Venture funding is coming back to life with deals in media, gaming, sports betting, and more. Axios is the latest media company to sell to a larger competitor, a continuation of the consolidation in the industry.
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Top Stories
Overtime Adds $100MM Funding
🏀 Youth focused sports media company Overtime closed a $100MM Series D financing. The funding was led by Liberty Media, owner of the Atlanta Brave and F1. Overtime is expanding their high school sports leagues in basketball and football. Read
Jack Paul’s Betr Launches with$50MM
🎰 Social media and boxing star Jack Paul is going live with micro sports betting under the Betr brand. After using the tech with larger sportsbooks under the Simplebet product, the company is now going direct to consumers. Read
Tech news, capital raises, and more
🧢 NFL, NBA, MLB, more invest $700MM in New Era Cap read
📰 Cox buys Axios Media for $525MM here
📺 CreatorDAO gets $20MM for new media more
🕹️ INK adds $19MM for social gaming details
🎙️ Founder of Kickback on the Web3 w/me podcast listen
🏋️♂️ CEO of Found on Fitt Insider podcast listen
🛌🏻 Oura and Eight Sleep both named to Best Sleep Tech list read
📱 Zwerner on Web3 and mobile phones here
Athletes in the News
🏎️ F1’s Hamilton in new Broncos owner group read
🏌️♀️ Golfer Wie West joins $5.5MM raise by Sportsbox AI details
💻 WNBA vet Butler opens kids STEM camp more
🎙️ NFL vet Ponder discusses his startup The Post listen
Highlighting Diversity in Tech
🚀 L’Attitude Ventures closes $100MM fund for Latinx founders read
🏫 Clark Atlanta gets $10MM for data science details
👩🏿💼 A16Z’s Talent x Opportunity new cohort more
💸 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): Social Media roles here