Philadelphia Eagles’s ball carrier, Saquon Barkley, has become an investor in the Fintech startup RampHe is also the star of the first advertising of the company’s super bowl.
Interestingly, it was Barkley who holded the hand to the investment, and not the reverse, as is the case so often the case with the celebrity mentions.
Barkley set out after reading Peter Thiel’s book, “Zero to a“, According to the CEO and co-founder of Ramp, Eric Glyman. Barkley chose the ramp after some friends of mutual investors made “solid” ramp recommendations, said Glyman.
In a blog Published on February 6 on the Ramp website, Barkley would have said: “The real partnership requires skin in the game. That is why I invested in the ramp. I saw in the first hand how they feed American companies to reduce costs and reach a higher level of performance. This is the kind of impact I want to be a part. »»
The 15 seconds announcement – who presents Barkley buried in a mountain of expenditure reports – was designed, shot down and finished in seven days, said Glyman.
Founded in 2019, Ramp has been built a name in the management space and corporate expenses. He extended in travel, the remuneration of invoices, and more, and was the last evaluated at $ 7.65 billion.
According to Ramp, Barkley’s investment in the FinTUP Fintech marks the largest private technological investment in NFL to date. According to Pitchbook, he also supported the cryptographic startup Labs de MonadeFintech and Y combinator alun Glitterand performance of the X2 drinks company.
The Super Bowl is broadcast on February 9; The Philadelphia Eagles will face the Chiefs of Kansas City.
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