The Sports Tech Allstars Podcast

Interviewing Thomas Euler from Liquiditeam, a company that seeks to modernize the interaction between fans and the clubs and athletes they are passionate about. Powered by blockchain technology, Liquiditeam’s digital toolkit powers fan-centric strategies in professional sports by offering customized fan engagement and community-based financing solutions. Using their white label fan applications, f...

Interviewing Markos Kern from Fun With Balls, the creators of LIMBIC Active a home fitness and gaming console that keeps you active while you're focusing on fun. The interactive smart training system uses high-precision motion tracking technology and real-time ball detection to allow any wall with a projector to feature a large variety of ball games, fitness classes, and lots of entertainment game...

Interviewing Dmitry Maslennikov from Disruptive Partners, one of the organizers of the Continental Sportstech Accelerator, the first SportsTech accelerator for startups from the CIS and Baltic countries. The accelerator will offer startups individual road maps, exposure to major international funds and a chance to pitch at a global Demo Day. The Continental SportsTech Accelerator has the goal of i...

Interviewing Steve Madincea from Fantastec, a company that is utilizing new and emerging technologies such as OTT VOD, VR/AR, wearable tech, AI, and the Blockchain, with a mission to enable globally distanced fans to engage more deeply with the sports, teams and athletes they love. With Fantastec SWAP, fans can collect and discover official football collectibles authenticated on the Blockchain, ac...

Interviewing Pedro Mestriner from Horizm, a company that provides an AI-powered digital asset platform for the global sports and entertainment industries. Horizm’s mission is to revolutionize the way clubs operate in the digital era, and support them in taking full advantage of the existing opportunities. Founded in 2019, Horizm saw an opportunity to build a digitally native solution focused on ca...

Interviewing Craig Thompson from Mindspring Capital, an early-stage SportsTech investment company made up of sport and technology experts that partner with companies to help them reach the next level. Mindspring Capital’s focus is on B2B companies that have proven their concept and are ready to scale and the team works as both consultants and investors. Mindspring Capital’s core services include;...

Interviewing Franco Segarra from the VCF Innovation Hub, Valencia C.F.'s innovation project in partnership with Startup Valencia, which has set out to support startups and act as a catalyst for their initiatives in the technological and digital field. The project is focused on four verticals grouped into two blocks: Medicine and Academy (Sports); Smart Stadium and Fan Engagement (Technology). With...

Interviewing Mylan Tanzer from Pixellot, an innovative company that developed an AI-based solution that allows sports organizations to film, produce, broadcast, and monetize their content without any staff needed. 100% automatically. Pixellot’s end-to-end technology streamlines the production using an unmanned multi-camera device that covers the entire field and simulates a camera operator that fo...

Interviewing Patrik Olsson from Spiideo, a video recording, analysis and streaming platform that works with customers from sports organizations around the world providing innovative video solutions with two products, Spiideo Perform and Spiideo Play. The AI-powered intelligent camera systems and cloud-based platform allow teams, coaches, players, and analysts to access and share video from anywher...

Interviewing Lennardt Hachmeister from Sport Technology Systems, a company that envisions digital-football as the future of the sport by utilizing balls as tools to provide data for training and improvement. The newly developed smart ball and its app come with lots of challenges, games, and world-class training and measures several movements using a sensor in the ball to provide detailed data. The...

Interviewing David Sciama from The Coaches’ Voice, an online platform where the world’s best football coaches and managers discuss their coaching philosophies and share experiences from their journeys in the game so far. The Coaches’ Voice features a mixture of first-person written pieces and videos, designed to provide an audience that is passionate about the game with the kind of insight that th...

Interviewing Julien Piwowar from Real Madrid Next, the innovation initiative from Real Madrid under which the club’s innovation projects are set to be developed with the collaboration of startups and companies that seek to improve the performance, benefits, and sporting and economic strength of Real Madrid. The initiative is focused on working with partners in six areas of SportsTech including e-h...

Interviewing Jordan Fliegel from the Techstars Sports Accelerator, 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 India...

Interviewing Pietro Marini, Group Head of Innovation at Deltatre, a global leader in sports media and technology providing a comprehensive range of digital and broadcast solutions for the world's largest sports events, federations, media partners and brands. Marking one year on, the Deltatre Innovation Lab is a creativity hub where many of the ideas that shape the way the world watches sports, fil...

Interviewing Giel Kirkels, Head of Knowledge Development and Innovation at the KNVB, the governing body of football in the Netherlands. From amateur to professional football clubs and teams, the KNVB wants to ensure the quality of football for all and stimulate the growth of football at all levels. With # 11, the innovation hub of the KNVB, the KNVB believes that by facilitating a centrally locate...

Interviewing Matthew Gunnin, Founder and CEO at Esports One. Esports One is utilizing data and analytics to enhance the esports viewing experience for fans around the world. Esports One can improve esports broadcast in ways that simply don’t exist yet through their revolutionary computer vision technology and massive databases of historical esports data. Esports One is bringing the viewing experie...

Interviewing Jan Alessie, Director at World Football Summit (WFS), a leading international event organizer with a focus on the football industry. WFS has evolved from an annual gathering held in Madrid, focused on the European market, to a growing series of global events that cover the challenges and opportunities of the different regions and sectors of the industry. WFS provides a platform and a...

Interviewing Maximilian Schmidt, Co-Founder and Managing Director at KINEXON, a sports performance monitoring and analysis provider that covers the complete range of performance data in team sports. With KINEXON, users receive data from athletes, match balls and entire teams in real-time, centimeter-precise and processed with artificial intelligence to valuable metrics and insights. Clubs, leagues...

Interviewing Sebastián Lancestremère, President of the Global Sports Innovation Center (GSIC) and Managing Director of Sports Business at Microsoft. GSIC has a primary goal of improving the value chain of the sports industry by leveraging the most advanced technologies, enabling business connections among startups, sports organizations, educational institutions and enterprise organizations. With 3...

Interviewing Gudjon Gudjonsson from OZ Sports, a one-stop solution that is providing sports leagues and federations with services to elevate the quality of their tournaments. From live-streaming platforms to the production of matches with integrated VAR, player tracking and more. OZ Sports has a mission to democratise sports, offering every league - no matter where in the world - access to the sam...

Interviewing Sam Robertson from Victoria University, partner of the Techstars SportsTech Melbourne Accelerator. Welcoming its inaugural class in 2020, the Techstars SportsTech Melbourne Accelerator focuses on early-stage sports technology companies that aim to disrupt and drive innovation in high-performance sport, grassroots participation, as well as event and media technology. Find out more at h...

Interviewing Fielding Jamieson from the Global Sports Venture Studio (GSVS), an initiative that brings together the world's leading sports organizations to collaborate and engage with startups and the sports innovation ecosystem and bring the future of the fan and athlete experience to life. Find out more at https://www.globalsportsventurestudio.com/ . Hosted by Benjamin Penkert from SportsTechX -...

Interviewing Wayne Kimmel from SeventySix Capital, a venture capital firm focused on the dynamic and evolving markets of sports digitalization, esports, sports betting & the overall sports-consumer experience. SeventySix Capital invests in passionate, smart and nice entrepreneurs who are launching game-changing SportsTech startups. Find out more at https://www.seventysixcapital.com/ . Hosted b...

Interviewing Andre Fluellen from Beyond the Game Network, a community of current and former professional athletes who are uniquely positioned to help startups. At Beyond the Game Network, athletes bring their fame, expertise, and relationships to help power growth and invest in startups across sports, media, and consumer products and technology. Find out more at https://thebtgnetwork.com/ . Hosted...

Interviewing Benjamin Benichou from Creative Bot, an innovative company that provides plug-and-play solutions to enable 1-to-1 conversations between sports organizations and their fans on any digital platform. Creative Bot empowers sports teams to build meaningful relationships with their fans at scale. Find out more at https://www.creativebot.ai/ . Hosted by Rohn Malhotra from SportsTechX - Data...