FanDuel Acquires Sports Analytics Company NumberFire

 Fantasy sports company FanDuel is acquiring numberFire, in a deal that co-founder and CEO Nigel Eccles told me will help FanDuel pursue a vision that goes beyond fantasy sports. “Our ambitions have really broadened,” Eccles said. “We’ve started to think of ourselves less as a fantasy sports business — we want to make sports more exciting.” Read More