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Blocksport has joined the Global Sports Innovation Center (GSIC) in Madrid, Spain.

The partnership shall support Blocksport’s international growth strategy, increase the European Footprint and boost co-innovation within the SportsTech industry.

“It is a strategic step for Blocksport to join GSIC. Cooperation with Global Sports Innovation Center shall bring our social sports platform closer to the European sports world and empower our cooperation with Clubs, Federations and Leagues” says Vladimir Liulka, Blocksport’s CEO.

With over 200 members located in 36 countries all around the world, the GSIC has become a worldwide reference for Sports Industry. Powered by Microsoft, the GSIC is the international ecosystem of companies, public and private institutions, universities, investors, clubs, federations and major players in the sports industry.

Interaction between esports teams and their fans becomes more and more important. Especially the direct communication between emotional fans successful organizations make esports so dynamic and modern.

PENTA recognized this potential and unique characteristic very early and was always looking for new ways to max out new opportunities and be part of the development. With the company Blocksport, the Berlin-based esports organization found a new partner with whom they aim to shape the esports communication in the long run.

Blocksport offers a mobile app solution that allows organizations, such as PENTA, to even more directly get in touch and interact with its own fan base. Thereby, both partners benefit from exciting features, such as a fan chat, fan missions, game data, an up-to-date news feed, a social media wall as well as an integrated shop. The app will be available for iOS and Android within the next two months.

PENTA’s CEO Andreas Schaetzke is looking forward to the cooperation: “Esports is a digital hybrid, that combines many aspects of the modern world. Therefore, our cooperation with Blocksport is a logical step in the digitalization of processes and communication channels. PENTA has a global loyal and emotional fan base. Thanks to Blocksport we will be able to get in touch with all of our fans in an even better way and collectively further bring forth PENTA as a brand and esports in general.”

Vladimir Liulka, CEO at Blocksport, looks forward to the newly established partnership: “PENTA’s fan base includes more than 200,000 people worldwide – exponentially growing. Through Blocksport PENTA and its fans benefit from superb new and mutually beneficial opportunities. We are convinced that PENTA’s growth and fan satisfaction will be even further increased thanks to our app.”

Blocksport participated in CV Labs Incubation Demo Day during a Crypto Valley Week in Davos.

During a Demo Day event, our CEO Vladimir Liulka successfully pitched the vision and mission of Blocksport. More than 100+ investors and guests came to this event to listen on the pitches of blockchain startups, members of Batch#02 at CV Lab incubator.

Blocksport received positive feedback among the investors and experts who participated at CV Labs Incubation Demo Day in Davos.

Our Team says a big thanks to CV Lab Team who organised such a great event and made it happen.

We are inviting all investors, partners and friends to participate at Final Demo Day in Zug which will take a place on January 30th at CV Lab in Zug. Feel free to register by this link.

Stay tuned!

The professional organization “TKA E-Sports” better known as TKA founded and based in Leibnitz, Austria partners up with the Swiss-based SportsTech Blocksport to launch its innovative mobile app solution.

TKA’s professional teams (CSGO, League of Legends, Hearthstone, Fortnite, Tekken, Super Smash Bros.) and players compete in different leagues worldwide. Blocksport’s white label social sports platform will offer TKA’s global fan base a new way to interact with the community, the teams and sponsors. The mobile solution will allow fans to influence club-related decisions and access money can’t buy benefits. Club and Sponsors can reward fans with exclusive discounts and unique experiences for their social media activities, participation in fan games and purchases in the shopping world.

Vladimir Liulka, Blocksport Co-Founder and CEO, says: “We are happy to partner up with TKA and start an exciting journey. This partnership sets a further milestone for the fan engagement of the future and the e-Sport market globally.”

Mario Garstenauer, Head Manager of TKA says to the partnership: “We know that digital innovation and interactive communication are important to our fans and a key differentiator for our sponsoring partners. With Blocksport’s social sports platform we can enhance our fan engagement, increase our global reach and provide our sponsors with an additional channel for brand visibility.”

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About TKA

Established in 2003, TKA is one of the oldest and most successful Austrian esports organizations with several pro and semi-pro teams in different esports titles. In order to lead the transformation of the Austrian esports scene, one of their main goals for the year 2020 is to close the gap between them and the biggest renowned organizations in the German-speaking region.

A few weeks ago we have teased the development of an official BIG Fan mobile application. Today, we are excited to announce that the first version is available for download on the Apple App Store! Click here to try it out for yourself!

Developed by Blocksport, an innovative Swiss-based SportsTech and BIG’s partner for digital transformation, the brand new app provides with everything fans needs on their phones. Never miss out again on the latest BIG news, get live match updates, touch exclusive content, access a shopping section, chat with BIG fans and much more from BIG’s favourite players!

Get the app on your iPhone and explore all its amazing features:

• Check out all the results from all leagues and esports tournaments that BIG plays in. 
• View the archive of results with news, stats, leaderboard and details from every match, every competition and each player.
• Be sure to never miss a match again with the “Upcoming games” feature. Check dates and kick-off time for the next BIG games.
• Receive all the information about the BIG squad. Discover stats about your favourite BIG players.
• Learn more about the team and the players with the Social Wall section, updated with the official feeds of BIG. Be the first to know about the latest news about the team or the players.
• Access the BIG official store directly through the app. Find the official BIG fan merchandise. Be sure to learn about the next sales and promotions through the Shop section.

Statement Balázs Lengyel, Chief Digital Officer
The BIG Fan mobile application is an important milestone for us from both fan engagement and promotional standpoint. Having a hub where our fans have direct access to us, are able to follow the latest news, look for upcoming games of the team and participate in fan games is currently a new frontier in esports where we are planning to take the lead. We want to be a BIG fan to be a rewarding experience, which is something our new mobile platform will play a significant part in achieving. I’m looking forward to continuing building our connection with our fans with such a powerful tool on our side!  Although the application is only available for iOS as of now, we will be expanding to Android in the near future, as well as adding multiple new features for our fans. 

Although the application is only available for iOS as of now, we will be expanding to Android in the near future, as well as adding multiple new features for the fans. Support and feedback can be sent to support@blocksport.io. 

About BIG 

Berlin International Gaming, worldwide known as BIG, is one of the most successful European esport organizations. The German club currently employs teams and players in the titles League of Legends, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Quake Champions, FIFA and Trackmania. The flagship of the organization is the most successful German Counter-Strike: Global Offensive team around team captain Johannes “tabseN” Wodarz.

With millions of spectators and crowded arenas, Counter-Strike is one of the hottest and most prestigious titles in esport. Since 2017, the German team has been able to establish itself among the world’s top teams and celebrate numerous respectable successes. Besides winning the German championship in the founding year, the numerous fans remember the second place during ESL One Cologne inside the Lanxess Arena until today. 

At the FACEIT Major in London’s Wembley Arena, the world championship in CS:GO, the team was able to secure legendary status for the second time in history, which is awarded to the top 8 placed teams. BIG also competes in the ESL Pro League, the most prestigious international league.

Former professional Croatian Striker and HSV-Legend Mladen Petrić joins Advisory Board of the Swiss-based SportsTech Blocksport to support the start-up with his sports expertise.

Mladen Petrić known for his legendary goals as a forward and striker for the clubs Borussia Dortmund, Hamburger SV, FC Basel, Panathinaikos, Fulham, West Ham United and Grasshoppers Zurich will strategically advise and support the Management and Board of Blocksport with his broad sports know-how and network. With over 20 years in the professional football industry Mladen Petrić has gained important insights and connections in the world of sports which can help Blocksport to improve its social sports platform as well as launch further innovative features.

Vladimir Liulka, Blocksport Co-Founder and CEO, says: “He is not only a number 10 on the pitch but also a number 10 at the sideline. Mladen has a strong sports expertise and real entrepreneurial spirit. We are very proud to have Mladen on board – a great personality. ”

Mladen Petric expresses: “Professional Football needs to undergo a digital transformation process. Blocksport’s social sports platform is a smart “out-of-the-box” solution that provides not only innovative features for the fans but also prepares clubs’ for future growth.”

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About Mladen Petrić

Mladen Petrić is a retired Croatian professional footballer who played as a forward or striker. He started his professional career in 1998 when he joined FC Baden. He then began playing as a forward for the Grasshopper club in 1999. In 2001, he made his debut with the Croatia national team. Throughout his career, he played for Grasshopper, FC Basel, Borussia Dortmund, Hamburger SV, Fulham, West Ham United and Panathinaikos. Today he is an entrepreneur and working as a football expert for Sky and Teleclub. 

About Blocksport

Blocksport is a Sports Tech boutique based in Zug, Switzerland that provides mobile app solutions for the sports industry. Their solutions combine socializing, gamification, consumption and rewarding in one ecosystem. Their free turn-key mobile solution enables esport and sports clubs to connect and activate fans globally with a gamified and loyalty-based brand ecosystem that provides exclusive benefits for clubs and fans.

Contact Blocksport

PR@blocksport.io

Dammstrasse 16

6300 Zug, Switzerland

Blocksport proudly announces its participation in CV Labs Incubation Demo Day during a Crypto Valley Week in Davos. We are inviting all investors, partners and people interested to learn more about Blocksport on 21st January 2020.

Meet us at the CV Labs Pop-up venues. The CV Labs Davos Pop-up will be located in the city centre of Davos, right in front of the Casino.

Take your chance to learn more about Blocksport and how we are shaping the future of sports.

Follow this link for registration.

Zug, 20 December 2019

French volleyball club Volero Le Cannet plans to launch Blocksport’s next-generation mobile app solution in order to underline the club’s innovative approach and its position as modern professional volleyball club.

Blocksport’s innovative social sports platform will offer Volero’s fan community and sponsoring partners a new way to enjoy volleyball. Fans can compete in global fan games, receive a voice within club-related polls and reward their loyalty with exclusive discounts in over 3000 online shops to date. Further, Volero increases its digital presence and opens its community to fans within France and around the world while accessing further revenue streams through affiliate marketing and geolocation-based advertisement.

Volero’s President Jelena Lozancic says: “As Volero, we are very pleased to partner with Blocksport and take the lead in digitizing the French volleyball if not volleyball globally. This app solution opens completely new opportunities for our fans but also for our sponsoring partners.”

Vladimir Liulka, Blocksport’s Co-Founder, has commented on the partnership: “We know that Volleyball is among the Top3 of most popular sports but we are sure that Volero Le Cannet – one of the leading volleyball clubs in Europe – is going to benefit from an all-in-one solution such as our mobile app.”

About Volero Le Cannet

Founded in 1968 and establishing a volleyball department in 1994, France’s Volleyball Le Cannet-Rocheville merged with Switzerland’s serial champion Volero Zurich and as of 2018 goes by the name Volero Le Cannet. They played in the 2018 FIVB Club World Championship and won the French Cup 2015 and went on to claim the Super Cup of the same year.

About Blocksport

Blocksport is a Sports Tech boutique based in Zug, Switzerland that provides mobile app solutions for the sports industry. Their solutions combine socializing, gamification, consumption and rewarding in one ecosystem. This free turn-key mobile solution enables sports clubs and eSport teams to connect and globally stimulate fans with a gamified and loyalty-based brand ecosystem that offers provisions to clubs and fans.

Contact Blocksport

pr@blocksport.io

Dammstrasse 16, 6300 Zug

Zurich, 5 December 2019

The AI-based data and odds provider “PandaScore” specialized in real-time statistics for esports founded and based in Paris, is partnering up with the Swiss-based SportsTech Blocksport to launch the next generation of mobile app solution. PandaScore will support Blocksport with live esports data and statistics as well as analysis of teams and games. 

PandaScore is the provider of real-time statistics for the esports. It collects data from competitions matches using artificial intelligence and proprietary data analytics software. 

Blocksport’s innovative social sport ecosystem will offer esports fans a new way to interact and to get closer to the teams. The white-label mobile solutions will serve fans with live data and will engage fans in social games and votes. 

Semih Kaçan, Blocksport Co-Founder, says: “The partnership with such an innovative data provider strengthens our social sports ecosystem significantly. We are looking forward to a successful partnership with PandaScore.”

PandaScore’s CEO Flavien Guillocheau commented on the partnership by saying that: “Blocksport’s mobile app is bridging the gap between fans, sponsors and esports teams. It brings you everything in one hand. We believe in Blocksport – it’s the perfect way for us to deliver the esports data that fans truly deserve.”

About PandaScore

PandaScore is a data and odds provider leveraging AI and computer vision to collect and analyze a massive amount of data on esports. PandaScore role is to help companies such as media, sportsbooks, esports teams to build great products by providing deep real-time data and in-play odds for esports.

About Blocksport

Blocksport is a Sports Tech boutique based in Zurich, Switzerland that provides mobile app solutions for the sports industry. Their solutions combine socializing, gamification, consumption and rewarding in one ecosystem. This free turn-key mobile solution enables sport clubs and esports teams to connect and globally stimulate fans with a gamified and loyalty-based brand ecosystem that offers cash-backs to clubs and fans.

Contact Blocksport

Info@blocksport.io

Dammstrasse 16, 6300 Zürich

Zurich, Switzerland.

Blocksport has entered a strategic partnership with Amazon Web Services and is joining the AWS Partner Network (APN) global program.

AWS’ services will empower Blocksport’s social sports platform and allows the mobile app to be fully cloud-based.

Blocksport is hosting and integrating its fan engagement solution securely on the trusted AWS platform and will benefit from the “Innovations Sandbox” in which our team receives additional training and certification.

AWS and Blocksport are shaping the future of sports together.