Arena Club Announces $10 Million Series A Fundraising Round

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Written By Rick Watson

Arena Club is the sports trading card platform co-founded by Derek Jeter.

There are a number of new sports card trading platforms, including digital ones so I’m skeptical if this is a fertile area for VC investment in the short-term, especially since this is a vertical area of investment for eBay.  This one has the advantage of being promoted by Derek Jeter, but that doesn’t guarantee success.

Boardroom: Derek Jeter’s Arena Club Announces $10 Million Series A Fundraising Round

Rick Watson

Rick Watson founded RMW Commerce Consulting after spending 20+ years as a technology entrepreneur and operator exclusively in the eCommerce industry with companies like ChannelAdvisor, BarnesandNoble.com, Merchantry, and Pitney Bowes.

Watson’s work today is centered on supporting investors and management teams incubating and growing direct-to-consumer businesses. Most recently, in partnership with WHP Global, Rick was a critical resource in architecting the WHP+ platform, a new turnkey direct to consumer digital e-commerce platform that powers AnneKlein.com and JosephAbboud.com.

Watson also hosts a weekly podcast, Watson Weekly, where he shares an unbiased, unfiltered expert take on the retail sector’s biggest players.

In the past year alone, Rick has spoken at many in-person and virtual events as well as podcasts on topics ranging from retail/ecom to supply chain/logistics and even digital grocery including CommerceNext IRL, ASCM Connect, and Retail Innovation Conference.

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