Summary: Sold to CBS. Online publisher of national high school sports media and information.
Additional Information: MaxPreps publishes the most comprehensive sports information web site in the world, featuring stats, stories and photos, starring high school athletes and the outstanding men and women who spend countless hours coaching them.
MaxPreps is the first company to track high school football in every state. MaxPreps will publish schedules, standings for all 15,280 varsity high school football teams in America, and scores from each of 72,500 games. For football, MaxPreps will offer fans the first, comprehensive, national power ratings system for every team in the country. At season's end, MaxPreps crowns its national "Team of the Year."
High School Sports Information Leader MaxPreps Announces Series B Financing - MaxPreps, Inc., the leader in high school sports information and media, today announced it has completed a Series B round of venture financing with participation from BEV Capital, DFJ Frontier, and lead investor Dolphin Equity Partners. BuinessWire,
Jul 19, 2006.
MaxPreps lands new venture cash - High-school sports specialist MaxPreps Inc. has landed $7 million in a second round of venture capital financing, including a follow-on investment by DFJ Frontier. Sacramento Business Journal,
Jul 19, 2006.
JiWire and MaxPreps chosen as "Baby Blue Chips" - JiWire and MaxPreps make list of Top 10 Baby Blue Chip companies, identified as vital emerging firms in the Sacramento Metro Marketplace. Prosper Magazine,
Oct 1, 2005.
MaxPreps aims to dominate high school sports - DFJ Frontier portfolio company MaxPreps Inc. is ready to be the Internet equivalent of ESPN for high school sports. Sacramento Business Journal,
Aug 12, 2005.
