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The Weekly Drop 03.17.2022

The hottest news from sports, gaming, media, fitness, and web3.

Brian Zwerner
Mar 17
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Here is the weekly drop of the hottest news from sports, gaming, media, web3, and fitness. Activity in web3 dominated the headlines again this week, with capital raised and a market defining IP purchase.  Another jumbo fund was raised to focus on the video game sector.  And please check out our Beyond The Game demo day event with NextUp Ventures below.

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Top Stories

MetaMask Crypto Wallet Raises at $7Bn Valuation

💳 Leading Crypto wallet maker MetaMask raised a $450MM Series D and reported over 30MM MAUs. Read

Bored Apes Buy CryptoPunks

🐒 Yuga Labs, the team behind the Bored Ape Yacht Club, purchased the IP from the CrpytoPunk and Meebits projects, uniting the top two NFT projects. Read

Tech news, capital raises, and more

🕹️ Makers Fund announces $500MM gaming fund more

⚾ Mojo raises $75MM for athlete stock market read

🖼️ Magic Eden brings in $27MM for Solana NFT marketplace details

🎮 Burlingame Studios closes $20MM from Scopely more

🤣 Almost Friday adds $6MM to grow comedy brand details

🤝 Investing platform Public buys Otis collectibles here

🎥 Audio Up hires for TV and film expansion more

🗓️ Beyond The Game and NextUp Ventures Demo Day register

🤝 Zwerner discusses how VC is eating web3 here

Athletes in the News

👨🏾‍💼 RX3 prepares athletes for biz after sports here

🏫 Gurley invests in financial ed startup Elevate read

🗓️ Entertainment and Sports in the Metaverse register

🏈 Feature on Own The Moment sports NFTs here

Highlighting Diversity in Tech

👩🏾‍💼 776 will back emerging, diverse fund managers read

⚽ Latinx fantasy sports app raises $13.2MM  more

💸 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

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