– Sportano fits perfectly into our investment strategy. Thanks to this investment, we become partners with an ambitious management team that will use the capital we provide to implement the vision of building the leading sports e-commerce in Europe. Compared to the competition, Sportano stands out with an incomparably wide offer, automated logistics and excellent customer service, which constitutes a solid basis for future success – comments Michał Bartosz, partner at bValue.
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– We are glad that the bValue fund understands our vision of development in the market of branded sports products. We want to achieve sales worth over PLN 300 million in 2024. We are growing by 90% percent year by year. We closed the previous year, 2023, with a result of PLN 188 million – says the creator of the Sportano.pl brand, Marcin Grzymkowski.
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What do we know about Sportano?
Sportano is an online sports store where customers can buy the best equipment, clothing, footwear and accessories from over 800 brands, intended for every type of activity.
bValue Growth is a fund investing in growing companies from Central and Eastern Europe with proven business models and growth potential. The fund is known on the market for investments in companies such as Hostersi, Tidio, Spin.ai, Noo.ma, Wellbee, AlohaCamp, and YourKaya.
Today, Sportano sells branded equipment to 12 European countries: Poland, Germany, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Austria, Greece, Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania, Lithuania, Ukraine and Italy. Sportano's partners include some of the most recognizable global sports brands: Hoka, ASICS, HEAD, THULE, Rossignol, New Balance, Helly Hansen, On Running, Sketchers and hundreds of others. This year, the brand acquired its millionth customer and also inaugurated its Sportano Club loyalty program.
