Irvine, California-based Eilers & Krejcik Gaming (EKG) has announced the launch of EKG Ventures, a private investment arm designed to fund and advise early-stage gambling and gaming companies.
EKG principal Adam Krejcik commented, “We currently have 10 active investments that span across the gaming industry and we look forward to investing in the next wave of high-growth and disruptive gaming companies. We believe we are uniquely positioned to leverage EKG’s deep institutional knowledge and wide-ranging relationships
to provide early-stage companies with unmatched strategic capital.”
Some investments to date: Underdog Fantasy, a mobile-based daily fantasy sports company, Live Play Mobile, developer and publisher of a free-to-play, live streaming bingo game, and Jackpocket, developer of a licensed third-party lottery app in the USA that allows the purchase of lottery tickets by phone.
