Eyeball.Club funding news – Prague-based Eyeball.Club Secures €5Million in Seed Funding
Oct 16, 2024 | By Team SR
Eyeball.Club, a sports tech company helping professional football clubs scout and recruit young talent, secures €5million in seed funding. The round was led by Vendep Capital with participation from Sportlogiq, Heartland, and Founderment.
SUMMARY
- Eyeball.Club, a sports tech company helping professional football clubs scout and recruit young talent, secures €5million in seed funding.
- Eyeball is the first video scouting platform to maximise the future of scouting and help discover the next wave of fresh talent.
This investment highlights the company's quick expansion and rising traction within the global football market, coming just nine months after its pre-seed round.
The new funding will support it growth into important Latin American and U.S. markets and help the company further develop its technological capabilities across the board. By utilising AI-powered data analytics, Eyeball.Club's platform digitises the scouting process and gives clubs access to never-before-seen insights into player performance and potential.
This seed round will also enable Eyeball.Club to maintain its rapid growth trajectory and fortify its technology as a fundamental component of the professional football recruiting infrastructure.
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The platform is rapidly evolving into a vital resource for teams operating in a fiercely competitive environment as it solidifies its standing as the preferred option for organisations looking to gain a competitive edge in the recruitment of young talent.
Participants who have been recognised by Eyeball.The club's roster includes Ivory Coast midfielder Abdoulaye Kanté, age 18, who moved from FC Montfermeil to ESTAC (Troyes), a member of the City Football Group; Daniel Skaarud, age 17, a winger from Norway who was seen playing for Lillestrøm before joining Ajax's academy; and Assane Ouedraogo, age 19, an Ivory Coast defender who moved from FC San Pedro, an Ivory Coast club, to Charlotte FC, an MLS team.
Manfred Lerley, CEO and Co-founder of Eyeball.Club said, “We’ve seen a three-fold increase in revenue in 2024, and this latest funding round is a strong validation of our vision to redefine how talent is scouted across the globe, by top clubs, We are empowering clubs to access a broader talent pool with data-driven insights that were previously unavailable.
Full match video serves as the cornerstone of the it platform, which also makes use of computer vision AI, data analytics, and video analysis to give clubs a thorough understanding of up-and-coming talent across numerous markets and continents.
Through the digitisation of the scouting process, Eyeball.Club enables teams to identify football stars earlier than before by scouting talent from under-represented places. The technology has received praise for increasing player evaluation's precision and effectiveness.
About Eyeball
Eyeball is the first video scouting platform to maximise the future of scouting and help discover the next wave of fresh talent. Their mission is to redefine and modernise scouting at the highest level of junior football.