FTBpro.com, the Largest Fan-Generated Digital Media Platform in Football, Secures $5.8 Million from Battery and Gemini to Fund Global Expansion

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22 May, 2013, 08:00 GMT

LONDON, May 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --

  • FTBpro, the largest fan-generated media platform in football
  • 20 million monthly page views, growing rapidly
  • Over 1,000 contributing fan writers with over 200 articles published daily
  • Covering all major leagues worldwide
  • Unique interactive multilingual content and tools

FTBpro.com, the largest fan-generated media platform in online football, has secured $5.8 million financing from Battery Ventures and Gemini Israel Ventures, as the new media company continues to expand into key geographical markets.

Serving avid football fan communities of all major football leagues worldwide, FTBpro delivers 20 million pageviews every month. The unique platform is driven by 1,000 regular contributors, generating over 200 daily articles in English, Spanish, German and Italian.

FTBpro enables fans to contribute, participate, write and share their views with millions of fellow football fans. Content popularity is determined by readers who rank articles, and by FTBpro's editors who further promote the highest quality writing, topics and opinions.

The platform also includes innovative content creation tools, allowing contributors as well as media partners to utilize FTBpro's proprietary templates to create dynamic interactive content which incorporates many features such as match predictions, videos, imagery slideshows, team line-ups, player rankings and much more.

Asaf Peled, founder and CEO of FTBpro, said: "In these modern days, every fan with a computer, tablet or mobile phone is a potential journalist and commentator. Our mission, via the FTBpro platform, is to enable each and every football fan to express their views and passion in the most seamless, widespread and professional manner by using the modern market's most advanced content generation tools and distribution. The versatile and interactive content adds a cutting edge, rich and complementing dimension to the experience available to football fans and media partners."

FTBpro is available on all digital platforms including the http://www.ftbpro.com/ website and the FTBpro dedicated apps on iPhone and Android devices.

To download FTBpro to your smartphone go to

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ftbpro.app or

https://itunes.apple.com/en/app/ftbpro/id600808581?mt=8&ign-mpt=uo%3D2

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