UFL star and Michigan Panthers kicker Jake Bates, who has reportedly drawn interest from the Detroit Lions, has had a wildly successful year in 2024 but has started to come back down to earth a bit in recent weeks. Bates has not made a field goal in each of the past two games and has […]
Contour Venture Partners, an early investor in Datadog and Movable Ink, lowers the target for its fifth fund
Longtime New York-based seed investor, Contour Venture Partners, is making progress on its latest flagship fund after lowering its target. The firm closed on $ 42 million, raised from 64 backers, for Contour Venture Partners Fund V, according to an SEC filing from May 17. The firm is targeting $ 70 million for its fifth […]
Paris-based VC firm Blisce launches climate tech fund with a target of $160M
Blisce has become the latest VC firm to launch a fund dedicated to climate tech, for which it plans to raise as much as €150 million (about $ 162 million). The firm is hiring investor Pierre-Edouard Berion to lead the fund, and Lucie Basch, the co-founder of Too Good To Go, is going to support […]
Luis Suarez On Target As Inter Miami Fight Back In Montreal
Inter Miami fought back from two goals down to win 3-2 at Montreal in Major League Soccer on Saturday with Luis Suarez on target again as the league leaders won their fifth straight game. Miami have made a habit of slow starts this season and they were caught cold yet again when Montreal took the […]
Jake Bates: UFL kicker and Detroit Lions target is human after all
UFL and Michigan Panthers kicker Jake Bates, who has drawn interest from the Detroit Lions after nailing some ridiculously long field goals this season, is apparently human after all. In the Panthers’ Week 5 game against the Memphis Showboats, Bates missed a pair of field goals in the first half. But, context is important here, […]