The Relish doesn’t want to be like other female-targeted sports sites that have come and gone with varying degrees of success in the past. CEO Ashley Wellington-Fahey wants to create a movement — and she has set her sights on original programming to do it. After a year of bootstrapping, Wellington-Fahey has hired a small […]
From a couch in a home office in the Bay Area, two huge NBA fans have amassed a Twitter following for their live broadcasts and have unwittingly ushered in a new way to watch sports. Nate Duncan and Danny Leroux are living their childhood dreams. From a cushy couch in Duncan’s home, a large #twitterNBAshow […]
Even on the morning his company was acquired by Dallas-based sports management provider Blue Star Sports, Vasu Kulkarni still wasn’t sure if the deal was going to close. “They’re private equity guys, and we’re still a startup. Usually, those things don’t go together,” said Kulkarni, the founder of sports film analysis and statistics startup Krossover. “I […]
Kenzen, a health analytics company, announced Monday that it has raised $5 million in strategic investment for development, support and marketing of its ECHO Smart Patch wearable technology. Kenzen’s investors include Digitalis, Flex (formerly Flextronics), the San Francisco 49ers, Hickory Ventures, Gaingels, and the Women’s Capital Connection. Kenzen had previously piloted projects with the 49ers. The […]
It’s STRIVR’s splashiest deal yet: a partnership with Walmart, the world’s largest retailer, to train and educate 150,000 Walmart employees each year. But don’t think the virtual reality company is giving up on its roots. STRIVR, founded by ex-football coach Derek Belch, who wrote his college thesis on how virtual reality training could help improve […]
