Sportstechx - Startups & The Sports Tech Ecosystem

#sportstech #sportsbusiness #sportstechnology #sportsbiz Back after a break, on this week's episode, The Sports Tech AllStars Podcast presents- Teamworks: The Operating System for Sports. We have Fee Beyer (Business Development Executive) and Hayden Gutry (Head of Europe, the Middle East and Africa) from Teamworks. We talked about how Teamworks operates, their recent launch in Germany, challenges they’ve faced in different markets around the world, their presence at the SportsInnovation event on 21st and 22nd March in Düsseldorf and what we can expect from them in the next 12-18 months. Teamworks is the proven operating system for high performance, powering more than 6,000 sports, military, and public safety organisations around the world. Available on a centralised and integrated platform, the Teamworks’ product suite provides specialised applications to support recruiting, development, management, individual branding, and community building. Based in Durham, North Carolina, and founded in 2004, Teamwork

On this week's episode, The SportsTech Allstars Podcast presents- Philip Steyn, Co-Founder and CEO of SportCentrAll- The software development company with a flagship all-in-one Sports mobile App for Schools, Clubs, Coaches, Players and Fans. Philip talks about growing up in South Africa and his sporting career there, post which he started working in finance in Australia. He started SportCentrAll as a fan engagement solution which developed into an all in one sports app. He talks about his 4 year journey of building the product before launching last year. Listen to the full episode to know about their journey, successes, challenges and upcoming projects. SportCentrAll® was created with a clear vision: To make a significant contribution towards the development of players and athletes around the world and help them reach their full potential. SportCentrAll has built an entire sporting ecosystem that is designed to provide easy and affordable tools to help clubs, schools, athletes, players, coaches and admini

On our second episode of the SportsTech AllStars Podcast of 2024 we're excited to feature Mateusz Szala, Co-Founder of ReSpo.Vision the AI and Computer Vision-powered 3D sport’s tracking data system that is bringing the sports analytics and entertainment experience to the forefront. On this episode, Mateusz talks about his background in consulting where he previously led strategic projects in the technology and financial industry, his work with The Boston Consulting Group, where he met his Co-Founder ⁠Paweł Osterreicher⁠, and how their shared passion for crunching numbers and sports led to the early conceptualisation of Respo.Vision. Mateusz also talks about how they use Computer Vision to build a new fan engagement and analytical platform. We talk about the new applications of technologies such as VR headsets, the sports betting market and their numerous innovations in the field. Respo.Vision brings a new depth of analytics to sports using Computer Vision. Their system detects 3D positions of the ball

Welcome back to the SportsTech AllStars Podcast's first episode of 2024! We kickoff our podcast lineup for the year by featuring the winner of our first edition of the SportsTech Startup Spotlight Competition - Mingle Sport. We are joined today by Freek Bijl, Co-Founder and CEO of Mingle Sport- a Sports Tech startup that's building your favourite ball sports app for grassroots players, trainers and their fans. On this episode Freek talks about his background in digital consulting, his experience working on digital transformations for major brands as Chief Strategy Officer, his personal subpar experience with grassroots football on a digital and statistical front and how his need to provide better statistics, match sharing experiences and team logistics led to the eventual foundation of Mingle Sport. He also talks about their successes with go-to market strategy for various countries, their biggest challenges and their exciting future projects. Mingle Sport is a social app for grassroots ball sports

We close out our month of focusing on VC's in SportsTech, with the SportsTech Radar- A 60 minute snapshot of the most important findings from the 5th Edition of the Global SportsTech VC Report 2023, covering data & insights from another interesting year for SportsTech.

Fresh off the launch of our Global SportsTech VC Report 2023, a definitive compilation of Investment Data within the Sports Tech Ecosystem, we are shining the spotlight on VC’s in order to get an investors perspective on the latest in SportsTech trends. On this week's episode we are excited to feature Andrew Petcash, founder of Profluence Sports, a multi-media powerhouse and VC fund sitting squarely at the intersection of sports, tech, and media. On this episode Andrew talks about his background in collegiate sports, playing basketball for Boston University, how he built his own website called College Athlete Insight, his brief stint with coaching and his journey of founding his own VC and Media ecosystem-Profluence. We discuss the various deals that Profluence Capital has been involved in such as Minutely, SportsVizio and Sapphire, we talk about India as an emerging market for SportsTech and their exciting future projects. Profluence brings together founders, investors, athletes to create a community

We're about a week away from publishing the 5th edition of the Global SportsTech VC Report 2023, and we're shining the spotlight on VC’s in order to get an investors perspective on the latest in SportsTech trends. For our second episode we are excited to feature Cici Bellis, Founder and General Partner at Cartan Capital, a venture capital firm focused on the sports and health technology sectors. On this episode CiCi talks about her unique background as a professional tennis player, her foray into venture capital and her journey of founding her own VC firm Cartan Capital. We also discuss wearables, tennis tech, VC trends and more. Cartan Capital is a forward-thinking venture capital firm focused on the sports and health technology markets. With a deep understanding of the unique challenges and opportunities in sports and health technology, they provide financial support, strategic guidance and industry expertise to help their portfolio companies thrive.   To learn more, visit: https://www.cartan-ca

Leading up to the launch of our Global SportsTech VC Report 2023, a definitive compilation of Investment Data within the Sports Tech Ecosystem, we shine the spotlight on VC’s in order to get an investors perspective on the latest in SportsTech trends. On our first episode we are excited to feature Brandon Allen Co-Founder and Managing Partner of TXV Partners. TXV is an institutionally-backed private investment firm focusing on the sports, human performance, and software verticals. Brandon talks about his background in Consulting and Equity, the early inception of how he and Marcus Stroud, college roommates at Princeton, founded TXV a Venture Capital Fund centred around an ethos of Human Performance and Health Accountability, in Texas in 2019. He talks about their various  investments into startups including Future Fit, Data.World, Oura, Future, Kambr and Trax.  TXV Partners’ Evolution Fund aims to be the premier investment vehicle that targets the entire ecosystem of sports and its adjacent markets- wellnes

In this weeks special episode, we are joined by Olivia Czetwertynski, CSO of Betahaus, the pioneers behind community-driven co-working spaces and incubators. BetahausX along with its Korean partners, are privileged to introduce K-Sports Tech to Europe. They are the proud hosts of KoreaTech Demo Day- an event that showcases the incredible advancements in health and sport innovations straight from Korea. In this episode, we with chat with some of the pioneers of Korean Health and Sports Tech at Betahaus. Manhyung Han, CEO of Kinetic Labs, talks about merging AI, wearables and mobile gaming into a seamless experience; Juno Junwoo Kim, Director and CCO of Ascent Sports, discusses nutrition and training for the athletic elite; and Kate Ki, CEO of Walking Master, tells us her founding story of how her customizable, stylish, and affordable foot health specialty brand is changing the footwear game.

In this week's episode of Innovation in CricketTech, we are joined by Runish Gudhka, CEO of BatFast, the global sports technology company using data, augmented reality, machine learning, and robotics to re-engineer how sports are played. Runish talks about growing up in Kenya, representing his country in Cricket at the national level, his background in Technology and Entrepreneurship and how that journey eventually led him to co-founding BatFast. He talks about BatFast’s various activations in the MLB and the Cricket World Cup, their projects with cricket simulators in the U.S and U.K, the launch of multi-activity based entertainment venues, the next evolution of BatFast, and their expansion into other sports such as Baseball and Tennis. BatFast uses data and patented technology to make sports more accessible for beginners and aspiring professionals alike. BatFast technology re-engineers playing fields to fit inside urban entertainment spaces, training venues, and at home. Their software delivers an eng

In our second week of Innovation in CricketTech, we are joined by Madan Rajagopal, Founder & CEO of Ludimos, the AI-powered cricket coaching platform that helps coaches track the performance of their players using elite broadcast level analytics. In this episode, Madan talks about his background in engineering and AI, his work as a scientist and researcher, and how that led to the early inception of an AI based platform in a sport he's deeply passionate about- cricket! He talks about how Ludimos uses AI to improve the coaching experience, the limitations and barriers of CricketTech, and their exciting future projects. Ludimos provides elite broadcast level analytics for player development & scouting talents using just a smartphone. From session planning to player development, Ludimos provides coaching & analytical tools to help develop athletes. To learn more, visit https://www.ludimos.com/ Hosted by Rohn Malhotra from SportsTechX - Data & Insights about SportsTech startups and the su

For October, our spotlight is on Innovation in CricketTech. Running alongside the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup, we’re exploring the latest in CricketTech Startups. On our first episode, we're excited to feature South African cricketing legend Mr. Gary Kirsten. Gary is the Co-Founder of CoachEd Cricket, the online cricket coaching education platform with globally recognized courses created and endorsed by the world’s leading cricket coaches. In this episode Gary talks about his introduction to cricket at an early age, his 17 year professional playing career, and his tenure coaching at the highest level for 19 years. He shares the fascinating story behind how he got the Indian Cricket Head Coaching position and led India to win the Cricket World Cup. Gary also discusses how CoachEd was founded, the barriers of coaching education across the globe, how his platform helps coaches today, their success cases and exciting future projects. CoachEd Cricket brings online courses which have been developed to certif

Closing out our month of focusing on Innovation in Stadium & Venue Technology we have an exciting guest, Luccas Roznowicz, Head of Digital Innovations at Deutsche Fußball Liga. Luccas discusses his background in Sport Marketing, what his current role as Head of Digital Innovation entails, and how they are working towards enhancing and improving media production with the help of technology partners and innovative companies such as AWS. In this episode we look back at the success cases from the SportsInnovation 2022 event and the exciting future projects they have in store for the SportsInnovation 2024 event. To learn more, visit https://www.dfl.de/de/ Hosted by Rohn Malhotra from SportsTechX - Data & Insights about SportsTech startups and the surrounding ecosystem.

How do you engage 50,000 fans inside a stadium at Half-Time? In this week's episode of Innovation in StadiumTech, we chat with Gareth Langley, CEO of Piing, the multi-player game platform facilitating mass-participation fan engagement and marketing for events. Piing delivers the excitement of mass-participation to events of every size. Gareth talks about his background in Co-Founding digital agencies, working with broadcasters such as BBC and Channel 4 on pilot projects for mass participation, his background in consulting for startup incubators and the early foundations of Piing. He talks about the different applications of this platform, challenges they faced with the adoption of this tech, exciting future projects and their numerous partnerships with sports clubs and leagues such as Ajax, Atletico Madrid, EuroLegue Basketball, SilverStone, the MLB, and more. Piing is an in-stadium gaming platform that enables spectators at sporting events to play games on stadium screens using their phone as a contro

In our second week of Innovation in StadiumTech month in partnership with the ⁠⁠⁠DFL Deutsche Fußball Liga⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠SportsInnovation 2024⁠⁠⁠, we are joined by Paul Foster, Founder of OnePlan, the events-based software tool radically improving and simplifying how event sites are planned with 3D digital mapping. The company’s digital twin product, Venue Twin, gives organizers virtual access to real-world venues, opening new opportunities for venue owners and operators.  In this conversation, Paul talks about his background in sports - from a team manager of the Great Britain Wheelchair Basketball team, to then advising the UK government, the challenges he faced with operational planning for various events, and how that led to the eventual conceptualization of OnePlan. He then talks about the early inception of 3D Digital Twins and how OnePlan partnered with Epic Games to use Unreal Engine for real-world purposes. Paul also discusses their current projects with the L.A. Clippers and their partnership with th

For September, in partnership with the ⁠DFL Deutsche Fußball Liga⁠ and their upcoming ⁠SportsInnovation 2024⁠ event, we are focusing on Innovation in StadiumTech. On our first episode of StadiumTech, we're excited to feature Mr. Christof Babinsky, Managing Director of ASB Glassfloor, the pioneers behind the world's most advanced and versatile flooring system.  Christof talks about the early foundations of ASB Glassfloor in 1965, from being the world market leader in Squash courts to pioneering the world's first multi-functional full video floor. He talks about the challenges behind establishing a glass floor as an equal playing surface alongside parquet, their unveiling of the groundbreaking GlassCourt OS at the FIBA U19 Women's Basketball World Cup, and their exciting future projects. ASB Glassfloor is the world's most advanced sports flooring system. Their award-winning LumiFlex floor is the world's first full video floor, that offers unlimited advertising opportunities, player tra

In this week's episode we chat with Jose Gonzalez Ruzo, Co-Founder and CEO of TryOliver, a platform that combines sports science and a mobile app to provide key information that improves performance & prevents injuries through a smart GPS tracker. Jose talks about his journey from being a professional athlete in Argentina, his background in marketing, co-founding startups and how that led to the early inception of Oliver. He talks about how Oliver uses wearables to give actionable insights and how they differentiate themselves from other Gen1 trackers. He then describes how Oliver's partnership with F.C. Barcelona came into being and his experience working with Barcelona Innovation Hub. TryOliver is a platform that combines wearables with football-focused science for talent prediction, evolution, and injury prevention, making it accessible & fun. Linked to a website and an App, the wearable is placed on any player, regardless of their level, gender and age and, thanks to its GPS technology,