Drive by DraftKings
VC Fund
Boston, United States
Drive by DraftKings is a multi-stage venture capital firm investing in SportsTech and Entertainment. Our mission is to push the frontier of new markets and categories revolutionizing sports, gaming and media. Founding partners include DraftKings, General Catalyst, Accomplice and Boston Seed Capital.
- Total investments:
- 26
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 19%
- Fund size:
- $60M
- Last fund:
Last updated:
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Industries Drive by DraftKings invests in
Stages Drive by DraftKings invests in
Countries Drive by DraftKings invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Round size
- Seed
- $2.3M–$5M
- Series A
- $7M–$30M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Gaming 6 (23%)
- Software 3 (12%)
- Analytics 3 (12%)
- Media and Entertainment 3 (12%)
- Sports 2 (8%)
Stage
- Seed 11 (42%)
- Series A 4 (15%)
- Funding Round 3 (12%)
- Pre-Seed 2 (8%)
- Series C 2 (8%)
Country
- United States 12 (46%)
- Israel 2 (8%)
- Singapore 1 (4%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Kiki Mills Johnston
Managing Director
|
Managing Director | Total investments: 188 | Find email | |
Meredith McPherron
CEO and Managing Partner
|
CEO and Managing Partner | Total investments: 5 | Find email | |
Peter Blacklow
Co-Chairman and co-founder
|
Co-Chairman and co-founder | Total investments: 14 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| PvX Partners is a platform designed to help consumer apps scale. PvX Capital is our first line of services focused on cohort financing: fast, flexible capital without the risk and drawbacks of traditional equity or debt. PvX Capital enables you to scale marketing spends meaningfully without the worry of equity dilution or loan defaults. PvX is alsodeveloping an operating system for growth — a unified platform enabling incremental ROAS. A single integration that will grant you access to the industry’s most useful tools proven to help consumer businesses scale. | $10.5M / Series A / Apr 23, 2026 | ||
| PvX Partners is a platform designed to help consumer apps scale. PvX Capital is our first line of services focused on cohort financing: fast, flexible capital without the risk and drawbacks of traditional equity or debt. PvX Capital enables you to scale marketing spends meaningfully without the worry of equity dilution or loan defaults. PvX is alsodeveloping an operating system for growth — a unified platform enabling incremental ROAS. A single integration that will grant you access to the industry’s most useful tools proven to help consumer businesses scale. | $4.7M / Seed / Dec 05, 2025 | ||
| Jump is a technology platform designed to personalize the fan experience and provide teams with new revenue opportunities. | $23M / Series A / Aug 12, 2025 | ||
| Ozlo Sleep is a science-driven sleep and audio technology company that supports and simplifies sleep rituals for clinical benefits, without the use of medication. | $12M / Venture - Series Unknown / Oct 22, 2024 | ||
| Fintech solution tailored for mobile game developers to create, publish, and scale real-money games. | $2.3M / Seed / Jun 24, 2024 | ||
| Jump is a technology platform designed to personalize the fan experience and provide teams with new revenue opportunities. | $30M / Series A / Mar 01, 2023 | ||
| Spren helps fitness and wellness brands deliver a more personalized, engaging, and effective user experience. It assists in avoiding the perplexity and frustration of false plateaus. Spren measures small changes in body composition using evidence-based machine learning algorithms, empowering the quest to slow aging. The company is using a patentedimaging technology—simply snap a full-body selfie on the smartphone and let Spren go to work. | $11.3M / Seed / Oct 11, 2022 | ||
| VidMob is the world's leading platform for Intelligent Creative. We provide an end-to-end technology solution for all of a brand’s creative needs. It is an integrated platform combining AI-powered creative analytics with a production workflow system connected to a global network of expert creators. VidMob’s platform dramatically improves adcampaign ROI through actionable creative insights, faster creative turnaround, better performing ads and streamlined workflow. We are the only company in the world to receive a certified creative marketing partner badge from every major social and digital platform. A portion of every dollar VidMob receives is used to fund pro bono creative services for non-profits through the 501(c)(3) VidMob Gives. | $110M / Series D / Aug 17, 2022 | ||
| UnCaged Studios is pioneering the next generation of AAA, play-first web3 gaming. It leverages games OS to co-develop with and support game studios by providing core technical functionality, infrastructure, and live operations services. | $24M / Series A / Jul 14, 2022 | ||
| Nextiles builds a smart apparel platform that helps people exercise better, more safely, and more efficiently. The company pairs athletic apparel with an analytics system that identifies new insights about a persons movement.The company weaves and threads electrically conductive fibers to develop new types of wearable circuitry, through arepurposed sewing technology. The company has an expertise in electrical engineering and circuit design, giving the unique ability to merge fabrics and hardware to engineer new wearable platforms.Nextiles was founded on 2019 and is headquartered in New York, New York. | $5M / Seed / Jun 07, 2022 | ||
| See all 26 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does Drive by DraftKings invest in?
Drive by DraftKings invests primarily in Gaming, Software and Analytics startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 26 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is Drive by DraftKings's check size?
Drive by DraftKings typically joins rounds of $2.3M–$5M at Seed and $7M–$30M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Drive by DraftKings participates in.
How do I contact Drive by DraftKings?
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Who are the partners at Drive by DraftKings?
The team at Drive by DraftKings includes Kiki Mills Johnston (Managing Director), Meredith McPherron (CEO and Managing Partner) and Peter Blacklow (Co-Chairman and co-founder). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
Is Shizune's investor data accurate?
Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Sep 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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