Daily fantasy sports are too complicated for the average fan. Or at least that’s the thesis behind Boom Fantasy, a daily fantasy sports experience designed for the everyday sports fan.
Instead of sorting through thousands of players to craft lineups from scratch, Boom Fantasy players answer a series of simple questions – like “who will score more points tonight, Lebron James or Steph Curry?” Each answer is assigned a point value – so if you get that question right you’ll get a certain number of points.
Users pay cash to enter contests, and whoever gets the most points (i.e., most questions right) wins. Lineups are created in a matter of minutes, meaning it’s much more fun for the casual fan who doesn’t want to spend hours analyzing statistics and managing a salary cap.
And so far, it seems like sports fans agree. Revenue has grown 10x year-over-year, and today Boom Fantasy is announcing a $2M Seed round led by Founders Fund, with participation from other notable sports executives and owners from ESPN and an MLB team. The startup was founded by Steve Murphy and Assaf Einat, who met at Stanford where they founded the company with a angel investment from