# Jason Robins

> Jason Robins is a seed investor at DraftKings (Boston) backing Sports and Internet. See 23 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [DraftKings](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/draftkings)
- Location: Boston, United States
- Total investments: 23
- Last investment: Mar 2024
- Lead investor: 4%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/jason-robins/1/70b/262
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/jasondrobins
- Website: http://www.draftkings.com

Jason Robins is a seed investor at DraftKings in Boston focused on Sports and Internet. Jason Robins is based out of Boston, Massachusetts and is the CEO & Co-Founder of DraftKings, Inc. Jason previously worked at Vistaprint as a Marketing and Analytics. Jason Robins attended the Duke University.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.2M–$6.3M |
| Series A | $5M–$42M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Sports | 4 | 17% |
| Internet | 4 | 17% |
| Software | 4 | 17% |
| E-Commerce | 4 | 17% |
| Apps | 2 | 9% |

57 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 10 | 43% |
| Series A | 7 | 30% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 4% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 4% |
| Convertible Note | 1 | 4% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 19 | 83% |
| Canada | 1 | 4% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Kidsy | Kidsy is an e-commerce platform that offers new and open-box discounted baby and kid clothing and other products. | $1M | Pre-Seed | Mar 28, 2024 |  |
| Knot | Knot is for when there's knot an API - change card on file information, cancel subscriptions, change passwords, and more. Knot spun out of Millions. | $10M | Series A | Aug 03, 2023 |  |
| Givingli | Givingli develops customizable digital greeting cards that allow users to send greetings and gifts meant for various occasions from their mobile phones. | $10M | Series A | Sep 06, 2022 |  |
| Jackpot | Since its launch in 2016, Jackpot has become a world leader in the online lottery sector, with the goal of fundamentally changing the lottery experience through innovation and variety. Besides offering players the opportunity to bet on the outcomes of the world’s biggest lotteries, Jackpot offers an enriched gaming experience through casino games,scratch-cards, and instant win games. | $42M | Series A | Jun 22, 2022 |  |
| WAX | WAX Insurance Services provides VIP support services. They also provide purchase insurance and unlock liquidity in their collections. Additionally, they also provide mobile app, lending, and insurance services. | $10M | Seed | May 26, 2022 |  |
| Swoops | Swoops develops and creates a basketball simulation game with the help of blockchain technology. It allows users to create, manage, and build teams and their skills, and compete with other teams while earning digitally. | $3.5M | Seed | Apr 12, 2022 |  |
| Playtertainment | Playtertainment provides combination of classic arcade games and mobile technology and offers real live-streaming games with real prizes, enabling gamers to play live games directly from their phone. | $5M | Series A | Nov 09, 2021 |  |
| Grow Credit | Grow Credit helps consumers with no credit or thin credit files establish or build credit for free using their existing subscription accounts, including Netflix, Disney Plus, Spotify, and many more. Grow is also the first platform to allow consumers to build credit with their cell phone bills. The company was founded in 2018 and is based in SantaMonica, California. | $6.3M | Seed | Sep 14, 2021 |  |
| Sports Innovation Lab | The Sports Innovation Lab identifies and evaluates the technology products and services that will power the future of sports. They have developed a digital market research platform and a world-class advisor network to help guide how companies make strategic technology decisions. | $2.2M | Venture - Series Unknown | Aug 12, 2021 |  |
| Laylo | Laylo powers drops for some of the world’s biggest creators and brands. Drops have become the predominant marketing strategy for merch, tickets and content and we're building the leading CRM to power them. The platform combines landing pages, messaging, link tracking, and more to empower musicians, live events, promoters, and brands with thetools to drive more sales and streams around their most important moments.We’re building a next-generation marketing platform complete with drop campaigns, cross-platform messaging, landing pages, and link tracking –giving creators the power to own and activate their fanbase. | $3M |  | Jun 07, 2021 |  |

10 of 23 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Everywhere Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/everywhere-ventures) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Chang Corporation](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chang-com-0014) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Courtside Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/courtside-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Impellent Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/impellent-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Moment Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/moment-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Sharp Alpha](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sharp-alpha-advisors) — VC Fund, 3 deals together

## About DraftKings

VC Fund · Boston, United States

DraftKings provides online daily and weekly fantasy sports contests for cash prizes in major sports in the United States and Canada. It offers daily leagues for fantasy football, baseball, basketball, hockey, golf, college football, and college basketball.

5 contacts available at DraftKings.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Alan Ellingson | Senior Vice President, Finance & Analytics | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alan-ellingson-c841 |
| Bobby Brannigan | Investor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bobby-brannigan |
| Ezra Kucharz | Chief Business Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ezra-kucharz |
| Jason Dagres | Senior Copywriter | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jason-dagres |
| Jason Robins | CEO & Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jason-robins |

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## FAQ

### What does Jason Robins invest in?

Jason Robins invests primarily in Sports, Internet and Software startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 23 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 Jason Robins's check size?

Jason Robins typically joins rounds of $1.2M–$6.3M at Seed and $5M–$42M 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 Jason Robins participates in.

### When did Jason Robins last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Jason Robins closed in Mar 2024. Shizune tracks 23 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### 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 Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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