Company raises $500K, Partners with #1 French Sports Radio Station and Adds Key Players to Advisory Board Team

SAN FRANCISCO, June 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Footbalistic.com announced today the availability of stats from the complete history of the World Cup Games and a Firefox search plugin. The company also announced several business successes, including fundraising, renowned advisory board additions and new customers.

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For World Cup followers everywhere, Footbalistic.com adds new content to its site:

• The History of the World Cup – Footbalistic.com delivers all the stats, news, comparisons and photos since its inception. http://www.footbalistic.com
• Firefox search – From your browser toolbar, easily search anything football including teams and players. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/161883/

Just four weeks after officially launching, Footbalistic.com takes the online sports world by storm:

• Fundraising – company raises $500K from business angels.  This round remains open.
• New Advisory Board Members – Andrew Anker, EVP of Six Apart, Bob Contiguglia, Former President of United States Soccer Federation, and Daniel Marion, Senior Manager, ICT Enterprise Solutions, Union of European Football Associations (UEFA)
• RMC (Leading French Sports Radio) – Footbalistic.com provides licensed tools including side-by-side comparisons for RMC's radio and online audiences. http://www.rmc.fr/
• ChinICT Award – Footbalistic receives "Tencent Rising Star Award" in Beijing, China. - http://blog.footbalistic.com/?p=841

Key Quotes

"Footbalistic is taking an innovative approach to statistic aggregation. Leveraging feeds from Twitter, videos and photos from across the Web, they're providing fans with the facts and sentiment of football fans around the world.  Nowhere else can you can get both side-by-side." – Daniel Marion, Senior Manager – ICT Enterprise Solutions, UEFA

"It's been an outstanding month at Footbalistic.  From our first customers, to advisory board and product additions, we're hitting all our key milestones and quickly becoming the greatest football site in the World." – Stephane Delbecque, CEO and co-Founder

About Footbalistic.com

Footbalistic.com is the premier destination for football (soccer) fans.  Whether you follow players, teams or leagues, Footbalistic.com delivers the most comprehensive stats, game comparisons, photos, videos, and Twitter feeds on the Web. Footbalistic.com supports you while you support the beautiful game. Visit www.footbalistic.com.

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