Golf+ recently raised $6 million in seed funding for a star-studded roster that includes professional golfer Rory McIlroy, PGA Tour player Jordan Spieth, NFL player Tom Brady and NBA player Stephen Curry. Many professional players love to play golf in the offseason, and Curry is a regular in amateur tournaments, and having such investors endorse Golf+ is a good thing for the brand and products.
Messi is also not willing to be lonely, and once again incarnated as "Boss Mei" outside the court, setting up an investment agency, Play Time Sports-Tech, focusing on projects in the sports, technology and media fields. Forbes estimates that in the 2022-23 season, Messi is expected to earn $120 million, making it the second-highest-paid player in the world. Entering the later stages of his career, Messi still has a strong ability to absorb money, and if invested properly, he may be able to attack the position of the world's No. 1 highest-paid player before retiring.
Golf+
Golf+ has secured a $6 million seed round to continue developing its VR training system. The round was led by Breyer Capital and joined by professional golfer Rory McIlroy, PGA Tour player Jordan Spieth, NFL player Tom Brady and NBA player Stephen Curry.
In 2021, Golf+ launched a VR product that allows users to learn and practice golf even if they don't go to the golf course. The product, which launched on Meta Quest 2's VR platform, has gained hundreds of thousands of players since its launch, and they have played 6 million rounds of golf in the game.
Play Time Sports-Tech
Recently, Argentine star Lionel Messi (Lionel Messi) set up an investment agency, Play Time Sports-Tech, focusing on projects in the sports, technology and media sectors. The firm will be run by Graph Ventures partner Razmig Hovaghimian, with Michael Marquez, founding partner of investment bank Code Advisors, as special advisor.
Play Time Sports-Tech is based in California, and the size of the funding has not yet been disclosed, mainly looking at some football-related technology startups in the early stage. According to Forbes estimates, Messi is expected to earn $120 million in the 2022-23 season, making it the second-highest-paid player in the world, and the establishment of Play Time Sports-Tech may help him rise to the first place.
Endstate
Endstate is a sneaker NFT startup that connects physical sneakers with NFT versions to provide users with a new experience of wearing and playing with shoes. The sneakers made by Endstate all have QR codes for activating AR content, and the NFC chip embedded in the tongue corresponds to the NFT of the sneakers, and the sneaker holders can also participate in member-only activities.
In July, Endstate announced a $5.5 million seed funding round with participation from Archetype Ventures, Accomplice Ventures and others. NFL Philadelphia Eagles player DeVonta Smith also recently became the brand's first ambassador, and Endstate will create limited-edition commemorative signed shoes for Smith, both physical and NFT, based on his on-the-field performance.
SPboard
Not long ago, Morocco and Chile played a friendly football match, and Sponixtech's virtual advertising technology SPboard also showed off its strengths. Through artificial intelligence, machine learning, computer vision and other technologies, and with Google Cloud, SPboard can remove elements such as time, score and watermark from the live broadcast signal, and then add virtual ads that need to be added, and these newly added content will not "cover" the picture of the player and referee. Currently, SPboard can provide virtual advertising content for 4-7 relays at once, and if there are more machines, it can also serve more relays.
AXS Mobile ID
AXS Mobile ID is a new digital technology that replaces traditional tickets. Through AXS Mobile ID, the organizer can identify the audience, such as whether he is a season pass user or a VIP, and then provide him with corresponding services.
At present, AXS Mobile ID has partnered with teams such as the Vegas Golden Cavaliers and Los Angeles Kings of the NHL, the Houston Rockets and Minnesota Timberwolves of the NBA, and has also participated in other sports events, music festivals and other activities.
Notemeal
Notemeal is a nutrition platform for athletes, partnering with the NFL's Indianapolis Colts and Los Angeles Rams. Notemeal mainly has two products, one is the sports nutritionist platform, which helps sports nutritionists develop recipes and supplies for a large number of athletes more efficiently through technical tools, and the other is a high-performance kitchen, which can record the personalized recipes issued by sports nutritionists for athletes and other users, including detailed information of ingredients, and users can quickly place orders when cooking or ordering outside.
BeyondPulse
BeyondPulse is a smart belt that can be strapped to an athlete's chest to monitor data such as heart rate, distance, speed, and more. BeyondPulse also recently partnered with the Federation of State High School Associations to equip students in its 19,500 schools to aid their training.
CORE
CORE is a wearable device that continuously and accurately measures and records human body temperature, which can be used to ensure the user's sports safety. CORE is priced at about $250 a unit and is aimed at triathletes, extreme sports athletes, and all sports enthusiasts looking to break through their performance.
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