Former Super Bowl foes, Tom Brady and Michael Strahan, received funding from Courtside VC for their production company, Religion of Sports. (Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images)
Super Bowl champions Tom Brady and Michael Strahan raised $3 million in venture capital funding for their production company from CourtsideVC and Shari Redstone’s Advancit Capital.
The former foes joined forces in February, along with filmmaker Gotham Chopra (son of Deepak Chopra) and investor Ameeth Sankaran, to formally launch Religion of Sports, a digital production startup.
According to the Boston Business Journal, Religion of Sports did not announce what the funding would be used for, but it could perhaps be put towards new programming to supplement “Tom vs. Time,” the Facebook Watch series documenting Brady’s personal and competitive life. That series launched during the Patriots’ playoff run that ended in a Super Bowl defeat to the Philadelphia Eagles.
The company has also produced documentaries centered on Kobe Bryant and Victor Cruz, Boston Business Journal reported.
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