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Sleeper

Consumer Services · San Mateo, United States · Founded 2015

Fantasy sports platform offering football, basketball, and esports leagues with advanced features and a social community MoreLess

Sleeper is a fantasy sports platform that allows users to create and participate in fantasy leagues for football, basketball, and esports. The platform is designed to enhance the user experience with advanced features such as live scoring, mock drafts, and various draft formats including snake, linear, and auction drafts. Sleeper serves sports enthusiasts who enjoy engaging in fantasy sports with friends and being part of a vibrant community. The company operates in the fantasy sports market, which has seen significant growth in recent years. Sleeper's business model is primarily based on user engagement and monetization through in-app purchases and premium features. The platform also benefits from advertising and partnerships within the sports industry.

Keywords: fantasy sports, football, basketball, esports, live scoring, mock drafts, snake draft, auction draft, social community, user engagement.

Company overview

Sleeper company information

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Status
Operational
Founded
2015
Headquarters
San Mateo, United States
Employees
263
Open positions
None listed
Dealroom signal
88.6
client focusb2csub industrySocial mediasectorFantasy SportsindustrySportssectorMessagingsectorSocial ImpactsectorAppsectorPlatformsectorChatindustryMedia

Valuation & funding

Sleeper funding history

Company financing events and reported valuations.

Deal typeDateAmountValuationInvestorsSource
SERIES COther financing Sep 2021 $40M $160M Andreessen Horowitz · Kevin Lin · Tim Chen · Rosalyn Gold-Onwude
SERIES BOther financing May 2020 $20M $80M Kevin Lin · Baron Davis · JuJu Smith-Schuster · Andreessen Horowitz
ANGELOther financing Dec 2019 Khaled Helioui
EARLY VCOther financing Aug 2019 $0 Undisclosed
SERIES AOther financing Oct 2018 $5.3M $21M General Catalyst
SEEDOther financing Aug 2017 Expa · Birchmere Ventures
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Growth signals

Sleeper website traffic

Latest recorded traffic for Sleeper is 94K monthly website visits, up 108.9% over the last three months. Sleeper's team grew 7.3% over the past year.

Latest monthly visits94K 3-month web change+108.9% 1-year team growth+7.3%
Monthly website visits92 observations · Dec 2018–Jul 2026
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Comparisons

Sleeper compared with similar companies

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Talent graph

Sleeper's talent

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Team profiled 16 named & role-tagged
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Key operators 4 quality Hidden — book a demo/100
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Investors

13 investors on Sleeper's cap table

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Seed 3 investors entered at this stage
Expa
Birchmere Ventures
Khaled Helioui
Series A 6 investors entered at this stage
General Catalyst
Andreessen Horowitz
Kevin Lin
Baron Davis
JuJu Smith-Schuster
Kevin Durant
Series B+ 4 investors entered at this stage
Tim Chen
Rosalyn Gold-Onwude
Klay Thompson
Byron Jones

Global footprint

Where Sleeper has talent and traffic

Workforce by country
9 countries with
team presence
🇺🇸 United States87.1%
🇬🇧 United Kingdom7.1%
🇪🇸 Spain1.8%
🇵🇹 Portugal1.2%
🇵🇭 Philippines0.6%
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In the news

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Market sentiment

What the market is saying about Sleeper

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