Teamsportz

TeamSportz is a sports technology company operating a multi-sport platform that utilizes artificial intelligence to enhance athletic performance and team management. The company was established in 2017, with development beginning that year, and it officially launched in the UK in November 2021. TeamSportz is headquartered in Hemel Hempstead, United Kingdom.

The concept was born from founder and CEO Francisco Baptista's personal experiences. An avid basketball player who grew up in Angola during its civil war, Baptista found sports to be a refuge. After moving through Brazil and Portugal, he settled in the UK, building a 20-year career as a self-taught software developer for major companies like Hearst Magazines and Farfetch. Frustrated by the lack of accessible technology to analyze his own basketball performance, he combined his technical skills and passion for sports to create a solution for amateur athletes. The company has secured $407K in seed funding over two rounds, with investors including Haatch and Strava founder Mark Gainey.

TeamSportz operates on a B2B subscription model, targeting amateur sports teams, clubs, leagues, and academies. Its business model involves monthly fees for coaches, with pricing tiers based on the number of players. The platform is designed to serve a market that has traditionally lacked access to the sophisticated performance analysis tools available to professional teams. Clients include organizations like London Youth Games, Basketball England, and Oaklands College.

The product consists of two main components: a mobile app for athletes and a web-based portal called 'Coaches Corner' for coaches. For athletes, the mobile app uses a phone's camera and computer vision to track and analyze workouts without extra hardware. It provides metrics on speed, accuracy, repetition count, reaction time, and form for various conditioning drills. For coaches, the platform offers a comprehensive suite of tools for team management, including scheduling games and practices, tracking player attendance, and secure communication with players and parents. A key feature is the ability for coaches to upload game footage, tag specific events, analyze plays, and provide direct, evidence-based feedback to players, effectively replacing the need for multiple separate applications.

A significant differentiator for TeamSportz is its focus on data privacy; the application uses the camera for real-time analysis but does not record or store video, making it safer for use by younger athletes. The company's stated mission is to democratize sports technology, making it affordable and accessible to every team, regardless of sport, skill level, or background.

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