Lessons learned: How teams are engaging fans during the lockdown Last week I co-hosted the LSTN webinar series featuring Hannah Martin and Lenka Istvanova. Hannah is an England and GB Hockey player who will be competing in Tokyo 2021 and Lenka Istvanova is a digital sports consultant with Seven League…

“Opportunity in Chaos” — Seeking New Opportunities It’s rare we feel we are apart of history as it happens. Since COVID19, It has felt like the past, present and future have come together as one and the links between each clearly exposed. Exposed is the opportunity for our present actions…

I was lucky enough to sit on my first panel for LSTN (London SportsTech Network) last week and discuss some of the emerging trends in SportsTech. This was my first panel so I was very appreciative when Dan thought to ask me to be involved. It was a learning experience…

leAD Sports and the NFL With the NFL season getting underway this week, I wanted to highlight a couple of startups in the leAD network innovating the way we watch, interact and bet on the NFL! TAPPP is the first company to receive investment from the ADvantage Fund. For those of you unfamiliar with leAD…

leAD Selection Days 2019: SportsTech Emerging Opportunities in Amateur Sports I just landed back in London after attending the leAD Accelerator’s selection days for our class of 2019. 350 applicants have been whittled down to 25 and in a short time we will announce the final 7 to 10 applicants…

I was lucky enough to attend E3 last week in LA for probably the largest gaming conference in the world. My attendance at E3 was a last minute decision as we at leAD Sports and the Advantage Fund look to gain a better understanding of the space and market as…

Y combinator saw its largest ever accelerator class reach demo day last week and with it almost 200 startups presented across 2 days. Of the startups, 5 fall under SportsTech which you can read about below. It is exciting to see Y Combinator does not have Sports or Gaming as…

First wrapup of promising sports tech startups for Demo Day 2018 I had the pleasure this week of attending the Lead Sports Accelerator Demo Day for their class of 2018 showcasing some of most promising sports start-ups in the space. We were also lucky enough to receive updates from a…

The Cryptocurrency Vision If you took us back to November 2017 you would hear many claiming by the end of 2018 blockchain technology would be beginning to come into our every day way of life. Fast forward to today; August 2018, and we have a very different picture. The visions…