Here is the weekly drop of the hottest news from sports, gaming, media, web3, and fitness. Quiet week on the capital raise front, headlined by deals in media, gaming, and NFTs. Athlete investors continue to remain active, with transactions announced by Serena, Derrick Henry, and more. Lots of news from BTG Network portfolio companies as well this week.
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Top Stories
Kevin Hart’s Product Company Raises $100MM
🎥 Hartbeat Media is expanding its slate of shows with more movies, documentaries, and television series after a private equity injection. Read
Derrick Henry Joins MLS Ownership Group
⚽ Titans star Derrick Henry invested in Nashville SC, joining other athletes participating in the MLS including Patrick Mahomes, Russell Wilson, and more. Read
Tech news, capital raises, and more
🏏 Cricket NFT platform Rario brings in $120MM read
🔫 Playable Worlds raises $25MM for MMO game here
🕹️ One More Game closes $22MM for strategy game details
🦉 Moonbirds NFT project team adds $10MM funding more
📺 Mad Realities adds $6MM for NFT dating show details
💍 Oura Ring announces new CEO for next phase of growth read
🏋️♂️ Future CEO on evolved model of fitness coaching listen
🎙️ Audio Up partners for podcasts with Star Atlas and Spiral Intl
🏈 Zwerner on the future of sports and fitness watch
Athletes in the News
🥤 Former NBA player raises $5MM for Vaunt streaming platform details
🥤 Athletes join Cheribundi wellness drink cap raise read
⚽ Learn about the new SportsIcon Sports Metaverse watch
🎾 Serena invests in OpenSponsorship NIL marketing platform and launches Black engineering program with Karat
👩💻 Billie Jean King and friends announce women’s sports studio here
👋 FameDays launches athlete AR greetings product more
Highlighting Diversity in Tech
💿 AWS announces $30MM funding for diverse founders details
👩🏾💼 Boss Beauties NFT project raises $4.4MM more
🍑 GA State Univ announces new diverse founders cohort read
💸 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