Summer is clearly over with nearly $700MM in capital raises announced across gaming, media, and fitness this week. Animoca Brands, Triller, and Limit Break made the top headlines. Stars in golf and tennis also announced new ventures for their sports.
Top Stories
Animoca Brands Has Big Week
🕹️ Web3 gaming leader Animoca Brands is bringing in fresh capital. Their main entity is raising $100MM and their Japanese unit grabbed a further $45MM.
Triller Raises $200MM Ahead of Second IPO Attempt
📸 After scrapping their attempt to go public via SPAC merger, Triller is now working on a conventional public offering. The social media and entertainment company raised $200MM in new capital ahead of the IPO. Read
Tech news, capital raises, and more
👾 Limit Break brings in $200MM for blockchain gaming read
♟️ Grandmaster sells his biz to Chess.com for $82.9MM more
💍 Happy Health launches with $60MM funding for smart ring details
📸 New social platform SoMee secures $50MM funding here
🏀 NFTGenius raises $10.5MM for sports collectibles details
🎮 Sony buys Savage Game Studios and launches mobile gaming details
🎭 Zwerner discuss intellectual property approaches to NFTs here
Athletes in the News
⛳ Tiger and Rory launch TMRW Sports golf league details
🎾 Djokovic’s Players Venture gets $26MM for tennis startup read
🏈 Vick co-founds NFT platform FanField here
Highlighting Diversity in Tech
👟 Tradeblock closes $8.9MM for sneaker trading platform read
🏫 Meet founders from Georgia Tech’s CreateX program details
💸 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