Nigel Eccles

Nigel Eccles is a technology entrepreneur currently serving as the CEO of the group chat company Flick. He is best known for being the co-founder and CEO of Hubdub and FanDuel.[1][2][3]

Nigel Eccles
Alma materUniversity of St. Andrews
EmployerFlick
TitleCEO

Career

Nigel launched the online political prediction market Hubdub in 2007.[4] He admitted that Hubdub "didn’t really have a good business model," which made him change the focus of the company.[5] Hubdub later turned into FanDuel.[6]

Eccles co-founded the daily fantasy company FanDuel in 2009.[7] Starting in 2016, he oversaw the planning of the merger between FanDuel and Draftkings.[8] However, the Federal Trade Commission blocked the merger from taking place in 2017.[9]

In November 2017 Eccles left FanDuel to pursue a new venture in the esports industry.[10]

In January 2018, Eccles co-founded an Edinburgh-based video game and social streaming platform Flick.[11]

In May of 2020, Nigel Eccles worked with Scott Greenberg and Mike Kuchera to create StarStock, a website focused on buying and selling sports cards. In March of 2021, StarStock raised $8 million in a round of funding, with investors including Andreesen Horowitz and Atlanta Hawks guard Trae Young.[12]

References
  1. "FanDuel CEO and co-founder Nigel Eccles is leaving to start an eSports company". Recode. 20 November 2017.
  2. "FanDuel CEO and co-founder Nigel Eccles is leaving to start an eSports company". Digit.
  3. "FanDuel: Tyrone man Nigel Eccles will soon be Northern Ireland's newest billionaire". Belfast Telegraph. 22 July 2015.
  4. ""Twisted And Mischaracterized": How FanDuel's CEO Is Fighting Back Against Detractors". Fast Company. 18 April 2016.
  5. "Nigel Eccles: knowing when to "pivot" key for entrepreneurs". The Scotsman. 10 January 2017.
  6. "The $11,000,000 Round: Interview with "The Godfather" Nigel Eccles". Rotogrinders.
  7. "FanDuel founder Nigel Eccles leaves company". BBC. 20 November 2017.
  8. "Daily Fantasy Sports Sites DraftKings And FanDuel Agree To Merge". NPR. 18 November 2016.
  9. "FanDuel is weighing whether to drop its merger with DraftKings". Recode. 11 July 2017.
  10. "FanDuel CEO, Co-Founder Eccles to Leave Company". The Wall Street Journal. 20 November 2017.
  11. "FanDuel co-founders launch new esports venture in Edinburgh". Future Scot. 23 January 2018.
  12. Tim Casey (April 1, 2021). "StarStock, An Online Sports Cards Marketplace, Raises $8 Million In Series A Funding". Forbes.
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