Together with our great partners in Taiwan – IAPS, we are proud to launch the 4th cycle of our Accelerator program. If you are looking to get into the Asian market – this is the place for you.
About Us
HYPE Sports innovation
The Team
About Us
HYPE Sports innovation
The Team
About us
HYPE Sports Innovation has built the largest global ecosystem in sports innovation. With over 40,000 members, including retail brands, athletic clubs, federations, and academia together with over 11,000 startups, HYPE has an unrivaled capacity for outreach to global partners across all sectors in this highly diverse field.
The company’s business model is to leverage this platform to grow from the surging needs of the sports industry to innovate. Since its inception, HYPE Sports Innovation has built a growing network of 12 locations with partners like 1.FC Koln, Loughborough University, Swedish Olympic Committee, IAPS Taiwan, and New York University, focusing on the hottest sports innovation verticals such as fan engagement, big data, blockchain and more.
HYPE is continuing and expanding its unique offerings and services, all with unprecedented successes and value-added for investors, partners, and consumers.
Facts
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Ecosystem
Founded
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Total Raised
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Average Funding
Our vision
IMPACTING PEOPLE’S LIVES THROUGH THE POWER OF SPORTS AND INNOVATION
Our Mission
Solving real challenges: We are connecting the best Startups with top brands and partners in the industry, offering them cutting-edge technology to solve their biggest challenges.
Our values
Passionate
We care about what we do and we put our souls into our work while creating excitement and dedicating our focus on our stakeholders.
Pushing the limits
We aim to constantly push the limits by embracing the entrepreneurial spirt and being innovative, relentless and working outside (and around) the box.
Integrity
We are fair, respectful of our peers, customers and suppliers. We commit to honoring our words and are accountable to our objectives and actions.
Fast and professional
The ability to act fast is a crucial factor in our rapidly changing industry. As such, we constantly prioritize our activities while still focusing on providing professional outcomes.
One Team
Teamwork, strong, open, and respectful collaboration are at the core of everything we do and represent our “secret sauce.
Borderless
HYPE is a truly global organization and our team is committed to being understanding and respectful of all cultures and business environments.
Meet the team
Board of Advisors
Peter Hutton
Former head of Global Sports Partnerships at META
Rod Nenner
Former VP
Washington Football Team
Guy-Laurent Epstein
Marketing Director
UEFA
Sebastien Audoux
Head of Digital Sport
Canal+
David Dellea
Director, Sports Business Advisory, PwC
David Schwartz
Managing Director at PepsiCo
Yossi Sela
Managing Partner Gemini Israel Ventures, Chairman Bridges Israel
Ila Bialystok
Strategic Business Consultant
Advisory
Bernd Wahler
CEO Sportsgeist, Board member Blackroll AG, ex CMO adidas
James Skinner
Director: Institute for Sport Business
Loughborough University
Gerard Klein
Former GM Asics Footwear
Ayelet Hashachar Baram
Founder & CEO of Eco-Nautical
Hank Huang
黃經堯
Director, Center of Industry Accelerator and Patent Strategy
(產業加速器暨專利開發策略中心 主任 since 2013)
(產業加速器暨專利開發策略中心 主任 since 2013)
Paolo Bouquet
Pro-Rector of Sport Development
University of Trento
Jean Leclercq
Former Tennis GM
Nike
Cynthia Atieno Mumbo
Founder & CEO, Sports Connect Africa
Ryan McCumber
Founder
SportsTech.ai
Sarah J Kelly
Deputy Chair
Brisbane Lions
Steve Schuster
CEO Rainier Communication
Robert Gierke
Founder Purenessity, Ex-Director Global Marketing Adidas
Alain Krzentowski
Founder Krzentowski finances
Jimmy Lynn
Co-founder and Vice-President at Kiswe Mobile
Moran Meiri
Senior partner at Matry, Meiri and Co.
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8 “Do or Die”’ strategies in Sports Innovation
owner, when asked about innovation, said on stage, “Our fans are not interested in innovation; they want us to win, and personally, I’m old school. Love the game as it is doesn’t change…”. Sound familiar?
