Dear Colleague, March was another busy month in the world of elite sports, and the month of April is off to a great start. In the world of soccer, with the 2022 FIFA Men's World Cup just a few months away, the Group Stage is now officially set. The World [...]
In the past few years, the world of sports has seen the emergence of a new wave of advanced wearables such as smart patches that can measure hydration or electrolyte, level, smartwatch that can measure blood pressure, or even contactless biosensors capable of measuring HR, blood pressure, sleep quality without [...]
This week we had the honor to interview again Dr. Ron Dick, associate professor of sports marketing at Duquesne University in the school of business. Ron also worked for 20 years in sports, including 15 years in the NBA with the Sixers and the Nets, and then four [...]
This week we had the honor to interview a group of sports performance experts. Marco Nunez, former head athletic trainer for the LA Lakers (NBA). Karam Al-Hamdani, Head Athletic Therapist at CF Montreal (MLS). Alexi Pianosi, Strength and conditioning coach for the Pittsburgh Penguins (NHL). ?Show Notes: Through [...]
Upside Global is pleased to release its 2022 AMS Monitoring Vendor Survey Which AMS (Athlete Management Systems) vendors (Kitman Labs, Fusion Sport/Smartabase, Kinduct, Apollo, MyCoach, etc.) are leading in terms of pricing affordability, quality of analytics, product quality, customer support and vision? The Upside surveyed 100 pro teams and leagues [...]
With an estimated $24.9B worth of NFTs sold in 2021, the NFT market is booming. That being said there has been a growing number of complains about NFT marketplaces (e.g. OpenSea..) where people are selling fake NFTs, or NFTs that do not belong to them. Some of those NFT marketplaces [...]
Last week we attended HIMSS a leading tech health conference in Orlando Florida. The tech conference was packed with 50,000 attendees. Amazingly enough, 95% of the attendees were not wearing a mask so there was a feeling of optimism at the show. We had a chance to talk to many [...]
This week, we had the honor to interview Victorien Tixier, CEO of ScorePlay, a leading next-gen CMS that powers sport clubs digital channels. ScorePlay is a leading startup that enables clubs to centralize distribute and monetize media photo and video content. Here is a diagram illustrating ScorePlay’s solution: Picture: ScorePlay [...]
This week, we had the honor of interviewing Padraig Harrington, a world class European professional golfer and former world’s #3. Padraig Harrington is an Irish professional golfer who plays on the European Tour, the PGA Tour and the PGA Champions Tour. He has won three major championships: The [...]
VC name: SOSV (also operates HAX, IndieBio, Chinaccelerator, MOX, dlab). Headquartered: New Jersey (USA) Founded: 1994 Managing Partners: Sean O'Sullivan, Cyril Ebersweiler Website: https://sosv.com, https://hax.co, https://indiebio.co Sectors: Deep Tech globally VC type: Accelerator, Venture Capital Acceleration duration: 16 weeks Typical investment range: $250k-$1M Total number of investments: 2,224 core investments [...]
