Two big acquisitions this week, one in gaming and the other in sports media. We saw capital raised by startups in gaming, media, and fitness. And please check out interviews with the founders of Atlas Reality and SportsIcon, both Beyond The Game portfolio companies.
Top Stories
Unity Buys ironSource in $4.4Bn Gaming Merger
🕹️ Leading game development engine Unity purchased ironSource to improve monetization tools for creators. Read
Private Equity Firms Buy Thrill One Sports for $300MM
🏍️ Private equity firms Juggernaut Capital Partners and Fiume Capital purchase action sports network Thrill One Sports and Entertainment this week. Read
Tech news, capital raises, and more
💸 Zebedee raises $35MM for blockchain gaming payments more
🐵 UnCaged Studios adds $24MM for MonkeyLeague game details
🕹️ XSET closes $15MM for lifestyle gaming brand here
📻 Stationhead brings in $12MM for social radio read
🏋️♀️ Walla gets $8MM for fitness platform more
🌎 Atlas Reality founder on their metaverse land game read
💍 Oura Ring integrates with Strava here
🎶 Zwerner on how web3 is changing the music industry read
Athletes in the News
🏈 Highlighting 5 NFL players for their philanthropy read
⚾ SportsIcon founder on their new Sports Metaverse listen
🏀 Apply for Pokatok sports tech scale up program apply
Highlighting Diversity in Tech
📸 Pharrell’s Black Ambition invests in creator platform Trend 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
Offbeat (Media): Content and Sales roles here