Upside: Sports Metaverse Ecosystem Analysis: Trends, Drivers, Challenges, Recommendations to Teams

Over the past 3 months, the Metaverse has become the new buzzword in the tech world with literally every single tech company announcing a Metaverse strategy. On top of that, major brands (Nike, Disney…) are now making inroads into the Metaverse space. Facebook, which renamed itself as Meta, is also [...]

Upside Chat: Gerbert Vandenberghe, Venly COO (Leading NFT/Metaverse tech enabler startup)

This week we had the honor to interview Gerbert Vandenberghe, COO of Venly, a leading NFT technology enabler startup. Show Notes: Through this interview, we touched on his background, and his role at Venly. We also talked about his startup, his product, how it benefits for sports organizations, [...]

Upside Startup Profile: VKTRY Gear (Leading Performance Insoles startup)

Upside profile of the month: Upside startup: VKTRY Gear Headquartered: Milford CT Founded: 2016 Amount money raised: $6.5M Sector: Sports Gear, Insoles Customers: NFL, MLB, NCAA and direct to consumer Company and product background: VKTRY Insoles were invented by Matt Arciuolo, Certified Pedorthist for the US Olympic Bobsled & Skeleton [...]

Upside Chat: Donato Campagnoli, Zlam CEO (Leading Sports Video Analysis startup)

This week we had the honor to interview Donato Campagnoli, Zlam CEO, a leading sports video analysis startup. Show Notes: Through this interview, we touched on his background, and his role at Zlam. We also talked about his startup, his product, and how it benefits the tennis clubs. [...]

Upside Thought Leadership Series: Top VCs’ Thoughts on The Sports NFT/Metaverse Market

The Sports NFT /Metaverse market has become one of the most talked about sports segments in the past 6 months with the emergence of sports NFT startup unicorns raising a sizable amount of funding (e.g. Sorare, Dapper Labs, etc.), and sports teams and leagues (NBA, NFL…) launching NFT solutions, in [...]

Upside Chat: Sven Van de Perre, Tropos AR (Leading Metaverse Portal Startup)

This week we had the honor to interview Sven Van de Perre, Creative Director at Tropos AR, a leading Metaverse discovery portal. Show Notes: Through this interview, we touched on his background, his role that Tropos AR. We also talked about his startup, product, how it benefits the [...]

Sports Performance Roles & Best Practices (Head of Performance, Head Athletic Trainer..)

Over the past 10 years we have worked with many sports performance professionals of professional teams and leagues (NBA, MLS, NHL, MLB, NFL, European soccer, Olympic teams..). Within a sports performance department there are key roles (Director of high performance, Head Athletic Trainer, Director of Sports Medicine, Head of R&D, [...]

October Recap: Sports Tech Startups Raised $292M in October, FB Watch Leaked, Peloton’s New Dumbbell & AI Camera.

Dear Colleague, We had another busy month of October in the world of elite sports. November is off to a great start. In the world of soccer, the national teams were competing to qualify for the next Soccer World Cup in Qatar. In Tennis, Djokovic clinched a seventh year-end No. [...]

Upside Chat: Marco Nunez, Former Head Athletic Trainer (LA Lakers/NBA)

This week we had the honor to interview Marco Nunez, the former Head Athletic Trainer for the LA Lakers (NBA). Marco worked for the LA Lakers for 8 years. ? Show Notes: Through this interview, we touched on his background, the role that he played at the LA [...]

Upside Chat: Sean Harrington, Notemeal CEO (Online platform for nutritionists and dietitians)

This week we had the honor to interview Sean Harrington, CEO of Notemeal, a leading online platform for nutritionists and dietitians. Notemeal currently has 215 nutritionists and 10,000+ athletes on its platform and works with 50 pro teams (NFL, NBA, NHL, NCAA, Olympic teams..). The company was recently [...]

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