Whitecap Sports Group opens women’s sports unit

August 6, 2025

Tampa-based sports investment bank Whitecap Sports Group has launched a business unit tailored specifically for women’s sports. The new group will be led by Chelsee Washington, most recently an associate with the firm.

Washington, who joined WSG in 2023, is a former NWSL player and has advised on team ownership deals across the NWSL, WNBA, USL Super League and Canada’s Northern Super League; WSG recently facilitated NFL LB Bobby Wagner’s investment in the WNBA’s Storm. In a statement, Washington said the new group will help ensure the firm’s work on women’s sports transactions is of an “equally high priority” to its deal work in men’s leagues.

Beyond brokering women’s team M&A deals, the new division will also aim to provide advisory services for emerging women’s sports leagues. SBJ