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The Weekly Drop 06.09.2022

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

Brian Zwerner
Jun 9
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Big week for athlete led startups, with capital raised by Religion of Sports and Calaxy.  A second camera startup raised a jumbo round, with VEO following Pixellot from last week.  We also saw funding flowing to fitness, wearables, and social audio.

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Top Stories

Religion of Sports Raises $50MM Series B

🎥 Tom Brady and Michael Strahan are co-founders of sports media leader Religion of Sports.  The team pulled in $50MM to expand content and formats. Read

Dinwiddie’s Calaxy Adds $26MM Funding

🏀 Dallas Mavs Spencer Dinwiddie’s web3 social media company Calaxy brought in $26MM from leading Crypto groups to fund their rollout. Read


Tech news, capital raises, and more

🎥 VEO raises $80MM for automated sports camera read

🏘️ Illivium sells $72MM virtual land for new P2E game here

🏃‍♀️ Let’s Do This adds $60MM for endurance sports marketplace details

📸 Poparazzi social app grows with $15MM Series A more

🏋️ Kickoff gets $7MM funding for fitness coaching app here

👕 Nextiles brings in $5MM for smart athletic clothing read

📻 Color Cast sports audio grows with $3.5MM funding more

🛌🏼 Eight Sleep founder on Fitt Insider podcast listen

👨‍⚖️ Zwerner reviews first web3 insider trading prosecution read


Athletes in the News

💸 Announcing the NBPA Players Accelerator read

⚽ Soccer stars Philips and Stewart join the SportsIcon Metaverse details

🏈 NFL’s Kizer discusses his One of None startup here


Highlighting Diversity in Tech

₿ Spotlight on the new ATL Blockchain Center read

🏀 Hear from founder of Shot Makers League listen

💸 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

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