Gametime announced a Series B round of funding totaling $20 million on Wednesday. New investors to the last-minute ticketing app included GV (formerly Google Ventures), Evolution Media Partners and the Stanford StartX Fund. Existing investors Accel, San Francisco Giants co-owner Jeff Mallet and sports agent Casey Wasserman also participated in the round. “We believe living in the moment makes […]
Days after LiveLike partnered with FOX Sports to produce a Ohio State and Oklahoma college football game in virtual reality, the startup company announced a $5 million investment Wednesday. Former NBA Commissioner David Stern and various venture capital firms led the round, including Evolution Media Partners, Elysian Park Ventures, Courtside Ventures, Dentsu Ventures, Techstars Ventures and […]
Instant replay has dominated professional sports and their outcomes, especially over the last decade when replay carried over into baseball. The Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) wanted to improve its own video replay system by bringing in new technology to replace third-party broadcast feeds. KBO selected nine of Grass Valley’s K2 Dyno Universe Replay Systems with K2 Summit 3G […]
OMsignal has released a smart sports bra that will help cut down on the amount of gear a woman will need while out on a run. The device — the OMbra — is reported by the Canada-based company to be the first sports bra that combines both heart and breathing rhythms to deliver data during a workout, eliminating the need […]
The Pennsylvania-based sports safety equipment company, Unequal Technologies, is hoping to be the first company to effectively help prevent Commotio cordis. A study conducted by Tufts Medical Center and Mark Link, MD said, “Unequal HART protection is the only effective chest protector I have seen that has the potential to significantly reduce the risk of sudden […]
