Tag: Sportstech
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Fan Controlled Football Raises $40 Million to Expand Its NFT-Enabled League
Fan Controlled Football, a pro football league that lets spectators who own crypto call the plays in the game, has raised a $40 million Series A funding round as it looks to double its team count ahead of its upcoming second season. Animoca Brands and…
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New Fitness App Masters Allows Subscribers to Train With Pro Athletes
A new year offers a fresh start, and as COVID concerns persist, staying healthy is at the top of everyone’s mind. But lots of people have trouble meeting their fitness goals; according to one study, 73% of people abandon their New Year’s exercise reso…
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LA Rams’ Odell Beckham Jr. is Taking His Salary in Crypto
Cryptocurrency just scored a big win in the world of professional sports.Los Angeles Rams wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. disclosed on Monday plans to join a handful of professional athletes who are taking their salary in cryptocurrency.Beckham, 29, a…
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Meet the New BallerTV CTO Holding Court at Pickup Basketball Games as Sports Seasons Rebound
If you stop by Koreatown’s Immanuel Presbyterian Church on Sundays, you might run into Kavodel Ohiomoba pushing a broom across a basketball court hidden on an upper floor of the cavernous historic French Gothic cathedral. It’s a favorite movie backdro…
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Why Disney is Betting on an Expansion into Sports Gambling
The world of sports betting is heating up, and the Walt Disney Company is considering making a wager. CEO Bob Chapek hinted earlier this month at the Goldman Sachs Communacopia Conference that Disney intends to break into a world that has long been as…
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BallerTV Picks Up Youth League Streaming Startup NextPro
BallerTV, a livestreaming service for youth sports, is expanding from the gymnasium to the playing field, adding millions of games that it can broadcast into people’s homes. The Pasadena-based company announced Tuesday it acquired NextPro, which films…
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Greenfly Scores $8.4 Million and Backing From NBA Star Chris Paul
A favorite social media tool of the NBA and MLB, Santa Monica-based Greenfly just scored with an $8.4 million funding round and backing from 16-year NBA veteran Chris Paul.Created by former MLB All-Star Shawn Green, Greenfly is a software-as-a-service…
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Dibbs Raises $13 Million for Their Fractional NFT Marketplace
What if you could own a small portion of a Mickey Mantle or Stephen Curry rookie card? A new marketplace for sports cards and NFTs wants to allow users to do exactly that.El Segundo-based Dibbs, which brands itself as “the only real-time fractional sp…
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Elysian Park Ventures CEO Cole Van Nice Invests In the Future of Sports
Growing up in D.C., Cole Van Nice didn’t have a hometown baseball to cheer on (the Nationals were still a few decades away from existence). That may have been a cause for consternation for a young sports fan, but when he got older and co-founded the L…