February 21st, 2013

Deutsche Telekom’s T-Venture Takes A Punt On P2P Betting Exchange Smarkets, Leads $2.3M Funding Round

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Smarkets, the UK-based peer-to-peer betting exchange, has raised a fresh $2.3 million round of funding led by Deutsche Telekom’s T-Venture, along with existing backer Passion Capital. This brings the London startup’s total funding to $3.3m. → Read More

October 25th, 2010

With Betfair's pending IPO, Smarkets sees £1m traded on its social 'betting exchange'

Smarkets, the London-based social gambling startup, has announced that it’s seen over £1 million traded on its ‘betting exchange’ since it publicly launched in February. The site, which competes with the likes of Betfair and to some degree intrade and betdaq, lets users set their own odds and bet against each other before and during events.

The company has also revealed that it’s finally going… → Read More

February 24th, 2010

Smarkets launches its social assault on the betting world

Smarkets, a startup which launched into private beta soon after presenting at our annual GeeknRolla event last year, has today launched publically.

Smarkets is a ‘social betting exchange’ which is launching initially with football/soccer bets covering UK football, the Champions League and the World Cup, but has plans to offer bets on the UK general election shortly. The idea is to bring a social… → Read More