Stadia Ventures, the St. Louis-based sports business accelerator, has announced the companies selected for its Spring 2017 Cohort and an investment of up to $100,000 in exchange for an undisclosed equity stake. The accelerator received nearly 200 applications from around the world and 130 senior sports and business executives — including a SportTechie representative — served as […]
Golden State Warriors sixth man Andre Iguodala caught a glimpse of the secretive Magic Leap, a Florida-based company reported to be focused on augmented, mixed reality and computer vision technologies in addition to artificial intelligence. The tech-centric small forward was in awe of what he saw, although he wasn’t quite sure if he could initially comment. […]
Last-minute ticketing app Gametime is rolling out a new feature that will allow sports fans and consumers to offer immediate feedback on their event experiences through a review process. The patent-pending technology called FanViews will prompt fans to submit their rating of their seat quality along with photos from the event, which will be intended to […]
NEW YORK —TPG Sports Group held its third annual Sports Tank, the equivalent of ABC’s Shark Tank, on Tuesday at the Katie Murphy Amphitheatre in Manhattan. Only TPG’s rendition exclusively included startups and early-stage companies at the intersection of sports and technology. Eleven companies had the opportunity to pitch their products or services to six venture […]
The Major League Baseball season has begun, and with the new year comes a set of sports technology storylines to follow over the summer months and into the Fall Classic. Here are the top four headlines and technology angles SportTechie is following this season: 1. Statcast Upgraded MLB’s tracking technology Statcast, which is on-display in all […]
