Do you have a great sports tech startup idea but don’t quite know how to turn it into reality?
We are ready to help!
SportUp is a Flemish (Belgian) sport startup accelerator and community with the mission to help sports tech entrepreneurs go from an idea to a successful and internationally scalable business.
Every year, SportUp selects and supports over 10 sport startups in their progress towards starting a successful business.
Apply now and show our experts what you’ve got.
SportUp can help you throughout the entire business development process:
Ideation
early-stage startups
mid-stage startups
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Benchmarked by UBI Global
Who can benefit
Are you working on scalable digital technology with a practical application in sports (health, performance, media)? Then, SportUp is the place to be.
Researchers
Bring your research into real life
Startups
Build your business and find your first customers
Technology developers
Translate your technology into a business
Entrepreneurs
Find a new well-matched project team
(Small medium) enterprises
Spin-out the innovation as a startup
Federations
Co-develop and implement relevant products and services
Do you have what it takes?
Are you interested in sports and technology? Do you want to learn what it takes to be an entrepreneur? Are you looking for information, inspiration and networking?
Are you a tech entrepreneur focusing on innovation in the domain of sport and physical activity (health, performance, media)? Is your idea relevant for Flanders? Is your idea feasible, innovative, scalable and sustainable? Do you have an initial business model idea?
Are you in a team of entrepreneurs focusing on sportstech? Does your solution integrate innovative technology? Do you have a working proof of concept?
Model Health
Model Health develops solutions to measure human movement for a range of applications including digital health, rehabilitation, and sport performance. The startup combines AI with musculoskeletal modeling and simulation to automatically quantify the motion and musculoskeletal forces underlying movement.
Brailsports
Brailsports, a spin-off of imec, the University of Antwerp, and Ghent University, is developing a platform to help athletes and their coaches optimize training. The platform uses AI models to accurately estimate the athlete’s fitness and fatigue levels, allowing them to adjust training schedules and volumes to improve performance and reduce injury risk.
Skinetix
Skinetix is a data platform that uses sensors in sportswear to link measurement data to a personalized AI model. This provides quantified insights to adjust training & rehabilitation plans, to maximize athletes' performance, and to accelerate return to sports.
Are you interested in SportUp?
Kristof De Mey, founder and driving force behind SportUp, can help you with all your questions! Fill out our contact form and Kristof will get back to you with all the required information.