The Weekly Drop 01.06.2022

The hottest news from sports, gaming, media, fitness, and consumer tech.

Here is weekly drop of the hottest news from sports, gaming, media, fitness, and technology. As the markets reopen from the holidays, we saw capital continuing to pour into NFTs, gaming, and the Metaverse. 

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Top Stories

OpenSea Announces $300MM Series C

🖼️ The leading NFT marketplace is on a tear, closing a $300MM fundraising at a whopping $13.3Bn valuation. The raise comes just six months after their prior raise, with a 2x valuation jump. Read

⚾Fanatics is Buying Topps

After stealing Topps biggest relationship with the MLB last year, Fanatics announced an agreement to buy the trading card company for $500MM. Read

Tech news, capital raises, and more

🔦 Spotlight on Beyond The Game Network details

📸 Triller to go public via SPAC merger at $5Bn value read

👾 PlayStation vet launches $225MM gaming SPAC here

💰 Metaversal adds $50MM for NFT fund more

🧍 Ready Player Me gets $13MM for avatar biz read

₿ Zwerner crypto 2021 year in review here

Athletes in the News

🏈 Fan Controlled Football launching DAO structure read

🙌 UGA players team up for digital collectibles here

⚽  David Beckham sells brand firm for $269MM details

Highlighting Diversity in Tech

💸 Pitch competitions, grants, and events directory here

Portfolio Company Job Postings

Oura Ring (Health): Product and Engineer roles here

Eight Sleep (Fitness): Engineer, Growth, Product roles here

Future (Fitness): Product and Engineer roles here

Artie (Gaming): Engineer and Design roles here

GreenPark Sports (Gaming): Engineer and Creative roles here

Fan Controlled Football (Sports): Marketing roles here