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Fight for the Cure | Ottawa Citizen

Fight for the Cure's Duane Francis on getting into the ring for cancer patients – Ottawa Business Journal

When Duane Francis was first asked to fight in the white-collar charity boxing gala for the Ottawa Regional Cancer Foundation, his response was what you might expect: “Not a chance; are you crazy?”

Fight for the Cure is looking like a million bucks | Ottawa Business Journal

The pandemic may have knocked large-scale fundraisers to their knees these last couple of years but Fight for the Cure has never gone down for the count.

Social commerce platform Millions.co gets millions in VC funding

Going after social commerce for sportspeople, Millions gets $10M – TechCrunch

Ottawa entrepreneurs' Millions.co e-commerce platform packs a punch

Ottawa entrepreneurs' Millions.co e-commerce platform packs a punch

Ottawa entrepreneurs' Millions.co e-commerce platform packs a punch

Ottawa entrepreneurs' Millions.co e-commerce platform packs a punch

Jul 20, 2021 This article originally appeared in the summer edition of OBJ's newsmagazine. Read the full issue here. Slightly more than a year ago as the sports world was shutting down in the wake of the pandemic, boxing fans Matt and Scott Whitteker quickly realized their favourite athletes were about to suffer a major financial body blow. “We were wondering how fighters were going to be able to make it through this phase without boxing,” says Scott Whitteker, who, like his older brother, has been enamoured with the “sweet science” since he was a kid. The Ottawa natives also happen to be entrepreneurs to the core who opened their own gym when Scott was just 19 and Matt was 23. They knew from experience that most boxers, mixed martial artists and other combat fighters have few alternative sources of income beyond what they earn in the ring or octagon.

MILLIONS.co Launches Social E-commerce Platform to Connect Athletes To Fans

MILLIONS.co Launches Social E-commerce Platform to Connect Athletes To Fans Share Article Bruce Buffer launches new fan engagement platform set to disrupt the multi-billion dollar sports entertainment industry by combining social commerce, branded merch, video streaming and paid fan interaction. “The professional sports industry is rapidly changing,” says Bruce Buffer, MILLIONS.co co-founder. “What athletes need now is a radical shift, to take back control of their careers and their relationship with fans all over the world." LAS VEGAS (PRWEB) May 13, 2021 MILLIONS.co is launching a powerful social e-commerce and fan engagement platform with a focus on combat sports with an expansion into other sports verticals in the near future. The company is co-founded by international sports and entertainment announcer Bruce Buffer, the legendary “Voice Of Mixed Martial Arts" and four entrepreneurs who share a love for sports. Matt Whitteker, a supply chain technology entrepreneur, philanthropist and founder of $1B+ Assent Compliance, his brother Scott Whitteker who runs the world’s largest charity boxing event FIGHT FOR THE CURE, Brandon Austin former co-founder of GoFish Cam, as well as e-commerce pioneer and tech investor Adrian Salamunovic who has deep experience in on-demand printing and boot-strapped his previous DTC (Direct-to-consumer) company CanvasPop to 8-figure sales before raising venture capital.