SPORTS INNOVATION HUB TO SUPPORT THE NEXT GENERATION OF SPORTS ENTREPRENEURS AND ENTHUSIASTS

WHAT WE DO

FOSTER & NETWORK

Encouraging and connecting the sports business ecosystem: entrepreneurs, industry leaders and partners, sport organizations and athletes.

ATTRACT & ACCELERATE

Engaging and assisting high potential sports startups to create game changing technologies, processes and products, and to scale globally.

GROW & INVEST

Facilitating access to the most active Angels, VC’s, and Corporates dedicated to grow companies in the sports field.

OUR FOCUS

KICKUP Sports Innovation wants to capitalize on the rapidly shifting sports landscape while tapping on opportunities to accelerate technological innovations, ideas and products. We want to bring the sports industry to another level and contribute to improve athletes performance, fan engagement and sports clubs efficiency and operations.

SPORTS PERFORMANCE & HEALTH

Businesses that deliver superpowers and an enhanced performance to the sports people that live it and make it happen: pro, amateur, and youth athletes.

FAN ENGAGEMENT & ENTERTAINMENT

Companies that offer great content and experiences that significantly beat fan expectations.

SMART VENUE & OPERATIONS

Projects that ensure funcionality by integrating people, places, processes and technology, and boost the operacional efficiency and profitability of the businesses.

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JOIN LISBON’S VIBRANT COMMUNITY

“Lisbon candidate city to European Capital of Sport”
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“Big red bridge, devs, startups: guess the city behind this tech boom (hint: it’s not San Francisco)”

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“The West Coast of Europe wants to be the new West Coast”

Bloomberg

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“The Portuguese promise: this is what we learned after diving into Lisbon’s thriving startup scene”

TechEU

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“Meet Lisbon and it’s vibrant startup community”

Start US Magazine

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“How Portugal became a hotbed of surfing entrepreneurialism”

The Inertia

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“Why this is Europe’s best work-and-play capital”

BBC capital

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“Portugal Once Launched Ships, Now It Launches Startups”
Bloomberg

EVENTS

SPORTS INNOVATION SUMMIT

22-23 February 2017, Mexico City

THE SPORT BUSINESS SUMMIT

21-22 March 2017, New York

FOOTBALL TALKS

22-23 March 2017, Estoril

FOUNDING PARTNERS

INSTITUTIONAL PARTNERS