Sound Off: Signals & Trends (May 2022)
Thursday, 19 May 2022
by Bullpen
With over 500 deals tracked I consider some possible trends and thoughts within the sports, media, NFT, gaming, fitness and media spaces. The race for NFT and web3 infrastructure For asset trading, exchange or art distribution, are some examples. Digital/Connected Fitness I thought it would cool off as the big players in digital fitness are shedding
- Published in Funding & Investment, Technology
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Data, Deals, Digital Fitness, Funding, Investment, NFT, Startup, Technology, Trends, Venture Capital, Web3
Startup Spotlight: FitOn
Thursday, 03 March 2022
by Bullpen
I turn a gaze onto a startup you should check more about. In this spotlight I look at digital fitness startup FitOn. The company’s fitness app has hit 10 million users. Company: FitOn What is it? Digital fitness and wellness What did they raise? The company recently raised a US$40m Series C round, following on from an $18m
- Published in Funding & Investment, Technology
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Digital Fitness, Fitness, FitOn, Funding, Investment, Startup, Technology, Venture Capital
Uplift Labs: On the New Frontier of Virtual Training and Coaching
Tuesday, 27 October 2020
by Bullpen
We’re on the precipice of a golden frontier of athlete training and coaching as geographical boundaries are smashed and technologies is developed that are geared towards virtual and digital training. We look at Uplift Labs, one of the key companies that is on that frontier. Uplift Labs has two core products that emerged at different times: Uplift
- Published in Feature, Interview, Technology
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Coaching, Digital Fitness, Fitness, Mobile, Startup, Technology, Training, Uplift Labs, Virtual Training
Onyx: The Mission to Build the World’s Smartest At-Home Fitness Instructor
Wednesday, 21 October 2020
by Bullpen
Onyx is a fitness app that uses on-device computer vision to bring the at-home training experience to the mass market. The digital training app utilises a smartphone camera coupled with AI-powered movement tracking to count reps, correct form in real-time while providing on-demand workouts. The central experience with Onyx is personalisation. A user’s training performance
- Published in Feature, Interview, Technology
Part 2: In Conversation with Markos Aristides Kern, CEO of FunWithBalls
Monday, 01 June 2020
by Bullpen
In part-one we talked to Markos Aristides Kern, CEO of FunWithBalls, about how he has company has navigated COVID-19. In this part we delve into the company a little bit more to find out about the motivation and company’s purpose in getting people active and enjoying sports. Over the last 12 to 18 months it appears to me
- Published in Feature, Interview, Technology
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Digital Fitness, Football, FunWithBalls, Gaming, MultiBall, Squash, Startup, Technology, Tennis
Part 1: In Conversation with Markos Aristides Kern, CEO of FunWithBalls
Friday, 29 May 2020
by Bullpen
Emerging startup out of Munich FunWithBalls merges sports with gaming with their product MultiBall by making static courts and spaces interactive. MultiBall is for out-of-home, in-home, on the court and public spaces. Users can keep fit and do workouts and training sessions with racket sports – squash, racquetball and tennis – and football. Suitable across
- Published in Feature, Interview, Technology
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Digital Fitness, Football, FunWithBalls, Gaming, MultiBall, Squash, Startup, Technology, Tennis
The Rise of Digital Fitness
Monday, 27 April 2020
by Bullpen
This article is a cross-posting, and comes courtesy from Noise Studio. A big thank you to them for allowing us to re-publish this piece! The original article was posted here. — Digital fitness has elevated the meaning of the home workout. Whether you prefer to exercise at home, have to spend time indoors with limited or
- Published in Feature, Technology
Fittrack Is an End-to-End Digital Solution for Gyms and Health & Fitness Clubs
Friday, 24 April 2020
by Bullpen
During our current coronavirus pandemic the rush for the most complete in-home fitness experience has gathered pace. People are consuming more YouTube videos and using well-known fitness apps to track their at-home workouts. But if a person already has a gym membership and trusts their trainer, where do they go? Fittrack is an end-to-end digital ecosystem
- Published in Feature, Interview, Technology
SOLO Workout: How Two Guys from Different Continents Combined to Help Make Gyms Smarter
Tuesday, 22 October 2019
by Bullpen
A team of engineers from Poland and a technological tinkerer from Sydney joined together to attempt to shake up the gym equipment industry. Dane Dobre, the Business Developer of SOLO Workout told Bullpen how he found like-minded entrepreneurs on the opposite side of the world and have come together to build a tech stack that is allowing gym
- Published in Feature, Interview, Technology
Find a Player Makes Delivery and Access to Sports Real Easy
Tuesday, 17 July 2018
by Bullpen
It’s a simple enough proposition, sports games have got to be easy to organise and find players for. Yet the problem is rather multifaceted when you have to communicate with friends and fellow players across different channels, find locations or venues then coordinate who is playing and who has paid. Developed in Scotland, Find a Player is
- Published in Interview, Mobile, Technology