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Sports venues advance goals, enhance fan experience with data analytics

CIO

Sports fans today have more ways than ever to watch their favorite teams beyond the traditional, live stadium experience, including television, streaming services, even highlights on social media. In response, sports teams and venue operators are working hard to improve and differentiate the in-stadium experience.

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“Link-in-bio” company Linktree raises $45M Series B for its social commerce features

TechCrunch

million Series A announced in October 2020. Linktree’s latest funding will be used on tools that make social commerce easier. This is in partly because people have been spending more time on social media and e-commerce shopping during the pandemic. The Sydney, Australia-based startup’s last round was a $10.7

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How 2 Australian sporting brands leverage human-centric digital innovation to drive new fan experiences in and out of the arena

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Creating new revenue streams, identifying untapped audiences and better engaging fans onsite and all year-round are just some of the wins iconic Australian sporting events are chalking up thanks to human-centric digital innovation. Here, we explore two stellar examples in the Australian Grand Prix and Australian Open.

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Social stock trading services Public raises $65M Series C

TechCrunch

Less than a year after it raised a $15 million Series B, Public , a social-focused free stock trading service, has raised a $65 million Series C. Public grew quickly in 2020, expanding its user base by a multiple of 10 since the start of the year. As investing apps boom, Public doubles down on its social focus.

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The golf industry takes a big swing on women players

The Hustle

But the sport seems to be entering the modern era, with a surge of women showing interest. More than 800k American women started playing golf between 2020 and 2022, according to the National Golf Foundation, representing a 15% increase. Golf has historically been a boys’ club — literally. Plus, remote work freed up time for hobbies.

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SAP poaches Microsoft exec as its new global head of AI

CIO

As part of Microsoft’s development team, Sun created Bing Predicts, the inference engine that provides the “favored to win” forecasts beneath search results for sporting fixtures and attempted to predict the 2016 US presidential election winner. She joined the company in 2020, after a three-year stint in a similar role at Lenovo.

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Sharify makes it super simple to rediscover your city’s social side

TechCrunch

The pandemic has upended many aspects of urban life but perhaps the most visible upheaval is to citydwellers’ social lives, with curfews calling time on traditional night life across much of the Western world and social distancing putting a chilly spin on opportunities for getting together with people outside your usual circle.

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