Dublin business Output Sports’ technology is used by Olympians, Premier League football teams, NBA and many more.
UCD spin-out Output Sports has closed a $4.8m (€4.6m) pre-A funding round as it accelerates its US expansion.
The investment round brings in new support from, athlete-led, Apex Capital, European deep tech investor Uni.Fund, and Dopamine Sports. The financing also included existing investors Elkstone, Atlantic Bridge and Enterprise Ireland. The financing also features a number of angel investors, including Jim Kelliher (Drift, LogMeIn).
“Our team has worked hard to build a platform that meets the needs of some of the world’s leading sports teams such as New Zealand’s All Blacks, England’s national soccer team and the Colorado Buffaloes and delivers meaningful value through data”
Output Sports was co-founded in 2020 by Dr Martin O’Reilly, Dr Darragh Whelan, Julian Eberle and Professor Brian Caulfield, and currently provides more than 800 sports organisations, including over half of all English Premier League clubs, with the insights needed to make more informed, data-backed decisions to improve athletic performance.
Applied sports science
Woman athlete lifting weights using Output Sports’ VBT technology
The company’s VBT technology enables strength and conditioning coaches, sport scientists and rehab professionals to capture and analyse athletic data using a single wearable sensor system.
It can be, and is, used across multiple sports including both amateur and professional football, swimming, basketball and golf for velocity-based training, reactive strength, and power development to optimize athletes’ performance on the local and global stage.
In 2024, Output Sport’s technology captured 30m measurements from athletes around the globe, and it also played a pivotal role in multiple medal-winning performances at the 2024 Olympic Games including Daniel Wiffen’s record-breaking gold in swimming for Ireland and China’s Zheng Qinwen’s historic tennis gold. Output Sports has worked with multiple championship-winning teams across the US major sports leagues and the national teams in soccer and rugby sevens.
“Output Sports is committed to developing data-driven insights that support coaches and athletes,” said Dr Martin O’Reilly, co-founder and CEO of Output Sports.
“Our team has worked hard to build a platform that meets the needs of some of the world’s leading sports teams such as New Zealand’s All Blacks, England’s national soccer team and the Colorado Buffaloes and delivers meaningful value through data. This investment will help us support our growth in the US, deepen our technology capabilities, and grow our team to support our increasing customer base.”
The sport technology industry is worth €13.1bn and is expected to grow 20.5% by 2030 driven by Increased demand for biometric tracking and analysis tools, virtual and augmented reality, and AI integration. In an effort to serve this growing demand, Output Sports recently opened a US office based in Boston.
The company currently works with professional US sports leagues such as the NFL, NBA, NHL, MLB, MLS and the WNBA, and aims to support even more organizations from professional leagues to high school and college sports programs.
Speaking about Output Sport, award-winning performance coach Spencer Tatum, who works with leading professional golfer Jon Rahm, said: “In sports performance, only a handful of companies truly excel in addressing issues. Output Sports is among these select few. With their cutting-edge technology, they have successfully translated the science of sports into practical applications for the field.”
This new capital will be used to accelerate Output Sports’ US expansion and hiring across sales, marketing, product development, data science, and customer support.
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