Matt Bresler went to the sharks to finance Odditt, his Las Vegas-based sports betting tech startup.
Not pool sharks, loan sharks or the wealthy investors known as sharks on the TV show “Shark Tank. ” But prehistoric sharks.
Bresler, a native of Lexington, Mass. , started a fossil business in high school after spotting giant shark teeth for sale during a family trip to South Carolina. Fascinated, he began collecting and repairing fossils, then turned to eBay when he ran out of money.
“I just sort of stumbled into a business. I actually started to make some money, which blew my mind that I could make money on the internet,” he said.
