PROJECTS

INDESUP! TECH

INDEPENDENT! TECH is a program promoted by INDESCAT with the support of the Primer Program, for the pre-acceleration of technology-based start-ups in the sports sector.

  • Do you have an idea or entrepreneurial project related to sport?
  • Do you want to find out what opportunities technology offers to the sports industry?
  • Do you think technology can help your project?
  • Do you want to receive professional support to promote your project?
  • Would you like to compare your project with sports companies?
Encapçalat
Encapçalat

Subsidized by the Department of Business and Work and with the co-financing of the European Social Fund Plus.

WHAT WE OFFER YOU

Training

A 16-week training program specific to innovative sports business projects.

Mentoring

A mentoring service for projects with the most potential to develop a minimum viable product (MVP).

Mentoring

Un servicio de tutoría para los proyectos con mayor potencial para desarrollar un producto mínimo viable (MVP).

WHAT SUPPORT YOU WILL HAVE

THE SUPPORT OF THESE SPECIALIZED ENTITIES WILL BE FOCUSED ON VALIDATING THE MARKET OF YOUR PROJECT, FACILITATING WHAT OPPORTUNITIES TECHNOLOGIES OFFER TO THE SPORTS SECTOR, PILOTING MINIMUM VIABLE PRODUCTS, ETC.

Sports industry

INDESCAT will introduce you to the sports sector. You will learn about the different value chains, the agents in the sector, future trends, the market and everything that distinguishes the sports sector from other more traditional ones, apart from getting in touch with the sports industry.


INDEPENDENT! TECH is a training and mentoring program aligned with INDESUP!, the sports entrepreneurship program promoted by INDESCAT, which promotes the competitiveness of sport and physical activity start-ups.


Technologies

EURECAT will show you the range of possibilities that technologies offer to start-ups: technologies to obtain information (Internet of Things, Wearables, Biomechanics, etc.) and to visualize and analyze it (Apps, Big Data, Sport social network analysis, etc.).

WHAT WE EXPECT FROM YOUR PROJECT

Let it answer some of these challenges

Increase the consumption of sports
  • How to build customer loyalty by bringing them closer to new experiences and data thanks to new technologies?
  • How can we better understand the needs of sports practitioners?
  • What opportunities do new fields such as e-sports offer and how to achieve them?
  • How can we achieve a greater number of physical activity practitioners, facilitating social interaction thanks to new technologies?
Improve performance/competitiveness
  • How can we transform sports facilities into smart performance-enhancing spaces?
  • How can new technologies help us overcome our limits?
  • What tools can be developed to collect data from sports practice to improve competitiveness?
  • How can we facilitate the training of sports professionals thanks to the implementation of new technologies?
Improve the experience
  • How to ensure that the field in the sports facility where the event is being enjoyed can have all the data and comforts that the show offers from home?
  • How to get the passive spectator of a sports show to become an active spectator?
  • How to bring closer the relationship between the spectators and their sporting idols?
  • How can gamification help drive new challenges and motivations?
Achieving a safer, healthier and more sustainable sport
  • How to facilitate sports practice in a healthy way? Active control pathways, reactive control, etc.
  • How to ensure the sustainability of public spaces for sports practice?
  • How can technologies reinforce healthy food trends?
  • How to help in the management of non-professional clubs and facilities?

WHAT WILL YOU GET?

Each of the pre-accelerated entrepreneurs will receive

An intensive pre-acceleration program

  • Complete training on the operation and application of new technologies in the sector
  • A global view of the sports sector: events, facilities, products, services, etc.
  • Mentoring by entrepreneurs and advisers to the projects with the most potential
  • Practical issues of organization and management when creating a start-up
  • Market feedback on the project's prospects for success

WHAT ARE YOU COMMITTING TO?

  • Attend a minimum of 80% of the entire training and counseling program in person
  • To follow the face-to-face and online training program designed by the organizing entities
  • To active participation in face-to-face sessions
  • To respect the confidentiality of the other participating projects

MENTORS

Program trainers and mentors

Oriol Serra

INDESCAT

Xavi Faura

INDESCAT

Matheus Provinciali

UB

Cristina Casellas

EURECAT

Antoni Torrente

EURECAT

Jordi Castellà

EURECAT

Francesc Massana

EURECAT

Silvia Pont

EURECAT

Rosa Rodríguez

EURECAT

Enric Guillen

EURECAT

Ignasi Alcalde

EURECAT

THE PROGRAM

The sports sector: market, opportunities and needs.

Technologies for obtaining, viewing and analyzing sports information.

Business management and entrepreneurship.

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