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Type of site | Sport website |
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Available in | English |
Owner | Balls Media |
URL | balls |
Balls.ie is a sport website based in Ireland. It was founded in 2010. [1] [2]
According to The Irish Times in 2015, 1.2 million unique visitors experienced Balls.ie every month. [3] This had risen to 1.7 million by 2016. [4] According to Balls Media's Brian Reynolds, it refused two full takeover attempts in 2015. [3]
Enterprise Ireland and the National Digital Research Centre provided it with funds of €75,000 in 2014, with a return of around 15 per cent equity at a value of around €500,000. [3] Key Capital, majority owner of The Sunday Business Post , became involved in 2015, investing approximately €100,000. [3] At this time, the business had ten staff. [3] Enterprise Ireland offered a further €150,000 in 2016. [4]
Basketball Ireland have had Balls.ie as a "digital content partner", with this being the website's first such partnership. [1] [5]
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