WNBA Eyes Growth After Record $75 Million Raise at $1B Valuation
The WNBA has closed on $75 million in funding that values the league and its teams at $1 billion, according to people familiar with the raise. The league said it is the…
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Collectibles App Rally Raises $15 Million More as Stars Pile In
Collectibles trading app Rally has raised another $15 million in an oversubscribed Series B funding round, as the platform looks to cement itself as the go-to…
Dapper Labs Eyes Broader Crypto Growth After $250M Funding Round
NBA Top Shot maker Dapper Labs announced its latest round of funding Wednesday, taking in $250 million from new and existing investors. A source familiar with the deal…
Robert Kraft Headlines Latest PLL Funding Round Ahead of Third Season
Two days before the Premier Lacrosse League begins its third season at Gillette Stadium in Foxboro, Mass., the league announced that the Kraft Group, led by Patriots…
ShotTracker Lands Hearst Investment to Accelerate Stats Business
Hearst Ventures has invested $2 million in ShotTracker parent company, DDSports Inc., as the startup continues pursuing media deals. DDSports previously secured $11…
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ShotTracker Raises $11 Million With Sights Beyond College Basketball Analytics
ShotTracker parent company, DDSports Inc., has secured $11 million in funding amid basketball’s analytics revolution. Two strategic investors, Evertz Microsystems and…
Durant Joins Sports Card Marketplace Boom With Startup Investment
Kevin Durant and a pair of FanDuel co-founders are among those going in on 2020’s sports card boom via a seed-round investment in card marketplace StarStock. Investors…
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SuperDraft Looking to Cash In Amid Growing Sports Betting Competition
Daily fantasy upstart SuperDraft is seeking its first round of outside funding a year after launching. Created by entrepreneur Steve Wang, the company has registered…
Biometric Tracker Whoop Valued at $1.2 Billion After Series E Round
WHOOP announced a $100 million Series E financing round Wednesday that values the health tracking company at $1.2 billion. IVP led the round with a number of…
Andre Agassi, Howard Schultz Invest in Automated Sports Betting Technology
Simplebet, a technology company that uses machine learning to automate sports betting odds in real-time, says it has raised another $11 million and is ready to…
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