Dentsu and Scrum Ventures have formed an accelerator for sports technology startups known as Sports Tech Tokyo.

Japan-headquartered marketing group Dentsu and US-based venture capital firm Scrum Ventures have partnered on a sports technology accelerator dubbed Sports Tech Tokyo.

The accelerator will take place in both partners’ home countries and will consist of a one-year program that will initially choose 150 companies which will be able to access specialist events.

Between 10 and 20 of those participants will be selected for a three-month virtual mentorship scheme that will culminate in a demo day. They will also be…

Robert Lavine

Robert Lavine is special features editor for Global Venturing.