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Analytics Group ShotTracker Closes $10.4M Financing Round

Basketball analytics outfit ShotTracker has closed a $10.4M Series A financing round led by Ward Ventures and includes longtime advisor and NBA Commissioner Emeritus David Stern, Greycroft Partners, former MLBer Ryan Howard, KC Rise Fund, Irish Angels, SeventySix Capital and Elysian Park Ventures, the investment arm operated by the Dodgers’ ownership group. The round brings ShotTracker’s total funding to date to more than $21M. The company, which also participated in ’16 in the Dodgers’ Accelerator Program with R/GA Ventures, intends to use the fund toward growth and installations of its technology in additional courts. ShotTracker’s real-time analytics involve sensors in court rafters, the ball and individual players. 

Phoenix Mercury/NBC’s Cindy Brunson, NBA Media Deal, Network Upfronts

On this week’s pod, SBJ’s Austin Karp chats with SBJ NBA writer Tom Friend about the pending NBA media Deal. Cindy Brunson of NBC and Phoenix Mercury is our Big Get this week. The sports broadcasting pioneer talks the upcoming WNBA season. Later in the show, SBJ media writer Mollie Cahillane gets us set for the upcoming network upfronts.

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SBJ I Factor: Molly Mazzolini

SBJ I Factor features an interview with Molly Mazzolini. Elevate's Senior Operating Advisor – Design + Strategic Alliances chats with SBJ’s Ross Nethery about the power of taking chances. Mazzolini is a member of the SBJ Game Changers Class of 2016. She shares stories of her career including co-founding sports design consultancy Infinite Scale career journey and how a chance encounter while working at a stationery store launched her career in the sports industry. SBJ I Factor is a monthly podcast offering interviews with sports executives who have been recipients of one of the magazine’s awards.

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