The Sports Tech Allstars Podcast

Interviewing Andreas Kitzing from Sponsoo, an innovative online marketplace that connects athletes and sports teams with corporate sponsors. With thousands of athletes and clubs of more than 300 different sports, Sponsoo allows potential sponsors to search through the online portfolio and identify ideal sponsorship targets. Find out more at www.sponsoo.com and read Andreas’s blog post discussed in...

Interviewing Milos Ribic from adidas Corporate Ventures, the corporate venturing arm of adidas which is making strategic investments in innovative companies and technologies being leveraged by the adidas brand. adidas Corporate Ventures is specifically focused on investing in startups with innovative solutions for sustainability, fan engagement and content solutions related to sports. Find out mor...

Interviewing Petr Zhukov from Indigo SportsTech Fund, a global VC fund focused primarily on Seed and A-round investments in SportsTech. Indigo Capital Partners is a private equity & VC fund that combines global best practice and a world-wide network of contacts with a thorough knowledge of the Russian market. Find out more at www.indigocapital.ru/ . Hosted by Rohn Malhotra from SportsTechX - D...

Interviewing Cullen Gallagher and Frank Bryan from REELY, an end-to-end content solution that utilizes computer vision and deep learning to automatically identify, tag, clip and distribute the best sports highlights in real-time. From the little leagues to the major leagues and traditional sports to esports, REELY has your content needs covered. Find out more at http://www.reely.ai/ . Hosted by Be...

Interviewing Henrik Teisbæk from Veo, a portable AI-powered video solution that lets you record your match without a camera operator. Automatic recording and video-editing enable players to watch and share their sport and Veo’s vision is to democratize the video broadcasting and analytics that are otherwise only available for professional teams. Find out more at https://www.veo.co/. Hosted by Benj...

Interviewing Dave DuPont from TeamSnap, a sports team management platform that makes organizing teams, clubs and leagues simple by helping users instantly know important things like where to be, what to bring and who can make the game. The app helps with communication, scheduling, assignments, payment collection, photo sharing, and much more. Find out more at https://www.teamsnap.com. Hosted by Be...

Interviewing Carter Russ and Chase Payne from Champions Round, a sports entertainment company focused on building engaging fan experiences for the fantasy sports industry. Champions Round offers a shorter commitment strategy fantasy football game that gives everyone more of what they love about fantasy sports. Find out more at https://www.championsround.com/ . Hosted by Benjamin Penkert from Sport...

Interviewing Rich Routman from Minute Media, a company that is changing the face of digital sports publishing by pioneering a unique content creation and distribution movement. Through their proprietary cutting-edge technology, Minute Media is empowering the next generation of fans and social influencers to create, distribute and consume more than 1,000 pieces of curated content, through 12 langua...

Interviewing Aaron Holland from Season Share, the first mobile app that enables fans to buy, group, split and share multi-game ticket packages to live sporting events. Season Share’s goal is to make live events more accessible for people and to help companies and teams drive new millennial sales, improve account retention and build their CRM. Find out more at seasonshare.com . Hosted by Benjamin P...

Interviewing Michael Flynn from DataPOWA, a sports and entertainment sponsorship and digital marketing agency. DataPOWA provides brands and rights holders with detailed measurement of actual and potential value of sponsorships alongside digital maximization solutions for marketing programs giving you access and power from your own data and DataPOWA’s Marketing BigData assets. Find out more at http...

Interviewing Lance Dietz from KB Partners, a Chicago based investment firm focused on early-stage venture capital investments and innovators at the intersection of sports and technology. KB’s principals take an active approach in helping to build dominant new enterprises by working in partnership with talented entrepreneurs and experienced managers. Find out more at www.kbpartners.com/ . Hosted by...

Interviewing Greg Mitchinson from Twenty3, a sports intelligence business that takes the complexity out of producing content by offering tools and services to help produce better content, faster. Through the Twenty3 Content Toolbox, producing sports content is made simpler, faster and more engaging for fans. Twenty3 also helps publishers run the day to day, with video, design, editorial, social me...

Interviewing Cheri Bradish from the Future of Sport Lab (FSL), a collaborative lab and incubator for sport innovation and research. The lab is a vision supported and co-managed by Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment (MLSE), one of the world’s premier sport and entertainment companies, and Ryerson University. The objective of the FSL is to be Canada’s global leader in sport innovation, creating a...

Interviewing Ashley Crowder from VNTANA, an end to end solution for premium mixed reality. VNTANA’s patented AR computing platform provides the only interactive holograms with data collection that “wow” consumers while quantifying engagement. VNTANA’s interactive hologram technologies are applicable globally and across multiple industries including sports, advertising, retail, business communicati...

Interviewing Kristin Geer from BleachrONE, a comprehensive sports app on the market for teams, leagues, tournaments and colleges. BleacherONE focuses on assisting client partners by addressing four key drivers of the mobile fan lifecycle -- acquisition, engagement, monetization, and retention. Find out more at https://www.bleachr.co/ . Hosted by Benjamin Penkert from SportsTechX - Data & Insig...

Interviewing Dane Dobre from SOLO Workout, a consumer electronics startup a workout tracking system and application that uses sensors to collect and send data to the cloud while users workout. SOLO Workout Tracking System helps users to monitor progress, create training plans, record performances and analyze data. Find out more at https://www.soloworkout.com/ . Hosted by Benjamin Penkert from Spor...

Interviewing Jose Gonzalez Ruzo from Oliver, a smart wearable and platform that identifies, interprets and predicts how footballers play and perform in the field during a match or training session and deliver those stats real-time into a mobile app in a comprehensive, fun and social way. Oliver’s goal is to provide statistics to help improve performance in three levels: health, athletics and footb...

Interviewing Adele Andersen from Imaginactive, a London-based startup that combines exercise and entertainment by producing an audio fitness adventure app called Apocalypse Survival Training, a comedy adventure series in which every episode is a workout. The app offers a full production audio drama that can be paired with several different workout experiences including running, bodyweight circuit...

Interviewing Ryan Jespersen from Dazzl, a France-based company that offers a mobile app and cloud-based video production suite that is revolutionizing live production and the delivery of mobile content. Dazzl’s goal is to help media companies grow their network with new perspective capturing by offering the tools to produce multi-camera live production from anywhere in the world. Find out more at...

Interviewing Olivier Lebleu from Runnin’City, an innovative app that uses GPS technology to provide users with a guided run that helps users discover hundreds of cities around the world by including city landmarks and points of interest throughout the run. By using a vocal GPS audio-guide, Runnin’City is the go-to app for tourism running. Find out more at https://www.runnincity.world/ . Hosted by...

Interviewing Anders Gran from Twiik, an app that connects professional coaches, trainers, gyms and fitness influencers with clients looking for the perfect workout, plan course or fitness challenge. Find out more at www.twiik.me. Hosted by Benjamin Penkert from SportsTechX - Data & Insights about SportsTech startups and the surrounding ecosystem.

Interviewing Brett Richey from BlitzPredict, a cutting-edge betting exchange focused on sports, esports and politics. Built on the Ethereum blockchain and powered by Augur and 0x, BlitzPredict harnesses the power of blockchain technology to deliver low fee, high transparency markets with reduced counterparty risk. Find out more at www.blitzpredict.io. Hosted by Benjamin Penkert from SportsTechX -...

Interviewing Laura Fernandez Gimenez from AllWomen, an initiative aiming to shape the futures of women in technology. Shehacks adidas is a cooperation between adidas and AllWomen, described as a trip, an event, an occasion to network and learn from other women in tech, have fun and find a job in one of the world's coolest companies. Find out more at www.allwomen.tech. Hosted by Benjamin Penkert fr...

Interviewing Taylor Host from Miro, a growing technology startup based in Hong Kong that is focused on uncovering one-of-a-kind insights from endurance sporting event photos/video. Since launching in April 2017, Miro’s proprietary software has indexed & analyzed millions of athletes in motion! Find out more at www.miro.io. Hosted by Benjamin Penkert from SportsTechX - Data & Insights about...

Interviewing Jim Cavale from Upper Hand, a platform that allows college sports team subscribers to store, track and deliver their internally-curated content to the mobile phones of their athletes, who can access a personalized content gallery through their INFLCR app, and share directly to any of their social platforms, growing their brand and the brand of their university at the same time. Find o...