Venture Pill | E79: Sports Partnerships Platform, Mapping the Ocean Floor, and Saudi Gaming Acquisition

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And now for this week’s prescription:

On this week’s dose, (1:40) you’ll hear about Zoomph, a leading partnership insights platform in the sports and entertainment space, and their recent $4M Series A led by Jurassic Capital. (5:16) Then, we’ll break down Bedrock, a company that uses autonomous underwater vehicles (or AUVs) to map the ocean floor, fresh off a $25.5M Series A co-led by Northzone and Primary Venture Partners. To wrap up this week’s dose, (10:59) we will break down the $4.9B acquisition of leading gaming company Scopely, by Savvy Games, a gaming company operating under the Saudi Public Investment Fund.

Sources:

https://zoomph.com/blog/zoomph-lands-series-a-funding-led-by-jurassic-capital-backed-by-high-profile-investors/

https://techcrunch.com/2023/07/12/bedrocks-autonomous-ocean-mapping-ambitions-score-25m-as-renewables-rise/

https://www.bedrockocean.com/mission

https://techcrunch.com/2023/04/05/saudis-savvy-games-group-acquire-mobile-games-scopely-4-9-billion/

Music Credit: Chapter One by Cole Bauer and Dean Keeton

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