Announcing the 10 Startups for Comcast NBCUniversal SportsTech 2024

Today, 10 companies were accepted into the fourth class of the Comcast NBCUniversal SportsTech Accelerator, powered by Boomtown. The immersive six-month program will kick off in March.The exciting opportunities and impactful outcomes of the SportsTech program have continued to fuel interest and demand with more than 1,500 applicants for this years class, from across 52 countries. The 10 companies selected will have a chance to engage with some of the top sports and tech brands from around the world, including the Premier League, who just joined the SportsTech partner consortium last summer, along with NBC Sports, NBC Sports Next, Sky Sports, Comcast Spectacor, Golf, NASCAR, and PGA TOUR; and three US Olympic sports organizations: U.S. Since the first class in 2021, SportsTech alumni have achieved 132 pilots, partnerships, and commercial deals with consortium partners.This unique access to decision-makers at leading sports brands and organizations and across Comcast will provide valuable insights on enhancing their products and services and prepare for accelerated commercial success through strategic collaborations with program partners and within the broader sports industry.When it comes to constructing and curating our SportsTech portfolio, every facet of our decision-making process aims to unlock startups that can become scale-ups ready to impact the world of sports, said Jenna Kurath, Vice President, Startup Partnerships and Head of Comcast NBCUniversal SportsTech. The SportsTech program focuses not only on tackling complex business challenges for a vast cross-section of some of the worlds most recognized sports brands, but it additionally prepares founders to build sustainable businesses.Entrepreneurs will work one-on-one with SportsTech advisors and participate in customized programming focused on refining go-to-market strategy, commercial business alignment, and adaptive business modeling, with an emphasis on direct business outcomes for enterprise-ready scale.SportsTech participants will also benefit from a series of unique excursions and working retreats structured around partner events that will bring founders behind-the-scenes to give them a better understanding of the organizations operational needs.The 2024 program will begin on March 4 in Florida with a roadshow of partner events and immersion experiences designed to deepen customer discoverytaking founders behind-the-scenes at Universal Studios Florida and NASCARs Daytona International Speedway and showcasing how PGA TOUR and NBC Sports Golf produce professional sporting events, like the Arnold Palmer Invitationalallowing founders to identify how to align their technology solutions to the business and operational needs of partners.Mentors will include industry leaders from Comcast NBCUniversal as well as strategic advisors from the Boomtown network and the partner consortium, including: Will McIntosh, President, NBC Sports NEXT and Fandango; Lora Dennis, Executive Vice President, NBCUniversal Local; Jim Denney, Chief Product Officer, Peacock; Alexandra Willis, Director of Digital Media and Audience Development, the Premier League; Wyatt Hicks, NASCAR Digital Vice President; and Scott Gutterman, Senior Vice President, Digital Operations, PGA TOUR, among others.The capstone of the program will take place at Rally Innovation in Indianapolis on August 27-28, 2024, where this years founders will showcase their tech innovations, putting a spotlight on their scale-up traction during the program to garner new business opportunities across the broader sports industry.The 2024 class of the Comcast NBCUniversal SportsTech Accelerator program includes:Aquimo Inc Mesa, AZ Aquimo drives value to brands, sports teams, and media through massive multiplayer mobile skill-sports games that integrate the motion of users phones and let millions play on any TV or live-stream broadcast with no download required.Dizplai Manchester, United Kingdom Dizplai enables real-time audience engagement for live news, sports, and entertainment, turning broadcasts into immersive two-way experiences by seamlessly integrating with social media, messaging apps, user-generated content, and sports data with dynamic graphics.Fobi AI Vancouver | Canada Fobi AI uses automation, AI, and real-time data intelligence to enhance global customer engagement, personalization, and activation.KYMIRA Reading, United Kingdom KYMIRA creates products with infrared and sensor tech that enhance performance and recovery, address chronic illness, mitigate against injury risk, improve sleep, and provide never-before-seen data insights for men and women.Mantis-AI Sao Paulo, Brazil Mantis AI turns raw footage and noisy data into artfully-organized video clips with enriched data and content insights.Mobii Systems Microblock Technology revolutionizes the way video streams are synchronized, encoded, and distributed in real-time globally, delivering new user experiences at the live edge.StellarAlgo Calgary, Canada StellarAlgo applies deep data insights and machine learning to turn sports fans into avid customers, enabling true precision marketing by identifying the right opportunities for the right fans at the right time.Plantiga Vancouver, Canada Plantiga is redefining athlete health and performance monitoring with in-shoe sensors and AI.ZATAP- Winterthur, Switzerland ZATAP is a platform for creating direct-to-customer connections for brands through phygital products: tapping the product with a smartphone allows the customer to unlock engaging digital experiences while enabling brands to build sophisticated customer profiles.Zoomph, Inc.- Reston, VA, USA Zoomph provides partnership insights and analytics that help sports and entertainment brands, media, leagues, teams, and athletes analyze social and broadcast content and track trends and competition in real-time.For those interested in applying to join the next Comcast NBCUniversal SportsTech Class of 2025 and to learn more about the programs eight focus areas: media and entertainment, fan/player engagement, athlete/player performance, team and coach success, venue and event innovation, fantasy sports and betting, esports, and the business of sports, visit www.comcastsportstech.com/2025.