For VCs, angel groups, and corporate venture

Connect With a Real-World Sports and Community Innovation Pipeline

Fields of Hope is where founders, early-revenue companies, pilots, sponsors, athletes, families, and strategic partners come together around real on-campus programming at Hope Forest — sports weekends, combines, family days, marketplace events, and safe product demonstrations.

Who this is for

Investors, funds, and strategic capital partners

  • Pre-seed and seed funds
  • Series A investors
  • Angel groups and family offices
  • Corporate venture arms
  • Strategic investors in sports and media
  • Consumer, fintech, crypto, and payments brands exploring youth sports and community applications
  • Healthcare and wellness investors
What is happening

What to expect

Founder pipeline

Visibility into the idea-stage cohort and early-revenue founders working inside real programming.

Pilot visibility

Front-row seat to seed and Series A products being tested with real users.

Demo days

Curated, recurring demo moments with founders, award partners, mentors, and operators.

Market feedback

Operator and family feedback on sports, AI, evaluation, league ops, wellness, and community engagement themes.

Corporate & foundation partner surface

Co-investment, strategic, and foundation partner ecosystem around the platform.

Why Central Florida

A real-world test environment in a large, young, family-dense market with an active sports and community economy.

How this starts

A clear shape partners can step into

Fields of Hope begins with free and sponsor-supported launch moments that lower the barrier for families, teams, vendors, and partners. Interest forms help identify where demand exists. Future programming is shaped by the families, clubs, sponsors, operators, property owners, founders, and community partners who raise their hands first.

Why it matters

Real environments are the rarest input in early sports and community tech. Fields of Hope is built to be that environment — and that creates a useful vantage point for capital.

About the Central Florida market

1.53M
Orange County, FL residents (2024)
21%
Orange County residents under age 18
527K+
Orange County households
45K+
Orange County employer establishments

Source: U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts — Orange County, FL and Orlando city, FL.

Get in touch

Tell us a bit more

Tell us about your firm and your interest areas.

Share your interest

Tell us about your firm and your interest areas.

We read every submission and follow up within a few days.