The Weekly Drop 05.19.2022
The hottest news from sports, gaming, media, web3, and fitness.
Active week in the gaming sector with news from SportsIcon, capital raised by NFT game developers, and a merger of two gamer education platforms. Dapper Labs hauled in a large new chunk of capital to invest in developers on Flow.
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Top Stories
Dapper Labs Announces $725MM Ecosystem Fund
💸 Dapper Labs, the makers of NBA Top Shot and more, brought in a huge chunk of new capital to support developers on their Flow blockchain. Read
UFC Star Joins SportsIcon Sports Metaverse
🥊 MMA champ Amanda Nunes is the latest athlete to sign on with SportsIcon’s new sports metaverse game. Beyond The Game Network is also a founding partner. Sign up now to buy land and join the fun. Read
Tech news, capital raises, and more
🧩 Candle Media buys ATTN for $100MM here
🧩 Rally brings in $30MM for fractionalized collectibles read
👾 Metatheory adds $24MM for new game details
🎮 Branch closes $12.5MM for NFT game read
👨🏫 Metafy acquires GamerzClass more
🏆 Oura scores #43 spot on CNBC Disruptors Index details
🤝 Versus partners with BuzzFeed for prediction games more
🕹️ CEO of the ArtieVerse on their NFT game watch
📉 Zwerner on the recent losses in the Crypto market read
Athletes in the News
🏀 SIQ Basketball raises $3MM for connected ball here
🏈 Terrell Owens is traded in Fan Controlled Football first details
Highlighting Diversity in Tech
📻 Gimme Radio supports emerging musicians more
🗓️ NextGen Summit for young entrepreneurs register
💸 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
Offbeat (Media): Content and Sales roles here
DanceFight (Social Gaming): Developer roles here