World Cup 2018 kicks off next Thursday (11pm, June 14th, 2018) on Hari Raya eve with host Russia taking on Saudi Arabia. While sports has not changed much on-field, off-field it sees an emergence of SportsTech (beyond gaming and eSports). Sample:
Accelerators
- Arsenal - Arsenal Innovation Lab
- Barça - Barcelona FC Innovation Hub
- leAD - Adidas Sports Accelerator
- Dodgers - LA Dodgers (baseball) + R/GA (ad agency) Sports Accelerator
- Sixers - 76ers (basketball) + Kimball (office furniture) Innovation Lab
- HypeLabs - No-Charge No-Equity 16 Week SportsTech Acceleration
- SportsTechHub - Making London the World's Sports Tech Capital
Startups
- Spalk - Choose your commentator
- Reely - Automatic sports highlights
- RC21x - Check whether your brain is working fully
- Meridix - Turn your smartphone into a broadcast truck
- Return2Play - Sports medicine for amateur athletes
- OpenSponsorship - Sponsorship network
- Blinkfire - Check how visible your sponsorship is
- GumGum - Use computer vision to analyse branding
- LeagueApps - Turn community sports into fun leagues
- Wingfield - Improve your tennis game
- FirstVision - Put live cameras on the player
- PowerBeat - Measure human output
Pick of Events (W4-Jun-2018)
Link State of Fintech @ KualaLumpur
Link Human Intelligence @ KualaLumpur
Link Ethereum Infrastructure @ KualaLumpur
Link Founder Institute's Founder @ IskandarPuteri
Link Blockchain Uncomplicated @ Singapore
Link Blockchain Adventures @ Singapore tix
Link StartupWeekend Reunion @ Singapore
Link GDPR Impact on IoT @ Singapore
Link The Next Unicorns @ Bangkok tix
Link Startup Week @ Bangkok
Link Going Global @ Manila