Stryking Entertainment

company

About

Stryking Entertainment specializes in sports fan engagement and monetization by combining the real and virtual world.

  • 11 - 50

Details

Last Funding Type
Seed
Industries
Blockchain,Fantasy Sports,Gaming
Founded date
Jan 1, 2012
Number Of Employee
11 - 50
Operating Status
Active
Legal Name
Stryking Entertainment GmbH

Stryking Entertainment specializes in sports fan engagement and monetization by combining the real and virtual world to create genuine interaction opportunities for fans, stars and brands. Founded 2012 in Berlin, Stryking Entertainment develops and operates the innovative platform Football-Stars, a thrilling and diversified gaming experience on web and mobile to soccer fans in Europe.

Through Stryking’s new fantasy football (soccer) platform, users compete against each other in numerous challenges while proving their expertise and instincts to everybody else. With its outstanding meta-game the Daily Fantasy platform entertains user in the long run. No matter if users loose or win a challenge, they will earn experience and level up in the leveling system. Additionally, they can also unlock cool achievements which they can gather and which provide cool features like new user titles, additional profile pictures or in-game currency.

The unique free-to-play monetization and retention model makes Football-Stars a rising star in the Daily Fantasy Sports universe. By fulfilling different activities like winning the daily free challenge, inviting friends or unlocking achievements players can receive the in-game currency “Coins”. With this currency they can participate in paid challenges where they can not only win more Coins but also receive the second in-game currency “Stars”. This valuable currency can be exchanged for real-life fan merchandise and other attractive gadgets through the in-game shop. The free-to-play setup gives Football-Stars a great USP which allows a worldwide roll-out without legal restrictions.

Funding Rounds

Number of Funding Rounds
Total Funding Amount
3
€2M
Stryking Entertainment has raised a total of €2M in funding over 2 rounds. Their latest funding was raised on Sep 15, 2017 from a Series Unknown round.
Announced Date Round Money Raised Number of Investors Lead Investors Post Valuation
Sep 15, 2017 Series Unknown €500K 2 German Startups Group Detail
Jan 15, 2016 Angel €1.50M Detail
Jun 18, 2013 Seed 1 Detail

Investors

Number of Lead Investors
Number of Investors
1
2
Stryking Entertainment is funded by 2 investors. German Startups Group and True Global Ventures (TGV) are the most recent investors.
Investor Name Lead Investor Funding Round
German Startups Group Yes Series Unknown
True Global Ventures (TGV) Series Unknown

Employee Profiles

Number of Employee Profiles
4
Stryking Entertainment has 4 current employee profiles, including Board member Dusan Stojanovic
Board member
Executive
Executive
Board member