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PressBox: Funding, Investors & Team (Sep 2026)

PressBox was founded by ex-Bleacher Report engineers who saw where AI could help media organizations scale the discovery, creation, and measurement of personalized content across a variety of platforms. Gen-Z is leading a shift in fandom, following sports through athletes, influencers, and cultural moments in contrast to the team and city-based affinity of previous generations. Sports organizations are looking to personalization to meet this rapidly growing portion of the fan base, but lack the end-to-end solution to deliver revenue-producing results. Our platform enables leagues to reach more fans by automating the creation and distribution of highly-personalized, sponsorable, multi-modal content that speaks to fans regardless of their connection to a sport.

pressbox.studio LinkedIn Bellingham, United States 11-50 employees
Artificial Intelligence (AI) Media and Entertainment Sports B2B B2C
Total raised
$2.0M
Rounds
1
Latest
Seed
Apr 2026

PressBox has raised $2.0M across 1 funding round on record, the most recent a Seed of $2.0M announced in Apr 2026.

That round is below the $5.7M median round size for Artificial Intelligence companies tracked on FundedIQ over the last two years.

PressBox Company Profile and Key Stats

Total funding raised
$2.0M
across 1 round on record
Funding rounds on record
1
Latest funding round
Seed
$2.0M in Apr 2026
Employees
11-50
reported band
Headquarters
Bellingham, United States

Latest funding round on record: Apr 2026.

PressBox Funding Rounds

Date
Round
Amount
Seed
$2.0M

PressBox Founders and Leadership Team

Name
Role
Contact
Rico Howard
Founder

No contact details are on record for this team yet.

PressBox Funding Compared to Other Artificial Intelligence Startups

Segment
Companies
Median round
29,795
$7.5M
16,575
$3.1M

PressBox's latest round of $2.0M is below the median round in Artificial Intelligence. Medians cover the last 24 months of disclosed rounds.

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PressBox Funding FAQs

What does PressBox do?

PressBox was founded by ex-Bleacher Report engineers who saw where AI could help media organizations scale the discovery, creation, and measurement of personalized content across a variety of platforms. Gen-Z is leading a shift in fandom, following sports through athletes, influencers, and cultural moments in contrast to the team and city-based affinity of previous generations. Sports organizations are looking to personalization to meet this rapidly growing portion of the fan base, but lack the end-to-end solution to deliver revenue-producing results. Our platform enables leagues to reach more fans by automating the creation and distribution of highly-personalized, sponsorable, multi-modal content that speaks to fans regardless of their connection to a sport.

How much funding has PressBox raised?

PressBox has raised $2.0M across 1 round on record. The most recent is a Seed of $2.0M announced in Apr 2026.

When did PressBox last raise funding?

PressBox's most recent funding round on record is a Seed of $2.0M, announced in Apr 2026.

Who founded PressBox?

FundedIQ lists Rico Howard (Founder) at PressBox.

Where is PressBox headquartered?

PressBox is based in Bellingham, Washington, United States.

How many employees does PressBox have?

PressBox is in the 11-50 employee band.

How does PressBox's funding compare to other Artificial Intelligence startups?

PressBox's latest round of $2.0M is below the $5.7M median round size for Artificial Intelligence companies on FundedIQ across 7,234 tracked companies over the last two years.

About FundedIQ's PressBox Funding Data

FundedIQ tracks announced funding rounds and refreshes this profile every week. Round dates, stages and amounts are normalised to a single format, converted to US dollars, and de-duplicated: two records of the same round announced days apart are merged, and two genuinely different rounds are kept apart on the amounts they disclose. Amounts shown are the disclosed figures only — a round announced without a number is listed and excluded from the total rather than estimated.

Employee counts are reported bands, not exact headcounts. Founder and executive names carry the job title on record. Anything we do not hold for PressBox is left off this page rather than filled in.

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