Brief
sKora is a Sportstech on a mission to empower 300 million aspiring footballers on their journey. We are building a proprietary AI-powered platform to serve aspiring footballers.
Value proposition
We are building a digital sports agent to be in every player’s pocket (from the pure amateur to the scouted player). Our solution is a first-mover in digitizing sports agency work. We leverage AI to democratize athletes' access to professional pathways. Currently, player movements are still relationship based and are executed through WhatsApp texts and phone calls. sKora will digitalize the process from initial communication, to data collection, to CV creation and athletic career movement in one place. And for the diamonds in the rough we will sign and shepherd them through their professional career.
Three competitors
Our main competition is between (i) traditional agents (eg, CAA, Wasserman) and scouts and (ii) data analytics, recruitment, career advice and development SaaS platforms.
Strength Areas / Achievements
Finalists for the 2022 KPMG Private Enterprise Tech Innovator
Finalists for the 2021 Startup of the Year Award and Founder of the Year Award by Global Startup Awards.
Secured Incubation at Qatar Science & Technology Park (QF’s unique Entrepreneurship & Educational Ecosystem).
sKora are the winners of HBKU Industrial Innovation Fund- 2021, and the Qatar National Research Fund: National Priorities Research Program (NPRP), a total of $450K grant award, with HBKU, a leading University in Qatar. In this collaboration, HBKU’s College of Science and Engineering will support the build out of the MVP’s AI data-driven recommender, together with visual computation of sports fitness measurements through the sKora app.
- QGrants.org | Proposal & award details: https://mis.qgrants.org/Public/AwardDetails.aspx?ParamPid=fhgnghpode
- CSE HBKU Article: How Data Analytics Can Help Young Footballers Achieve Their Goal. Link: https://www.hbku.edu.qa/en/news/CSE-SP-HDACHYF
- Gulf Times article: HBKU creates human capital to strengthen social impact of sport. Link: https://www.gulf-times.com/story/709432/hbku-creates-human-capital-to-strengthen-social-impact-of-sport#:~:text=Research%20and%20graduate%20programmes%20at,%2C%20human%2C%20and%20environmental%20development.
Officially registered as a Local Intermediary with QFA. sKora's original roots, "Kora Stars", a classical sports agency, is now a certified soccer agency in Qatar. Link: https://www.qfa.qa/intermediaries/
sKora has been featured in the top 10 selection of most innovative Asia-Pacific startups in Sports Tech X Asia-Pacific Sports Tech Report 2022
