Randeep Wilkhu, senior investment manager at T-Venture, and Robert Dighero, angel investor and partner at Passion Capital, have joined Smarkets as board members.

Smarkets, a UK-based peer-to-peer betting platform, has raised $2.3m in its series A round from a consortium led by T-Venture, the corporate venturing unit of Germany-based phone operator Deutsche Telekom.

Venture capital firm Passion Capital reinvested in the B round having seeded Smarkets in its White Bear Yard incubator.

Randeep Wilkhu, senior investment manager at T-Venture, and Robert Dighero, angel investor and partner at Passion Capital, have joined Smarkets as board members. 

Jason Trost, chief executive of Smarkets, said: “With…