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Techstars

Techstars Central LLC, founded in 2006 and based in Boulder, Colorado, operates as a startup accelerator and venture capital firm focused on supporting early-stage technology-oriented companies. It specializes in a mentorship-driven accelerator program, selecting ten startups each summer to participate in a three-month incubation period, offering funding of $120,000 in exchange for equity. Techstars invests primarily in sectors such as fintech, artificial intelligence, blockchain, augmented reality, and IoT, while avoiding investments in medical devices, healthcare technology, and local service-oriented businesses. In addition to its primary accelerator, Techstars has various specialized programs, including those focused on music, retail, mobility, and social impact, with global reach extending to regions such as Africa, Asia, and Latin America. The firm prefers taking minority stakes, typically between six and ten percent, without seeking board representation or investor rights. Techstars has built a robust network of entrepreneurs, mentors, and corporate partners to foster innovation and growth within its portfolio, which includes over 1,000 companies with a significant collective market capitalization.

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Ethan Austin

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Mark Tortorella

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Nathanial Zola

MD

Past deals in eSports

Inthegame

Series A in 2022
ITG is an AI-Powered video engagement and monetization platform for VOD & Live video content. Viewer interaction is dramatically enhanced with clickable, intuitive modules, creating a unique and exciting viewing experience.

Xpand.GG

Non Equity Assistance in 2022
Xpand.GG operates a social gaming platform that provides gamers with opportunities to earn money directly from their audiences through micro-transactions. By enabling players to monetize their skills, Xpand.GG fosters connections among gamers, helping them grow their follower base. The platform focuses on creating a community where gamers can engage and interact while generating income from their gaming activities.

Breakthru

Seed Round in 2021
SportsHi connects student-athletes to colleges and amazing opportunities like scholarships. Our mission is to encourage high school students to play sports by creating a community where all student-athletes can grow. We know the positive impact high school sports can have in the classroom and in your day-to-day life. By creating SportsHi, we want to send more of our youth to higher education.

WePlayed

Seed Round in 2021
WePlayed is an intelligent college sports video platform that enriches and activates post-game content to help schools drive sponsorships and amplify community engagement. WePlayed works with athletes, coaches, fans, teams, clubs, leagues, conferences, colleges, rights holders, brands, and other sports sponsors. The company is poised to transform the sports experience for millions of people worldwide by allowing them to discover, personalize and share their favorite moments from one of the richest video repositories across all sports. They consolidate, catalog, and activate previously unpublished and post-live broadcast sports video content that becomes idle after the competition ends. they extract viewable moments from games using machine learning-assisted crowdsourcing and advanced recognition technology. They continually enrich the content with sports contextual and player metadata to drive precision search, better recommendation engine performance, and increased viewing.

Omnic.AI

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Omnic.AI is a leader in esports player performance data, utilizing advanced artificial intelligence and machine learning to enhance training for both professional coaches and aspiring gamers. The company's platform analyzes gameplay videos to assess player performance, generating unique statistics through proprietary algorithms. This enables esports organizations to implement predictive analytics and improve player development. Omnic.AI operates on a straightforward software-as-a-service model, allowing casual gamers to easily upload their gameplay videos and receive tailored coaching recommendations for skill improvement. By combining deep learning technology with innovative performance metrics, Omnic.AI is transforming how player abilities are evaluated and enhanced in the esports industry.

beastcoast

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Beastcoast is an online esports game organizer that specializes in organizing games and tournaments based on players' interests. The company focuses on providing quality content, entertainment, and community engagement. It also offers merchandise store for gamers. Founded in 2017 by Grant Zinn in New York City, New York.

SportsIcon

Pre Seed Round in 2021
SportsIcon lets users connect with sportspeople through NFT’s and masterclasses.

Locker

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Locker is a platform which is changing the way fans globally consume sports media through personalization. By implementing deep machine-learning and trusted content aggregation, Locker provides users with a single app to find and consume the topics they love, from the media brands they trust. Fans can choose from hundreds of available media brands and thousands of topics to follow, and Locker conveniently finds the stories best suited to them. Locker also serves fans suggested bets based on their consumption interests from their own preferred sportsbook, bridging the gap between betting companies and media consumption.

StatsHelix

Pre Seed Round in 2020
StatsHelix is a b2b gametech company focused on enhancing esports and gaming experiences through data. We deliver cutting edge SaaS software that helps broadcasters create better content and engage viewers.

beastcoast

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Beastcoast is an online esports game organizer that specializes in organizing games and tournaments based on players' interests. The company focuses on providing quality content, entertainment, and community engagement. It also offers merchandise store for gamers. Founded in 2017 by Grant Zinn in New York City, New York.

F2K

Seed Round in 2020
F2K Inc. is an esports organization founded in 2015 and based in Indianapolis, Indiana. The company develops and streams esports teams and games, focusing on a diverse range of content, including card games and educational resources related to esports. F2K aggregates streamers into its network, enabling them to monetize their content while leveraging their reach to promote its own products. The organization is committed to fostering diversity within the gaming community, actively supporting underserved groups, including women, people of color, and LGBTQ+ individuals. This commitment not only enhances F2K's brand reputation but also allows it to reach a broader and more diverse audience. Additionally, F2K sells apparel online and is engaged in creating and licensing its own intellectual property, positioning itself as a forward-thinking entity in the evolving landscape of gaming and esports.

ELANATION

Seed Round in 2020
A mobile SaaS start-up revolutionising sports education for youth, globally. Problem worth solving: Fifty percent of children can no longer access extra-curricular sport on a regular basis. The modern family is juggling between double working parents, increased sport fees, travel time and more. This growing health problem is costing families $600B in health expenses per year. Solution: Democratised access to extra-curricular sports content and skills. We unite kids, coaches and content on a daily basis using the latest in mobile, IoT and Ai technology. Our north star: Give 1 billion children access to 1 million skills. Awards: - No.1 Founder in Asia Pacific, 2018 - Winner, People's Choice Wild Card TechCrunch Disrupt, San Francisco 2017, USA - Winner, People's Choice, National Internet of Things Summit, October 2016, Australia - Winner, StarUP, National Internet of Things Summit, October 2016, Australia - Winner, Best Lifestyle Consumer Technology, Overseas Talent and Entrepreneurship, Beijing 2016 - Winner, Australian Best Startup, Overseas Talent and Entrepreneurship Conference, APAC, July 2016 - Winner, Start Up China, Winner of Chengdu Innovate, Chengdu China, 2016

A-Champs

Seed Round in 2020
A-Champs Ltd specializes in the manufacturing and development of sports goods and wearable technology aimed at enhancing physical activity and training experiences. Founded in 2008 and based in Menlo Park, California, the company offers innovative products such as ROXs pro, a real-life gaming console designed to encourage children to engage in physical play rather than screen time. ROXs is recognized for its interactive gaming system that combines digital gaming concepts with outdoor activity, effectively drawing kids away from their screens. Additionally, A-Champs provides aerofloor, a rehabilitation tool for athletes with joint issues, and cardiocage, an interactive device utilizing light and sound stimulation for training. The company's software further assists users in tracking and analyzing their workout activities, promoting a healthier lifestyle through engaging and effective training solutions.

Shotcall

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Shotcall, Inc. operates an online platform designed to connect streamers, content creators, and organizations with their fans through paid engagement opportunities. Founded in 2018 and based in Atlanta, Georgia, the platform enables gamers to participate in private competitions, coaching sessions, and charity tournaments, with the option for creators to charge fees for these events. Shotcall facilitates deeper community engagement by allowing creators to organize events with control over session length, lobby size, and pricing, thus generating new revenue streams and high-quality content. By incentivizing social interactions, Shotcall helps bridge the gap between gamers and their fan communities, fostering a vibrant ecosystem for direct engagement and monetization.

Game Theory

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Game Theory is a sports and tech startup that facilitates video-gaming like sporting experiences. Game Theory manages sports facilities that provide coaching programs to athletes and also offers free rental of badminton and squash equipment, operates chlorine tested swimming pools, enabling users to play, learn, and get coached at affordable rates. Game Theory was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Bangalore, India.

LIV

Seed Round in 2019
LIV Inc, formerly known as LIV Net Inc, is a technology company based in Prague, Czech Republic, specializing in virtual reality software for gaming. Established in 2013, LIV focuses on enabling VR live streamers to engage with their audiences in real-time, transforming viewers from passive spectators into active participants. Since its inception, the company has redefined the landscape of live-streamed gaming content, allowing creators to enhance their interactive experiences. Since launching in 2018, LIV's innovative approach has garnered over 1.5 billion views, showcasing its significant impact on the virtual reality and gaming communities.

Midgame

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Midgame is a technology company building voice experiences and analytics for gamers and esports teams. Minfgame is a voice-enabled gaming assistant in early access for Stardew Valley

Sporttrade

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Sporttrade operates a peer-to-peer marketplace for sports betting, allowing users to buy and sell outcomes of sporting events similarly to stock trading. This innovative platform enables participants to bet on and against various outcomes, set their own odds, and monitor their bets' performance in real-time. With a focus on efficiency, Sporttrade's patent-pending technology can process thousands of bets per second, significantly reducing delays commonly associated with traditional sportsbooks, which typically retain up to 10% of users' funds. In contrast, Sporttrade retains less than 1%, providing a more favorable experience for bettors. Users can also engage with friends, compete on leaderboards, and have opportunities to earn cash prizes.

Uncanny

Pre Seed Round in 2019
They are creating the gym equipment for eSports athletes. There are 100s of millions of dollars of prize money and celebrity level careers at stake in the industry, and they are on a mission to provide to the average amateur or competitive eSports gamer the tools they need to complete at that level.

Edisn.ai

Pre Seed Round in 2019
edisn.ai is powering fan engagement for Asia's leading sports broadcaster. This will be rolled out to millions of users for their live cricket and football content.A leading eSports team in the Asia-Pacific region is working with edisn.ai to scale up fan engagement and personalisation.A major sports federation in Europe is integrating edisn.ai to drive interactivity for their sports content.

FanPowered

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Fan Powered is a digital platform for fan-powered sports & entertainment. The platform allows fans to curate and fund the sporting competitions that they really want to see.

WePlayed

Pre Seed Round in 2019
WePlayed is an intelligent college sports video platform that enriches and activates post-game content to help schools drive sponsorships and amplify community engagement. WePlayed works with athletes, coaches, fans, teams, clubs, leagues, conferences, colleges, rights holders, brands, and other sports sponsors. The company is poised to transform the sports experience for millions of people worldwide by allowing them to discover, personalize and share their favorite moments from one of the richest video repositories across all sports. They consolidate, catalog, and activate previously unpublished and post-live broadcast sports video content that becomes idle after the competition ends. they extract viewable moments from games using machine learning-assisted crowdsourcing and advanced recognition technology. They continually enrich the content with sports contextual and player metadata to drive precision search, better recommendation engine performance, and increased viewing.

SpectatAR

Convertible Note in 2019
Live broadcasting for eSports in AR.

FanFest

Pre Seed Round in 2019
For all the sports teams / film studios / record labels with empty stadiums / theaters / concerts, we built FanFest, a "Twitch-in-a-box" platform with built-in merchandising and sponsorship for ticketed live events delivered virtually. Reach out for more info on how we're saving the $2.3T global entertainment industry here.

Immersive Systems

Pre Seed Round in 2018
Immersive Systems is a media company that specializes in providing integration of stats, highlights, and images for e-sports fans. It provides a media platform for fan engagement in the e-sports industry and community. Immersive Systems was founded in 2017 and headquartered in Pennsylvania, United States.

Powerspike

Angel Round in 2018
PowerSpike, Inc. is a marketing platform that links gaming influencers with brands to enhance brand visibility and stimulate sales within the gaming community. Founded in 2018 and based in Dover, Delaware, PowerSpike offers a suite of features designed to facilitate influencer marketing. Its platform includes tools for discovering and filtering millions of Twitch streamers, managing influencer relationships, and analyzing campaign performance through comprehensive analytics. With a network of over 27,000 influencers on Twitch and access to more than 200 million viewers monthly, PowerSpike provides an efficient solution for brands seeking to engage with the gaming audience. The company has partnered with notable brands, including EXPRESS, Intuit, and Schneider Electric, and is supported by Techstars and the Philadelphia 76ers.

Rainway

Seed Round in 2018
Rainway, Inc. is a game streaming platform that enables users to play their favorite PC games on various devices, allowing for gaming on the go. Founded in 2017, the company is headquartered in Seattle, Washington. Rainway utilizes low latency, device-agnostic streaming technology to support popular games such as Fortnite, Overwatch, and Call of Duty on smartphones, tablets, and macOS. The platform aims to provide a versatile solution for gamers while also offering tools for independent developers and organizations to enhance real-time streaming capabilities. Through its innovative approach, Rainway is positioned to influence the future of gaming and remote collaboration.

Rainway

Pre Seed Round in 2018
Rainway, Inc. is a game streaming platform that enables users to play their favorite PC games on various devices, allowing for gaming on the go. Founded in 2017, the company is headquartered in Seattle, Washington. Rainway utilizes low latency, device-agnostic streaming technology to support popular games such as Fortnite, Overwatch, and Call of Duty on smartphones, tablets, and macOS. The platform aims to provide a versatile solution for gamers while also offering tools for independent developers and organizations to enhance real-time streaming capabilities. Through its innovative approach, Rainway is positioned to influence the future of gaming and remote collaboration.

LIV

Convertible Note in 2017
LIV Inc, formerly known as LIV Net Inc, is a technology company based in Prague, Czech Republic, specializing in virtual reality software for gaming. Established in 2013, LIV focuses on enabling VR live streamers to engage with their audiences in real-time, transforming viewers from passive spectators into active participants. Since its inception, the company has redefined the landscape of live-streamed gaming content, allowing creators to enhance their interactive experiences. Since launching in 2018, LIV's innovative approach has garnered over 1.5 billion views, showcasing its significant impact on the virtual reality and gaming communities.

Playfull

Convertible Note in 2017
Playfull tracks a gamer’s performance across several popular Esports games and sends them personalized, relevant rewards for meaningful achievements and wins. Playfull synthesizes gameplay data, demographic data, and redemption data to train a proprietary rewards engine to deliver the perfect reward to players at the perfect moment.

LIV

Seed Round in 2017
LIV Inc, formerly known as LIV Net Inc, is a technology company based in Prague, Czech Republic, specializing in virtual reality software for gaming. Established in 2013, LIV focuses on enabling VR live streamers to engage with their audiences in real-time, transforming viewers from passive spectators into active participants. Since its inception, the company has redefined the landscape of live-streamed gaming content, allowing creators to enhance their interactive experiences. Since launching in 2018, LIV's innovative approach has garnered over 1.5 billion views, showcasing its significant impact on the virtual reality and gaming communities.

Playfull

Pre Seed Round in 2017
Playfull tracks a gamer’s performance across several popular Esports games and sends them personalized, relevant rewards for meaningful achievements and wins. Playfull synthesizes gameplay data, demographic data, and redemption data to train a proprietary rewards engine to deliver the perfect reward to players at the perfect moment.

LiveLike

Series A in 2016
LiveLike Inc. is a technology company that provides a live streaming platform designed to enhance sports viewing experiences for fans across various devices, including mobile and virtual reality. Established in 2015 and headquartered in New York, with an additional office in Gurugram, India, LiveLike develops a white-label platform that enables broadcasters to deliver both regular and interactive content under their own brand. The platform incorporates features such as watch parties, gamification, and access to sports statistics, aiming to engage younger audiences and improve retention and monetization for media companies. Key clients include prominent organizations and events like Fox Sports VR, the French Open, the UEFA Champions League, and the Super Bowl, showcasing LiveLike's commitment to revolutionizing the sports broadcasting landscape through innovative technologies.

Electronic Gaming Federation

Seed Round in 2016
Electronic Gaming Federation, LLC operates as an electronic sports (eSports) organization that focuses on intercollegiate eSports competitions. The company runs eSports competitions; hosts tournaments; and produces related media, including live broadcasts of matches, eSports analysis, and news. It also runs college-exclusive events for teams in North America. Electronic Gaming Federation, LLC was founded in 2013 and is based in Rochester, New York.

Arena

Seed Round in 2016
Arena.im is a cloud-based marketing platform for live experiences. Their mission is to empower media companies to take back ownership of their audience from social networks and grow their community. With Arena.im, publishers, brands and broadcasting companies are capable to significantly increase traffic, engagement and earn revenue. Through an AI technology, Arena.im is capable to aggregate, curate and distribute content in scale to any device, anytime, anywhere. They enable a seamless live experience for sports, news, finance, tech and any other real-time events. Founded in 2016 by Paulo Martins and Rodrigo Reis, Arena.im is a disruptive marketing experience platform that empowers thousands of media companies to provide the best live experience for their audiences directly from their digital properties.

Mixer

Seed Round in 2016
Mixer, formerly Beam, offers gaming live-streams made interactive. Mixer gives viewers a window into streamer's game worlds, allowing you to do everything from striking lightning down, to generating the level's terrain. Mixer is a next-generation live streaming platform for gamers that lets viewers participate in the gameplay itself.Instead of sitting idle, viewers get to engage with the content directly, creating quests, choosing weapons, or even acting as characters within the game world.

LiveLike

Seed Round in 2015
LiveLike Inc. is a technology company that provides a live streaming platform designed to enhance sports viewing experiences for fans across various devices, including mobile and virtual reality. Established in 2015 and headquartered in New York, with an additional office in Gurugram, India, LiveLike develops a white-label platform that enables broadcasters to deliver both regular and interactive content under their own brand. The platform incorporates features such as watch parties, gamification, and access to sports statistics, aiming to engage younger audiences and improve retention and monetization for media companies. Key clients include prominent organizations and events like Fox Sports VR, the French Open, the UEFA Champions League, and the Super Bowl, showcasing LiveLike's commitment to revolutionizing the sports broadcasting landscape through innovative technologies.

Matcherino

Seed Round in 2015
Matcherino, Inc. provides a crowdfunding platform for game publishers and tournament organizers to manage esports tournaments and events. Its platform connects brands and tournament organizers to monetize the tournaments. The company’s platform also enables professional players to play the games and increase the prize pools to support the game publishers’ community. Matcherino, Inc. was incorporated in 2015 and is based in Bellevue, Washington.

Rad

Seed Round in 2015
Rad operates a global network focused on virtual reality, 360 video, and immersive experiences, catering to the growing demand for innovative content consumption. Through its platform, Rad delivers a diverse range of programming, including eSports, music, comedy, and sports, appealing particularly to Millennial and Gen Z audiences. The service stands out by offering a variety of viewing formats such as 2D, 3D, 4K, live, and immersive VR content. Additionally, Rad incorporates blockchain technology and peer-to-peer networking, enabling viewers to earn rewards points and engage with the community. This unique combination positions Rad as a hub for next-generation viewers seeking edgy and interactive entertainment.

Eversports

Seed Round in 2015
Eversports is a SaaS-enabled marketplace dedicated to simplifying access to sports facilities and activities. The platform connects sports enthusiasts directly with venues, enabling users to easily book courts and courses while facilitating the discovery of potential sports partners. Eversports aims to foster a unique community of sports enthusiasts, allowing members to engage with their passion for sports globally. By providing a comprehensive interface, Eversports ensures that users have all the necessary information to practice their favorite sports at their convenience.

Rad

Seed Round in 2015
Rad operates a global network focused on virtual reality, 360 video, and immersive experiences, catering to the growing demand for innovative content consumption. Through its platform, Rad delivers a diverse range of programming, including eSports, music, comedy, and sports, appealing particularly to Millennial and Gen Z audiences. The service stands out by offering a variety of viewing formats such as 2D, 3D, 4K, live, and immersive VR content. Additionally, Rad incorporates blockchain technology and peer-to-peer networking, enabling viewers to earn rewards points and engage with the community. This unique combination positions Rad as a hub for next-generation viewers seeking edgy and interactive entertainment.

Red Fox Clan

Convertible Note in 2015
Red Fox Clan is community where gamers share what the love and hate about games. They use this data set to inform product and marketing decision for major gaming brands.

FantasyHub

Convertible Note in 2015
FantasyHub is a Daily Fantasy Sports (DFS) platform that offers players the opportunity to win money, while also supporting great causes. On average, 5% of fantasy game winnings go to support the winner’s charity of choice, with the rest split between FantasyHub and the winners. The company's charitable mission allows them to partner with some of the biggest names in sports to fuel our user acquisition. It has worked with over 30 Pro-Athletes who run games on FantasyHub to raise support for their foundations. Their athletes include Kurt Warner, Jalen Rose, Bo Jackson, and Albert Pu-jols. Combining their athlete games with traditional acquisition strategies, they are able to acquire users for $6; the industry averages $68. Its sponsored games with athletes deliver 100% of the net proceeds to charity. Instead of cash prizes in those games, fans win priceless experiences from athletes, including, meet-and-greets at games and autographed gear.

FantasyHub

Pre Seed Round in 2015
FantasyHub is a Daily Fantasy Sports (DFS) platform that offers players the opportunity to win money, while also supporting great causes. On average, 5% of fantasy game winnings go to support the winner’s charity of choice, with the rest split between FantasyHub and the winners. The company's charitable mission allows them to partner with some of the biggest names in sports to fuel our user acquisition. It has worked with over 30 Pro-Athletes who run games on FantasyHub to raise support for their foundations. Their athletes include Kurt Warner, Jalen Rose, Bo Jackson, and Albert Pu-jols. Combining their athlete games with traditional acquisition strategies, they are able to acquire users for $6; the industry averages $68. Its sponsored games with athletes deliver 100% of the net proceeds to charity. Instead of cash prizes in those games, fans win priceless experiences from athletes, including, meet-and-greets at games and autographed gear.

Sportsy

Seed Round in 2014
Sportsy is a mobile training platform that makes it fun for kids to learn, practice and become better at key skills in a variety of sports. Launching Sportsy Soccer in early 2014 in partnership with professional soccer players and top coaches, Sportsy is developing a series of training programs designed for players just starting out and those who want to take their skills to the next level. Using their iPod Touch, iPhone, iPad or Android device, players learn how to perform drills and take part in challenges to earn points and badges.

GameWisp

Seed Round in 2014
GameWisp, Inc. operates an interaction, viewing, and monetization platform for live streamers and gaming YouTubers. Its GameWisp platform allows gaming YouTubers and streamers to offer a monthly subscription service to fans in exchange for benefits, content, and interaction, as well as to take subscriptions; manage subscription benefits; and communicate with fans and subscribers. The company was incorporated in 2012 and is based in Nashville, Tennessee.

Fancred

Seed Round in 2013
Fancred Inc. is a social platform designed for sports enthusiasts to enhance their sports credibility and connect with other fans. Founded in August 2012 and based in Brookline, Massachusetts, the platform allows users to share opinions, photos, videos, and articles related to their favorite sports. It facilitates the consumption of sports information and community interaction, enabling fans to capture and discuss their favorite sports moments. Through its mobile application, Fancred provides features that allow users to follow their preferred teams, access relevant content, and build their reputation within the fan community based on their passion and knowledge of sports.

AppTheGame

Pre Seed Round in 2012
AppTheGame is an online sports platform that allows fans to talk about games and get news and stats. It allows fans to engage with other fans and uses proprietary algorithms to analyze stats, game info, social media, and play-by-play events to provide fans what they want, when they want it.

Overtime

Seed Round in 2011
Overtime Sports Inc. is a New York-based company that focuses on enhancing the sports experience for younger audiences. Founded in 2016, it has developed an application that allows users to film and edit highlights of school and amateur sporting events, incorporating features like slow-motion to showcase key moments. This application enables users to create a professional-looking feed of sports content. In addition to its digital offerings, Overtime also markets a range of merchandise, including clothing items like skullies, socks, shirts, and snapbacks, through its online store. The company has garnered significant investment from notable venture capital firms and prominent figures in the sports industry.

StarStreet

Seed Round in 2010
StarStreet is a provider of a platform to play fantasy sports for money. It provides a stock-market styled platform enabling users to buy and sell shares on players, and to cash out at season's end. The platform is operable in the U.S. and Canada and provides contest opportunities in Major League Baseball (MLB), National Football League (NFL), and Canadian Football (CFB) leagues.

DRAFT

Seed Round in 2010
DRAFT is a daily fantasy sports company that offers a streamlined approach to fantasy gaming. Unlike traditional salary cap formats, DRAFT allows players to engage in quick drafts that mimic those of season-long leagues, completing their teams in just minutes for one-day or weekly contests. This platform emphasizes simplicity and fairness, aiming to enhance the gaming experience by providing better odds of winning compared to other major competitors. DRAFT specializes in head-to-head matchups in sports such as basketball and hockey, enabling players to form five-player teams and receive immediate cash payouts. The company is supported by notable investors, including Upfront Ventures and The Chernin Group.

PlayQ

Seed Round in 2007
PlayQ is a prominent mobile gaming company focused on developing high-quality games for platforms such as iOS, Google Play, Amazon, and Facebook. The company specializes in creating engaging, visually appealing gameplay experiences that allow gamers to enjoy entertaining titles across various devices. With a commitment to innovation and quality, PlayQ aims to deliver compelling mobile gaming experiences that resonate with a wide audience.