SwingVision, an AI-powered tennis coaching and analytics application, has raised $6 million in a Series A funding round. This will allow us to improve our computer vision technology and expand it to pickleball and padel.
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- Tennis app raises $6 million in Series A funding round led by Authentic Ventures
- Other participants include three-time Grand Slam champion Lindsay Davenport, Dropbox Product Director Youssef Eskouri, and Glenn Solomon of GGV Capital.
- SwingVision is currently used by more than 100 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division 1 tennis teams in the United States.
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SwingVision was founded in 2019 with the purpose of providing professional-level analysis to tennis players of all skill levels. Its technology analyzes smartphone videos in real-time and provides detailed statistics, video highlights, and personalized coaching.
Partners include Tennis Australia and the British Lawn Tennis Association (LTA), and existing investors include former men’s world number one Andy Roddick, My Fitness Pal co-founder Albert Lee and Strava CEO and Finance Director Jason Liu.
The company was named one of SportsPro’s Sports Technology Ideas to Invest in in the Class of 2022.
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“This injection of capital unlocks our vision to build a category-leading multisport platform that will ultimately enable all athletes to record, share and improve their games. ,” said Swapnil Sahai, co-founder and chief executive officer. swing vision.
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The new funding will be used to increase headcount, including developers to build tournament-grade officiating and remote coaching capabilities on the platform, as well as expand into other racquet sports that are rapidly gaining popularity at the recreational level.