All Things Sports Tech in Week 23
Every week I think the weekly posts will be shorter than the previous week’s. Every week, I am wrong. Here’s another breakdown of an action packed week in SportsTech.
From Spiiedo raising millions in funding, to Web3 collaborations throughout racing and cricket, to accelerator programmes launching in different continents, there’s a lot to unpack in this week’s play-by-play: ▶️
FIFA unveiled pathway to World Cup tickets via NFTs. They sold out under 10 hours.
Williams Racing & Kraken launched free-to-claim digital collectibles.
FanCraze extended its multi-year partnership of the Web3 fantasy game with the ICC.
KuCoin Exchange Ventures has announced a strategic investment in FantaGoal, an upcoming Web3 football game.
BrainLit and the Minnesota Twins entered into a partnership to deploy biocentric light at Target field.
Yahoo Sports partnered with Greenfly to offer short form content distribution.
Image source: Yahoo Sports
AI video firm Spiideo landed $20M venture capital investment.
Accelerate Africa unveiled 10 startups at Invest in the Future II Investor summit.
Canadian Sport Tech Startups Selected to Join Future of Sport Lab.
Wave launched an agency to propel sports properties’ social growth.
USTA Ventures has invested in PlayReplay, a tennis technology company.
Stats Perform became ICC’s Official Data Partner until 2027.
Columbia Engineering launched a new Columbia-Dream Sports AI innovation centre.
Image source: Columbia Engineering
Qlik and Stretch help drive Malmo Redhawks’ team success with cutting-edge data analytics.
Deutsche Telekom and Accedo Build XR Sports Streaming App.
The tech stack that’ll be on show at Euro 2024.
SCAI unveiled SportNative AI suite to elevate Saudi Arabia's sports sector.
Rice granted $800,000 to DivInc Sports Tech Accelerator.
SPORTBIZ EUROPE returns to Barcelona for its 5th European edition event.
Formula 1 and AWS unveiled AI-generated trophy and more AI features for Canadian Grand Prix.
LALIGA and SportBoostHub launched MEET LALIGA EA SPORTS, the 2nd edition of the worldwide innovation programme for startups.
ASTN partnership launched a new accelerator program for Queensland SportsTech startups.
Smart ice bath health tech company, Monk, secured $2 million in funding, backed by pro boxer Anthony Joshua among others.
Image source: Monk
Ukraine’s first sports tech fund launched recently, Ruta.vc.
Infinite Reality, an immersive AI company, acquired Action Face, a custom 3D avatar creator.
And that’s it. Another eventful week in the world of #SportsTech. Feel free to let me know if there are any major headlines I missed from this past week. And if you’re interested in sports, or tech, or both, feel free to press the button below. Until next week!