Corporate Office HQ

Fantasy Sports

Sleeper Corporate Office

In an effort to revitalize fantasy sports, Henry Leung, Ken Wang, Nan Wang, and Weixi Yen developed an app called Sleeper in 2018.

The Sleeper app is free from advertising and features a social media platform for chatting with other users.

In 2019, the company surpassed 1 million users and added fantasy basketball sports that same year. Using its Series B investment, Sleeper has launched a season-long fantasy League of Legends game for professional LoL circuits in North America, Europe, Brazil, Korea, and Vietnam.

Co-founder and CEO Nan Wang says that the company is negotiating with NASCAR and Penn National regarding creating a fantasy auto racing series.

Sleeper believes it can overcome the competition from ESPN and Yahoo by including women and be able to attract casual fans.

Sleeper maintains a corporate office in San Mateo, California.

Sleeper

In an effort to revitalize fantasy sports, Henry Leung, Ken Wang, Nan Wang, and Weixi Yen developed an app called Sleeper in 2018.

The Sleeper app is free from advertising and features a social media platform for chatting with other users.

In 2019, the company surpassed 1 million users and added fantasy basketball sports that same year. Using its Series B investment, Sleeper has launched a season-long fantasy League of Legends game for professional LoL circuits in North America, Europe, Brazil, Korea, and Vietnam.

History

Co-founder and CEO Nan Wang says that the company is negotiating with NASCAR and Penn National regarding creating a fantasy auto racing series.

Sleeper believes it can overcome the competition from ESPN and Yahoo by including women and be able to attract casual fans.

Sleeper maintains a corporate office in San Mateo, California.

DraftKings Corporate Office

DraftKings was founded by former VistaPrint employees Jason Robins, Matthew Kalish, and Paul Liberman. The company originally was operated out of Liberman’s house. The company’s first game was a one on one baseball competition and was designed to coincide with the MLB’s opening day in 2012.

The company operates a fantasy sports website and cell phone app that allows users to place bets on team competition for any team they would like, such as The Miami Dolphins vs The Dallas Cowboys.

In 2014, DraftKings entered into a two-year agreement with the National Hockey League. In 2015, the company entered into a three-year advertising agreement with ESPN.

In January 2020, Sports Illustrated stated that DraftKings had mounting losses and this was the reason behind the push for an IPO.

DraftKings is banned in some states, including Arizona, Hawaii, Idaho, Louisiana, Montana, Nevada, and Washington.

Headquarters for DraftKings is located in

DraftKings

DraftKings was founded by former VistaPrint employees Jason Robins, Matthew Kalish, and Paul Liberman. The company originally was operated out of Liberman’s house. The company’s first game was a one on one baseball competition and was designed to coincide with the MLB’s opening day in 2012.

The company operates a fantasy sports website and cell phone app that allows users to place bets on team competition for any team they would like, such as The Miami Dolphins vs The Dallas Cowboys.

In 2014, DraftKings entered into a two-year agreement with the National Hockey League. In 2015, the company entered into a three-year advertising agreement with ESPN.

History

In January 2020, Sports Illustrated stated that DraftKings had mounting losses and this was the reason behind the push for an IPO.

DraftKings is banned in some states, including Arizona, Hawaii, Idaho, Louisiana, Montana, Nevada, and Washington.

Headquarters for DraftKings is located in

FanDuel Corporate Office

FanDuel, also known as FanDuel.com, was founded in 2009 by Hubdub, a prediction market game company.   FanDuel is a daily fantasy sports company where players can wager on daily fantasy sports competitions as opposed to the traditional weekly competitions.

Daily fantasy sports is possible legally due to a 2006 law which banned internet gambling.  This law included an exclusion for “skill based games” which allows sites such as FanDuel and DraftKings to operate.

FanDuel received $1.2 million in seed investment from Pentech Ventures and Scottish Enterprise.

In early 2013, the company raised $11 million in funding in a Series C round.  The round was led by Comcast Ventures, Piton Capital, Pentech Ventures, Bullpen Capital and Richard Koch.

In September 2014, the company raised an additional $70 million in Series D funding from Shamrock Capital Advisors, NBC Sports Ventures and KKR.

In November 2014, the company announced a partnership with the NBA.  As part of the agreement, the NBA received an equity stake in the company in exchange for promoting them as their “Official One Day Fantasy Basketball Game”.

In July 2015, the company raised another $275 million in a Series E round which valued the company at over $1 billion dollars.  The company used part of these funds to acquire analytics company numberFire.

On October 4, 2015, DraftKings employee Ethan Haskell won $350,000 on FanDuel.  This came 1 week after Haskell had leaked sensitive information that would give players a competitive advantage.  The FBI and US DOJ both open cases while DraftKings and FanDuel temporarily ban employees from wagering.  FanDuel hires a DC lobbying firm on Oct 14th.

On October 15, 2015, Nevada bans all daily fantasy sports sites from being used by Nevada residents.

Today, FanDuel has over 1 million active users and will pay out over $2 billion to players in 2015.  The company has raised $363 million in total funding and has partnered with 16 NFL and 14 NBA teams.

 

FanDuel

FanDuel, also known as FanDuel.com, was founded in 2009 by Hubdub, a prediction market game company.   FanDuel is a daily fantasy sports company where players can wager on daily fantasy sports competitions as opposed to the traditional weekly competitions.

Daily fantasy sports is possible legally due to a 2006 law which banned internet gambling.  This law included an exclusion for “skill based games” which allows sites such as FanDuel and DraftKings to operate.

FanDuel received $1.2 million in seed investment from Pentech Ventures and Scottish Enterprise.

History

In early 2013, the company raised $11 million in funding in a Series C round.  The round was led by Comcast Ventures, Piton Capital, Pentech Ventures, Bullpen Capital and Richard Koch.

In September 2014, the company raised an additional $70 million in Series D funding from Shamrock Capital Advisors, NBC Sports Ventures and KKR.

In November 2014, the company announced a partnership with the NBA.  As part of the agreement, the NBA received an equity stake in the company in exchange for promoting them as their “Official One Day Fantasy Basketball Game”.

In July 2015, the company raised another $275 million in a Series E round which valued the company at over $1 billion dollars.  The company used part of these funds to acquire analytics company numberFire.

On October 4, 2015, DraftKings employee Ethan Haskell won $350,000 on FanDuel.  This came 1 week after Haskell had leaked sensitive information that would give players a competitive advantage.  The FBI and US DOJ both open cases while DraftKings and FanDuel temporarily ban employees from wagering.  FanDuel hires a DC lobbying firm on Oct 14th.

On October 15, 2015, Nevada bans all daily fantasy sports sites from being used by Nevada residents.

Today, FanDuel has over 1 million active users and will pay out over $2 billion to players in 2015.  The company has raised $363 million in total funding and has partnered with 16 NFL and 14 NBA teams.