Sponsor or sponsorship may refer to a person or organization with some role (especially one of responsibility) regarding another person or organisation: . Sponsor (commercial), supporter of an event, activity, or person Sponsor (legislative), a person who introduces a bill Sponsor, a genus of beetles; Child sponsorship, form of charitable giving; Ship sponsor

Sponsors and management. In addition to bringing capital to a deal, financial sponsors are expected to bring a combination of capital markets expertise, various important contacts, strategies for operational improvement, and the experience of owning leveraged companies. As the owners of the company, financial sponsors rarely manage a company directly and are most …