John Textor: Crystal Palace owner 'closer' to Eagle Football IPO

John Textor: Crystal Palace owner 'closer' to Eagle Football IPO

Crystal Palace owner John Textor says he is “one step closer” to a long-mooted IPO of his multi-club group Eagle Football Holdings after raising $40m in funding. Portuguese investment fund UCEA Capital Partners has made the initial investment as part of a $100m financing round ahead of a planned $2bn float early next year. Textor’s Eagle Football owns 45 per cent of Palace, as well as majority stakes in French giants Lyon, current Brazilian leag…

Eagle Football raises first $40m in pre-IPO financing led by UCEA Capital Partners - Inside World Football

November 27 – The multi-club ownership group ​Eagle Football Holdings, led by US businessman John Textor, has announced $40 million of initial equity investment towards a $100 million pre-IPO financing round, led by Portuguese investment fund UCEA Capital Partners. At the end of October Textor announced plans to take his Eagle Football group public in the US with a $1.1 billion flotation in the first quarter of 2025. “Eagle Football has reached …