£1.7m investment for SportTech PlayerData
PlayerData's Roy Hotrabhvanon (left) and Hayden Ball A tech start-up aiming to change the way grassroots and professional sports teams train has raised £ 1.7 million. The Edinburgh-based company, which develops software, analytics, gamification and wearable technology, was supported by Hiro Capital, gaming legend Ian Livingstone. In his first year of life PlayerData has recorded more than 10,000 team meetings and 50 million meters e s of athletes play in the UK at grassroots level s Occer and r Rugby. The financing is used for charging PlayerData's growth across multiple sports and international expansion. It is AI algorithms predict injuries to players before they occur, and their tools allow coaches to replay key moments of the game and model different outcomes based on player positioning. Roy Hotrabhvanon , co - - founder and CEO of PlayerData is a former international archer who narrow