Yahoo Finance has launched of a cultural asset index onsite, offering investors insight on a different way to diversify their portfolios with cultural assets through a partnership with Pricing Culture. The new family of indices tracks cultural assets like trading cards, comic books, video games and sports memorabilia that are available for fractional … [Read more...] about Notes: Yahoo Launches “Cultural Asset Index”; NSCC, Expo Autograph News; Game Worn Hockey Show
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Dibbs Gets Amazon Investment, Rolls Out New Fractional Option
Fractional trading card platform Dibbs announced Thursday that it had received an investment from Amazon. There was no immediate word on the size of the funding round from the online giant. Amazon’s investment comes on the heels of Dibbs’ $13 million Series A announced in July from a variety of investors including some current and former pro athletes. … [Read more...] about Dibbs Gets Amazon Investment, Rolls Out New Fractional Option
Rally Adds $15 Million in Funding; Aims for Wider Exposure
Fractional shares platform Rally has picked up $15 million in new funding from a wide-ranging group of investors that includes some with strong ties to sports. Wheelhouse, the company launched in 2018 by Pawn Stars founder Brent Montgomery and late night talk show host Jimmy Kimmel, is at the heart of the new investment. Montgomery is also helping produce the new sports … [Read more...] about Rally Adds $15 Million in Funding; Aims for Wider Exposure
Athletes Part of Investor Group as Dibbs Picks Up $13 Million Funding Round
Dibbs, a real-time fractional sports card marketplace, says it has received a $13 million Series A financing round that includes investments from some well-known current athletes. Dibbs allows collectors to buy and sell physical cards, but also trade fractional interests of higher value cards 24/7. The fractional ownership model allows users to instantly trade any … [Read more...] about Athletes Part of Investor Group as Dibbs Picks Up $13 Million Funding Round
Dibbs Gets $2.8 Million in Seed Funding as Start Up Prepares to Open
A newly-launched sports card marketplace has picked up $2.8 million in seed financing. Dibbs, which bills itself as a “real-time marketplace for trading fractional interests in sports cards,” is currently in Beta testing with several thousand users but expects to fully open to the public in April. Among the new investors are Courtside Ventures, Founder Collective, … [Read more...] about Dibbs Gets $2.8 Million in Seed Funding as Start Up Prepares to Open
Otis Offers Another Answer In Fractional Shares Market
Michael Karnjanaprakorn believes he has the answer when it comes to fractional investing. Considering his favorite player growing up in Newport News, Virginia, was hometown star Allen Iverson, that’s an appropriate connection. Just like Iverson, Karnjanaprakorn, 38, believes he has the answer when it comes to the arena of fractional investing. And he’s not talking about … [Read more...] about Otis Offers Another Answer In Fractional Shares Market
Notes: Bloomberg on Hobby Topics; HOF Happenings; Heritage Hires Maddalena
Found money. Found big money. The hubbub over Michael Jordan rookie cards is going to put some cash into the pockets of folks who may have forgotten they had one. Bloomberg News caught up with one such 50-year-old in a story that also examined the financial ends of cards as alternative investments, the somewhat controversial buyout proposal for Collectors … [Read more...] about Notes: Bloomberg on Hobby Topics; HOF Happenings; Heritage Hires Maddalena