Nashville Inno: Wagr sports betting app launches with backing from owners of Patriots and 76ers, plus Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian
Wagr Inc. raised $12 million in a Series A round, according to a recent press release. From whom? The Kraft Group, owners of the New England Patriots and New England Revolution; Harris Blitzer Sports & Entertainment, which owns the Philadelphia 76ers and the New Jersey Devils; BITKRAFT Ventures; Greycroft; Pear Ventures; Seven Seven Six (founded by Alexis Ohanian, a co-founder and former executive chairman of Reddit); and other angel investors.