Troy Jones
From Baltimore, Maryland, Troy Jones is a tech leader and executive in the entertainment and sports world who is the CEO and Co-Founder of StatusPRO, an
immersive entertainment and technology company leveraging XR to develop groundbreaking first-person sports products that are reshaping the future of gaming, media, and sports training.
Jones has raised over $35M in funding from reputable VC groups– Google Ventures, Greycroft, & Verizon Ventures, from remarkable athletes & entertainers such as Lebron James, Beyonce, Drake, Naomi Osaka, Jimmy Iovine and many more, as well as NFL Ownership Groups— the San Francisco 49ers, Minnesota Vikings, and Cleveland Browns. He has led negotiations in partnership deals with Disney/ESPN, Meta, Sony, NFL, NBA, & many more notable organizations. StatusPRO has quickly risen to be one of the top VR studios and has turned their game, NFL PRO ERA, into the fastest-selling sports title in VR history with more than 1.4 Million users and being the first company, outside of Electronic Arts (Madden) to receive a license from the NFL in 18 years.
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