90min (formerly known as FTBpro.com), a London, UK-based football media platform, raised $15m in funding.
The round was led by German media group ProSiebenSat.1 Media SE, which will launch a multi-brand joint venture focused on Bundesliga along with 90min, with participation from existing investors Battery Ventures, Dawn Capital and Gemini Ventures.
The company, which has now raised $39m in total funding over four rounds, intends to use the funds to expand globally, introducing new sports and features on the platform, going mobile and becoming multichannel. It will launch a dedicated network brand for US sports, opening an office in NYC.
90min is a global football media and technology company focused on the digital generation including multilingual support in English, German, Spanish, Italian, French, Turkish, Portuguese, Vietnamese, Thai and Indonesian. The network of over 200 team communities in Europe, South America and Asia produces 400-500 articles a day consumed by a global audience of millions via online media, mobile platforms and handheld devices. 90min receives over 250 million page views and over 500 million Facebook and Twitter impressions monthly.
FinSMEs
07/10/2015