“Sportech is a collective of companies and start-ups whose objective is either to be innovative or to have an impact in the world of sport. Our point is really everything related to innovation, with two major axes: the first is to improve the sporting practice of all French people and the second to improve the experience of the fans who go to the fields. , attacks Jacques d’Arrigo, president of sportech. And what better time than the year before the Olympic Games in Paris to highlight it?
In June, she was in the spotlight at the VivaTech show, the big gathering of new French technologies, alongside “femtech”, these start-ups dedicated to the well-being of women and “foodtech”. for food. The very active sector attracts significant investments.
For the Île-de-France region alone, the impact is estimated between 5 and 11 billion euros. Do the Games create real emulation for Ile-de-France start-ups? What is their real impact, and who are the emerging sporttech unicorns? 20 Minutes TV discussed it with Jacques D’Arrigo, the president of sportech and co-founder of FootBar, a performance sensor to evaluate football practice.