The Chernin Group has led a recent fundraising round in the social box score app Real, the sides confirmed to Front Office Sports.
Founded in beta mode in 2020 and officially launched in 2021 by brothers John and Louis Antonelli, Real is a fast-growing app that combines live stats and play-by-play with elements of social media and gaming similar to Twitter/X, Reddit, Discord, YouTube and Twitch live chats, Roblox, and Fortnite.
Other investors in Real from its past and present rounds include venture firms Pear Ventures, Tamarisk Lane, and Operator Partners; NBA players Tyrese Haliburton, Grayson Allen, and Tre Jones; influencers Clix (Cody Conrod) and Kenny Beecham; and sports business executives, including ex-ESPN EVP of Content/Words + Pictures founder Connor Schell and CAA Sports co-head Mike Levine.
“We’ve basically been tracking and chasing these cofounders for over a year,” Chernin Group co-founder and partner Mike Kerns told FOS. “I’ve been involved with digital sports since the beginning, in the early 2000s, and I think this is the fastest-growing sports app I’ve ever come across. What’s remarkable is they’ve done it with several employees and almost zero money on paid marketing.”
