# Mercury Fan

Startup profile on Capital Atlas: https://capitalatlas.ai/startups/mercury-fan

- Industry: Software
- Headquarters: Boston, US
- Website: www.teammercury.io
- Total disclosed funding: $12M
- Latest round: Seed (Aug 9, 2022)
- Investors on record: 4

## About

Based in Massachusetts, US, and founded in 2021, Mercury Fan, Inc. operates as a software solution provider that connects sports enthusiasts with athletes and companies. In October 2022, the firm raised USD 7.5 million in seed funding led by investor Multicoin Capital along with the participation from investors Brevan Howard Digital, Crosslink Capital, and North Island Ventures. The company as of Oct 2022 is led by its CEO, Porter Grieve and it works for many athletic programs in the country, including Kansas, Kentucky, Clemson, UCF, Oklahoma, and Villanova.

The company provides Universities, leagues, and teams to provide fans with digital collectibles and brings fans closer to their favorite athletes and teams in collegiate sports programs. The company’s localized, university-branded community platforms leverage NFTs and are created by closely working with athletic programs to customize bespoke features and experiences around the school’s traditions, rivalries, values, etc to build hyper-local platforms and to deliver memorable modern fan experiences like NFT-based memberships and NFT-gated events. NFT-based memberships and NFT-gated events are core components of Mercury’s platforms.

The company plans to utilize its October 2022, funding to enhance its product services, broaden its collaborations with universities, and grow its current team.

## Funding rounds

- Seed, Aug 9, 2022, $12M — Crosslink Capital, Brevan Howard, Multicoin Capital, North Island Ventures

## Investors

- Crosslink Capital (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/crosslink-capital) — Seed
- Brevan Howard — Seed
- Multicoin Capital (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/multicoin-capital) — Seed
- North Island Ventures (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/north-island-ventures) — Seed