The Weekly Drop 02.03.2022
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. More M&A announced this week, with Sony’s gaming purchase leading the way. Crypto firms continue to attract capital as FTX and Phantom raise big funding.
And you don’t want to miss the video unveil of Fan Controlled Football’s new Atlanta stadium. Hit me up if you want to attend a game this spring.
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Top Stories
Sony Buys Bungie Game Developer for $3.6Bn
🎮 With major gaming acquisitions announced weekly, Sony got into the action buying the game studio that created Destiny and Halo. Read
Solana Wallet Leader Phantom Raises $109MM
💳 Phantom is the leading digital wallet for Solana NFTs with more than 21 million active users. The company raised a jumbo Series B to bring an iPhone app and more. Read
Tech news, capital raises, and more
💸 FTX raises $400MM at $8Bn valuation read
👾 PortalOne closes $60MM for immersive games more
🕹️ Metafy brings in $25MM for video game coaching details
🎰 Midnite adds $16MM for esports betting more
✋ Emerge closes $13MM for physical touch gaming device details
🔫 Alta raises $12.4MM for metaverse games here
🎶 Unblocked gets $10MM for music NFTs read
📻 Gimme Radio lands $3MM and deal with iHeart more
📸 Versus Games announces Snapchat partnership details
🏈 KKR buys high school sports streamer PlayOn! read
🧩 NY Times buys popular puzzle game Wordle more
🏭 Zwerner reviews the fun new DAO crypto corporations here
Athletes in the News
🏈 Fan Controlled Football unveils new ATL stadium details
👨🏿🏫 LeBron and Crypto.com partner on tech education more
🌐 Baron Davis teams with Playrs for web3 push read
🍇 CP3 invests in wine company here
Highlighting Diversity in Tech
🎮 Spotlight on Black-led PlayVS funding 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 and Football roles here
DanceFight (Social Gaming): Developer roles here