Fantasy sports developer RotoHog bags $2M
Online fantasy sports game developer RotoHog announced that it’s brought in $2 million in a second round of capital. It plans to use the funds to expand its partnerships with brand sponsors and look at opportunities overseas.
Instead of offering basic fantasy sports competition, RotoHog builds custom sports games — including many for particular brands. In the past, it has developed branded products for NBA.com, Turner, LG Electronics, the AVP Pro Beach Volleyball Tour and GoDaddy.com,… Continue Reading
OneSeason puts a market spin on fantasy sports
Hoping to attract stock market refugees benched by the downturn, web site OneSeason lets users buy and sell virtual shares in their favorite athletes — from SHAQ (at $15.69 a share) to AROD ($5.08). The concept, which combines fantasy sports with virtual goods sales, just earned the San Francisco company $3.5 million in first-round funding led by Charles River Ventures.
After joining the site, users pay real dollars for what the company calls Synthetic Ownsership Interests… Continue Reading