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FanIQ Keeps Fans In The Game, Membership Jumps 2000% This Year
TechCrunch — ... The site has raised around $3-5 million in funding (the exact amount was not disclosed), with investors including Vantage Point Ventures, Peter Thiel, Paul Martino, Keith Rabois, and Jeff Fluhr. Other startups in this space include Open Sports (which has a similar web portal) and ...

FoxSports.com Post-FIM: Takes Stake in OpenSports; Revamp Planned
paidContent — ... and an equity component where Fox Sports will eventually become a part-owner of Open Sports (first reported by SBJ today, and confirmed by us). It started with two new free fantasy football games on FoxSports.com today, and the promotion for them already started tonight during Fox’s broadcast tonight of the MLB all-star game. After this, OpenSports will work on launching fantasy baseball games as well. Some more details on the games here and here. As for the ...

Open Sports Network raises $4 million for sports fantasy games
VentureBeat — Open Sports Network said it has raised $4 million to create social games in the fantasy sports game genre. Fox Sports is one of the backers and it has negotiated a five-year exclusive deal under which Open Sports Network will make fantasy sports game for FoxSports.com. Fox Sports Chairman David Hill will join Open Sports’ board. The deal fits a pattern where established media companies are turning to game companies to boost interest and fan engagement with traditional web sites. The Open Sports games will cover fantasy football, baseball and ...

OpenSports Closes Round; FoxSports' 20 Percent Stake Priced At $6 Million
paidContent — OpenSports, the online fantasy sports startup founded by Sportsline founder Mike Levy, has closed its $4 million second round of funding, as well as issued $6 million worth of options to FoxSports, according to a new SEC filing this afternoon. The new money is on top of the $10 million it raised last year from these private investors such as E-Trade CEO Christos Cotsakos and former Office Depot Chair & CEO David Fuente. As a refresher, we reported earlier that FoxSports.com is now out of FIM, and part of Fox Sports under David Hill. Hill is also now a board member at OpenSports. ...