Suzie Betts has just been crowned World Number One sports product start-up, at the ISPO in Munich, Germany.

The Melbourne Mum-of-three founded her Boob Protect product in 2018, after sensing a coming crisis- the lack of protection for female athletes, just as female sport was starting to boom.

About 60% of Aussie Rules and Rugby League female athletes receive knocks to the breasts. Only 10% of those injuries are reported to medicos.

Trauma to the breast tissue can have catastrophic consequences.

Suzie is on a mission to make women and girls safe while playing, and raise awareness.

Dailymotion is a French video-sharing platform, owned by multibillion dollar media conglomerate Canal+.

Dailymotion are building out their operations in Australia and Asia, creating cost-efficient ways for teams and athletes to reach new audiences, and drive revenue.

Parisian Jean-Baptiste Alary moved to Australia 10 years ago, and is leading his company’s charge- empowering sports to seize the moment amidst the hyper shifting-sands of digital media.

Virginia Tech has ranked SWAARM’s halo head protection helmet as the number one halo helmet in the world, reducing up to 98% of head collision impact.

Virginia Tech are world-leaders in independent, unvarnished helmet ratings.

SWAARM are a South Australian start-up making their mark on the global stage, in the most crucial issue facing sport.

Gregg Harris from SWAARM joins us to delve into the concussion crisis- where the CDC reports that each year 5-10% of all athletes will be concussed.

Gregg talks about SWAARM’s unique science, and how his company is looking to solve problems for the military, construction, mining, aged care, as well as sport.

Sam Robertson is an OG sports scientist- his first big success was the Western Bulldogs’ 2016 Premiership-winning campaign.

He’s gone on to work with Barcelona, the San Antonio Spurs, and now with the biggest client of all- FIFA.

Robertson and colleague Jessica Zendler have founded the Institute of Sports Tech Standards.

In an age of AI, compounding chaos, and unbridled tech growth, the Institute is here to set global benchmark standards for safety, integrity and performance.

Sam tells us how far efficacy and ethics have fallen, and how he plans to right the ship.

Australian sportstech revenue last financial year was $5.65 billion, and this 10% year-on-year growth has seen our sector surge into the Global Top 6.

ASTN Chair Martin Schlegel outlines key international and domestic growth components, and shares ever-present pinch points we need to overcome.

ASTN Operations Boss Amy Crosland joins us live from Taiwan, as Aussie sportstech becomes a go-to for tech savvy nations looking to drill down on sport innovation.

Martin and Amy discuss industry challenges around tight capital markets, corporate risk aversion, and barriers to entry for female founders.

The NRL, Queensland Government and ASTN have joined forces to supercharge sportstech innovation.

Talk All Sport was front and centre in the NRL’s Sportstech Sprint.

Founder Charlie Wilkie tells us how his company provides world leading speech-command scoring, empowering referees and umpires like never before, and alleviating the scoring logistics burden.

ASTN Queensland Boss Nikita Vogel takes us inside the NRL and Queensland Government’s sportstech push, and shows us the future vision for innovation in this country.

Padraig O’Donovan started Australia’s first ever digital TV streaming, with Network Ten’s ‘10 Play’.

He completed a world first at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, creating specific digital media revenue properties within the streaming platform.

Padraig’s 30-year tech career has seen him at the vanguard of innovation, and in 2018 he started his own shop, Streamcake.

Streamcake is based on revenue-driven, rather than cost driven, solutions across media and information management and execution.

They work with the NRL, AFL, A-Leagues, the VRC and across health and retail.

Naveen Velautham and Kenyan javelin World Champion Julius Yego started Invictus as a way to spread to gospel of sport beyond those with financial or geographic fortune.

And the International Olympic Committee have just selected Invictus as one of its top 25 global sportstech start-ups.

Yego taught himself how to throw a javelin by watching YouTube- the online scroll took him from novice to world’s best.

Velautham and Yego are taking this concept broad spec, with online coaching and mentoring videos sent direct to individuals who sign up. There’s also a two-way dialogue that allows for feedback and review.

This platform can apply to all sports; and go beyond pure skills- to mental toughness, mental health, injury prevention etc.

This kind’ve elite knowledge now falls within reach of those in remote physical locations, and those from disadvantaged socio-economic backgrounds.

It also provides branding opportunities for organisations looking to achieve social good, and additional income streams to athletes.