Lots of news from Beyond The Game portfolio companies, with Versus Games Series A announced and Fan Controlled Hoops coming soon. We saw capital raised in sports across college athletics, player tracking, media, and more. Lastly, NFL players continued their busy offseason with new investments, startups, and programs launched.
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Versus Game Closes $25MM Series A
🎥 Versus is the leader in prediction contents, allowing users to show their knowledge on entertainment, sports, and more. We are thrilled that Beyond The Game was able to participate in this fundraise. Read
Announcing Fan Controlled Hoops
🏀 The team behind Fan Controlled Football has announced their next sport – basketball coming this fall. Watch
Tech news, capital raises, and more
🏈 Teamworks adds $50MM for college sports platform details
🕹️ Playful Studios raises $46MM for blockchain gaming read
⚽ Playmaker closes $40MM for soccer player tracking here
🧙♂️ Clockwork Labs grows with $22MM for role play game more
⚾ SuperTeam gets $10MM for blockchain sports games here
📺 Just Women’s Sports brings in $6MM for media push read
🧰 Zwerner on big companies building tools for web3 read
Athletes in the News
🏈 NFL vet Ponder raises $3MM for The Post athlete community here
⚽ European soccer star Wright-Phillips on the SportsIcon Metaverse listen
🥣 Magic Spoon adds athlete investors to $85MM Series B more
👏🏽 Marshawn Lynch launches career program for student-athletes read
🏋️ Vernon Davis invests in JAXJOX connected fitness details
Highlighting Diversity in Tech
🏆 Front Office Sports Rising 25 read
👨🏿💼 Spotlight on Resilient Ventures more
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💸 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