RedBird joins $840m round for India's Dream Sports
RedBird Capital Partners, a US investment firm that has extensive sport exposure and several months ago picked up a stake in an Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise, has co-led a $840 million round for local fantasy sports platform Dream Sports.
Other lead investors in the round, which values Dream Sports at $8 billion, include Falcon Edge Capital, DST Global, D1 Capital, and Tiger Global Management. Existing backers such as TPG Capital and Footpath...
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