# HYPE - Sports Innovation

> HYPE - Sports Innovation is a VC fund backing Artificial Intelligence. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: Nov 2021
- Lead investor: 75%
- Fund size: $75M
- Last fund: Apr 2019
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/hype-sports-innovation/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/Hype_SI
- Website: http://www.hypesportsinnovation.com
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hypesportsinnovation/

HYPE - Sports Innovation is a VC fund in London focused on Artificial Intelligence and Sports. HYPE Sports Innovation is the largest global eco-system for sports innovation with more than 40k members $ Accelerators in 12 locations

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Artificial Intelligence | 2 | 50% |
| Sports | 1 | 25% |
| Fitness | 1 | 25% |
| Medical | 1 | 25% |
| Hardware | 1 | 25% |

23 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 1 | 25% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 25% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 25% |
| Non-equity Assistance | 1 | 25% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Israel | 2 | 50% |
| Australia | 1 | 25% |
| South Korea | 1 | 25% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Chris Golier | Lead Mentor | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chris-golier |
| Gayatri Sarkar | Managing Partner | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gayatri-sarkar |
| Marco Suvilaakso | Business Mentor | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/marco-suvilaakso |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Mindfly | MindFly Limited has developed an innovative, First-Person-View (FPV) solution that enables fans to watch any game from the POV of the Player. It is fully automated, end to end (content creation to distribution) and designed for mainstream, pro sports. | $1.3M | Seed | Nov 09, 2021 |  |
| Wave Company | Wave Company is a diversified smart apparel company driving the future of tech-enabled recovery and movement.Our first patent-protected product, WaveWear is changing the way athletes recover and prevent injury through compression and kinesiology. We are now leveraging our proprietary conductive silicone technology Elecsil to measure all aspectsof human movement and power immersive experience and elite training.We create innovative sportswear and smart wear that help human movement. We also create and sell the core advanced material technology that makes it special. Proprietary bio-silicone material technology combined with fabric is also sold in the form of finished products to various industries such as sportswear, healthcare and smart wear.Wave Company can sell finished clothes like Under Armor , or can sell or license the material technology like GORE-TEX.For more information, visit https://wavewear.cc |  | Non-equity Assistance | Aug 01, 2020 |  |
| Sponsa | Sponsa helps people discover the world's latest sponsorship opportunities and search for new partners. Our sponsorship marketplace is designed specifically for sponsorship and makes selling easier, and buying easier. Sellers who want to generate awareness for their newest properties and buyers who want access to the lastest availablesponsorship opportunities are joining Sponsa to make life easier. Join 500+ successful sponsorship teams today on www.sponsa.io | $17K |  | Sep 30, 2019 |  |
| Tokabot | An engagement platform for fans in the sports & entertainment domain. Chatbot @ user side - and a marketing platform @ business side. |  | Pre-Seed | Jun 01, 2019 |  |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Allon Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/allon-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Axel Springer](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/axel-springer) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does HYPE - Sports Innovation invest in?

HYPE - Sports Innovation invests primarily in Artificial Intelligence, Sports and Fitness startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 4 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Israel. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact HYPE - Sports Innovation?

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### Who are the partners at HYPE - Sports Innovation?

The team at HYPE - Sports Innovation includes Chris Golier (Lead Mentor), Gayatri Sarkar (Managing Partner) and Marco Suvilaakso (Business Mentor). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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