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The Weekly Drop 12.01.2022

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The Weekly Drop 12.01.2022

The hottest news from sports, gaming, media, web3, and fitness.

Brian Zwerner
Dec 1, 2022
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Solid capital raised in gaming, with a continued focus on blockchain.  Fenix, Roboto and Methodical all announced rounds.  Lots of news below from our portfolio companies.


Top Stories

Disney Buys Rest of BAMTech

⚾ Disney paid $900MM to purchase the rest of BAMTech shares from MLB.  Started as part of the baseball league, BAMTech’s streaming tech powers Disney’s channels.  Read

Fenix Games Launches Blockchain Studio

🕹️ Fenix Games added $150MM for a new type of gaming studio.  They will act like a VC fund backing blockchain games.  Read


Tech news, capital raises, and more

🍐 Pearpop adds $18MM for social collab marketplace read

🤖 Roboto gets $15MM for blockchain games more

🎮 Methodical Games raises $15MM here

🏀 Thrive Fantasy closes Series B details

💍 Oura adds to exec team and CEO on podcast

📺 Offbeat on Forbes 30u30 and CEO on podcast

🏓 Artie launches Pong Legends game alpha more

🛏️ Eight Sleep as CRO from Peloton read

🏈 Outlier rebrands and launches new sports betting platform details


Athletes in the News

🥊 SportsIcon and PFL ink metaverse partnership details

📱 Bucs’ Nassib lands investment for social app read

💻 NFL stars work with ATL’s Johnson STEM Center here

🤝 TeamSnap buys LeagueSide in youth sports deal more


Highlighting Diversity in Tech

📚 Latinx woman led Caribu sells to Mattel details

🏦 Greenwood Bank adds $45MM with diversity focus more

💸 Visa commits $5MM to Center for Black Entrepreneurship here

📺 Toonstars brings Latinx voices to new media read

🔦 Spotlights on Black led ProElite and The Playbook

💸 Pitch competitions, grants, and events directory here


Portfolio Company Job Postings

Oura Ring (Health): Ops, Product, and Dev roles here

Eight Sleep (Fitness): Engineer, Growth, Product roles here

GreenPark Sports (Gaming): Engineer roles here

Fan Controlled Sports (Sports): Ops, Dev, and Marketing roles here

Artie (Gaming): Engineer and Artist roles here

Fount (Wellness): Biz and Engineer roles here

Future (Fitness): HR roles here

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