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UK – ZEAL partners with MassChallenge UK

By - 28 November 2016

Seed-stage investment company, ZEAL Investments, has partnered with MassChallenge UK, the most startup-friendly accelerator on the planet.

The partnership gives ZEAL Investments the opportunity to plug itself into the vast and varied array of startup companies involved in MassChallenge’s accelerator program.

Speaking of the partnership, James Oakes, Director of ZEAL Investments said: “With only five per cent of the $250bn lottery market currently played online, there is a huge opportunity for the industry to fully digitise and become a relevant part of peoples’ online and mobile lives.”

Christine Thoma, Head of Strategy at ZEAL Investments, added: “Our partnership with MassChallenge UK will help us to identify startups with unique ideas that can move the industry forward. With so many innovations happening in other industries, we are excited to see what can be brought to life in the lottery sector!”

“The knowledge and experience James and Christine bring from ZEAL Investments is incredibly beneficial to our startups” says Diane Perlman, Chief Marketing Officer at MassChallenge. “ZEAL Investments’ strategic and entrepreneurial experience alone makes them very valuable partners to work with.”

ZEAL Investments hosted its first event with MassChallenge UK on TuesdayOctober 11. This “demo day” brought together startups from the current accelerator program and c. 20 employees from different areas of ZEAL Network SE. Nine startups pitched a variety of different businesses, ranging from chat bots disrupting insurance sales, to digitalising the learning process for Braille, to turning the humble cow into a new asset class. The next event is planned for early 2017.

Zeal’s James Oakes said: “This was a great event to kick-off our partnership and very beneficial for all concerned – a good opportunity for startups to pitch and receive feedback, and for our ZEAL colleagues to be exposed to the ideas and passion of the startup world. We are very excited about this partnership and look forward to developing it over the next months.”

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