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Athletes Enter the VC Arena

NBA star Glen Davis and Titan's linebacker Derrick Morgan made their venture capital debut on Monday, pouring $2 million in seed funding into robotic bartender Monsieur.

Davis and Morgan are the latest professional athletes to take an interest in tech, joining a growing coalition of sports stars looking to try their hand at venture capital.

Last quarter saw the highest number of athlete-backed venture rounds, with investments recorded by Yankees veteran Mark Teixeira, football legend Joe Montana, and all-star Carmelo Anthony's Melo7Tech Partners.


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Osmo

$12M / Series A

Osmo, a Palo Alto-based gaming device developer, has created a iPad-based gaming kit for children that includes a camera along with physical gaming pieces to combine real-world play and virtual gaming. Founded in 2013, Osmo has shipped its first product to over 2,000 schools and will use the new cash to expand operations and explore additional platforms for its games.

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Metail

$12M / Series B

Metail, based in London, provides virtual fitting room technology to major clothing retailers so that customers can try on clothes online. Founded in 2008, Metail has raised $20 million to date and will use the latest funding to focus on mobile and expand overseas presence across South America, Asia and Europe.

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Mailcloud

$1.8M / Seed

Mailcloud, an email messaging startup headquartered in London, provides a platform for users to organize email history, shared files and content into personal folders so teams can easily communicate across all devices. Founded late last year but still under wraps, Mailcloud has raised a total of $2.8 million to date and plans to go live on iOS and Android next month.

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Featured Acquisitions
Playlists.net Playlists.net acquired by Warner Music Group for unknown
Alien Blue Alien Blue acquired by Reddit for unknown
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Waterline Data Science ($7.0M / Series A)
enosiX ($4.3M / Series A)
Cabify ($4.0M / Series B)
Moda in Pelle (3.5M GBP / Venture)
AirMedia ($2.0M / Seed)
kubo financiero ($1.7M / Seed)
MedStatix, LLC ($1.5M / Venture)
+49 More Funding Rounds
 
Acquisitions
 
diwip acquired by Impetus Technologies for $100M
Armor5 acquired by Digital Guardian for unknown
Anametrix acquired by Ensighten for unknown
+23 More Acquisitions
 
 
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59Funding Rounds Added   $992MIn Fundings Captured   28Acquisitions Recorded   3,251Profiles Updated
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