New Apple Watch to measure hydration? Hybrid AR/VR headset coming. Sports Tech Invest. Up +177% in July/August. Crypto Salary is the new hot thing in soccer.

Dear Colleague, The past 30 days have been busy in the world of sports. In the world of soccer, Italy shocked the world by winning the European soccer championship. In the basketball world, the Bucks won their first NBA title in 50 years. The Tokyo Olympics was a success with [...]

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Upside Startup Spotlight: Neurocess

Upside startup name: Neurocess Headquartered: London (England, UK) Website: https://www.neurocess.co/ Founded: 2018 Amount money raised: $3.4M. Raising another $5M as part of their next round of funding. Sector: Sensor based injury prevention and rehab tool Customers: Leading Premier league soccer clubs, and Turkish soccer clubs. Founded in 2018, Neurocess offers [...]

Upside Chat: Luc Julia, Renault’s Chief Scientific Officer, Ex Siri/Apple/Samsung exec, On the Future of AI

This week we had the honor to interview Luc Julia, Chief Scientific Officer at Renault Group, a leading automaker. Luc has worked for many years in the Silicon Valley for companies such as Apple, Siri, Samsung, and HP. ?Show Notes: Through this interview, we touched on his role [...]

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Upside Analysis: The NFT Sports Market: Key Players, Trends, Recommendations to Teams

Over the past 12 months there has been a lot of hype about the NFT Sports market with many sports teams, leagues (NBA, AS Roma..), athletes (Tom Brady, Osaka, Tiger Woods..), and major tech funds (Andreessen Horowitz) getting into the space. This brings the following questions: Is the NFT Sports [...]

Upside Chat: Dr Ron Dick, Duquesne University on COVID-19, The Tokyo Olympics, Student Athletes Getting Paid.

This week we had the honor to interview again Dr. Ron Dick, associate professor of sports marketing at Duquesne University in the school of business. Ron also worked for 20 years in sports, including 15 years in the NBA with the Sixers and the Nets, and then four [...]

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Upside VC Spotlight: Causeway Media Partners

VC name: Causeway Media Partners Headquartered: Cambridge, MA Founded: 2013 Partners: Bob Higgins, Jasmine Robinson, Mark Wan, and Wyc Grousbeck Website: www.causewaymp.com/ Sectors: Sports, fitness, gaming, and media VC type: Growth stage VC Typical investment range: $5M to $15M (Series B and beyond) Causeway Media Partners is an investment fund [...]

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Upside Chat: Pierre Barrieu, High Performance Director, Toronto FC (MLS)

This week we had the honor to interview Pierre Barrieu, the Director of High Performance at Toronto FC, a top MLS team. Pierre is a highly experienced high performance director as he has worked in the US (Toronto FC, LA Galaxy, US Soccer Federation), Europe and Middle East [...]

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Upside Startup Spotlight: McLloyd

Upside startup: MacLloyd Headquartered: Paris (France), US subsidiary in Miami, FL (USA) Founded: 2013 Company website: www.mclloyd.com Sector: GPS tracking system Customers: 100+ customers in Europe (Stade Rennais/Ligue 1, Standard de liege/Belgian soccer league, Amien SC/Ligue 2, PMU..), North America (PSG Academy. Etc.) McLloyd was born in 2013 in France. [...]

NFT Reached $2.5B in 1H21. SoulCycle’s NY Sales Up +55%. Fitbit ring coming?

Dear Colleague, Last month was a busy month in the world of sports and technology. In the world of soccer, the European soccer championship saw some major upsets, with France the current World champion, being defeated against Switzerland. Italy won its first International trophy in 15 years by beating England [...]

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