Bet Buddy have been celebrating after winning the
Association of MBA (AMBA) 2013 Global Entrepreneurial Venture Award. Simo Dragicevic, Bet Buddy CEO and a Cass Business School alumnus, is pictured receiving the award from
Peter Cullum, a Cass alumnus who is founder of Towergate and who set-up the
Cass Entrepreneurship Fund. Businesses which have received investment from the
Cass Entrepreneurship Fund (Cass's £10 million venture capital fund) have now been finalists in this award category for three consecutive years.
Simo says, "We are absolutely thrilled to have won this prestigious
global competition. Bet Buddy has gone from strength to strength in the
past 12 months, winning clients in regulated markets in North America
and Europe. This award provides further validation that using data the
'Bet Buddy way' is becoming increasingly important to operators in
regulated gaming markets around the world.
"I'd like to give thanks to not only to the core team at Bet Buddy, but also our extended team at Cass. The business school was an important springboard for nurturing some of the
concepts behind Bet Buddy. Publishing my own peer-reviewed academic
research in partnership with Cass academics was critical in the early
stages of the business. After graduating and starting the business, the
Peter Cullum Centre for Entrepreneurship
has provided invaluable support. They have opened opportunities for
commercial partnerships and helped us fundraise via their own venture
fund, the Cass Entrepreneurship Fund, and through their extensive
investment network."
Nick Badman, Chair of the Peter Cullum Centre for Entrepreneurship,
says, "I wholly congratulate Simo on his success. We have been lucky
enough to work with him since Bet Buddy's inception and to watch the
business grow has been highly rewarding for the team at the Centre. "His success reflects all the hard work both he and the team at the
Centre are doing. This is great achievement and validates our approach
to supporting the creation of new businesses."
