Head of Innovation, Tennis Australia
| Role | Organisation | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| General Partner | Wildcard Ventures | Startup Daily, Wildcard Ventures team page |
| Head of Innovation | Tennis Australia | Forbes Australia, Startup Daily (Thu 24 Aug 2023), Startup Daily (Thu 22 Jul 2021), Startup Daily (Thu 25 Jul 2019) |
| Head of Innovation | 06 AO Startups | Startup Daily |
Stories naming Dr Machar Reid. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Tennis Australia's AO StartUps incubator picked seven sports tech startups for its mid-year cohort, only one of them Australian. They will test products at the Australian Open, with possible funding from Wildcard Ventures.
Five startups joining Tennis Australia's inaugural AO StartUps accelerator cohort have been named, each trialling its technology at the Grand Slam tournament; two further participants are still to be revealed.
Tennis Australia is creating Wildcard Ventures, a fund and syndicate backing early-stage sports, health and entertainment tech, and has named its investment team and advisory committee.
Techstars is launching a sportstech accelerator in Melbourne with LaunchVic, Tennis Australia and Victoria University, based at Melbourne Park, taking ten startups annually from 2020, with applications opening in September.