Here is the weekly drop of the hottest news from sports, gaming, media, web3, and fitness. Wearable leader and BTG portfolio company Oura Ring announced a jumbo growth raise. Hypebeast reopens the SPAC merger market. Capital flowed into sports cards, gaming, fitness, and gambling this week.
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Top Stories
Oura Ring Raises Series D Funding
💍 Health wearable Oura Ring closed a substantial new round of funding, elevating their valuation to $2.55Bn. Read
Hypebeast Goes Public Via SPAC
📸 Culture media company Hypebeast is merging with the Iron Spark SPAC entity to go public with a valuation of $530MM. Read
Tech news, capital raises, and more
⚾ Collectors raises $100MM for sports card validation here
🕹️ Fractal announces $35MM for gaming NFT platform read
👾 Liv closes $8.5MM raise for VR streaming details
🤸🏽♀️ Flexia announces $4MM for connected pilates here
🎶 Audio Up partners with Universal Music read
🏋️♂️ High Post acquires Chris Hemsworth’s Centr app details
🐧 Pudgy Penguins NFT platform sold for $2.5MM more
🔮 Zwerner discusses the possible web3 future of Twitter here
Athletes in the News
🏈 Terrell Owens to play in Fan Controlled Football details
🌱 WR Jeudy invests in PlantFuel read
⚽ Goals gets $10MM for blockchain soccer game more
🏈 TAPPP brings in $10MM for in-game betting here
Highlighting Diversity in Tech
🏦 Capway is building inclusive banking listen
👩🏾💼 The Labz is building new digital experience platform read
🏋️♂️ Spotlight on Metric Mate details
💸 Visible Hands diversity accelerator apply
💸 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