Florida-based My Team Zone, Inc. a social network for youth sports teams, leagues, players, coaches and parents raised $2.3 million from private investors. Competitors include WePlay, which has raised $4.5 million in funding, Highschoolsports.net, Rivals.com , Eteamz, and Digitalsports.com.
David Adewumi, Founder and Chief Storyteller of http://heekya.com, leads the overall vision and product strategy for the start-up dubbed the ‘Wikipedia of Stories.’ For the past year, he has been a contributing writer for VentureBeat, with a focus on digital music and social start-ups. Previously, he led sales & product development for Lomic, Inc. an oil & natural gas software firm. David has served in the US Army as an Airborne Infantryman, before being appointed to the US Military Academy at West Point. He attended the Pennsylvania State University, where he pursued a degree in Economics.