“FanIQ is a new type of sports site that empowers sports fans to be sports experts. For the first time, sports fans can accumulate a wide variety of statistics to prove their sports knowledge. Individually, fans compete to provide the most accurate predictions, submit the best news articles and write the best blogs. Collectively, this competition results in the best sports content from across the Web and proprietary “Wisdom of Crowds” data.”
(Source: FanIQ)
Financials
| Date | Type | Amount | Investors | Valuation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09/01/07 | Seed | Unknown | Unknown | |
| 07/01/09 | Series A | Unknown | Unknown |
People
Andreas Hjelming (VP, Technology)
Ty Shay (CEO, Founder)
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