As Google Play’s global head of media apps business development for most of this decade, Serge Kassardjian saw the growing fragmentation of the digital video marketplace. Social channels such as...
Esports viewership numbers are staggering. Some phrases have been repeated ad nauseam. “League of Legends has more viewers than (insert sport here).” While the validity of that statistic is up for debate, the fact that tons of people are watching esports is not. Viewership is just one part of transforming esports into the multi-billion dollar […]
FanAI, an audience management platform that is helping brands target sports fans beginning with the esports industry, announced this week the closing of a seed funding round supported by several sports technology venture capitalists and the founder of DraftKings, Jason Robins. The company also announced a partnership with DreamHack, one of the world’s largest esports […]
What’s the mindset like of venture capital firms, who have hundreds of million of dollars in investment money, when they examine startups and early-stage technology companies? How do they analyze young founders and CEOs with fresh ideas looking to deploy capital to take their business to the next level? SportTechie recently asked investors at three […]
NEW YORK — The areas of sports and technology stretch far and wide, from virtual reality and wearables to sports science, esports and venue-related technology. What’s the one segment, though, that venture capitalists and investment firms are currently hesitant about? Deepen Parikh, Partner at Courtside Ventures (CourtsideVC), spoke at the first annual Columbia Sports Conference […]
