Meredith McPherron is an operator-turned-investor at Drive by DraftKings who brings senior operating experience from companies like Zipcar to evaluate sports tech investments through what she calls operator economics and unit-level performance analysis. She has built Drive by DraftKings' strategy around backing technologies that deepen fandom across the convergence of sports, media, gaming, and fintech, while helping portfolio companies access DraftKings' distribution and user base to accelerate adoption.
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Drive by DraftKings is a standalone VC firm that operates independently despite its name, backed by major sports team owners like The Kraft Group, Jones family, and Todd Boehly, with a structured All-Star Network of elite athletes and sports operators who serve as both investors and advisors to portfolio companies. The fund focuses exclusively on SportsTech and Entertainment investments across human performance, sports and gaming, media and fan engagement, and data analytics, while also moving early into Web3 gaming and crypto intersections with sports.
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