached through email and social media channels. In February 2018 SportBusiness expanded its coverage into the Americas, with the announcement of the establishment of an office in Miami, Florida, its first outside the UK. [4]
Silva International Investments also owns The Miami FC who began to play in the North American Soccer League (NASL) in 2016. In the 2017 season, they won the spring-season [5] and autumn-season NASL Championships but lost in the Semifinal playoff against New York Cosmos. [6] In August 2019 The Miami FC won the NPSL National Championship, defending the title the club won in 2018. [7]
In September 2019, the team joined the National Independent Soccer Association (NISA), where they took home their 9th trophy after winning the NISA East Coast Championship. [8]
On 11 December 2019, former USL Championship club Ottawa Fury FC announced that it had transferred its franchise rights to The Miami FC ownership group, and the club would begin competition in the league in the 2020 season. [9]
The Miami FC plays its home games at Riccardo Silva Stadium, renamed in April 2017 in recognition of the support Riccardo Silva to the FIU Department of Intercollegiate Athletics since 2015. [10] [11] [12]
In December 2017, Silva International Investments announced the acquisition of the majority stake in Globe Soccer Awards. [13]
In October 2019 the company acquired the London modelling agency, Select Model Management, [14] and announced a major global expansion driven through an integration with Silva International Investment's existing modelling agency network, MP Management.
Following MP Management's establishment in 2008 in Milan, the company acquired a second agency in Miami in 2014, quickly followed with the acquisition of a third agency, Major Paris, in 2015. Under the ownership of Silva International Investments, the group continued to grow, with the acquisition of Elite Stockholm in 2017, [15] and in the same year, with the establishment of a strategic partnership with Modellink in Gothenburg. This was followed in 2018 with the acquisition of the Factor Chosen Group, [16] which brought into the network agencies in Chicago, Los Angeles and Atlanta. With the acquisition of Select, the network expanded to London, with the group now spanning eight agencies.
Silva International Investments is owned by Riccardo Silva and the CEO is Marco Auletta. [17] Marco is a trained lawyer, investment specialist and has worked to bring The Premier League, Formula 1, the French Open and the NFL to UK audiences as the CEO of MP & Silva.
The Philadelphia Fury are an American soccer team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, that last competed in the National Independent Soccer Association (NISA). The club formerly competed in the American Soccer League and is currently owned by Martin E. Judge and Matt Driver. The team continues to sport the colors of the original NASL team.
The Fort Lauderdale Strikers were an American professional soccer team based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida founded in 2006, that last played in the North American Soccer League (NASL), the second tier of the American soccer pyramid in 2016. The majority of their home games were played in Lockhart Stadium. The Strikers were named after the original Strikers, who played in the old North American Soccer League from 1977 to 1983.
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MP & Silva Limited was an international sports marketing and media rights firm based in London. Founded by 2004 by Italian businessmen Riccardo Silva and Andrea Radrizzani, the company was primarily involved in the acquisition and international resale of media rights for sporting events.
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Riccardo Silva is an Italian businessman and investor. He is owner of Silva International Investments, which has investments in a range of companies across media, sports, entertainment, art, and real estate. He is also the president and co-owner of Miami FC, owner of the Silva family art collection, and previously served as CEO of the Milan Channel.
The 2017 North American Soccer League season was the 50th season of Division II soccer in the United States and Canada, and the 7th season of the modern North American Soccer League. The defending champions are the New York Cosmos who defeated Indy Eleven in Soccer Bowl 2016.
Riccardo Silva Stadium is a college football and soccer stadium on the campus of Florida International University (FIU) in Miami, Florida. It is home stadium of the FIU Panthers football team and the Miami FC soccer team from the USL Championship. The stadium opened in 1995 and has a seating capacity of 20,000.
The National Independent Soccer Association (NISA) is a professional men's soccer league in the United States. The league is in the third tier of American soccer and began play in 2019.
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