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Sporty: Endomondo raises $800.000 from SEED Capital
Endomondo, a Danish startup and creator of a famous sports app, has recently raised $800,000 of funding. The new capital comes from the Danish venture fund SEED Capital. With Endomondo you can keep...
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runtastic – over 2 million downloads and profitable
runtastic, the Linz (Austria) based startup which helps you to track your fitness activities, recently reached profitability. The young company also announced, that it has crossed the mark of 2 million...
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Endomondo reaches 5m downloads and raises $2.3m
The Danish startup and creator of the famous sports app Endomondo reported today that it has surpassed five million downloads of its app. The young company also announced that it has raised $2.3...
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Interview with Mette Lykke (Endomondo)
We recently had the chance to interview Mette Lykke, the Co-Founder of the successful Danish startup Endomondo. Endomondo’s apps help you to keep track of your sports activities and follow or even...
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Fanatix secures $1M to launch its Sports app in the U.S.
fanatix, a London-based social network dedicated entirely to sports, announced today the U.S. launch of its app after securing an additional $1 million in funding from (unnamed) angel investors. The...
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Baaam: Adidas acquires Runtastic for more than € 200 million
This kind of news is very rare, and the European startup ecosystem needs more of that sort: A large European company acquires a European startup for more than € 200 million. As the logos on the left...
View ArticleBarcelona-based GymForLess just got acquired by ‘Quality of Life’ giant Sodexo
Sodexo, the world leader in Quality of Life services, just announced the acquisition of the Barcelona-based startup GymForLess. Via its leading G4L Club offering, the young company allows access to...
View ArticleTennis community GotCourts raises $1 million and plans to expand its European...
GotCourts, the Zurich-based Tennis community, just secured $1 million in funding. Founded in 2014, the startup connects players of racquet sports, coaches, and operators of court facilities via an...
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10 fitness startups to keep an eye on in the years to come
The fitness industry keeps on booming worldwide. While many consumers are determined to pull themselves away from the “standard” fitness training of getting a gym membership, and spending a few hours a...
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ASICS calls on sports and well-being startups to apply for their TENKAN-TEN...
The exclusive startup program TENKAN-TEN aims to revolutionize the Sports & Wellness sector and is the first project from the ASICS EMEA’s New Business & Innovation Division located in...
View ArticleBerlin-based Urban Sports Club secures 8-digit funding to strengthen its...
Urban Sports Club, the European market leader for sports flat rate memberships, has secured an 8-digit financing round led by Partech. The investment will be used to foster international growth, with a...
View ArticleMadrid-based Playtomic, sports venue booking app, acquires Playven and...
Spanish startup Playtomic, one of Europe’s largest apps for sports venue bookings, has taken another step in its internationalization strategy with the purchase of Playven, a Silicon-Valley based...
View ArticleFC Barcelona partners with blockchain startup Chiliz to launch a token for...
FC Barcelona has signed a new global partnership agreement with Maltese startup Chiliz, the sports and entertainment fan engagement platform based on blockchain. The agreement will give fans an...
View ArticlePlaytomic, Europe’s largest racket sports app, raises €1.7 million
Madrid-based startup Playtomic has announced raising €1.7 million in a round led by GP Bullhound and Optimizer Invest. We’ve had our eye on Playtomic for a while now, first featuring them in our...
View ArticleHamburg-based Bepro raises €8.8 million to expand its football tech platform
Today Hamburg-based Bepro, the next-generation sports analysis platform, has announced securing an additional €8.8 million in funding. The startup will use the funds from Altos Ventures, Softbank...
View ArticleMadrid-based Playtomic acquires Milan-based PrenotaUnCampo to become Europe’s...
Today Playtomic, Europe’s largest racket sports app for players and clubs, today announced the acquisition of PrenotaUnCampo, an Italy-based leading company in sports reservations in this country. The...
View Article“We have to be united in the SportsTech industry”: Interview with Playtomic’s...
SportsTech has had an interesting past few months. With home exercise technologies booming for obvious social distancing reasons, there remains a question mark over how the ‘outdoor’ sports startups...
View ArticleFrench SportTech startup RunMotion Coach raises €300K to expand in US, UK and...
RunMotion Coach announced completing a seed round of €300K from private investors, in order to contribute to its national and international expansion. Launched in October 2018 on the App Store and in...
View Article10 European startups helping you to create (and keep!) new positive habits in...
It’s the start of a new year, and there’s no better way to kick things off than by developing some new, positive habits to see us into 2021. Luckily, you needn’t look further than the world of startups...
View ArticleEstonian startup MyGames raises €100K for its ‘self-service’ courts and...
Estonia-based sportstech startup MyGames has announced raising around €100K pre-seed funding, which it will use to build up its solutions for tennis and padel sports players. Founded in 2019, MyGames...
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