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The SportsTech Allstars Podcast

The SportsTech Allstars Podcast

By SportsTechX

Showcasing outstanding startups and initiatives in the global Sports Tech ecosystem, including accelerator & incubator programs, innovation hubs and major events. Are you looking for trends, new technologies or cooperation & investment opportunities? Here's where you can find them. The podcast is hosted by SportsTechX, a leading source for data & insights about Sports Tech. For further info, such as reports, market overviews or a global SportsTech database, go to www.sportstechx.com.
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The SportsTech Allstars PodcastSep 09, 2021

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Johan Cruijff ArenA: Smart Stadium in a Smart City #197

Johan Cruijff ArenA: Smart Stadium in a Smart City #197

🎙 In the last leg of our theme of talking to sports teams, leagues and organizations, The SportsTech Allstars Podcast presents- Luc Mureau, Innovative and Advisory at Johan Cruijff ArenA.

On this episode Luc talks about his background, the innovation and advisory services at the stadium, innovation being at the heart of the arena. He also talks about why innovation is so necessary in this day and age, about their program reimagine football, then sustainability, fan experience and sport performance being the key areas of interest, different challenges faced while implementing these innovations, and what's coming up in the ArenA.

Home of Ajax FC, the Johan Cruijff ArenA is an international leader in sustainability and fan experience. They have digital solutions for mobility, safety, inclusivity and sustainability, drive the area development of Amsterdam South East and contribute to the development of smart cities, such as Amsterdam. The Johan Cruijff ArenA and the stadium surroundings form a living lab. Here, public and private organizations join forces to achieve economic progress.

To learn more about Johan Cruijff Arena visit: https://www.johancruijffarena.nl/home/

Get in touch with Luc Mureau at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lucmureau/

Hosted by Rohn Malhotra from SportsTechX - Data & Insights about SportsTech startups and the surrounding ecosystem.
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Mar 27, 202437:11
DIF Innovation Lab- Danish Sports Confederation #196

DIF Innovation Lab- Danish Sports Confederation #196

🎙 Continuing our theme of talking to various innovation leaders in sports teams and organisations, on this week's episode, The SportsTech Allstars Podcast presents- Niels Henrik, Head of SportsTech at DIF Innovation Lab of the Danish Sports Confederation.

Niels talks about the structure of the DIF Innovation lab and how they support different startups, having an umbrella of 62 sports associations. We talk in detail about the ongoing innovation in different sports, their success stories, some of the biggest challenges in innovation, some new exciting tech and what's coming up for the DIF Innovation Lab.

DIF is Denmark's only elite and grassroots sports organisation. 62 specialist associations are organized under the Danish Sports Confederation, housed in the Sports House in Brøndby. DIF is the national Olympic committee for Denmark. DIF Innovation Lab is an initiative of the confederation, built to bridge sports federations, athletes, universities, startups and companies to empower the Danish sports industry and impact people’s lives through sports and innovation.

To learn more about DIF Innovation Lab, visit: http://www.difinnovationlab.dk
To learn more about DIF, visit: http://www.dif.dk

Get in touch with Niels Henrik at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/niheso/

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Mar 20, 202435:19
Swiss Unihockey- Sports association representing floorball in Switzerland #195

Swiss Unihockey- Sports association representing floorball in Switzerland #195

🎙 On this week's episode, The SportsTech Allstars Podcast presents- Sven Körner, Digitalization and Innovation Lead at Swiss Unihockey- The sports association representing floorball in Switzerland.

On this episode Sven talks about this growing sport Floorball (Unihockey)- it's history, rules, gameplay and his career as a professional Floorball athlete. Post that, how he switched to an administrative role in the same sport with Swiss Unihockey, where he now drives innovation.
We also talk about different areas of innovation for the sport, fans and athletes, other exciting tech developments like human interaction technology, 'Project Iceman', various challenges faced in innovation and what's coming up for Swiss Unihockey.

Swiss Unihockey is a successful, innovative sports association in the Swiss sports world. The Swiss Floorball Association organizes the Unihockey Prime League, the National League B and several regional leagues. The Swiss Unihockey Hub is a new digital solution for the association. The new hub maps game operations for all teams. It offers live broadcasts, highlights, live tickers, results, tables, photos and videos as well as many functions that you know from social media.

To learn more about Swiss Unihockey, visit: http://www.swissunihockey.ch

Get in touch with Sven Körner at: https://t.ly/fQ1XW

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Mar 14, 202444:57
Teamworks: The Operating System for Sports #194

Teamworks: The Operating System for Sports #194

#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, Teamworks continues to expand its global presence with employees across ten countries and offices in London, England, and Brisbane, Australia.

To learn more, visit Teamworks: http://surl.li/riajs

Know more on how to select the right sports SAAS vendor: https://t.ly/UU4av

Check Out the latest trends in Global Football: https://t.ly/D45Ln

Get in touch with Fee Beyer at: http://linkedin.com/in/feebeyer/

Hayden Gutry at: http://linkedin.com/in/haydengutry/

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Mar 07, 202437:58
#193 SportCentrAll: All-in-one Sports App for Clubs, Coaches, Players and Fans

#193 SportCentrAll: All-in-one Sports App for Clubs, Coaches, Players and Fans

Jan 24, 202433:35
#192 Respo.Vision: AI and Computer Vision-Powered 3D Sport’s Tracking Data System

#192 Respo.Vision: AI and Computer Vision-Powered 3D Sport’s Tracking Data System

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 and 50+ body parts of every player, in every video frame, using a single-camera video input- fully automatic for any game, with accuracy measured in centimeters, and without any wearable sensors or expensive pre-installed cameras.


To learn more, visit https://respo.vision/

Get in touch with Mateusz at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/szala/


Hosted by Rohn Malhotra from SportsTechX - Data & Insights about SportsTech startups and the surrounding ecosystem.

Jan 19, 202435:38
#191 Mingle Sport: Revolutionising Grassroots Ball Sports with Computer Vision A.I

#191 Mingle Sport: Revolutionising Grassroots Ball Sports with Computer Vision A.I

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 (players, trainers, fans) that allows users to track performance, enjoy the game with others, and manage their team more efficiently using computer vision AI and cutting edge mobile technology.


To learn more, visit https://www.mingle.sport/

Get in touch with Freek at: freek@mingle.sport


Download the SportsTech VC Report: http://sportstechx.com/reports/gstvcr23/


Hosted by Rohn Malhotra from SportsTechX - Data & Insights about SportsTech startups and the surrounding ecosystem.

Jan 11, 202432:42
#190 SportsTech Radar: Global SportsTech VC Report 2023

#190 SportsTech Radar: Global SportsTech VC Report 2023

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.


💰 Over $11.6b in M&A, but only $2b in funding

🧑‍🤝‍🧑 2023 is the"Year of Consolidation", highest ever in Mergers & Acquisitions activity

⭐ 34 New SportsTech funds


The ⁠#GSTVCR23⁠ takes a deep dive on Investment activity in Global SportsTech. 2023 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐒𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐬𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 that we’ve seen since 2015, will top out 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 $2 𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧. But it's been 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐌𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐬 & 𝐀𝐜𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐟𝐥𝐨𝐰 that we’ve ever seen, projected to 𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬 $11 𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧. Join us on The SportsTech AllStars Podcast as we unpack all the data, insights and trends shaping the industry over the course of the year.


To learn more, download the #GSTVCR23: http://sportstechx.com/reports/gstvcr23/


Hosted by Rohn Malhotra from SportsTechX - Data & Insights about SportsTech startups and the surrounding ecosystem.

Dec 22, 202356:06
#189 ProFluence: A Multi-Media Ecosystem and VC Fund at the intersection of Sports, Tech & Media.

#189 ProFluence: A Multi-Media Ecosystem and VC Fund at the intersection of Sports, Tech & Media.

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 of professionals exploring the trends, people & companies shaping the future of sports. They go beyond the headlines to provide the most thoughtful and useful information in the rapidly growing sports industry. Profluence Capital invests at the intersection of Sports, Tech and Media.


To learn more, visit: https://profluence.com/


Hosted by Rohn Malhotra from SportsTechX - Data & Insights about SportsTech startups and the surrounding ecosystem.

Dec 14, 202347:29
#188 Cartan Capital: Fueling the Future of Sports and Health

#188 Cartan Capital: Fueling the Future of Sports and Health

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-capital.com/


Hosted by Rohn Malhotra from SportsTechX - Data & Insights about SportsTech startups and the surrounding ecosystem.

Nov 30, 202346:22
#187 TXV Partners: Investing in Disruptive Startups Shaping Tomorrow's Industries

#187 TXV Partners: Investing in Disruptive Startups Shaping Tomorrow's Industries

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- wellness, hospitality, and media- creating a strong and seamless presence in sports and the broader commercial ecosystem around it. TXV Partners is actively invested into technology used by the NBA, NFL, and the Premier League. With the Evolution Fund, the team will bring technology, former athletes, and sports management expertise to the full range of investments across the sports ecosystem.


To learn more, visithttps://www.txv.partners/

Hosted by Rohn Malhotra from SportsTechX - Data & Insights about SportsTech startups and the surrounding ecosystem.

Nov 16, 202349:27
#186 Betahaus: A global community of freelancers, startups, entrepreneurs and creatives.

#186 Betahaus: A global community of freelancers, startups, entrepreneurs and creatives.

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.


🚴🏻‍♀️ We also chat with Philine Möller, Co- Founder of Medvind Sweden, who talks about the first bike jacket brand that combines function, style and safety for urban bike riders


To learn more, visit: 

⁠https://www.betahaus.com/⁠

⁠http://kineticlab.co.kr/⁠

⁠https://www.ascentsports.kr/⁠

⁠https://wmclub.co.kr/index.html⁠

https://medvind.co/


Hosted by Rohn Malhotra from SportsTechX - Data & Insights about SportsTech startups and the surrounding ecosystem.

Nov 09, 202301:01:04
#185 BatFast: Re-engineering Sports with AI-driven Coaching and Insights

#185 BatFast: Re-engineering Sports with AI-driven Coaching and Insights

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 engaging real sports experience that also collects detailed data for elite-level training and performance improvement.


To learn more, visit https://batfast.com/about/


Hosted by Rohn Malhotra from SportsTechX - Data & Insights about SportsTech startups and the surrounding ecosystem.

Nov 02, 202340:48
#184 Ludimos: Revolutionising Cricket Coaching with AI

#184 Ludimos: Revolutionising Cricket Coaching with AI

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 surrounding ecosystem.

Nov 02, 202336:30
#183 CoachEd Cricket: Online Coaching with World’s Leading Cricketers
Oct 30, 202356:11
#182 DFL: Deutsche Fußball Liga

#182 DFL: Deutsche Fußball Liga

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.

Sep 29, 202343:56
#181 Piing: Engaging Fans In-Stadium with Massive Multiplayer Games!
Sep 21, 202333:35
#180 OnePlan: World's Leading Event Site and Venue Planning Platform.

#180 OnePlan: World's Leading Event Site and Venue Planning Platform.

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 the Crypto.com Arena, home of the Los Angeles Lakers, which includes the creation of a 3D digital twin of the iconic arena using the software company’s Venue Twin technology. The Venue Twin at the Clippers’ Experience Center in Downtown Los Angeles enables customers to envision the arena, suites, and surroundings before Intuit Dome opens. In addition to the operational planning benefits, Venue Twin can be used as a sales and marketing tool for advertisers, sponsors, and fans, and enables third-party licensing of official virtual venues as consumer applications for the metaverse open up.


To learn more, visit https://www.oneplanevents.com/


Hosted by Rohn Malhotra from SportsTechX - Data & Insights about SportsTech startups and the surrounding ecosystem.

Sep 14, 202335:51
#179 ASB GlassFloor: World's Most Advanced Sports Flooring System

#179 ASB GlassFloor: World's Most Advanced Sports Flooring System

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 tracking, and enhanced show staging. The combination of GlassCourt OS with ASB GlassFloor brings live viewership to the next level while enhancing the performance of professional teams and athletes.


To learn more, visit ⁠https://asbglassfloor.com/⁠


Hosted by Rohn Malhotra from SportsTechX - Data & Insights about SportsTech startups and the surrounding ecosystem.

Sep 07, 202333:01
#178 TryOliver: The New GPS Tracker Gamifying Football Analytics.
Aug 31, 202342:46
#177 Action Audio: Revolutionising sports for audiences with visual impairments
Aug 24, 202338:01
#176 Sorius: Making online cycling training accessible to everyone with A.I

#176 Sorius: Making online cycling training accessible to everyone with A.I

In this week's episode, we have an exciting guest, Mr.Alexandre Rispal, Co-founder and Operating Partner of Sorius, the AI-powered tailor-made training program for Cycling Coaching.


In this conversation, Alexandre talks about his background in the insurance space and how he eventually transitioned into entrepreneurship, co-founding several startups that ranked in the top 100 in the world. He then discusses the early inception of Sorius and how they created a unique application using AI for the Endurance Sports Industry. He sheds light on how Sorius helps talented young riders from disadvantaged backgrounds and how they're making biking more inclusive and accessible to all.


Thanks to its revolutionary artificial intelligence, Sorius analyzes users' physical data in relation to their biorhythmic data to provide their audience with the ideal training programs. They deliver a unique training program completely adapted to their user's schedule, level, objective, and intrinsic physical qualities to offer a range of exercises that target their needs to improve their daily lives.


To learn more, visit ⁠https://www.sorius-training.com/en⁠


Hosted by Rohn Malhotra from SportsTechX - Data & Insights about SportsTech startups and the surrounding ecosystem.

Aug 17, 202335:36
#175 GiveVision: Transforming the match-day experience for the visually impaired
Aug 10, 202339:28
 #174 AccesserCise - Revolutionising fitness for the disability community.
Aug 03, 202334:04
#173 Zoomph - Powerful analytics tracking platform for brands, sports and esports across digital media.
Jul 27, 202338:42
#172 Wild.AI - AI powered fitness & performance tracking app helping women athletes improve their peak performance.

#172 Wild.AI - AI powered fitness & performance tracking app helping women athletes improve their peak performance.

In our second week of SportsTech for Women's Sports, we chat with Helene Guillaume founder and CEO of Wild.AI. Wild.AI is a Smart Coach for Women helping them train, fuel and recover based on the female physiology.


In this conversation, Helene talks about how the idea for Wild.Ai was conceptualised. We discuss her journey from a former hedge fund and management consultant in AI (while being an ultra marathon runner, semi-pro rugby player and a triathlete on the side) to breaking the status quo in the wearable tech industry by founding a company by women, for women.


Wild.ai uses A.I.-sourced data sets from active women to analyze their vitals and performance in order to make training, recovery, and nutritional recommendations specifically adapted to their physiology. It helps women reach their peak performance by helping them understand how to work with their physiology, not against it.


To learn more, visit ⁠https://wild.ai/⁠


Hosted by Rohn Malhotra from SportsTechX - Data & Insights about SportsTech startups and the surrounding ecosystem.

Jul 20, 202327:43
#171 Monarch Collective: Investing in women’s sports teams, leagues, and adjacent revenue streams

#171 Monarch Collective: Investing in women’s sports teams, leagues, and adjacent revenue streams

In this week’s episode we chat with Jasmine Robinson, Co-Founder of Monarch Collective  an investment fund exclusively focused on investing in women’s sports. The $100 million fund will invest in women’s sports, from teams and leagues to adjacent revenue streams like media and gaming.


In this interview, Jasmine talks about growing up around sports and her journey from the San Francisco 49ers to working with a consulting firm in the nexus of sports innovation. Her experience across different sports verticals led her to create Monarch Collective.


Monarch Collective is focused on using sports teams and ownership to foster communities and future changemakers, in addition to funding sports such as soccer, basketball, golf, tennis and potentially even cricket, which have a large global or domestic audience. 


To learn more, visit https://www.monarchcoll.com


Hosted by Rohn Malhotra and Kimberley Fernandez from SportsTechX - Data & Insights about SportsTech startups and the surrounding ecosystem.

Jul 13, 202328:50
#170 ScorePlay : The all-in-one AI powered media hub building the future of Sports Media.
Jul 02, 202331:46
#169 ReSpo.Vision - Reinventing sports analytics and entertainment with Computer Vision.

#169 ReSpo.Vision - Reinventing sports analytics and entertainment with Computer Vision.

🎙️ On this weeks episode of The SportsTech Allstars Podcast we chat with Pawel Osterreicher, Co-Founder and CEO of #ReSpo.Vision, the AI and Computer Vision-powered 3D sport’s tracking data system that is bringing the next-generation sports analytics and entertainment experience to the forefront.


We talk about the application of Computer Vision in sports and how it's one of the most exciting prospects of #AI. We discuss how ReSpo.Vision uses Computer Vision to automatically collect player skeletal tracking data to unlock new performance, tactical, and scouting insights. We also talk about its truly immersive applications in sports entertainment such as using V.R to provide users an opportunity to experience games from their favourite player's point of view.


To learn more, visit https://respo.vision/


Hosted by Rohn Malhotra from SportsTechX - Data & Insights about SportsTech startups and the surrounding ecosystem.

Jun 25, 202339:53
#168 SwingVision: The AI-powered tennis performance tracking app revolutionising sports intelligence

#168 SwingVision: The AI-powered tennis performance tracking app revolutionising sports intelligence

In this week’s episode we chat with Swupnil Sahai, Co-Founder and CEO of the tennis performance tracking app SwingVision and recipient of the 2023 Apple Design Award. We talk about his journey from working at Tesla to co-founding his company in a sport that’s been dear to him from the very beginning- Tennis.


We discuss how SwingVision harnesses the potential of the Neural Engine to bring real time pro-quality shot tracking, video analysis and line calling on any court with the help of just the iPhone and the Apple Watch, thus reducing barriers of entry to sports intelligence which were limited to a select few professionals.


To learn more, visit https://swing.tennis


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Jun 15, 202334:57
#167 Zone7 - Artificial Intelligence that powers high levels of human performance and durability

#167 Zone7 - Artificial Intelligence that powers high levels of human performance and durability

Interviewing Tal Brown, Co-Founder & CEO of Zone7

In this conversation, Tal talks about working in the homeland cyber security space, briefly. He worked on big data systems, as an engineer by training and worked in tech for about a decade and was probably one of the first engineers to work on building an AI platform. Tal talks about how he was particularly interested in machine learning connected with Human Workflow with an emphasis on human workflow. He took all of that knowledge and experience and co-founded Zone7, but had a fresh start in the sports ecosystem. The Co-Founder , Eyal Eliakim is a sports scientist and as they joined forces they were also keen on figuring out how to reduce human downtime. He talks about the three vectors that are driving the growth of Zone7.  He talks about how they conduct a risk forecast as they gather and analyse data from sports teams. He also sheds light on all of the teams that they have been working with. 

Zone7 provides a comprehensive suite of products and services utilising data and AI to enable greater performance and durability amongst high-performance teams. They leverage artificial intelligence and the Zone7 technology analyses disparate performance datasets to detect patterns, uncover insights, and make proactive training recommendations that inform load management, elevate athlete performance, and reduce overall injury risk. Zone7 is used by more than 30 professional sports franchises to track the performance and injury risk of some of the world’s leading athletes. Zone7 is also being used to monitor the physical well-being of medical staff in leading hospitals around the world. By analysing data from wearables, video cameras, medical records, and various biomechanics metrics, Zone7 provides coaching staff and hospital administrators with actionable advice to positively influence rest, work assignment, and planning to protect and optimise human performance.

To learn more, visit www.zone7.ai

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Jun 08, 202332:42
#166 Griiip - A technology company that is revolutionising the way Motorsports is experienced

#166 Griiip - A technology company that is revolutionising the way Motorsports is experienced

Interviewing Tamir Plachinsky, CEO of Griiip

In this conversation, Tamir talks about how he grew up with a passion for motorsport and wanted to be a driver. At 22 he switched his focus to being a motorsport world champion from the engineering side. While studying in one of the top Engineering Universities in Israel he combined his passion for adrenaline and speed with his engineering knowledge and started a Formula student team in Israel. He started Griiip out of passion and frustration towards the difficulties associated with motor sport. Griiip is currently working with some of the biggest names in the industry - FormulaE, the world endurance championship, DTM and SRO. Having been established in 2016, running rounds in Italy in 2018 and finally pivoting in 2020 when Covid struck.

Griiip is an Israeli-based tech company that develops market-leading storytelling tools for the Motorsport industry. They have a racing Insights platform that changes the way users engage with Motorsport. Griiip is taking the motorsport fan experience to the next level. They make motorsport data exciting and accessible to the entire motorsport ecosystem by using state-of-the-art data technologies. Griiip created the first cloud-based data platform which collects, analyses, and visualises data. 

To learn more, visit www.griiip.com

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Jun 01, 202333:43
#165 Factoreal - All-in-one fan engagement automation platform helping sports teams globally to engage and monetize their fan base

#165 Factoreal - All-in-one fan engagement automation platform helping sports teams globally to engage and monetize their fan base

Interviewing Aditya Dhruva, CEO & Co-Founder of Factoreal

In this conversation, Aditya talks about starting off as a software engineer and moving through the ranks. He had a short stint as an entrepreneur trying to develop what is now Siri. While working for Tech Mahindra as the CTO, the long term expansion started off as an idea and tested for US and Europe markets. They found a  strong footing in sports, with their first customer being the Jacksonville Jaguars. One led to the other and now sports teams now use factoreal for their own channel communications. Factoreal essentially solves three problems, integrating a tool for each communication channel, integrating the data for all the various platforms being used and producing a 360 degree understanding of customers in order to optimally engage them. 

Factoreal is an innovative and comprehensive fan engagement automation platform that caters to sports teams worldwide, assisting them in effectively engaging and monetizing their fan base. This all-in-one solution offers a range of powerful tools and features designed specifically for the sports industry. With Factoreal, sports teams can create personalised and interactive experiences for their fans, fostering a deeper connection and sense of loyalty. The platform enables teams to automate their marketing efforts, allowing them to efficiently manage and execute campaigns across various channels.

To learn more, visit www.factoreal.com

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May 25, 202330:21
#164 Solidsport - Leading sport streaming platform. Trusted by sport federations, leagues, clubs and events everywhere

#164 Solidsport - Leading sport streaming platform. Trusted by sport federations, leagues, clubs and events everywhere

Interviewing Andreas Westerlind, CCO of Solidsport

In this conversation, Andreas talks about how Solidsport was born in 2016 with a vision of creating a sports streaming platform for sports at all levels. Journeying through his career as a journalist, then in marketing and currently as the Chief Commercial Officer at Solidsport in Sweden, Andreas mentions how they allow every sport to find their audience, find their voice, whether big or small. Andreas says, one thing that makes them a bit unique is that Solidsport basically offers a platform that's customised for the needs of the customer. 

Solidsport is a leading sport streaming platform that is trusted by sport federations, leagues, clubs and events. On all levels and everywhere. Solidsport offers a complete OTT sports media platform with custom white label design, sport data integrations and unlimited live streaming and on demand possibilities. You can create new revenue streams with our in-built payment system, enabling custom subscriptions and pay-per-view tickets on all content. Companies can also promote partners and strengthen sponsorship offers with ready to go advertising concepts.

To learn more, visit www.solidsport.com/en/products

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May 18, 202332:28
#163 Gemini Sports Analytics - Cloud-based automated machine learning to enable non-technical stakeholders and empower data scientists

#163 Gemini Sports Analytics - Cloud-based automated machine learning to enable non-technical stakeholders and empower data scientists

Interviewing Jake Schuster, CEO of Gemini Sports Analytics

In this conversation, Jake talks about his background as a Strength and Conditioning coach and his work in biomechanics. As a proud, non-technical, solo founder, Jake discusses how Gemini Sports Analytics aims to simplify data-driven decision-making for sports executives by offering an easy-to-use application. This tool can help sports organizations optimize their decision-making processes and improve their overall performance. Jake mentions that the company has been funded for about a year and that they launched their application towards the end of last year. Currently, they have eight partners, half of whom are in football, which is attributed to the timing, networks, and common problems faced by teams in this sport. However, the company believes that any sport aiming to use predictive analytics in their talent identification, scouting, and roster management process can benefit from their product.

Gemini Sports Analytics is empowering excellence through faster insights, improved predictions, and better decisions. They support organizations in the business of improving athlete welfare and enhancing performance, while also leveraging AI to modernize athlete management. While sports teams collect vast amounts of data without meaningfully improving athlete outcomes, Gemini Sports Analytics has a no-code predictive analytics platform that puts machine learning tools in the hands of non-technical stakeholders, which will change how organizations acquire, develop, and manage their athletes.

To learn more, visit www.geminisports.io.

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May 11, 202326:19
#162 Da One Global Ventures - A multi-stage celeb-led sportstech fund

#162 Da One Global Ventures - A multi-stage celeb-led sportstech fund

Interviewing Abhinav Tandon, Founding Member and Global Spokesperson of Da One Global Ventures

In this conversation, Abhinav talks about how they decided to headquarter in the middle east due to all of the interest around sport, the connectivity due to the location, the availability of funds and hunger for innovation. One of the 10 pillars of GCC was also sports. They also identified the importance of sports, tech and funds that Abu Dhabi very warmly welcomed them with. This is also what led them to operate out of the middle east.

Da One leverages its robust network of VCs and sports industry leaders to empower startups to soar and scale, driving their operations to new heights. Da One also has an  E-Sports Studio that nurtures early-stage ventures, fostering innovative virtual sports experiences and fostering collaborative opportunities. And the Web 3.0 Studio champions startups that aim to launch and evolve blockchain projects, NFTs, and more, providing essential support for growth.

To learn more, visit http://daoneglobal.vc

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Apr 29, 202338:21
#161 Fanzword - An interactive and engaging social media platform for football fans from all over the world

#161 Fanzword - An interactive and engaging social media platform for football fans from all over the world

Interviewing Amr El Beheiry, Co Founder and CCO of Fanzword 

In this conversation, Amr talks about how fans are the heart and blood of the sports industry and they spend huge amounts of time, effort and savings each year cheering for their favourite teams. There is no platform that helps you monetize cheering for your team. This is when Amr decided that there needs to be someone who rewards the fans. Jumping into the startup world in 2019, best friends of 30 years, identified a gap in the way sports were consumed globally they set out on their venture in the world of sports tech. Amr says commercial sales and business is their passion but football is their addiction.

Fanzword is a social network for football fans that allows them to discuss matches with their friends and other football fans, earn points, and win prizes. Users can rate a player, rate any scored goals, recommend any substitution, participate in match discussions, and predict the match score by using the app.

To learn more, visit http://fanzword.com

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Apr 27, 202332:33
#160 Arab SportTech & Gaming Expo - Enabling companies, teams, and individuals to excel in Sports and eSports

#160 Arab SportTech & Gaming Expo - Enabling companies, teams, and individuals to excel in Sports and eSports

Interviewing Malik Shishtawi, Founder of Arab SportsTech & Gaming Expo

Arab SportsTech & Gaming Expo is based in Qatar and is an opportunity to meet key players & leaders from the Sports Tech, eSports & Sports world in Qatar and the world, & to discuss latest trends and solutions in the industry. It focuses on providing real-world case studies, and learnings, enabling companies, teams, and individuals to excel in the sports industry. 

In this conversation, Malik talks about how everyone now has their eyes on the middle east. The main objective is to bring the right audience and stakeholders together. Mangusteen is the event company that hosts the expo. It was previously known as the Arab SportsTech Forum and is now the Arab SportsTech & Gaming Expo. What started out of passion for exploring the internet and following its evolution. Malik first launched the Arab Social Media forum once he identified a gap in the region. What spanned across 6 countries and 8 editions had attendees who now hold very prominent positions in international companies heading social media or the digital departments, accomplishing their initial mission as a forum. Malik also sheds light on the legacy of the World Cup and its impact on development of sport in the Middle East. He also talks about plans to launch an investor and startup matchmaking platform for the region. 

To learn more, visit http://arabstge.com

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Apr 13, 202337:56
#159 Sponixtech - Providing solutions to help leagues, clubs, broadcasters, and advertisers increase viewers and enhance fan experience

#159 Sponixtech - Providing solutions to help leagues, clubs, broadcasters, and advertisers increase viewers and enhance fan experience

Interviewing Mohammad Ali Abbaspour, Founder and CEO at Sponixtech  

Sponixtech is a technology company that provides services and solutions which helps broadcasters, TV channels and advertisers increase viewers and enhance fan experiences. Through the ‘Immersive Replay technology’, Sponix Tech assists its clients to acquire more viewers, enhance their fan engagement and experience by producing immersive content. And the Virtual ‘Advertisement technology’, helps sponsors increase their engagement with fans. It creates a new era of sponsorship in the sports industry.

In this conversation, Mohammad discusses customizing the main solutions that we offer for various sports is their main  priority at the moment. Football, basketball, tennis, paddle, ice hockey and futsal are sports that Sponixtech have adapted technology for, cricket is of big interest and they now have their eyes on the huge market that the sport garners. Mohammad breaks down their clients into 4 categories: Rights holders like UEFA. Federations and leagues like the UAE Pro League, Serie A, Brazil Football Federation and a few more. Clubs - Crystal Palace, Benfica and they are now speaking to a few more top clubs in Europe. Broadcasters - Bein Sport, Sky Sport and recently in the US with Telemondo. Using the Sponixtech technology, leagues have created replay goals during the 90 minute live game to enhance fan experience.  

To learn more, visit http://sponixtech.com

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Apr 06, 202337:39
#158 Indigo SportsTech - An early stage VC fund that pioneered sports tech investments in Europe

#158 Indigo SportsTech - An early stage VC fund that pioneered sports tech investments in Europe

Interviewing Petr Zhukov, Founder & CEO at Indigo SportsTech

Founded in 2019 Indigo Sports Tech focuses exclusively on sports tech ventures and participated in Seed pre-A and A rounds. With a segment focus spanning from smart wearables and gadgets to sports media and marketing, fan engagement and e-sports. The fund's geographic focus is the EU, but it also has exposure to the US and Israel. With 9 investments and 3 exits Indigo is one of the most experienced investors in this space worldwide.

In this conversation, Petr talks about the origins of Indigo SportsTech that stems from Indigo Capital. It was established in 2019 as an early stage investment fund. Pioneers in sports tech investments in Europe, Indigo SportsTech has started to make investments overseas and across sectors. He also discusses the new Association with SportsTechX as Rohn joins in as a Venture Partner. Petr also gives us an insight into the deployment of a new fund that has a rich pipeline of good companies. He also notes that AI will penetrate the sports market soon enough and we are currently picking our bets. There’s the application of AI in all areas of sport and there's a lot of money to be saved and to be made.  

To learn more, visit http://indigosportstech.com

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Apr 01, 202332:59
#157 Courtside Ventures - The leading early-stage fund focused on Sports, Lifestyle, and Gaming.
Mar 24, 202332:37
#156 Wildcard Ventures & Tennis Australia - A VC by Tennis Australia investing in SportsTech startups
Mar 16, 202333:32
#155 Elysian Park - A global investment platform that focuses on the intersection of sports with health, culture, commerce, and technology to build the future of sports

#155 Elysian Park - A global investment platform that focuses on the intersection of sports with health, culture, commerce, and technology to build the future of sports

Interviewing Max Feldstein, Vice President of Elysian Park

Elysian Park, owned by the LA Dodgers, is a global investment platform focusing on the intersection of sports with health, culture, commerce, and technology. They work across stages from seed to growth to provide companies with perspective, relationships, capital, and powerful strategic resources, their investments include Trailblazer Venture Studio, Draft Kings, COPA90, PitchVision, Fitt Insider, and EP Golf Ventures in partnership with PGA of America, among others.

In this conversation, Max talks about how Elysian Park broadened its key focus area from investing majorly in sports technology & entertainment to now expanding their investments across sports culture, health, commerce & technology. To know more visit www.elysianpark.ventures

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Mar 09, 202336:06
#154 Trickshot - 3D data extracted from live sports to create engaging augmented & virtual reality experiences for fans
Mar 02, 202328:50
#153 DIBZ - Extremely fast upgrade experiences through text messaging for Professional Sports

#153 DIBZ - Extremely fast upgrade experiences through text messaging for Professional Sports

Interviewing Brennon D’souza, Founder & CEO of DIBZ

DIBZ is an extremely fast upgrade experience that is facilitated through text messaging, for Professional Sports, Concerts & Music Festivals. DIBZ Works closely with the NHL, NFL, NBA, MLS, CFL, NASCAR, WWE, Ticketmaster, TDC, MLSE, etc. Based out of London & Atlanta, DIBZ is a tech startup that is a full-service texting engagement platform.

In this conversation, Brennon talks about how he noticed a lot of empty seats in stadiums and wondered why or how they could be filled. He thought if you can figure out how to get these seats full very quickly with a great user experience you’d be the king in the space, that was how DIBZ was born. Instead of virtually getting fans into those empty sets DIBZ works on actually getting them into those seats via text. They work across leagues and vertices and Brennon mentions that it’s really about taking their secret sauce and making sure they work fit  in all the different areas and vertices and leagues

To learn more, visit http://www.dibz.com

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Feb 23, 202335:46
#152 Rooter - India’s leading Game Streaming and eSports platform.

#152 Rooter - India’s leading Game Streaming and eSports platform.

Interviewing Piyush Kumar, CEO of Rooter

Rooter is India’s leading Game Streaming and eSports platform. The company is on a mission to provide a fair and inspiring platform to gaming content creators, helping them produce entertaining content that is unique to their personas while benefiting from monetizable opportunities for their efforts. At the same time, by building a rich and diverse content repository, driving effortless discovery, personalized recommendations, and convenient share-ability, the platform offers immersive community experiences for gaming enthusiasts to connect and bond over. With close to 50 mn downloads to date, Rooter is the No. 1 sports app on Google Playstore – a rank it retains since October 2020. Rooter has raised over USD 32 Mn in capital from a marque investor base and is playing a key role in driving India’s gaming

creator economy. The company now envisions becoming India’s first unicorn in the game streaming space. To learn more, visit https://www.rooter.gg/

In this conversation, Piyush talks about his journey that began in advertising to then moving across various sectors in the corporate world to then starting Rooter in 2016. It was set up on the basis of a crystal clear objective - to bring like minded people together into one platform. He talks about how the drop in cost of data usage in India boosted the use of mobiles and online gaming and content consumption. He also highlights how the lockdown caused an unimaginable surge and growth around the gaming industry and by 2020 the Indian content marketing was at its peak. Piyush also deep dives into Rooter by numbers giving us in depth insights into the growth and trajectory.

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Feb 16, 202337:52
#151 Frontrunner - A decentralized sports prediction market built on blockchain

#151 Frontrunner - A decentralized sports prediction market built on blockchain

Interviewing Neil Zhang, Co-Founder of Frontrunner

Frontrunner is a A decentralized sports prediction market built on blockchain. It is the first zero gas fee, decentralized sports prediction market built on blockchain where you get the best odds with no house edge. Frontrunner is a decentralized sports prediction market where users can buy shares of sports propositions and trade them like they would stocks or options. Unlike traditional sportsbooks where users place a bet and wait, Frontrunner gives users full control over their portfolios, allowing them to dynamically buy and sell positions as the odds change. By leveraging the power of free markets and the blockchain, we create transparent markets and liquid positions to reduce counterparty risk, create new types of sports-related markets, and fundamentally change the way in which people invest in their sports knowledge and beliefs. To learn more, visit www.getfrontrunner.com

In this conversation, Neil talks about how because of a full level of control in traditional sports betting, the house always wins. Frontrunner was started on one of the core themes that there's a convergence of gaming, finance and crypto and web3 and so they began building a ‘Robin Hood’ style sports betting platform built on a decentralized web3 backend. Making it a market driven model rather than a user or price book model. He talks about how there are an increasing number of firms who are now interested in the sports trading world. Their demographics are shaded about 50/50 between the western world and the asian markets. Frontrunner aims to target the smaller communities to see if they can get a proof point there with users who are looking for new things.

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Feb 09, 202334:14
Fanera - A New era for fans

Fanera - A New era for fans

Interviewing Mohammed Kilany, CEO of Fanera

Fanera is a sports tech startup based in UAE that aims to revolutionize football by providing fans, clubs, and sponsors with a one-single social platform to connect, engage and monetize. Fanera is also the first crowdsourced, intuitive, scalable and multi-lingual 360 degree social platform that is designed for and by football fans. It enables fans to share their favorite moments and enjoy football content created by a football community of fans, influencers, players and clubs. Fanera also works with football clubs and stadiums to facilitate the maximization of their customer engagement efforts. To learn more, visit www.fanera.co

In this conversation, Mohammed talks about his background and describes himself as a middle eastern entrepreneur who started 5 companies in the last 15 years! He describes Fanera as a ‘New era for fans’. He goes on to explain how Fanera is different from other social platforms as it is targeted to bring football fans onto one platform and that Fanera is multilingual, scalable and integrated.

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Dec 15, 202237:34
Vitruve - Bringing data into the weightroom

Vitruve - Bringing data into the weightroom

Interviewing Iker Zubizarreta, Co-Founder & CTO of Vitruve

Vitruve is a Spanish tech startup that develops software and hardware applied to sports performance, focused on strength training sessions in the weight room. Where traditionally, strength training has been based on the subjective perceptions of coaches or athletes, Vitruve applies an objective approach to obtain the necessary data that will make athletes better. It is the tool used by thousands of coaches and athletes because it has the highest precision in the market with a scientific validation study that supports it. To learn more, visit www.vitruve.fit

In this conversation, Iker talks about his career as an electrical engineer and his passion for sports that led him to co-founding Vitruve. He also outlines the business of Vitruve and how the focus is now on B2B with facilities being their biggest direct consumers while they also garner interests from medical facilities, strength & conditioning coaches and some individual athletes as well. Iker describes the tech as a combination of hardware and software that allows athletes to determine the optimal weight to train with while optimizing their performance and reducing injuries where the focus is not just on increasing the weight but also on velocity as a measure of performance.

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Dec 08, 202228:47
EuroLeague Basketball - European professional basketball club competition

EuroLeague Basketball - European professional basketball club competition

 Interviewing Rayde Luis Baez, Strategic Commercial advisor of EuroLeague Basketball


EuroLeague Basketball is a European professional basketball club competition. The league is widely recognised as the top-tier league in Europe and consists of 18 teams, of which 16 are given long-term licenses and wild cards, making the league a semi-closed league. The EuroLeague is one of the most popular indoor sports leagues in the world and its in stadium attendance is second only to the National Basketball Association (NBA), To learn more, visit www.euroleaguebasketball.net


In this conversation, Rayde talks about his experience in multiple roles with the EuroLeague and as a rights holder. He also gives us an insight about how they navigated the digital collectibles space by understanding their product and how they want their fans to interact with it. Rayde also takes us through the method by which they work with multiple partners in a new space in order to mitigate risks and test what works best in the market. He talks about the processes in the back office that makes strategic decisions in their positioning within the tech space.


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Nov 11, 202237:26