Sports Tech Tokyo, a joint sportstech accelerator initiative between Dentsu and Scrum Ventures, has chosen the first group of startups since its launch in October last year.

Sports Tech Tokyo, a Japan-based sports technology accelerator launched jointly by marketing group Dentsu and venture capital firm Scrum Ventures in October 2018, has announced its first batch of 12 finalists.

The startups will join the three-month program at the end of May 2019 and will receive business development advice from sports business specialists and corporates including Itochu, Sony Music Entertainment, Microsoft Japan and CBC.

The initiative will include a demo day taking place on August 20 where the…

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Edison Fu

Edison Fu is a reporter and Asia liaison at Global Corporate Venturing.