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Switzerland – Sportradar acquires Optima

Sportradar, provider of sports data and content, have announced the immediate acquisition of Optima.

Optima will extend Sportradar’s current betting services portfolio, create a technology and services business capable of offering a complete turnkey solution including a dedicated sports betting and iGaming platform supported by existing sports data, risk management and marketing services. The company will now offer the entire betting and gaming value chain in both established and emerging markets as they regulate.

Carsten Koerl, Chief Executive Officer of Sportradar, said: “This acquisition puts us in prime position to achieve our aim of becoming the world’s leading supplier of modular turnkey betting services and solutions. Optima utilizes the very best-in-breed technology to provide their clients with the most advanced and flexible platforms and having a 360-degree product portfolio is a key part of our future growth strategy. We are delighted to welcome them to the Sportradar family.”

Sportradar’s sports data and risk management services will continue to be platform-agnostic, expanding the current catalogue of services to operators. Existing and future sportsbook platform provider partnerships will remain unaffected and Sportradar will enable bookmakers to integrate its services to their own in-house or third-party platform.

Jacob Lopez, Chief Executive Officer of Optima, added: “Optima joining Sportradar is the next natural step in the achievement of our company vision. Sportradar is an organization that I have admired for a very long time, and we couldn’t be happier to be joining forces with them.”