M&A activity took the top spots this week with deals in sports cards and gambling. Two startups building for the Metaverse closed substantial capital raises. The fitness industry sees more money flowing in.
Top Stories
eBay Buys Sports Card Leader
⚾ eBay purchased TCGplayer, one of the leading sports card marketplaces, for $295MM. Read
Penn Gaming Buys Rest of Barstool Sports
🎰 Finalizing the transaction started in 2020, Penn Gaming is paying $325MM to exercise its right to purchase full control of Barstool Sports. Read
Tech news, capital raises, and more
🕹️ Ready Players Me adds $56MM for metaverse characters details
👾 Inworld AI gets $50MM for game dev resources more
🎾 PCKL closes $2MM for red hot pickleball sport read
🏃♂️ Running app Perform raises $1.2MM details
📺 Zwerner with an easy read on the Ethereum Merge here
Athletes in the News
⚾ Sports agents buy youth baseball leader Perfect Game details
🏀 Seth Curry and more invest in Uplift Labs $5.5MM raise here
Highlighting Diversity in Tech
💸 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): Engineer roles here
GreenPark Sports (Gaming): Engineer roles here
Offbeat (Media): Creative roles here