Portfolio
Focused vision.
Global ventures.
Investments
Raccoon Media Group
Raccoon Media Group is a dynamic, high-growth media business focused on enabling healthy and active lives. Their media properties deliver year-round content and advice to specialist, self-identifying consumers that share a love of being outside, healthy and active. Their events are well-timed, community-driven, tightly focused and passion-led. They bring buyers and sellers together to see cutting edge innovations in a fun and exciting way.
Founded in 2016, Raccoon achieved acclaim with the launch of the multi-award-winning National Running Show. Since then, the company launched several more events in the U.K. and U.S. and experienced remarkable growth, transforming into a thriving, high-growth media business dedicated to promoting healthy and active lifestyles.
Abilities Expo
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EasyFairs
EasyFairs is one of the top 20 event companies in the world, with 110 market-leading events that gather more than 1 million visitors 23,000 exhibitors annually across Europe and now launching into the United States.
EasyFairss multi-format events cover a broad spectrum, from professional gatherings and trade shows to consumer exhibitions and fan fests. Plus, summits, congresses and conferences. Douglas Emslie recently joined EasyFairs as a shareholder and board member.
Jacobs Media
Jacobs Media encompasses 9 event and media brands focusing on the travel sector. Brands
include 54-year-old stored events and media company Travel Weekly and Connections Luxury, which brings together the most respected travel sellers and suppliers throughout the year in destinations across the world.
Douglas Emslie owns a minority stake in Jacobs Media. The stake has led to Emslie joining the board as deputy chairman alongside chairman and majority shareholder Clive Jacobs, who founded the business in 2009 with the acquisition of Travel Weekly Group from Reed Business Information.
Ventures

TrailCon
TrailCon is a new event for the trail running community formed in an equal partnership collaboration between Douglas Emslie, with Dylan Bowman, renowned trail runner and Freetrail podcast owner, and Brendan Madigan, owner of the Broken Arrow Sky Race and Alpenglow Sports. The event will run June 24-25 in Olympic Valley, Calif., and will feature a full-day conference, Hall of Fame Awards, Vendor Village, Networking and trail runs.

PEAK 2026
PEAK 2026 is a launch event that will gather SportsTech’s top founders, investors, and industry executives in Las Vegas. Attendees will have the opportunity to discover advancements in athlete performance, fan content and engagement, management, organizations, stadiums and more. The event will have 1,500+ attendees, 100+ exhibitors and 8+ conference tracks.

Quantum World Congress
The first-ever Quantum World Congress took place November 29-December 1st, 2022, in Washington, D.C., at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center. The event welcomed over 700 attendees worldwide, including international delegations from 18 countries and has grown exponentially from there. The event showcases major trends in quantum solutions, research, education, workforce, thought leadership, policy, business, and investment.
Evolve
Coming soon
Evolve is a new show launching Feb. 17-19 in Las Vegas and focused on the $1 trillion reverse logistics industry. Reverse logistics, also known as return management, involves the movement of products from the end-user back to the seller, manufacturer, or a designated location for purposes like returns, repairs, refurbishment, recycling, or disposal. More than 2,500 attendees are expected on a 40,000sq. ft. showfloor featuring top exhibitors in the reverse logistics space.
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