TechCrunch
JULY 28, 2022
announced its $10 million Series A funding round to continue its mission of bringing fantasy sports to a younger generation. The Canadian startup was founded in 2020 by Kevin Kim and Paul Xu with the goal of gamifying the sports fandom and building a “digital playground” of sorts for Gen Z sports fans.
The Hustle
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
Here: Americans wagered $106B+ on sports between January and November 2023. That was made possible by a 2018 Supreme Court ruling that ended a federal ban on sports betting. And sports betting apps are gaining steam: PrizePicks is Apple’s most downloaded free sports app. 12 in Apple’s App Store sports app rankings.
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TechCrunch
JANUARY 24, 2023
Being that I’m not much of a sports person — my preferred type of game involves controllers and screens — I hadn’t given All-World much thought until Darrell Etherington, TechCrunch’s managing editor, assigned me to write a first impressions piece. Why’d the studio choose this sport for its next AR venture?
TechCrunch
JANUARY 23, 2021
tapped the equity crowdfunding market, a noodle or two on the a16z media game, Talkspace’s SPAC, VC and founder predictions for 2021, and where’s the right place to found a company. Ahead, Juked may invest more in journalism, more into social features, and more into user-generated content. How VCs and founders see 2021 differently.
TechCrunch
DECEMBER 15, 2020
Less than a year after it raised a $15 million Series B, Public , a social-focused free stock trading service, has raised a $65 million Series C. While competing services to Public also sport zero-cost trading, Public’s model hinges on a social focus (TechCrunch covered an element of Public’s social platform here , for example).
The Hustle
JANUARY 25, 2024
But the sport seems to be entering the modern era, with a surge of women showing interest. Multiple factors are likely contributing to the influx of women into the sport, per The Washington Post : Overall interest in golf surged during the pandemic as people looked for outdoor, socially distant activities.
TechCrunch
JULY 21, 2022
billion valuation in September 2021, when Whatnot raised $150 million. Whatnot intends to use the capital infusion to continue developing its in-app live and social commerce marketplace and roll out additional categories for collectors, including diecast cars, stamps and action figures. billion, up from the $1.5
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