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DraftKings Inc.

3775 employees

DraftKings provides online daily and weekly fantasy sports contests for cash prizes in major sports.

Investor insights

Sectors invested in

Intelligent Vessel Systems1
Internet1
Events1
Reservations1
Ticketing1
Marketplace1
Content1
Sports1
Media and Entertainment1
Marine Transportation1
Artificial Intelligence1
Autonomous Vehicles1
Navigation1
Technology1
Internet/Web Development1
Corporate and group events1
Sold out and premium event tickets1
Customer Service1
USV1
Unmanned Vesssels1

Funding rounds participated in

$11M sweet spot round size

Most of their 4 investments are in rounds between $350K and $13M

Basic info

Industry

software development

Sectors

sports betting
Web Based Software Engineering
analytics
Sports
Gaming
Online Games
Fantasy Sports

Date founded

2012

Investments made

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Vivid Seats LLC raised $225M on October 19, 2021

Investors: Eldridge and DraftKings Inc.

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Meadowlark Media raised $13M on April 1, 2021

Investors: ARIS CAPITAL LIMITED, Verance Capital and DraftKings Inc.

U

Undisclosed raised $350K on July 17, 2019

Investors: DraftKings Inc.

S

Sea Machines Robotics raised $10M on December 17, 2018

Investors: Carbon Black, Inc., NextGen Venture Partners, Eniac Ventures, Accomplice VC, TechNexus Venture Collaborative and DraftKings Inc.

Funding rounds raised

Total raised

$300M

from 24 investors over 24 rounds

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DraftKings Inc. raised $75M on December 31, 2019

Investors: Data Point Capital and 10X Capital

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DraftKings Inc. raised undisclosed on November 15, 2019

Investors: ACME Capital, UIT Growth Equity and UIT Growth Equity

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DraftKings Inc. raised undisclosed on October 14, 2018

Investors: Manhattan Venture Partners (MVP.vc) and FirstMark Capital

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DraftKings Inc. raised $119M on March 9, 2017

Investors: Accomplice VC, FirstMark Capital and Eldridge

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DraftKings Inc. raised $150M on September 1, 2016

Investors: Accomplice VC and Revolution LLC

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DraftKings Inc. raised $300M on July 26, 2015

Investors: Kosinski Ventures, Fintech News Hong Kong, Accomplice VC, FirstMark Capital, The Raine Group and DST

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DraftKings Inc. raised $41M on August 25, 2014

Investors: Atlas Venture, The Raine Group and GGV Capital

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DraftKings Inc. raised $24M on November 26, 2013

Investors: Atlas Venture, GGV Capital and Counterview Capital

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