Riskkapital kopplat till handel med spelarkontrakt inom svensk elitfotboll

Sammanfattning: The aim of this paper is to examine venture capital in football player contracts in Sweden. This is a phenomena that have existed in Sweden since 1999 when the company Djurgården fotboll AB was founded, since then eight other companies have been started. These companies form an alliance with a football club and invest in player contracts. These contracts have high risk since it is valued by the performance of the contracted player. The venture capital firms have no formal control over their investments and they are showing negative results. We have conducted a case study based on four venture capital companies which shows that high return on investments not necessarily is their main objective. The study concludes that the main objective is to support the club and to help improve success in the league. The business has both similarities and dissimilarities with traditional theories on venture capital and three of four companies handle risk according to these theories.