Here is the weekly drop of the hottest news from sports, gaming, media, web3, and fitness. Gaming and nutrition topped the list of capital raised this week. An interesting move by Crypto trading leader Binance to invest in an old world media giant. And this week saw more athletes making moves in tech.
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Top Stories
FitOn Adds $40MM Funding, Buys Peerfit
🏋️♂️ Digital fitness platform FitOn added new capital and purchased corporate wellness leader Peerfit. Read
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Tech news, capital raises, and more
📰 Binance takes $200MM stake in Forbes more
📱 Triple Dot raises $116MM for mobile gaming read
🏀 WSC adds $100MM for automated sports highlights here
🏘️ Everyrealm spins off with $60MM for metaverse real estate details
🎮 Delphi Interactive brings in $16.8MM for AAA games here
🌊 Epicore lands $10MM for hydration tech more
🎵 DanceFight entering metaverse with Sandbox collab details
🎰 Zwerner writes about sports gambling on chain here
Athletes in the News
🧃 Elo raises $5MM for personalized nutrition with athletes on team details
🥤 Barcode sports drinks adds $2.2MM with NBA players on board here
🏈 Rams’ Powell launches creator token more
🤝🏼 The Players’ Lounge partners with Icon Source for NFT project read
🏆 leAD Lake Nona sports and health accelerator apply
Highlighting Diversity in Tech
👨🏿💼 Black-led Noemis Ventures debuts $25MM fund read
⚽ Esportudo raises $1.6MM for Latinx sports platform more
📺 Jax Rideshare wins Bet on Black event watch
👟 Spotlight on sneaker startup Tradeblock 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