Kurt Farrugia, an experienced employee in the local iGaming sector, has joined seed and early-stage accelerator happyhour.io as Head of Product.

Kurt Farrugia / LinkedIn

The company provides capital, technology, network, and access to its Partners, thus ensuring the companies and products it invests in have an outstanding launch and durable future.

Mr Farrugia started off his professional career as Lead Web Designer at Netagame – a position which he held for upwards of two years before moving on to iGamingPlatform.com.

In 2019, Mr Farrugia joined iGaming Group as Product Manager and in March 2020 he was appointed Product Leader and Advisor at Samecoin. He held the latter role up until last month.

Happyhour.io boasts a sizeable investment portfolio which, amongst other companies, includes streaming house Wedia and sports betting brand Betsala.

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