Basketball analytics company ShotTracker announced it had raised $10.4 million in Series A funding on Wednesday. This round of funding brings the total investment in the five-year-old startup to $21 million. The ShotTracker system monitors the location of the players and the ball on a basketball court using a sensor installed in a Spalding basketball […]
When Kansas takes the court against Villanova in the Final Four on Saturday evening, the Jayhawks will do so having trained through a unique technological marriage. Since 2012, under the direction of sports performance director Andrea Hudy, KU has partnered with Sparta Science’s injury prevention platform and EliteForm’s weightlifting tech that has produced voluminous insights […]
The Los Angeles Dodgers are expanding the baseball franchise’s investment arm from an accelerator to a more all-encompassing “studio”model where new startups, program graduates and partners can work together as a team to build on each other’s success. After providing seed investments over the past few years to a number of sports tech startups, including […]
This section of SportTechie, “SportTechie Wire”, contains original press releases issued by various companies and industry organizations. The releases are reviewed by the SportTechie editorial staff to ensure relevancy to the sports technology industry. For information and access, send your name and email address to info@SportTechie.com CHICAGO (September 14, 2017) –The Sports & Fitness Industry […]
CHICAGO –Davyeon Ross, co-founder and COO of ShotTracker, recently presented the ShotTracker TEAM technology to a group of youth basketball coaches and influencers. ShotTracker’s TEAM technology tracks ball and player movement in real-time through shoe mounted sensors, tech-filled basketballs, and ceiling monitors. The basketball data startup can track everything from player efficiency ratings and optimal lineups […]
