A new fitness app that seeks to reward users with goods and services for the amount of exercise they do has raised $5.7 million in seed funding with participation from Seedcamp, Goodwater Capital, Greylock Partners and Twitch founder Justin Kan. Sweatcoin, an app developed by Sweatco Ltd., lets users earn 0.95 “sweatcoins,” a new digital […]
Xperiel, the company that has been building predictive gaming apps for sports teams, announced Tuesday that it closed a new $7 million series A funding with participation from the Sacramento Kings to expand beyond sports technology. Xperiel, which helps companies build augmented reality apps that take advantage of existing technology in brick-and-mortar stores and […]
The Tampa Bay Lightning have the best record in the NHL heading into the All-Star Game on their home ice at Amalie Arena. And just in time for the weekend of festivities, the Lightning announced that the arena will be updated for the mobile world. Enlisting the services of Tampa-based startup Venuetize, the team created a […]
Social mapping app Paranoid Fan announced on Thursday the launch of its new emoji map for Super Bowl LII at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis in the week leading up to the big game to mobilize fans around the venue. Paranoid Fan’s mapping technology brings emojis and live video to maps so that fans can […]
MELVILLE, N.Y. — In a mid-sized office building in the suburbs of Long Island, a company called LBi Software, with its sports-focused division LBi Dynasty, has been stealthily building scouting software for Major League Baseball since the late 1990s. Now, after moving to a shiny new office in November meant to accommodate a growing team […]
