The Weekly Drop 06.09.2022
The hottest news from sports, gaming, media, web3, and fitness.
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