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David VanEgmond

Founder & CEO at Bettor Capital

New York, New York

Invests in

Stages:

  • Min Investment:

    $100,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $5,000,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $1,500,000.00

Work Experience

  • Managing Partner

    2020

    Bettor Capital is an early-stage venture capital firm focused on the real-money, online gaming industry. We invest primarily in the software supply chain partnering with companies and founders as a strategic investor with deep management and operational experience in the online gambling sector. Prior to launching our Fund I, Bettor did angel investing and consulting focused on the sports betting market opportunity.

2019 - 2020

  • Head of Strategy & Corporate Development

    2019 - 2020

    Focused on monetizing the sports betting opportunity for the largest digital sports media platform in the United States. I sourced, structured, and executed the transaction with Penn National Gaming including the investment and commercial arrangements to create the Barstool Sportsbook. This ultimately resulted in Penn buying 100% of the Company

2015 - 2019

  • EVP, Head of Strategy

    2018 - 2019

    Head of Strategy for the FanDuel Group (#1 real-money online gaming operator in North America), post merger with Flutter, working across all business units (Sports Betting, Fantasy Sports, Horse Racing and Online Casino) on key growth and business development initiatives.

  • Executive Vice President, Strategy, Corporate Development & Finance

    2015 - 2018

    Worked with CEO and board on strategic review process that resulted in majority sale to Flutter in 2018. Operational oversight of DFS business for a period during 2016/2017 Led M&A, Corporate Finance, FP&A and Investor Relations when business focused on fantasy sports. This includes raising $100+M of equity & debt, the acquisitions of numberFire and AlphaDraft, and the merger process with DraftKings.

2010 - 2015

  • Associate, Investment Banking

    2010 - 2015

    Investment banking focused on the technology sector with specialization in Internet, Semiconductors and Communications Tech. Advised on a variety of transactions including M&A (buyside and sellside) deals, equity offerings (IPO, follow-on and private capital raises) and debt offerings. Select clients included Facebook, Uber and Cisco