The Sports Tech Allstars Podcast

Interviewing Anthony Vennare, Co-Founder @FittInsider Fitt Insider is a newsletter, podcast, and community of industry-leading operators that is building a platform for the future of fitness and wellness. Much like what we at SportsTechX do in the sports tech space, Fitt insider does for the health, fitness and wellbeing space. Fitt Insider has also ventured into angel investing and investment fun...

Interviewing Sohrob Farudi, CEO & Co-Founder, @FanControlledFootball. Fan Controlled Football is a professional indoor football league that was created in 2017 as the first sports league that is controlled by fans. It is a pro football re-imagined for the modern digital world where real games are played in a single, high tech studio arena and the fans call the plays, set key rules and draft pl...

Mint is a platform to monetize & market assets using NFTs / digital tokens. They’re building NFT experiences to be more accessible and inclusive through streamlined commerce solutions that provide a simplified platform to mint, market, monetize, and manage digital assets that connect with an engaged community of fans. Find out more at https://www.mint.store/ In this conversation, Matt talks ab...

Interviewing Oliver Howard from Startupbootcamp Sport and Event Tech Melbourne. Startupbootcamp is the world's largest industry-focused accelerator program with a global family of 21 industry-focused programs including IoT & Data Tech, Health, FinTech, Food, Smart City & Living, Transportation, and Energy. They launched its first accelerator program in Melbourne, Australia in August 2017....

Interviewing Jordan Fliegel from Techstars Sports, a leading sports accelerator in the US designed for SportsTech companies focused on the future of sport, ranging from new technologies to new business models. Techstars Sports Accelerator powered by Indy is backed by the Pacers Sports & Entertainment, NCAA, Indiana Sports Corp, the Next Level Fund, and supporting partners Indianapolis Colts an...

Interviewing Luis Vicente, Chairman, and Antonio Cacorino, Co-Founder & CEO at APEX Capital, — a SportsTech Investment Network allowing athletes to invest in what they understand and can eventually engage with. Counting two current Formula E drivers as Founding Partners - Antonio Felix Da Costa and Mitch Evans, APEX Capital is focused primarily on Seed, Late Seed and Series A Companies. Tradit...

Interviewing Lloyd Danzig, Founder and Managing Partner at Sharp Alpha Advisors, the venture capital firm specializing in sports betting and online gaming, mostly focusing on deploying capital out of their venture fund in pre-seed and seed companies that are pursuing what they consider to be the future. Adding to the lengthy list, the company consults for professional sports teams and leagues on t...

Interviewing Gérôme Vanherf, Co-Founder of SportsTech Belgium whose main objective is to develop the SportsTech ecosystem in Belgium with new initiatives and new startups, and to build long term cross-fertilization strategies between Belgian sports and technology stakeholders, both locally and internationally. Having just recently launched at their Summit in Tubize, Belgium—our very own Rohn Malho...

Interviewing Benedikt Jonas Dunse on today’s episode of the SportsTech All Stars Podcast, CEO of the St. Gallen-based Impulse Network, the student-driven not-for-profit movement, founded in 2017 to create impulses for change in the sports industry. Specifically, the Impulse Network set out with the mission to bridge the gap between academia and the sports industry. Having gained a lot of traction...

Interviewing Petr Zhukov, for the second time, from Indigo Capital Partners—the European SportsTech Fund focused primarily on Seed, Late Seed and Series A Companies. Familiar with Petr and this global VC fund, we dive deeper into the effects of the last year. Having all faced the challenging realities of the Corona pandemic and the resulting industry shifts, we address the ways in which technology...

Interviewing Thomas H. Rudy, Principal of the Lake Nona Sports and Health Tech Fund, a fresh investment fund based in the Lake Nona Region within Orlando, Florida. With eyes set on investing in early-stage, innovative startups shaping the future of sports and health, and as a partnership between the two giants: leAD Sports and Health Tech Partners and Tavistock Group, the Fund’s mission is to supp...

Interviewing Elliott Rayner, CMO of ARION, the company dedicated to truly understanding movement and in so doing, helping athletes and running enthusiasts alike to discover their own unique running identity, refine their technique and ultimately reduce the risk of injury. With ARION Coach, the ultra-thin smart running insoles with pressure-sensitive sensors and a personal coaching AI program, user...

Interviewing Mustafa Ghouse, CEO of JSW Sports, the sports vertical of the JSW group—the Indian multinational conglomerate company, based in Mumbai. Appointed as CEO in 2012, and with the inception of JSW Sports aimed initially at supporting Indian Olympic athletes through the creation of a funding program for the lead up to the 2016 Rio Olympics, and an additional youth development program target...

Interviewing David Dwinger, founder of the revolutionary player development football platform, JOGO! Using groundbreaking data technology including artificial intelligence (AI), machine vision (MV), and insole sensor tech, the company provides insights into the future faces of football. Having identified the need for objective and relative data with regards to youth development, as opposed to mere...

Interviewing Jaime Reneses, founder of Retrofootball, a European online platform dedicated to the revival of sports legends through vintage sportswear—specifically, jerseys. Upon identifying the appreciation and passion that football fans feel when it comes to the legends and the ecosystem they exist within, he realized the huge market potential existing in the football fanbase. Simply put: fans w...

Interviewing Adam Weinstein, Founder and CEO of ThriveFantasy, a New York based Daily Fantasy Sports product meant for the everyday fan. ThriveFantasy streamlines the drafting process by creating a simplified format using Over/Unders on a certain athlete’s stat for a game. Through focusing solely on top-tier athletes from each sport, they’ve managed to open the playing field to even casual sports...

Interviewing Eyal Ben-Ari, CEO of Track 160, a Tel Aviv based company providing the most advanced player tracking system in the world, powered by deep learning technology. All this using just one single camera set up on a football field. Track160 does this right from the elite teams, to sub-elite and even right down to the grassroots, making this level of analytics accessible to any team at any le...

Interviewing Jed Corenthal from Phenix Real Time Solutions, the go-to provider for real-time video streaming solutions and the only company that can stream synchronous real-time video to broadcast sized audiences. Phenix offers an end-to-end solution that delivers video with less than ½ second of latency, enabling them to acquire, engage and retain viewers in areas such as sports, esports, microwa...

Interviewing Peter Holm from Tonsser, an app that empowers the next generation of footballers. We spoke about their latest project, Tonsser United, a game changing 21st century club that offers unsigned youth players life-changing opportunities and an alternative path to unlock their potential. Also joining for the podcast is Alejandro Bedoya, professional soccer player for Philadelphia Union in t...

Interviewing Tracy Benson from Obsesh, a company that connects pro athletes with their fans and with all those who love the sport they practice in real-time. By using technology to humanize sports with an all-in-one platform, Obsesh aims to create equitable opportunity for the world’s niche athletes. Obsesh is on a mission to level the playing field with the convenience of a tech platform and spor...

Interviewing Max Montrey from SportsTrace, a company with the mission to empower every athlete and coach, regardless of budget, to reach their full potential. Through training or match videos, athletes can use their smartphone to get advice on how to use their body best and how to optimize their movements to improve quickly. SportsTrace uses AI-powered technology to provide personalized insights a...

Interviewing Paul-Emile Saab from Sport Heroes, a company with a mission to motivate everyone to be active every day and to feel good physically and mentally. To achieve this objective, Sport Heroes creates sports-based community engagement software to enable organizations to engage their customers, employees or fans, leveraging wellness and connected sports experiences. Whether it's organizing a...

Interviewing Ivan Contreras from HUMANOX, a company with a mission to make data collection on footballers accessible for teams of any level and not just for professionals. Using their smart shin guards, data is transmitted in real-time and available on your mobile, tablet or computer. This way, players, coaches and clubs can access the statistics and graphs of a specific match, or of a whole serie...

Interviewing Alicia Verspecht from Decathlon and Marius Declerck from eHealth Valley who are both part of the team behind Move Well, a new initiative and European accelerator for early-stage startups with ideas in sport, health and well-being. Created by a large network of partners, including healthcare incumbents (PartenaMut, Partena Ziekenfonds and Goed), retail institutions (Decathlon) and top-...

Interviewing Martin Wiklund from Sportswik, a company that aims to increase media coverage, fan engagement and sponsorship opportunities for semi-pro and minor sports organizations and federations by creating unique social media platforms specifically for them. Sportswik enables organizations to take control of their content and user data, boost coverage and engagement and create new revenue strea...