Company Growth (employees)
DraftKings was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Boston, US
Key People at DraftKings
Jason Robins
CEO
Tim Dent
CFO
Paul Liberman
COO
Jordan Mendell
Chief Product Officer
Janet Holian
Global Chief Marketing Officer
Jeffrey Haas
Chief International Officer
Matthew Kalish
CRO
DraftKings Office Locations
DraftKings has offices in Boston, New York, London, Toronto and in 1 other location
San Francisco, US
750 220 Montgomery St
DraftKings Data and Metrics
Summary Metrics
Founding Date | 2012 |
Total Funding | $715.1 m |
Latest funding size | $118.7 m |
Time since last funding | 7 months |
Investors | Jordan Mendell, Boston Seed Capital, The Raine Group, FirstMark Capital, Redpoint Ventures, Major League Baseball Ventures, Major League Soccer, BDS Venture Fund, 21st Century Fox, Jason Robins, National Hockey League, GGV Capital, Atlas Venture, Kraft Group, Eldridge Industries, Melo7 Tech Partners llc |
DraftKings's latest funding round in March 2017 was reported to be $118.7 m. In total, DraftKings has raised $715.1 m. DraftKings's latest valuation is reported to be $1.4 b.
DraftKings Financial Metrics
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Market valuation | 1.4 b |
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DraftKings News and Updates
September 22, 2017
The best value plays in your DraftKings lineup for Week 3 of the NFL season
Thursday Night Football offered more action than expected, with the San Francisco 49ers hosting the Los Angeles Rams in what turned out to be quite a barn burner of a game.
With a full slate ahead on Sunday, Week 3 presents plenty more opportunities for excitement, especial…
September 15, 2017
The best value plays in your DraftKings lineup for Week 2 of the NFL season
Week 1 of the 2017 NFL season is in the books and with it our first week of daily fantasy.
Last week we tried to identify some of the best value plays in DraftKings so you could spend a little extra on the likes of Antonio Brown and LeSean McCoy, and did pretty well for our…
September 08, 2017
The best value plays in your DraftKings lineup for Week 1 of the NFL season
On Sunday football fans will be treated to what they've been waiting for since January — a full slate of football games.
With almost every team in the league active (stay safe Miami and Tampa), we're getting a whole slew of games at 1 p.m. that will require multiple screens…
September 05, 2017
Are you ready for some football ads? DraftKings and FanDuel are back.
DraftKings CEO Jason Robins knows how people feel about how many ads they ran in 2015.
"It was just too much," Robins said. "It was over saturation. People were complaining. They were seeing too many ads. It was beyond the level that I think is healthy and good for the long term."
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July 14, 2017
Crunch Report | DraftKings and FanDuel No Longer Merging
Uber is merging with Yandex.Taxi in Russia, DraftKings and FanDuel call it quits on their merger, Amazon is working on a premium Echo Home and Jet.com gives New Yorkers smart locks for their home deliveries. All this on Crunch Report. Read More
July 13, 2017
DraftKings and FanDuel aren't merging after all
It's game on between the two biggest players in daily fantasy.
DraftKings and FanDuel have called off their proposed merger after regulators tried to block it in court.
The deal was seen as a way for the embattled daily fantasy companies to dig out of the financial hole left from an expensive ma…