The Betting Startups Newsletter - August 2022

September 01, 2022

Welcome to the August edition of the Betting Startups Newsletter. And a busy August it was!

The issue is brought to you by BettingRoles.com, the betting industry's largest dedicated job board. Currently featuring 1600+ open jobs from 20+ top employers!

Here is what we read, heard, and saw in the early-stage ecosystem:

💰 Mo' money, no problems

The #2 earning YouTuber brings his influence over 70m+ followers to the sports betting world.

The B2B esports odds feed, risk management and iframe provider adds new investors including Velo Partners and Genting Ventures.

The provider of risk-management software shared that it has raised a preferred seed round with participation from several notable investors.

The provider of exclusive data for action and alternative sports secures funding and adds Benjie Cherniak as a Strategic Advisor.

20Shots, the B2B gaming software supplier behind free-to-play fantasy football game Fantasy5, has secured an additional £400,000 in funding.

Funding will help Sport Buff expand its audience through platforms including Web OTT, Android, iOS, YouTube and Twitch.

🚀 Noteworthy product launches

Prophet Exchange, the first peer-to-peer sports betting exchange in the United States, has launched in New Jersey ahead of the NFL season.

The new Bet On Women Predictor Game will use gamification to innovate and deepen fan engagement in women’s sports.

The company, which debuted last year, features one-on-one matchups, which in turn simplifies the DFS experience.

Social betting startup Wagr released update #5 in their well-chronicled series on Medium, which offers an insightful look behind the curtain as they develop their product.

🤝 Fresh partnerships

The partnership will provide sports fans with unique, comedy-driven content to make sports more enjoyable and entertaining.

Vox Media's SB Nation will utilize Tallysight's all-in-one software to enable content creators to display betting picks across hundreds of sports sites.

Ahead of the start of a new Premier League season, bet365 has once again bolstered its free-to-play (FTP) content with Incentive Games.

Sportsbet.io has become the latest operator to partner with Low6, leveraging the company's gamification products for this year’s World Cup.

🔍 Startup profiles in the wild

Betting app MoneyLine latest success story from Comcast’s SportsTech accelerator program.

Sports betting odds comparison tool encourages users to download as many sports book apps as they can to search for an edge.

Epoxy.ai Is the startup looking to personalize your sports betting like your Netflix recommendations.

👔 Make your next move

Amazing opportunities at these awesome startups, brought to you by BettingRoles.com, the industry's largest job board:

Senior Software Engineer - ThriveFantasy is hiring software engineers! If you want to be a part of a fast-paced, in-office daily fantasy platform, this is it.

Product Manager - Lucra is looking for a Product Manager to help execute and scale feature development, with lots of opportunity for growth.

🎙️ From the Betting Startups podcast studio

BetSwap is the most efficient, fully integrated, secondary marketplace technology for sportsbooks and platform providers. (Aug 3, 27:51)

Prophet is the first regulated US sports betting exchange. (Aug 10, 34:06)

SoBet is a sports betting media platform that publishes sports betting content from independent experts. (Aug 17, 25:55)

GridRival is fantasy motorsports for the racing obsessed. (Aug 24, 30:34)

🏁 The finish line

That’s it for this month!

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