Brought to you by us here at Digital Sport and the amazing team at 2Pears we have a brand new event running this Wednesday 25th March. Sports TechPitch 4.5, is a platform created specifically for sports-tech startups from all across Europe to showcase their business proposition to a relevant wider audience, including VCs, sport industry professionals and experts, journalists, as well as other aspiring and successful sport and tech entrepreneurs.

This pitching event is a unique opportunity to build more awareness, receive productive feedback from an expert panel, and network with key sport and tech industry players.

Taking place on Wednesday, with a 6.30pm kick-off in the Lewis Silkin offices on 5 Chancery Lane, EC4A 1BL, the evening will feature a keynote presentation by Richard Gillis, the award-winning Sports Business commentator who is also the chair of the evening. Richard will introduce the first Sports TechPitch 4.5 and discuss how digital technology and innovation within sports-tech is a key component for a sustainable modern sports business.

Following the introductory keynote, eight sports-tech startups will proceed to present their business ideas and revenue models during 3-minute pitches. After the 3-minute pitch, the panel of expert judges will have five minutes for a Q&A with each startup. A winner will be selected by the judges, and there will be a general vote to pick the audience favourite. You can still get your tickets for the event HERE.

Sports TechPitch 4.5 is proud to host a distinguished panel of experienced judges, chaired by Richard Gillis.

The judges include: 

Alex Kelham, Head of Sports Group, Lewis Silkin

Paul Edwards, Product Director, Seven League

Abigail Sawyer, Group Head of Digital Content, The Jockey Club

James Hudson, Head of Digital UK, ZenithOptimedia

The pitching startups are:

Be Inspired Fitness – a social interaction website providing users with a platform to search for Fitness Professionals, who will meet their needs and objectives

Matchday Digital – a platform for football clubs to transform their Matchday programmes into beautiful digital editions, suitable for delivery via an app

RightNow Digital – a social media aggregator for sports

RunLastMan.com – a website and web application for people to run online sports prediction games as a means of fundraising

Sport on Spec – a mobile guide to spectator sport in your area with ticket availability

TOK.tv – a voice social platform, designed to help sport clubs and leagues offer their fans a unique engagement experience.

Volunteer Kinetic – an online brokerage platform that partners potential Volunteers with new and existing sports volunteer opportunities

Wireless Fitness – an app in which instructors can deliver their music based exercise classes in any location

The Sports TechPitch 4.5 supporting partners and sponsors include Digital Sport, Lewis Silkin, MediaTainment Finance, and Angelscube.

Dan McLaren, founder of Digital Sport, comments: “As we are keen to both meet and showcase new sports-tech startups, TechPitch 4.5 is the perfect forum to discover new businesses and see them in action presenting their business models and growth strategies. It has proved to be an excellent platform for tech startups to gain exposure, network and learn in a friendly environment and amongst peers, and we are keen to now bring sports-tech startups into the spotlight.”

Petra Johansson, co-founder of 2Pears says: “We are very excited to be able to build on the success of TechPitch 4.5 to facilitate a productive dialogue between investors and technology businesses by launching a new sports-tech vertical. And of course the aim remains to achieve a 4.5 times return on investment for all parties involved.”

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