Press Sports Raises $1.5M in Seed Funding

Press Sports, an Atlanta, GA-based sports social media app for athletes, fans, coaches, and teams to connect and grow their athletic brands, closed $1.5m in seed funding.

The round was led by General Catalyst with participation from Overline, as well as Sound Media Ventures.

The company intends to use the funds to continue to expand its reach and development efforts.

Co-Founded by Conrad Cornell & Drew Williams, Press Sports is a sports social media app, with a community of athletes, coaches and fans from all sports around the world. The app was built for sports fanatics to provide a platform for finding and sharing amazing sports highlights and to let individuals connect with a larger sports community.

Tyler Droll and Tom Chernetsky joined Press Sports to lead Product and Technology after founding YikYak and growing the platform to several million monthly active users. The company recently hired Branndon Stewart to join as COO.

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07/09/2021