SlamBall Series A Financing
The hybrid sport combining basketball and football with trampolines will return in July with a six-week regular season and one week of playoffs in Las Vegas. As part of the sport's return, which was first announced in August, SlamBall completed an S11 million Series A funding round led by Roger Ehrenberg's IA Sports Ventures and Eberg Capital. The round of funding included strategic investors from around sports and entertainment such as David Blitzer (co-founder of Harris Blitzer Sports & Entertainment), David Adelman (co-owner of the Philadelphia 76ers and New Jersey Devils), Michael Rubin (CEO of Fanatics), Gary Vaynerchuk (Entrepreneur), and Blake Griffin (Boston Celtics power forward and six-time NBA All-Star ). Accelerate Sports provided investment banking services for the round.