The Seed Talk Podcast

Here are our top stories in sports technology.

Sports Tech

• Kitman Labs | has developed an artificial intelligence platform that analyzes data that teams collect on players when they practice, train, play in games, sleep and in other situations. Teams can then use that data to predict injury risk in players, form practice and games plans and evaluate talent and what makes players perform at their peak level.
• Invesco QQQ | the official exchange-traded fund of the NCAA, is launching an interactive game that aims to teach college athletes "how not to suck at money," and the timing couldn't be better with the arrival of name, image and likeness opportunities.
• Oura | was originally marketed as a wellness ring focused mainly on sleep. Now it looks like a pointer to future ideas in wearables. Unlike many other watches and bands, the ring can read temperature. it tracks a relative temperature state each night while sleeping and shows trends in your daily temperature.

This are our top stories in sports technology.

Sports Tech

We have a lot in the world of AR that we need to discuss.

• First, the Pac-12 and Recur technology are opening up the NFT world for these conference athletes
• The Metaverse and the future of augmented reality in our everyday lives
• Facebook develops AR glasses with EssilorLuxottica
• Press Sports develops an app for college athletes to post highlights with a Tik-Tok feel
• Michael Jordan's Black Cat Ventures continues to make investments in the golfing world with a swing improvement app

Here are our top stories in Sports Tech.

Sports Tech

• VICIS | A helmet manufacturing company, recently introduced the TRENCH, a helmet designed to address the needs of linemen.
• The NFL partnered with AWS for its second annual sports analytics contest, the 2020 Big Data Bowl, to develop this new stat.

Sports

• What to look forward to for upcoming football season.
• College football lines

We are joined by special guest, CEO & Founder, Bo Han from Buzzer.

Buzzer delivers the sports moments that matter to you the most.

• Buzzer simplifies the discovery and access to live short-form “lightning-in-a-bottle” moments in sports tailored to your preferences with real-time notifications and microtransactions.

Stay for our top story in sports technology after the interview.

• NFL partners with Hawk-Eye for replay technology to enhance the game's calls

Here are our top stories in sports & sports technology

News

• Comcast NBCuniversal Sports Tech Accelerator
• Barca Innovation Hub

Sports Tech

• XR Casino | Is developing the first-ever extended reality platform that will allow users of different devices to play XR casino games with each other
• Emotion AI | has been used to gain information about the emotional spectrum of consumers in several industries, including HR, healthcare and marketing.

Funding

• GOAT Group
• Gympass
• TOCA Football

Here are our top stories in sports & sports technology.

Sports

• NCAA News | Name, Image, & Likeness and how this transforms college sports.

Sports Technology

• Beyond Pulse | An idea was born out of a desire to help coaches better understand the health and performance of their players.
• NASCAR and BettorView | A leading in-venue sports betting marketing and technology platform, are partnering to deliver NASCAR content at venues located within legal online betting sales across the nation.
• Media Kind | Is a new direct-to-consumer solution for video production, streaming, and audience engagement

Funding Rounds

• Sporttrade
• SoleSavy
• Wagr
• GamerzClass
• Terrel Owens Wine Release

Here are our top stories in sports & sports technology.

News

Sports:

• Atlanta Hawks taking the NBA world by surprise

Sports Tech

• The PGA Tour named "Whoop" | as its official wearable. As you might recall, the PGA Tour and Whoop, a Boston-based performance tracking and analytics company
• La Liga | has expanded its technology partnership with Microsoft to build new fan engagement features through Azure
• Quintar | is the world’s first AR-centered fan technology platform company enabling content owners, creators, and rights holders to build captivating live action AR experiences

Funding News

Here are our top stories in sports technology.

Sports:

• Hawks

Sports Technology (9min)

• Major League Baseball (MLB) | Has capitalised on the growing market of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) via a deal signed with digital collectibles company Candy Digital.
• The NBA | Wants your help to improve the game, and in its initial callout to entrepreneurs and companies, the league is seeking innovative products, technologies or other platforms that address four NBA priorities
• 4DREPLAY | A tech startup that uses multi-angle replay video solution system
• Arria NLG | A leading provider of Natural Language Generation (NLG) technology, today announced a strategic alliance with Boost Sport AI to power digital storytelling across sports media, sports betting, and e-commerce.

Funding News

• Tibles | A digital collectibles platform that uses blockchain technology to trade NFTs
• Virtuix | And thier “Omni” technology makes VR more tactile and immersive by letting you physically move while wearing a VR headset.

Here are our top stories in sports technology

News

• Googles commitment to diversity

Stories

• Jock MKT | Is a mobile app financial market based on fantasy sports metrics that allows users to buy and sell “shares” of athletes in real time, based on how they are performing — much as investors would with shares of real public companies on a stock exchange.
• The National Basketball Association | has formed its Africa business operation, luring investors and former players, including Dikembe Mutombo, Grant Hill and Junior Bridgeman.
• NeuroFlex | Records horizontal and vertical movement of the eyes and head movements and, within seconds, analyzes that data and generates a report which helps medical personnel diagnose and manage concussions.

Funding News

• Collectibles app Rally
• Delta Trainer

Here are our top stories in sports technology

Sports Tech:

• PuttShack | A concept focused on high-tech indoor mini-golf and global cuisine, has secured $60 million in funding
• Amazon Web Services, Inc. and the National Hockey League (NHL) | announced they will debut two new advanced analytics during the 2021 Stanley Cup Playoffs
• Stupa Sports Analytics| Is helping global table tennis associations improve the performance of their athletes and coaches through an artificial intelligence-powered analytics app that can be installed on a mobile phone

Funding News

• Underdog Fantasy
• Bitski
• Sixty8 Capital
• Stoko
• Ouro