Gamr (Techstars '23)

From an investment standpoint, there are three main areas in sports that private individuals and organisations can invest in as they are the major revenue drivers; 🏟 infrastructure - stadiums and arenas, both for major events and for sports development. 🥅 Events - leagues, competition, teams - both professional, semi-pro, collegiate and amateur. 🤝 Services - ancillary services including manufacturing, media, marketing, technology etc. These areas are consistent with the private-sector led investment that exists and are springing up within the sports ecosystem in Nigeria, and by extension Africa. 🏟 A consortium led by Persianas Group Nigeria and NSIA: Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority and including Live Nation Entertainment Oak View Group are building a 12,000 capacity indoor arena in Lagos. CEO of Bet9ja, ValueJet, Kunle Soname built a multi-purpose football stadium and training facility for his football club, Remo Stars in Ogun State. 🥅 Shola Akinlade, cofounder and CEO Paystack, founded Sporting Lagos, with the quest to create a successful football entity that will last for generations. Lanre Vigo of Plug Entertainment also founded Inter Lagos FC to create a healthy football rivalry in Lagos. Maxwell Kalu is leading the promotion of indigenous African combat sports with the African Warriors Fighting Championship. The AKO Show is a Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) promotion owned by the Nigerian born Ultimate Fighting Championship's Kamaru Usman. MD/CEO of Pan African Towers, Azeez Amida is driving the growth of Flag Football in Nigeria with Showtime Flag, the first professional flag football league in the world. Eniola Edun is building digital and physical infrastructure for gaming on the continent with Gamr (Techstars '23), and the largest gathering of gamers with the annual #GamrX 🤝 OPEYEMI BABALOLA's Webber Engineering Nigeria Limited constructs indoor and outdoor basketball uprights, and have shipped them to many African countries. We are building Fancified as the largest marketplace for licensed sports apparel for pro and national teams across the continent. Fola Folowosele is building a football fantasy platform FanBants (Techstars 23) for passionate football fans. 💰💰💰 With the right investment - patient, passionate, permanent capital as KINGSLEY PUNGONG described it - these properties across the key areas of the sports ecosystem can be scaled. This is what Sport Nigeria LTD/GTE hopes to achieve with the Sports Africa Investment Summit. The Summit is an event bringing together visionary investors, passionate sports leaders, and innovative minds to ignite a new era of growth. The Summit will drive conversation that matter and aggregate the funding required to accelerate the growth of the industry on the continent. Register for the Summit here - https://lnkd.in/ex3VKyci #RethinkSport Nkechi Obi Telema Davies Tonte Davies Yahaya Maikori Tosin Osunkoya, FCA James Torvaney (ACA) Sandrine Nzeukou, MBA

CivStart just shared the 16 startups below accepted into their 2024 AI in Government Accelerator on F6S. Unique 12-month Govtech Accelerator program focused on taking good ideas to scale. More on their opportunity at https://lnkd.in/g5TG42CZ and meet the startups: Govify www.f6s.com/govify - Govify is modernizing government HR and back-office operations Readyly https://lnkd.in/g3i9wgE5 - AI Agents automating Tier 1 support and sales for organizations Polyloop - Building a workspace for everyday funding and impact tasks. Profit.co www.f6s.com/profit.co1 - Profit.co is an all-in-one strategy and execution platform. Fordje www.f6s.com/fordje - Fordje dramatically simplifies city codes so construction can move fast. Voting Buddy www.f6s.com/voting-buddy - Democratizing Democracy: We connect voters with like-minded politicians. govPanel www.f6s.com/govpanel - AI-powered knowledge management built for local gov't, by local gov't staff DigsFact www.f6s.com/digsfact - We use AI to prevent financial crime BEFORE they occur! KeyCaliber www.f6s.com/keycaliber - Cyber threat exposure management dependbuild www.f6s.com/dependbuild - Risk and knowledge management platform for infrastructure owners. Sensay www.f6s.com/asksensay - Sensay creates lifelike AI digital replicas. PSi -  Host online conversations with stakeholders and harness the most advanced AI conversation analytics and collective intelligence science for fast and actionable solutions. Gamr (Techstars '23) www.f6s.com/gamr-inc - Monetization Platform for Gamers CivicReach.AI - Generative AI tools for radically easier, more equitable, and affordable government communications and services. with www.f6s.com/bewith - with is a Centralized community calendar and Hub Ascendant https://lnkd.in/gia7N3s5 - Ascendant App connects citizens with government via CRM and two-way SMS. Congrats to Nick Lyell, Anthony Jamison, Sarah Nicoll, the founders and the rest of the teams.

Low Poly Lagos Danfo 3D design: Blender Environment and Texture: PolyHaven Sound: YouTube Video I had to use screen record because my laptop doesn't have the capability to render animation. SAIL Innovation Lab Gamr (Techstars '23) Oluwatosin Titilola Ayodeji Daniel, YE.

Everything stood out for me 😘. If you know you know 😍. Join the next cohort immediately, it's the fastest finger first, and trust me, you will be glad you did. "Don't snooze, so you wont loose". Only the best hands available Gamr (Techstars '23)SAIL Innovation Lab

Every step you've taken leads to where you're meant to go. Watch as our founders share how their past shaped the present—and how everything can build towards your success. Gaia Palliere Reed Switzer Hopscotch Kiran Panjwani FounderWay David Kovalevski Waka Coffee and Tea Liran Eliner Cache Svitlana (Svit) Malovana Teampulse Seyi Fakoya, MBA Gamr (Techstars '23) #business #entrepreneur #influence #businessinsights

🚀 Introducing Virtual Estate Manager (VEM) – a groundbreaking platform by CGD Incorporated that enables real estate professionals, architects, 3D animators, and game developers to build, visualize, and manage 3D environments, animation scenes, game levels, and metaverse worlds in real-time across mobile, desktop, and console platforms. This project would not have gotten this far without the infallible support of Kucheza Gaming and Gamr (Techstars '23). #RealEstate #Innovation #3DModeling #GameDevelopment #Metaverse

An environment of creativity and experimentation in the workplace is key to innovation. Hear how our founders make it happen! Kiran Panjwani Cody J. FounderWay Seyi Fakoya, MBA Gamr (Techstars '23) Eric Klein Cloudonix, Inc. David Kovalevski Waka Coffee and Tea Reed Switzer Hopscotch Jamal Hermitt Liran Eliner Cache Pace University Pace University - Lubin School of Business #business #entrepreneur #creativity #innovation #businessinsights

A Journey of a thousand miles begins with a step .. All thanks to God for the success and thanks to SAIL Innovation Lab and Gamr (Techstars '23) for the opportunity given us and thanks to Co-creation HUB (CcHUB) too Special thanks to our facilitator Ayodeji Daniel, YE. And his assistant Oluwatosin Titilola they really tried all thier possible best Thanks to SAIL staff for the support too and training Fatima Balogun Nora Anyasodo Thanks to our tutors MATTHEW ISIKHUEMEN , Valerian Monye ,Chidubem Light ,Abdul Aziz Adeduntan for all the lectures and guidance I can’t forget my teammates Adejoke Raji-Adenowo ,Joseph Israel Oluwadarasimi Hammed for the work well done ❤️I love you guys To other colleagues Adam Olapojoye (our Sailor😂) Damilare Ogunwunmi and so on 💪🏽 big

Completed my 12 weeks journey studying and practicing to become a Game Developer at SAIL Innovation Lab. It was an educative, challenging but yet pleasant journey. From learning 3D modelling to animation to game mechanics. The experience was wholesome. Of this journey, I have been exposed to a wide variety of things in the Game Industry and I will continue building on my experience. I very big thank you to Gamr (Techstars '23) for putting this Programme in place. Thank you to SAIL Innovation Lab and Co-creation HUB (CcHUB) for the provision of the amazing space (eco-friendly and conducive) and a team of experts (experienced and professional) - Fatima Balogun, Abiola Mustapha, Blessing Adeolu-Adediran, Timothy Aluko Kudos to the Gamr (Techstars '23) team Ayodeji Daniel, YE. and Oluwatosin Titilola for being there every step of the way. You're awesome A very big thank you to my tutors Chidubem Light, Valerian Monye and MATTHEW ISIKHUEMEN for their teaching, corrections and always impacting knowledge. Cohort 1 members Abdul Aziz Adeduntan, Oluwatosin Titilola, David and others, for your every assistance and listening ears may God bless you and continue to uplift you. Special thanks to Fatima Balogun for her professional yet friendly way of dealing with us. Making us understand the difference between work and play. You have been a wonderful mentor throughout the duration of the programme. My ever ready, hardworking and productive cohort members, you are the best. I hope to see us achieving great feats very soon. Let's keep working hard and pushing for the top. I sight you all.... In no particular order, Akorede Dasilva, Adejoke Raji-Adenowo, Damilola Ogunfile, Damilare Ogunwunmi (My Gee), Oluwadamilola Owolabi, Oluwadara Olabampe, Hammed Oluwaseyin 😂, Olamide Wahab, Joseph Israel (Big Man), Biola Olaniran, Sulaimon Yusuff (My disturber) and so many others. Lots of love ♥️

Testing the microphone my shoulders are heavy due to the huge and padded shoulder pads, this is to say, that I am proud of this naughty stubborn girl. I can be too hard on myself, so I am saying it publicly: Well done, Adejoke, though we need to do better. This is a good way to start. Guys, I found my one thing apart from storytelling of course, I am excited about this journey into the immersive world. Let the journey begin! Again, thanks Ayodeji Daniel, YE. Oluwatosin Titilola Chidubem Light, Valerian Monye, MATTHEW ISIKHUEMEN Gamr (Techstars '23) SAIL Innovation Lab