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Monthly Themes: Recap and What’s Next
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Monthly Themes: Recap and What’s Next
Well, almost every fortnight. We missed last Wednesday’s newsletter because of technical issues with the application we use so instead of publishing on a different day, we decided to wait a week. Sorry if you missed us
SportsTechX Monthly Themes
At SportsTechX, we’ve always believed that our job is to deliver insights and understanding rather than just news and the latest goings on.
In 2023, we decided to do this by breaking down specific, topical themes in SportsTech every month – speaking with industry leaders on our podcast and adding our own perspective in our articles.
If you haven’t caught up on our monthly themes from the year so far, here are summaries of each. Includes links to the episodes and articles:
February: Elevating Fan Experiences
May: Startups in Focus
June: AI in Sports
August (Ongoing): SportsTech for the Differently Abled
The stellar lineup of guests – from top tier investors to medal winning athletes to those innovating in new markets – have brought an interesting perspective to each theme. Adding on the extensive research for each article, all this has meant that the learning for us has been tremendous.
What’s Next:
Well we have a pretty cool lineup for the rest of the year.
September: StadiumTech
In partnership with DFL’s upcoming SportsInnovation event
October: CricketTech
Leading up to the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup
November: Top Funded Companies
Leading up to our SportsTech VC Report
December: Innovation in Esports & Gaming
Closing out the year with one of the hottest themes going
If you’d like to partner up on any of our upcoming themes, feel free to get in touch.
Else, we hope you’ve enjoyed the content. We’ve definitely enjoyed bringing it to you.
Details of topics for November or December may be updated
Feature Article
SportsTech Allstars for July: SportsTech for Women’s Sports
Women’s sports are slowly but surely getting the attention they truly deserve. More coverage for competitions and games leads to the need for the development of the entire ecosystem around it to match the growing demand and popularity of women’s sports.
At SportsTechX, we spent the month of July speaking with some startups and the first women’s sports-focused fund on our SportsTech AllStars Podcast, shining the spotlight on innovators in women’s sports.
Hélène Guillaume from Wild.AI
Amir Zonozi from Zoomph and Board Member at Women in Sports Tech
Want to get featured in our content?
Get in touch to find out about our partnership options.
Top News
More SportsTech fund announcements:
Saudi Arabia’s PIF launches new sports investment vehicle, focus on “fan experience” and “transformative technologies”. Microsoft and Green Bay Packers backed Titletown Tech announced a $70m fund and the Cartan Capital by former athlete WTA #35 CiCi Bellis is the new fund on the block.
FIBA debuted a LED basketball court at the U19 Women’s Basketball World Cup 2023 in Madrid
Flutter and Fox decide to shutdown FoxBet while ESPN decided to enter the US sports betting with their $2bn Penn Entertainment deal
Google is making it easier to find results for women’s sports, even on gender neutral searches
Disney is looking for a tech partner for ESPN and it could be Apple, Amazon or another tech giant
VR helped the Germany U17 team win the European Championship as players used VR headsets to improve scanning
The Balkans have their first SportsTech Accelerator, Belgrade based Pulsar SportsTech
Panini vs Fanatics: Legal battle brewing in the card collectibles market
Top Deals: PMY Group $30m, FIGUR8 $25m, GGWP $10m, Speediance $10m, ScorePlay $5m, Virtulix $5m, Magic AI $2.5m, The Futures $2m
Top Acquisitions: Tempus Ex Acq Biocore, rebranded as Infinite Athlete
Latest from our channels
STX Weekly #68: Saudi Arabia’s latest fund, Chelsea’s new SportsTech shirt sponsor and more
STX Weekly #67: ESPN looking for tech investment, Google increases focus on Women’s sports and more
Podcast #175 GiveVision: Transforming the match-day experience for the visually impaired
Podcast #174 Accessercise: Revolutionising fitness for people with physical impairments
Vodcast #171 Monarch Collective: The first investment Fund for Women’s Sports
Vodcast #170 ScorePlay: A.I. Powered Sports Media Hub
Vodcast #169 Respo.Vision: A.I. Powered Tennis Performance Game- Changer
All our podcasts are now available as Vodcasts on our YouTube channel. We will be slowly publishing new episodes and back catalogue from the year simultaneously so there’s plenty to watch.
Latest from our channels
STX Weekly #72: New athlete driven fund, Serie A discussing D2C
STX Weekly #71: More funding for Women’s Sports, US Open with Roblox experience
#179 ASB Glassfloor: Revolutionising Sports Stadiums With Interactive Video Flooring System. Watch the full video here.
#178 TryOliver: The New GPS Tracker Gamifying Football Analytics. Watch the full video here.
All our podcasts are now available as Vodcasts on our YouTube channel. We will be publishing new episodes and back catalogue from the year simultaneously so there’s plenty to watch.Monthly Themes: Recap and What’s Next
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