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Marc Lore shares exclusive details on Jump Platforms, his stealth sports ticketing startup

TechCrunch

He said he started looking into dynamic ticketing years ago when he was attending various sporting events. . “I he said, referring to event security staff. Marc Lore shares exclusive details on Jump Platforms, his stealth sports ticketing startup by Tim De Chant originally published on TechCrunch.

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Veo raises $25M for AI-based cameras that record and analyze football and other team sports

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Sports have been among some of the most popular and lucrative media plays in the world, luring broadcasters, advertisers and consumers to fork out huge sums to secure the chance to watch (and sponsor) their favorite teams and athletes. Even with the slowdown in a lot of sporting activity this year due to COVID — in the U.K.

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How AI is helping the NFL improve player safety

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Like many other professional sports leagues, the NFL has been at the leading edge of data-driven transformation for years. Once it was able to identify helmets, it was taught to recognize helmet impacts and cross-reference NGS data to determine which players were involved. Souza says this is true of all businesses, not just sports.

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Collectible card trading platform Alt raises $75M as it eyes other asset categories and preps its mobile launch

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When we last checked in with Alt back in March, it had just raised $31 million for its alternative asset platform — a platform, thus far, used primarily by those looking to research, trade and securely store high-value sports cards. ” Sports trading card platform Alt launches with $31 million in funding and plenty of market hype.

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Is venture funding already back?

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Then there’s Sapphire Sport (it closed a second fund of $181 million ), Volition Capital (it announced $675 million for its fifth fund), Kearny Jackson ( $14 million ) and Dimension ( $350 million ). Consider the following: NEA revealed that it closed its two newest funds adding up to $6.2 Even non-U.S.

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Obé Fitness raises $15M for its personality-driven exercise platform

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For the record, it’s not a reference to the Butler County, Ohio-based amusement park that serves as the home of the “world’s largest train display,” but rather one of those industry portmanteaus like infotainment or webinar. along with previous investors Cassius Ventures, Ludlow Ventures, Harris Blitzer Sports Entertainment and BDMI.

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Celebrity chef Michael Chernow whips up new lifestyle brand, Kreatures of Habit, raises $2.2M

TechCrunch

He is also working with one of his investors, Elevator Studios’ Fleyshman, who Chernow referred to as “the best marketer today.”. Chernow raised $2.2 million to launch Kreatures of Habit , a lifestyle and wellness brand, with the goal of helping people establish healthy habits.

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