Dubai, Aug. 17 -- Terra-Invest today announced that Sania Mirza, six-time Grand Slam champion and former World No. 1, has joined the firm. In the role, Mirza will co-lead Terra-Invest's activity across two of the firm's high-conviction verticals: longevity and preventative health, and the fast-growing sports and athletic performance economy.

Mirza will work alongside Terra-Invest's founding partners on origination, diligence and portfolio value creation bringing an operator's perspective to a portfolio the firm has been quietly assembling for several years.

Terra-Invest has been an active investor across both categories, with holdings including Smashers Sports, Shookra, The 2100 Club and Precision Diagnostics, among others. The two thes...