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EXCLUSIVE: OddsBlaze raises six-figure seed investment to expand its odds data infrastructure
The real-time odds-data provider hit six-figure monthly recurring revenue within a year of launch, run almost entirely by founder Matthew Paulton.
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How The Sharps built a poker-style tournament app in 12 weeks with AI, and what’s next
Robert McCall, the self-funded founder who used AI to build a skill-based sports prediction platform in 12 weeks, is betting that a portable "Sharps Score" can become the industry's handicap rating.
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Waterhouse VC: From Taking to Making
This month, Tom Waterhouse delves into taking to making.
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Why Flutter’s Affiliate Draft looks more like a scouting combine than a pitch contest
For Ed Lyttel, the winner is almost beside the point. The Affiliate Draft is how Flutter builds a pipeline of startups it can grow.
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ESX is building a prediction market for the “technical bettors” that sit between Underdog and Novig
Co-founder Frank Li is targeting the semi-professional middle of the market, and why distribution matters more than the build.
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Solas Compliance raised £670K so that marketing and legal don't have to fight
Founder Neil Dillon built an AI compliance tool from a friction point he lived on the inside at Flutter—marketing wants speed, legal wants control.
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BetHog shuts down July 31 to go all-in on Sentient Studios’ AI dealers
CEO Nigel Eccles says the crypto casino was on a path to sustainability—but the AI dealer opportunity was too big to run as a side project.
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Flutter's Affiliate Draft is back in 2026—here’s what they’re looking for in the next big startup
Ed Lyttel and Robert Fulforth on why Flutter is hunting startups that own the user journey—and what last year’s winner got right.
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Blitz co-founders on building a company from the data that kept getting them banned at sportsbooks
Devon Sinha and Tejas Srinivasan on building sports intelligence infrastructure for broadcasters and analysts—starting from the casino floor.
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Waterhouse VC: Nothing Beats Interaction
This month, Tom Waterhouse explains why nothing beats interaction.
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SpeedLabs wants to make every game tell a different story—and bet on it
Following up with Nick Meader after raising $6.5M to build momentum markets: live, narrative-driven betting propositions that change with every game.
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Spina lets you bet on your favorite childhood games—from Connect 4 to Tic-Tac-Toe
Jackson Erminio may not carry your typical real-money gaming industry background, but that didn’t stop him from founding his own company in the space.
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ParlayX wins First Pitch at SBC Summit Americas 2026
The institutional prediction market infrastructure startup beat four other finalists in Fort Lauderdale to take home the $100K top prize.
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PlaySignal wants to reach at-risk players before self-exclusion, and not after
The London-based startup is building a real-time, player-facing RG tool—and argues the industry's current approach is intervening too late.
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BettingStartups Capital on what makes them write a check—and what sends them away
Partners Jesse Learmonth and Paris Smith took live questions from founders in a Defy the Odds AMA, covering due diligence, AI, and the frothiness they're seeing in the PM space.