Game On | Exploring the Fusion of Sports, Gaming & Web3 with NFTs and Digital Collectible
In this episode
Siva Avvaru, yWhales Solutions Managing Director, and Abe Micael, yWhales Head of Ecosystem, speak with Matt Bailey, CEO of GameOn, to discuss the intersection of fantasy sports and gaming technology. The conversation delves into how GameOn got started and evolved its business model into a successful B2B enterprise.
Matt shares how GameOn has pioneered the next generation of fantasy sports, offering a life fantasy game where users earn rewards when their digital fighters land a punch or a kick in the pit. Listen as Siva, Abe, and Matt discuss the importance of engaging Gen Z and millennials who consume sports differently, in bite-sized pieces, and how gaming technology can provide a unique and engaging experience for them.
About Matt Bailey
Matt Bailey is an Australian entrepreneur in the U.S. After a career in sports business working for global brands like the Brooklyn Nets, Barclays Center, Cricket Australia, and CSM Sport & Entertainment, Matt Founded web3 games startup, GameOn Entertainment Technologies, now publicly-listed in Canada.
Since 2018, GameOn has raised more than $10 million in funding, gone through the world-renowned Techstars accelerator, and partnered with Comcast, NBCUniversal, Polygon, Hedera, Karate Combat, the WNBA, and India's largest media conglomerate, Times Internet. You’ll learn about: How Millennial sports consumption habits influenced GameOn: portability, interoperability, true ownership, utility & collectibility Utilizing athletes to leverage NFTs and bring awareness to the space.
Game On’s Social Links:
GameOn’s Website: https://gameon.app/
GameOn’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/game...
GameOn’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/gameonfanapp
GameOn’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gameonfanapp/
Guest Social Links:
Matt’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gameonmatt
Matt’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/gameonmatty
You’ll learn about:
How Millennial sports consumption habits influenced GameOn
GameOn: portability, interoperability, true ownership, utility & collectibility
Utilizing athletes to leverage NFTs and bring awareness to the space
Timestamps
00:00 Siva’s intro
00:32 Matt’s intro
2:34 How GameOn expands on the gaming experience
4:25 GameOn’s beginnings
8:15 Web3 and Playable NFTs
09:42 Digital collectibles & communities
12:02 Educating brands in Web3
14:15 Onboarding users
16:27 GameOn’s marketplace
18:54 The Karate Combat community
24:44 Hurdles to building GameOn
29:13 Benefits of Web3 and NFTs
36:35 Digital assets in sports
41:41 Product-first approach in sports
45:20 Athletes leveraging NFTs
49:51 How to get involved
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DISCLAIMER: yWhales is not affiliated with YPO. Support and production for today’s episode was done by Truth Work Media. Nothing in the podcast constitutes professional and/or financial advice, nor does any information on the podcast constitute a comprehensive or complete statement of the matters discussed or the law relating thereto.
