Dylan Zane, Velocity Capital Management - Inside Sports Private Equity

Dylan Zane is the Vice President at Velocity Capital Management. Dylan’s career path reflects a deep-rooted passion for bridging sports, media, and business. A Westchester native and lifelong New York Yankees fan, Dylan began his career in investment banking at Rothschild & Co.’s TMT group during a period of massive consolidation across sports media rights, sports betting, and digital IP. He went on to join Evolution Media Capital, the merchant banking arm of CAA, before becoming the first employee hire at Velocity Capital Management alongside Managing Partner David Abrams.

Today, Dylan works on sourcing, evaluating, and executing growth equity and buyout deals across the sports, media, and entertainment ecosystem. At Velocity Capital Management, Dylan focuses on specialized middle-market investments across intellectual property, business services, and technology. By leveraging a structured framework that targets businesses with strong community IP and operational scale, Dylan and the Velocity team provide strategic capital, operational support, and deep industry networks to build best-in-class assets across the broader sports landscape.

Dylan breaks down the evolving world of sports private equity and creator-led media. We discuss the democratization of content production, how investors evaluate management teams and operator alignment, and what founders need to understand when pitching private equity firms. Dylan also shares actionable advice on cold outreach, crafting clear deck messaging, and why the line between live events, entertainment, and sports fandom is disappearing faster than ever.