NFLPA Enlists Partners To Create New Business Accelerator

The NFLPA has partnered with several technology companies, venture capitalists and marketing agencies to create a new business accelerator targeting emerging sports-focused companies. The new OneTeam Collective will seek to use union intellectual property and access to NFL players as a key tool to help develop early-stage companies. The NFLPA will be joined in the venture by founding partners Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Madrona Venture Group, Intel, LeadDog Marketing Group, the Harvard Innovation Lab and the soon-to-launch Sports Innovation Lab.

Unlike some other sports-focused business accelerators that have formed in the last several years, the OneTeam Collective does not have defined investment amounts or specific timetables for investments and pitches. The venture will operate on a rolling deadline, and equity investments will be made on a case-by-case basis. The OneTeam Collective will have a presence at the upcoming '17 CES in Las Vegas, as well as Super Bowl LI in Houston.