
VC firms invest €5m in Eversports
A consortium of VC firms has invested €5m in Vienna-based online sport booking service Eversports.
New investors include Enern, Market One Capital and Russmedia, which are joined by existing backers Point Nine Capital, RTA Ventures and Gerbig Ventures.
The fresh funding will be used to improve the software and roll it out to more sport studios and facilities.
Previous funding
In June 2015, Techstars structured a round of seed funding to back the online sports booking platform. The funding amounted to $118,000.
Point Nine led a further $1m round for the company in October 2015, along with RTA, and both investors returned in June 2016 to invest a further €800,000.
Company
Established in 2013, Eversports operates a platform that allows people to find and book sports activities online. It currently has more than 30,000 venues listed on its site. The company is based in Vienna.
People
Point Nine Capital – Pawel Chudzinski (co-founder, managing partner).
Eversports – Hanno Lippitsch (co-founder, CEO).
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