Team presidents from six Bay Area professional sports teams will gather at the San Francisco 49ers’ Levi’s Stadium on Thursday to share their ideas about how technology, analytics and strategy can advance the success of pro sports in their region. At the 49ers’ second-annual Innovation & Business Strategy conference, which will take place on May […]
Fitbit is looking to track far more than just your steps. The company is expanding its digital health efforts by teaming up with Google to connect its wearable devices to the healthcare system. As part of the companies’ partnership, Fitbit will use Google’s new Cloud Healthcare API, an open-source tool designed to connect healthcare providers […]
PlaySight, the cloud-based video and analytics platform used by professional teams and athletes for training, has raised $21 million in a Series C funding round that includes investment from SoftBank, the Japanese giant that has been building a diverse portfolio of tech startups. SoftBank, through its $100 billion Vision Fund that it established in 2016 […]
Causeway Media Partners, a growth-stage venture firm focusing on sports technology, sports media and related companies, recently closed an oversubscribed investment round of $211.3 million for its second fund, well above its $175 million target. Founded by Wyc Grousbeck, Mark Wan and Bob Higgins, Causeway raised $130 million for its first fund in 2013, investing in such […]
The robotic motion control discipline regularly used in cinema to create layered special effects is being adapted for innovative player tracking and broadcasting in sports. If there is a movie scene of, say, Scarlett Johansson running away from a series of explosions, the director may only need one take of her running, then stage additional […]
