Pro Cricket Nears U.S. Debut as Microsoft’s Nadella, Perot Lead Backers
Click here to read the full article. Three years after USA Cricket announced a plan to raise $1 billion to fund the sport professionally in America, the upstart Major League Cricket announced Wednesday that it had banked $44 million in closing its Series A and A1 fundraising rounds, with an additional $76 million in investment commitments over the next year.
In a press release, MLC said its investment has thus far been led by Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella; Seattle-based venture capitalist Soma Somasegar; Ross Perot Jr., the billionaire scion of the ‘90s-era presidential candidate; Sanjay Govil; and tech entrepreneurs and business...