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Euroleague Basketball and La Salle-URL announce Tech Challenge finalists

10 selected startups advance to final phase in Barcelona from January 21 to 25

The 10 startups that will compete in the final phase of the 2019 EB Tech Challenge were announced on Tuesday after drawing scores of applicants from 20 different countries, all offering disruptive solutions for the sports industry. The finalists include three startups from the United States, two from bs 3 from the USA, 2 from Belgium and one each from the United Kingdom, Italy, Lithuania, Greece and Spain. 

All will travel to Barcelona from January 21 to 25 for a busy week in which they will be joined by Euroleague Basketball experts who will mentor each of them to adapt their innovative solutions to the professional sports industry.

Attendees will also get access to different networking sessions and conferences from industry experts during the week and will present their final pitch to a jury formed by experts in the sports and entrepreneurship industries. Jury members include:

Jordi Bertomeu – President & CEO, Euroleague Basketball
Josep M. Santos – General Director, La Salle Campus Barcelona-URL
Xavier Bidault – Commercial Director, Basketball, IMG Media
David Hopkinson – Global Head of Partnerships, Real Madrid
Didac Lee – Co-Founder, Galdana Ventures
Sree Varma – Founder & CEO, iSportconnect & iSportconnect Capital
Luis Vicente – Chief Digital Transformation & Innovation Officer at FIFA

The 10 finalists, selected from among more than 60 applicants from 20 different countries are:

• Dynamitick: Dynamic pricing solution for tickets. Algorithms take into account a wide range of variables in order to estimate the demand and calculate the best price for every product or service sold by the club.

• Texel: Watch the game from your sofa as if you were in a courtside seat. Their engine allows users around the globe to interact with each other like they were sitting on the same sofa, breaking the isolation of the VR experience.

• Neoverse : Multi-device content distribution platform that lets stakeholders provide multiple format contents (2d, 360, VR, AR on demand and livestream) to the fans.

• ZoomTV: AI driven computer vision technology measures and constantly monitors the value that sports events create for sponsors on TV and other video platforms.

• Kiswe Mobile: is a unique cloud-based production toolkit to let remote commentators create personalized audio and video streams.

• Instant Sponsor: blockchain-powered global sponsorship platform seamlessly connecting brands and rightsholders (teams, athletes and events) across sports, Esports and entertainment.
  
• Snapify: Connected sensors track crowd movement and collect 16 data points like sound, light, ambience. This big data is analyzed using Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning algorithms to understand behavior and emotions of the fans along with the stadium environment. 

• Blink Identity: Biometric identification for ticketing, hospitality and personalized services to customers and fans.

• MediaStalker: Protects the genius of creators and copyright owners by stopping media piracy of their very valuable content with AI and machine-learning algorithms that specializes in disrupting piracy.

• PlayPass: NFC Cashless payment solution which can also be linked to access control.


About the EB Tech Challenge

The EB Tech Challenge celebrated its first edition in 2018 and is a joint project developed by Euroleague Basketball and the University of La Salle-URL. The project aims to identify innovative and disruptive technology developed by startups that has potential to offer new experience to sports fans and generate new revenue sources for professional sports organization.
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Euroleague Basketball is a global leader in the sports and entertainment business, devoted to delivering superior clubs European leagues under a unique and innovative organizational model. Owned and managed by some of most successful and historical clubs in the world, EB manages the continent’s two premier men’s basketball competitions, the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague and 7DAYS EuroCup, as well the sport’s premier under-18 showcase, the EB Adidas Next Generation Tournament. Euroleague Basketball competitions bring the elite of European basketball to all five continents with broadcasts in over 210 countries and territories, and to the entire sports community through its OTT platform EuroLeague TV. EB also organizes a series of community and educational programs. Its ground-breaking corporate social responsibility program One Team features 40 clubs that have already made a difference on over 16,000 participants lives. Its Sports Business MBA trains future professionals in sports management.
 
 
 
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