Venture Pill | E106: Enhanced Games, HubSpot for Restaurants, and Sports XR

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On this week’s dose, (1:37) we start with a breakdown on the Enhanced Games, the modern reinvention of the Olympic Games that allows athletes to use performance enhancing drugs, and their multi-million dollar seed round that included funding from Peter Thiel, Balaji Srinivasan, and Christian Angermayer. Then (12:02), we cover Owner, the top rated, all-in-one platform that’s empowering restaurant owners to succeed online, and their recent $33M Series B. Lastly (18:18), we wrap up this week’s dose with StatusPro, a sports technology and gaming company that uses real-time player data to create authentic extended reality experiences, and their $20 million Series A.

Sources:

https://enhanced.org/2024/01/29/seedfundingannouncement/

https://www.forbes.com/sites/roberthart/2024/01/31/billionaire-peter-thiel-backs-doping-friendly-olympics-rival---what-to-know-about-the-enhanced-games/?sh=537ea62b501f

https://www.owner.com/b

https://www.owner.com/

https://www.status.pro/

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/statuspro-announces-20m-series-a-round-led-by-gv-google-ventures-to-continue-to-disrupt-and-revolutionize-sports-through-xr-302052952.html

Music Credit: Chapter One by Cole Bauer and Dean Keeton

https://www.colebauer.com/

https://www.instagram.com/deankeeton/?hl=en

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