Stadia Ventures Announces Fall2015 Cohort - Sept 16, 2015
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Stadia Ventures Announces Inaugural Cohort in Sports Business Accelerator
ST. LOUIS, September 16, 2015 – After receiving over 175 applications from all over the world in 30-days, Stadia Ventures, the Sports Innovation Hub, is excited to announce their inaugural cohort for their Stadia Sports Business Accelerator.
Stadia Accelerator helps sports business startups get to the next level through the combination of up to $100,000 in equity investment, intensive mentoring, and connections to the top sports business executives in the country.
The four sports business startups entering the Stadia Accelerator Fall 2015 cohort include:
Fishidy (Madison, WI) - Brian Jensen, founder of Fishidy, created the most advanced location-based fishing social network that provides hot-spot maps, local reports and tools to help you catch more fish. With over 300,000 users, they are ranked #2 on World Fishing Network’s list of “Top Mobile Fishing Apps.”
LEIF Technologies (Brooklyn, NY) - Aaron Aders, founder of LEIF Technologies, makes the one and only patented-electric skateboard that shreds like a snowboard. With a successful Indiegogo crowd-funding campaign, they created a board that allows you to shred year-round…anywhere in the world.
Rookies (St. Louis, MO) - Matt Sebek, founder of Rookies, creates fully personalized baseball cards for all of life’s big events. Within minutes, users can edit everything about a baseball card; the photos, the text, and the color. They spare no detail in creating packs of baseball cards that rival the ones you opened as kids.
Winning Identity (Toronto, Canada) - Joe Shuchat, founder of Winning Identity, provides golf software solutions to maximize athletic performance potential and heighten motivation for new generations of golfers in one centralized location. Leveraging partnerships with the Golf Channel Academy, they are helping athletes and teams achieve their goals.
Today, the founders of these four sports business startups will begin a 10-week immersive business development boot camp. Classes will be held on Thursdays and Fridays in St. Louis, MO. Their experience will culminate with a Demo Day on Thursday, December 9, 2015 s where they will showcase their accelerated companies to investors, sports business industry executives, dignitaries and the media.
Stadia Ventures co-founder and Managing Director Art Chou states “Many people believe that the road to sports innovation ends in Beaverton with Nike or in Baltimore with UnderArmour. Today, that road starts in St. Louis.”
Stadia Ventures is the Sports Innovation Hub with headquarters in St. Louis, MO. In an industry that demands innovation, Stadia Ventures connects business professionals who share a passion for sports and a need for resources – from capital and networking to education and mentorship. For more information visit: www.stadiaventures.com.
Contact:
Tim Hayden, Co-Founder & Managing Director
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Art Chou, Co-Founder & Managing Director
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