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Hiro Capital puts $2.3M into team sports tracking platform PlayerData — as does Sir Terry Leahy

TechCrunch

Hiro Capital has gradually been making a name for itself as an investor in the area know as “Digital Sports” or DSports for short. based PlayerData uses wearable technology and software tracking to give grass-roots and professional sports teams feedback on their training. It’s now led a $2.3 PlayerData app. The Tonal EC-1.

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Masters, an app for training with celeb athletes, closes a $2.7M seed funding round

TechCrunch

Plus there is Moxie , where coaches create their own courses. The company has signed-up world-famous athletes such as X Games and three-time Olympic snowboarding champion Shaun White; World and nine-time U.S. What has not quite been cracked yet is the celebrity fitness class.

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Stream raises $38M as its chat and activity feed APIs power communications for 1B users

TechCrunch

The company already has amassed a list of notable customers, including Ikea-owned TaskRabbit, NBC Sports, Unilever, Delivery Hero, Gojek, eToro and Stanford University, as well as a number of others that it’s not disclosing across healthcare, education, finance, virtual events, dating, gaming and social.

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The NBA’s digital transformation is a game-changer

CIO

The NBA has also enjoyed a 50% growth in subscribers and 52% increase in viewership this season, the CTO adds, attributing the wins to the NBA’s tight partnership with Microsoft and its three-point action plan that began in earnest three years ago. “We

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This new app is helping Gen Z invest in cars, food, video games and other ‘themes’

TechCrunch

Upon completing graduate school, he began working as investment banker at Goldman Sachs and then as a financial advisor for pro athletes for NBA stars Chris Paul and Stephen Curry as well as Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps and Olympic gymnast Aly Raisman. . Robinhood stops the games. How do I do this?’ ” .

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Believer, a new approach to gaming, raises $55M from Lightspeed, A16Z, and more

TechCrunch

Gaming is at a crossroads these days: a decades-old business that has had remarkable staying power banked around classic concepts is now engaged in a battle royale with innovations in areas like mixed reality, AI, blockchain, and networking, as it strives to connect with an increasingly fragmented consumer base.

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Bringing the Benefits of Athletics to More Kids—Through Esports

Battery Ventures

This was the 2019 Fortnite World Cup, and the world champion in the popular online game was a tenth-grader from Pottsgrove, PA. As we described earlier this year, the convergence of interactive gameplay, streaming and social networking has made esports and online gaming an increasingly accepted form of entertainment.

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