Sports Innovation

The Australian Sports Technologies Network (ASTN) has established, operates and manages the first Australian Sports Innovation Centre of Excellence (ASICE).

ASICE

Sportstech Ecosystem

ASTN is an industry-led membership organisation helping to fast-track Australian companies at the intersection of sports, technology and business.

Who We Are

Early-Stage Mentoring

ASTN in partnership with the Global Sports Innovation Center (GSIC) powered by Microsoft delivers 'The Business of Sport' Pre-Accelerator Program.

Mentoring

ASTN

The Australian Sports Technologies Network (ASTN) is a not-for-profit, industry-led membership organisation providing leadership in the commercialisation, development and promotion of Australian-inspired sports technologies.

Established in 2012, ASTN supports the growth of Australia's $4.69 billion sportstech sector that employs almost 15,000 people nationally.

With more than 200+ members, ASTN is an innovation ecosystem of organisations with a vested interest in sports technology development. This includes leading sports technologies businesses, national sporting organisations, research institutions, sports distributors & retailers, government agencies, service providers and investors.

Who We Are

Sportstech & Member News

Next-gen POS company MyVenue opens new HQ and Software Development Centre in Adelaide

This week MyVenue, a leader in next-gen POS solutions for stadium and venue, opened it's new Global Headquarters and Software Development Centre in Adelaide. This is a major milestone in the company's rapid global expansion, with the facility designed to fuel further growth, creativity, and collaboration. The new building was ...

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Podcasts

#95: Your slice of $2.65 trillion, with the Global Institute of Sport’s Ray Boggiano

The Global Institute of Sport (GIS) has bases in London, Miami, Dubai, Toronto and Melbourne, and is a great progenitor of our global sports workforce. Sport is now the 9th largest industry in the world, with revenues exceeding $2.65 trillion. GIS are equipping the next generation to take the industry ...

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Industry Events

SportNXT 2025

SportNXT is one of the world’s pre-eminent sport conferences and the leading sport summit in the Asia-Pacific region. Check out the SportNXT 2025 agenda at https://sportnxt.org/agenda/.

Event Details

Case Studies

Pitch It Up: International healthcare scientist and Aussie cricket mum is closing the gap in training aids

After closely tracking her son’s progress in both cricket and baseball, and throwing thousands of balls for practice, scientist-turned-entrepreneur Emma Thomson, fully immersed herself into researching training aids. Thomson used her personal experience as a sports mum, to create an innovative product for grassroots and youth cricketers to offer a ...

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Industry Insights

Connecting the dots amongst global clusters of sportstech innovation

Martin Schlegel, Executive Chair, Australian Sports Technologies Network (ASTN) takes a deep dive into global sportstech clusters and how Australia is leading the charge. Since 2012, the sector has grown into one of the top six sportstech clusters globally. ASTN is dedicated to fostering global connections, linking its network to ...

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Press Releases

Eight QLD startups selected for 2025 NRL Magic Round Tech Sprint

Queensland-based startups team up with the NRL to solve some of their biggest challenges, in an open innovation program, delivered by Advance Queensland and facilitated by ASTN

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