Fanbase Lands $5 Million for Online Sports Almanac

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on August 24, 2009 - 7:55am.

San Francisco - Fanbase, a user-driven almanac of college and professional athletes, has received $5 million in funding from Benchmark Capital and officially launched its service.

Founded in 2008, San Francisco-based Fanbase said it attracted over 500,000 users during its beta period, who made more than 60,000 contributions to the site.

Fanbase now counts dedicated pages for more than 1.7 million athletes and 20,000 teams across 22 sports, including all major professional leagues and Division I, II, and III collegiate athletics.

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