Create the future of sport in Australia
Do you need help engaging with fans and members?
How can working with tech Startups help you supercharge your sport?
Sport and technology are a natural fit. To stay competitive, sporting organisations need to embrace technology to deliver a world class experience to their fans, members, athletes, corporate partners and other stakeholders .
Slingshot is pleased to announce that we are in the preliminary stages of developing a world-class sports tech accelerator for the Australian market to make Australia a global hub for sports tech.
What is a Sports Tech Accelerator?
A sports tech accelerator is focused on bringing together the next generation of disruptive sports technology companies with leading sporting organisations to collaborate, discuss pilot projects and partnership opportunities and develop new products and services.
Slingshot is looking to engage sporting organisations that own or operate:
National Sporting governing bodies
Existing professional sports franchises
Existing world class sports facilities
National and International sporting events
High performance sports centres
Universities in the area have a heavy Sports science, sports management curriculum
Sports management agencies
Why participate in a Sports Tech Accelerator?
Attract and retain fans through next-gen fan engagement experiences
Create more immersive tech-enabled stadium experiences
Improve athlete performance by harnessing data, analytics, wearables and science
Increase and optimise revenue streams through digital marketing, e-commerce and better utilisation of assets
Our expertise
The Slingshot management team have deep knowledge and experience in sport with Gary Flowers being the current Chairman of the NSW Institute of Sport and former Managing Director of the Australian Rugby Union and SANZAR, and former Non Executive Director for Melbourne Stadiums Pty Ltd (Etihad Stadium).
“Technology and sport are a natural fit. The reach of sport is vast and the engagement of fans and supporters unique giving Startups access to a large potential customer base. Sport is at the cutting edge of new technology and this accelerator is designed to uncover the newest and best ideas to make both the fan experience more memorable and also the sporting clubs and organisations relevant and in a position to best monetise their product and capture valuable data.”
Gary Flowers, Chairman, Slingshot
Who is Slingshot?
Since 2013, Slingshot have run 21 corporate innovation programs with some of Australia’s leading organisations like HCF, News Corp, Qantas, Lion, ClubsNSW and Caltex. Through a repeatable and scalable engagement model, Slingshot programs combines the scale, resources and access of Corporates, with the agility and innovation of Startups, Scaleups and intrapreneurs to drive long lasting commercial outcomes.
Other outcomes and benefits
- Slingshot does the heavy lifting
- Demonstrate management’s commitment to innovation
- Rapidly test multiple new products and services
- Collaborate with like minded, non compete industry leaders
- Create a point of difference amongst competitors
Do you know these other well known Sport Accelerators?
How can we get involved?
If you are interested, reach out via email to Ben Weiberger and tell us why you want to be involved.
