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WePlay Gets $8.6 Million Second Round For Youth Sports; Investors Include LeBron James, Jeter

Joseph Weisenthal

Aug 5, 2008 11:00 AM

WePlay, the community and youth sports site incubated out of CAA, has raised an $8.6 million second round led by Deep Fork Capital. Past backer FirstMark Capital (fka Pequot Ventures) also participated, as did senior executives and pro athletes Derek Jeter, LeBron James and Peyton Manning. All three of those…

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Posted In: Entertainment, Sports, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Venture Capital, Social Media, deep fork capital, derek jeter, firstmark capital, lebron james, peyton manning, weplay

Updated: Youth Sports Site WePlay Raises $4.5 Million First Round; CAA, MLB, and Derek Jeter Invest

Joseph Weisenthal

Mar 26, 2008 1:16 AM

Updated below: WePlay, a NYC-based community site for youth sports, has raised a $1.87 $4.5 million first round from Pequot Private Equity, CAA and Major League Baseball, says peHUB. The site, which is in private, closed beta, will have social networking features, as well as playing tips. When launched, CAA-repped…

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Posted In: Entertainment, Sports, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Venture Capital, Social Media, caa, mlbam, pequot private equity, weplay

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