The most overlooked (but important) opportunity for startups entering the sports app market

In the past decade, any moderate to highly ambitious athlete has definitely noticed the rise of the sports tracking apps. Entering the 2020s, the adaptation of those apps has moved from being embraced by the innovators and early adopters to the majority of people. But whereas the initial majority of...

The main reason why sport startups fail - and how to prevent yours from flopping

‘What if…?’ is probably one of the most important questions asked throughout human history. It sparked evolutions, revolutions and innovations that pushed us further than we could have imagined… and it still drives us forward today.

It leads us to pushing the barriers of our physical capabilities,...

9 mistakes startups need to avoid when joining a startup accelerator

Next to the +15 European sports tech accelerators that SportsTechX wrote about earlier last month, there are many, many more startup accelerators, in all forms and shapes. Whatever niche or sector you’re in (sports, health, media or others), you'll probably find an accelerator that caters to your ne...

SportUp Meet #2: inspiration and Sportstech Round Tables

You've already heard the saying 'Your net worth is your network', right?

On December 3rd we celebrated the wrap-up of our first SportUp year with another Sportup Meet event. We switched up the concept to cater more people to their needs and wants, and thus crafted an event where knowledge got shar...

SportUp Meet #1: this is what you missed

Wow. One month ago, on May 7, we had our first SportUp Meet event, and what a fantastic evening it was!

With well over 120 attendees, the room -at MeetDistrict, located in the Ghelamco Arena in Ghent- was packed. We got to celebrate our first 3 startup accelerator graduates (all from the Boost pr...

SportUp to partner with Cronos & Sporthouse Group

Given their respective network and experience in sports technology, we are very happy to announce an official partnership with both Cronos as Sporthouse Group.

As a sports tech startup (pre-)accelerator, we believe it´s important to partner with players from industry, for sure those from within...

First wave of startups to pitch on May 7th in MeetDistrict

The last couple of months, we helped a variety of Flemish sport startups in developing their startup idea, product/market fit, technology set-up, business model, etc. during our SportUp Boost or Start programs. The Boost program is a pre-acceleration track of 3 months, whereas the Start progra...

Flemish (Belgian) sport startup accelerator “SportUp” goes live

Flanders’ experts join forces to launch the first and only specific support program for sports tech startups in Belgium. SportUp, an initiative by Victoris-Ghent University and imec.istart, with the support of Sport Vlaanderen, is officially launched at the Sports Tech Transfer and R&D Summit in G...

Flemish (Belgian) sport startups deserve professional support

Starting up a business in general, and in sports tech in particular is hot. More and more people are developing apps, software platforms, internet-of-things applications, games, virtual reality tools, etc. Market studies also suggest the sport business is drastically increasing. One reason for thi...