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Ten Startups Join the 2023 Class of the Comcast NBCUniversal SportsTech Accelerator for a New, Expanded-Format Experience
Entering its third year, the Comcast NBCUniversal SportsTech Accelerator will expand to a six-month program, providing founders with more opportunities to
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[{"type":"text","content":"\nEntering its third year, the Comcast NBCUniversal SportsTech Accelerator will expand to a six-month program, providing founders with more opportunities to collaborate with leaders from some of the world’s most recognized sports brands, including NBC Sports, NASCAR, PGA TOUR, Sky Sports, and WWE®.\n\nSince the first class in 2021, startup alumni have participated in 90 pilots, partnerships, and commercial deals with consortium partners.\n\n PHILADELPHIA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--\nToday, 10 startups kicked off the third class of the Comcast NBCUniversal SportsTech Accelerator, powered by Boomtown.\n\nThis year’s companies, selected from over 920 applicants across 40 countries, will collaborate with experts from Comcast, NBCUniversal, Sky, and Boomtown, along with SportsTech’s advisors, to improve their products and services and prepare for accelerated commercial success with program partners and the broader sports industry.\n\nOne of the hallmarks of Comcast NBCUniversal SportsTech is the access to leaders and decision makers from across the partner consortium, which includes four Comcast NBCUniversal sports brands: NBC Sports, Sky Sports, Comcast Spectacor, and Golf – alongside NASCAR, WWE, and PGA TOUR, and three US Olympic sports organizations: U.S. Ski & Snowboard, USA Swimming, and USA Cycling.\n\nSince the first class in 2021, SportsTech startup alumni have participated in 90 pilots, partnerships, and commercial deals with consortium partners. This year, founders will be able to explore more long-term opportunities with partners as the accelerator expands from a 12-week format to a 6-month program, allowing for increased time for robust, meaningful collaborations.\n\n\"Our alumni from the first two classes of the Comcast NBCUniversal SportsTech accelerator continue to display a prowess for delivering impactful technology while unlocking new revenue opportunities, and I look forward to seeing what powerful innovations and unique partnerships emerge from this year’s program,” said Jenna Kurath, Vice President, Startup Partnerships and Head of Comcast NBCUniversal SportsTech. \"As we evaluated how to bring even more value to our startups and SportsTech partners, a clear need emerged - more time collaborating to tackle complex business challenges. The new six-month format creates additional space for focused testing and experimentati...