The Weekly Drop 01.27.2022
The hottest news from sports, gaming, media, fitness, and consumer tech.
Here is weekly drop of the hottest news from sports, gaming, media, web3, fitness, and consumer tech. Activity picked up this week with a jumbo cap raise in sports NFTs, a FX movie studio going public, and a major esports merger. Two betting entities raised capital this week as well. And check out Beyond The Game Network’s newest investment in Versus.
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Top Stories
Beyond The Game Invests in Versus
🆚 We are excited to announce our investment in the Series A of Versus Games, the leading prediction gaming platform for users to win money on their views on sports, entertainment, and more. Read
Tom Brady’s Autograph Raises $170MM
🏈 Brady’s NFT platform Autograph continues their growth with a new capital raise from A16Z and Kleiner Perkins. Autograph works with sports stars to sell commemorative NFTs to their fans. Read
Tech news, capital raises, and more
🎥 FX studio DNEG goes public with $1.6BN valuation read
👾 $1.5Bn merger of esports orgs ESL and FACEIT more
💸 Heartland SPAC launches with $175MM for sports and media details
🔫 Frost Giant closes $25MM for shooter game more
🎰 Wagr raises $12MM for P2P sports betting here
⚽ Aver gets $7.5MM for blockchain sports betting read
🏃♂️ STEPN lands $5MM for move-to-earn fitness read
💃🏻 DanceFight joins Brinc’s NFT accelerator details
📺 Zwerner writes on NFTs in the entertainment sector here
Athletes in the News
🏈 Fan Controlled Football on the Joe Pomp podcast listen
🥤 Athletic Greens ups value to $1.2BN with athletes and celebs read
Highlighting Diversity in Tech
🙌 Black-led Fanbase grows with $4.4MM in crowdfunding details
💸 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