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Fan+ selected to join the Hype sports accelerator program

Australian sports and entertainment experience start-up, Fan+, has been selected to join the 2020 virtual Hype sports accelerator program.

The announcement:

After a 3-month competitive selection process, Australian sporting start up Fan+ has been selected out of 1000 global sporting tech start ups to join the 2020 virtual Hype sports accelerator program.

Hype is a leading Global platform for sports innovation, with a proven gateway for converting Sports Tech into business success. With partnerships in four continents, Hype Sports Innovation has built the world’s first global sports innovation start-up accelerator network, hosted by global academic institutions, sporting clubs and administrators.

The Hype Virtual Accelerator helps start-up’s from all over the world to convert their ideas, into bona fide innovations and solutions, scale their business internationally, showcase them on the world stage and offer various opportunities to connect, learn from and interact with industry leaders from the world’s biggest sporting teams and brands.

Over the next 8 week’s Fan+ will be mentored by a high calibre group of sports administrators and clubs from across the globe such as the NFL, NBA, FC Barcelona, Tennis Australia, Paris Saint Germain, LaLiga, ASICS corporation, Fox Sports and Adidas, along with global venture capital companies and a sophisticated investor network.

Fan+ Founder Rod Harys said “To be selected as 1 of 10 start-ups out of 1000 globally is a great feeling, we are really excited to be able to showcase our platform and technology on a world stage and connect and be mentored by some of the biggest sporting teams and administrators in world sport. It’s humbling to be recognised globally and we look forward to scaling Fan+ through the HYPE accelerator”.

Fan+ was founded in 2019 and is a sporting and entertainment start up, based in Sydney, Australia. Fan+ connects fans with sporting clubs, athletes and personalities offering premium unique money can’t buy experiences that can be enjoyed, shared or gifted.

Fan+ is backed by Artesian – Australia’s largest and most active early stage venture capital firm, BRW rich lister Dr Jerry Schwartz, along with leading business people across Australia – Pacific Equity Partners (PEP) founder Rickard Gardell, Channel 7 CEO James Warburton, CEO of Helloworld Travel Andrew Burnes, Former CEO Merrill Lynch Australia Greg Bundy, Scape Australia founders Craig Carracher and Stephen Gaitanos, Desert King Paul Polly, CEO Hoyts and Sydney Kings Legend Damian Keogh and Former CEO of Nudie Juice and Allied Pinnacle James Ajaka.

Source: FAN+ media release

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