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Binance-backed web3 gaming startup Unagi gets funding to expand fantasy sports platform

TechCrunch

million ($5 million) seed round of funding, as the French startup prepares to expand its NFT fantasy sports platform beyond football (“soccer”) and into the basketball realm. Moreover, in the future there is scope to expand beyond sports into the broader gaming sphere. Web3 gaming company Unagi today announced a €4.7

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How Big Data Has Transformed Sports

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In a relatively short period of time, big data has become a big business in professional sports. The market for sports analytics is expected to reach almost $4 billion by 2022, and teams around the world are racing to find a competitive advantage. Taken together, you can see that data has had a profound impact on the sport.

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Paris-based accelerator The Family sues co-founder Oussama Ammar

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Back in 2011, Ammar used to work for a company called Be Sport. At the time, Be Sport claimed that Ammar had been using some of the company’s funds for non-corporate expenses. But we haven’t reached an agreement despite long hours of negotiation,” Ammar wrote.

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Kevin Hart gets serious about financial inclusion at Disrupt

TechCrunch

A leading financial advisor in the entertainment and sports industries, Roman focuses his holistic service model on creating and maintaining efficiencies within his clients’ finances. In 2011 he founded Legacy Private Client Group, where he built a platform that facilitated holistic solutions.

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Social listening app Earbuds raises $3 million in Series A funding

TechCrunch

As he watched first overall draft pick Cam Newton warm up before a game in 2011, dancing to music, Fox couldn’t help but wonder what the future NFL MVP was listening to — and he bet that the crowd of 85,000 fans were curious too.

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Black Swan analyzes social media to predict which products will be successful

TechCrunch

While founded long before the pandemic, Steve King says that Black Swan Data , the data science and tech company that he helped co-launch in 2011, is well-suited to the current environment. That’s true during less chaotic times, but the stakes are higher at the moment.

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Nigeria’s IROKO plans to go public on the London Stock Exchange AIM in 2022

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Founded by Jason Njoku and Bastian Gotter in 2011, IROKO boasts the largest online catalog of Nollywood film content globally. sports betting company, GVC and online fashion retailer, ASOS have done in the past. A sub-market of the LSE, the AIM is built specifically for small-cap companies.

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