April 24, 2024

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Florida's quote of the day

| 8/25/2016

" We invest in small startup companies on the verge of exploding."

-- Steve O'Hara, president of New World Angels

Boca Raton's New World Angels has invested in a fantasy sports game startup.

Miami-based Synkt Games has a mobile app, letsRUMBL, designed to attract the nonprofessional player. They can choose to play against friends or random individuals in daily baseball and basketball games or weekly football games. The app has "tens of thousands" of users, said Synkt Games CEO Bryan Abboud.

Read more at the South Florida Sun-Sentinel.

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