Meredith Mcpherron

Managing Partner, Drive by DraftKings

📍 Greater Boston, United States🔄 Updated September 2026💼 8 investments📅 9 years investing🗓 Last invested Jan 2024
VC🌍 United States
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2024
Premier consumer entertainment and commerce
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2024
Engineered for rest. Designed for sleep. Get $50 off Ozlo Sleepbuds® - available now at OzloSleep.com 💤
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2024
Community-centered running products, stories, and experiences.
Board Member
Sep 2021
An award-winning metaverse studio seamlessly connecting communities, platforms, and brands. Founded by female executives from the gaming and media industries, which were inspired to create diverse multiplayer media products for girls and boys, from the tender age of <4 through +18. The company achievements in innovation were recognized by platforms and brands alike, and includes: +First pro-studio to launch experience on Minecraft marketplace, in partnership with Microsoft First branded media IP hit on Roblox (Miraculous Ladybug RP, 2021) +First teleportation brand activation (Netflix, 2021) +First to co-develop a branded Roblox + Fortnite concurrent activation (Dove, 2023) +First to introduce proprietary Deep Learning to Roblox brand analytics (2023) Our teams are based in Europe and North America, and are using a mature game development pipeline which merges the high quality of a pro-studio with the fast iterations and community-first approach of a UGC creator.
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2021
Since 2019, Papaya has been committed to shaping the future of gaming through an innovative and forward-thinking approach to game development. We believe that gaming should be about more than just luck, which is why our games are designed to reward skill, strategy, and perseverance. Ranked by Dun’s 100 as one of the top 50 hi-tech companies in Israel to work for.
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2021
Solving problems that sit at a unique intersection of hardware, tech, health, fitness and design.
Experience · 15 entries
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2024
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2024
Premier consumer entertainment and commerce
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2024
Engineered for rest. Designed for sleep. Get $50 off Ozlo Sleepbuds® - available now at OzloSleep.com 💤
Investor
2024
Community-centered running products, stories, and experiences.
2021
Board Member
Sep 2021
An award-winning metaverse studio seamlessly connecting communities, platforms, and brands. Founded by female executives from the gaming and media industries, which were inspired to create diverse multiplayer media products for girls and boys, from the tender age of <4 through +18. The company achievements in innovation were recognized by platforms and brands alike, and includes: +First pro-studio to launch experience on Minecraft marketplace, in partnership with Microsoft First branded media IP hit on Roblox (Miraculous Ladybug RP, 2021) +First teleportation brand activation (Netflix, 2021) +First to co-develop a branded Roblox + Fortnite concurrent activation (Dove, 2023) +First to introduce proprietary Deep Learning to Roblox brand analytics (2023) Our teams are based in Europe and North America, and are using a mature game development pipeline which merges the high quality of a pro-studio with the fast iterations and community-first approach of a UGC creator.
Investor
2021
Since 2019, Papaya has been committed to shaping the future of gaming through an innovative and forward-thinking approach to game development. We believe that gaming should be about more than just luck, which is why our games are designed to reward skill, strategy, and perseverance. Ranked by Dun’s 100 as one of the top 50 hi-tech companies in Israel to work for.
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