About Us
HYPE Sports innovation
The Team
About Us
HYPE Sports innovation
The Team

About us

HYPE Sports Innovation is the world’s largest ecosystem for sports innovation, with 4k+ Startups, 100+ sports brands, clubs, and federations as partners.

HYPE is connecting startups, sports organizations, investors, and industry leaders to drive the future of sports.  Our vision is to impact people’s lives through the power of sports and innovation. We’ve been doing that since 2015 with over 40K+ followers, Industry Experts, Investors, and Mentors – all contributing to the great value that we generate across the ecosystem.

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

$ M

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

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Amir Raveh
President & Founder
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Zvika Popper
COO
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David Olwyn
VP Marketing & Digital
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Fabio Kauermann
Head of Equity & Investments
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Gomez Gondwe
Head of Global Programs
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Yonatan Larkin
Head of Global Partnerships
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Idan Raveh
Equity & Projects Manager

Board of Advisors

Peter Hutton

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 Practice, Altman Solon

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)

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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