Champion
Sports big data provider for professional teams.
| Date | Investors | Amount | Round |
|---|---|---|---|
| N/A | €0.0 | round | |
| investor | €0.0 | round | |
CNY20.0m | Series A | ||
| Total Funding | 000k | ||
Shanghai Chuangbing Information Technology Co., Ltd., operating as Champion (champdas.com), is a high-tech company specializing in sports event data analysis. Founded in December 2014 by CEO Jin Qingyi, the company focuses primarily on providing in-depth data services for football and basketball. Jin Qingyi, who began developing game data analysis systems in 2003, previously served as an assistant and technical officer for the renowned football coach Cha Bum-kun. This extensive experience in professional football provides a deep understanding of the sport and the industry's data needs.
The company's core service involves collecting vast amounts of data during sporting events through a combination of image visualization and manual statistical assistance. This data is then processed and presented through visualizations to provide valuable analytics. The primary clients include professional sports teams, with partners reportedly covering half of the Chinese Super League and China League One teams. Champion also provides data products and services to sports media outlets, such as CCTV and PPTV, as well as sports lottery participants.
Champion has successfully completed multiple funding rounds, including an A-round of 32 million RMB in April 2016 from investors like Suning and an A+ round in June 2017. The company's development team consists of professionals with backgrounds from companies like IBM and has a technical advisory team composed of PhDs.
Keywords: sports data analytics, football data, basketball analytics, professional sports technology, live match statistics, sports big data, data visualization, team performance analysis, event data collection, Chinese Super League, sports media data