Verse Gaming Partners with Sportradar, Joins Acceleradar Program

Jun 8, 2021

BROOKLYN, New York - Verse Gaming announced today a new partnership with Sportradar, a leading global provider of sports betting and sports entertainment products and services. Verse Gaming will join Sportradar’s Acceleradar program, the company’s accelerator for innovative startups in sports technology.This new partnership makes Sportradar the exclusive live sports data provider for Verse Gaming. Verse’s iOS Application is scheduled for a Fall 2021 release.“We couldn’t be more thrilled to partner with a renowned industry leader in Sportradar, and to gain the insight and tools provided by the Acceleradar program. We appreciate Sportradar’s recognition of Verse’s innovation as an early stage startup. What we are building here at Verse, a social-first betting experience, is unique and overdue in the market. We are excited that our new partners see our vision, and we are just getting started,” said Verse Gaming CEO Dan Zimmermann.“Sportradar is the perfect technology partner for us. This gives us the ability to build features that were only white-board concepts just months ago,” said CTO David Rosen. This is a great step forward for Verse as the NY-based startup built by former Barstool Sports Syracuse viceroy interns looks to debut its P2P Gaming product later this year. Verse is led by co-founders Dan Zimmermann and David Rosen, who developed Verse’s early vision at the Blackstone Launchpad powered by Techstars on Syracuse’s campus. Both 2020 graduates, Dan and David have turned a once-dorm room project into a highly efficient sports technology startup. Now based in Brooklyn, NY, Verse will turn their sights to a summer of testing and fundraising ahead of a Fall product launch.For more information on Sportradar’s Acceleradar program, visit here.

About Verse Gaming

Verse Gaming is a NYC-based startup creating the first social marketplace built for Peer-2-Peer Gaming. Go head to head with friends and rivals alike and win real money from other players on bets on sports, props, futures, current events, and more. Powered by blockchain technology with no centralized ‘House’, Verse democratizes online betting and lets users set custom lines, odds, and prices. Verse is the referee amongst two competing players, with no need for a bookmaker.Developed by two Syracuse students at the Techstars Launchpad on campus, Verse gained its roots in the dorms and fraternity houses, where founders David Rosen and Dan Zimmermann saw firsthand the culture of social betting. Having spent 4 years as affiliate viceroy interns for Barstool Sports launching and running the BarstoolCuse affiliate, the longtime friends opted to create their own company and develop the solution for a social betting marketplace.Verse is based in Brooklyn, NY.www.versegaming.com

About Sportradar

Sportradar is a leading global provider of sports betting and sports entertainment products and services. Established in 2001, the company occupies a unique position at the intersection of the sports, media and betting industries, providing sports federations, news media, consumer platforms and sports betting operators with a range of solutions to help grow their business. Sportradar employs 3,000 people in more than 30 locations around the world. It is our commitment to excellent service, quality and reliability that makes us the trusted partner of more than 1,000 companies in over 80 countries and official partner of the NBA, NHL, MLB, NASCAR, FIFA and UEFA. We monitor, analyze and deliver insights from more than 720,000 matches annually across 75 sports. With deep industry relationships, Sportradar is not just redefining the sports fan experience; it also safeguards the sports themselves through its Integrity Services division and advocacy for an integrity-driven environment for all involved. www.sportradar.com