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

Five Aussie sportstech successes make shortlist in The Sports Technology Awards 2025

Five Australian sportstech companies have been shortlisted for the prestigious 2025 Sports Technology Awards. This includes Catapult, Layercake, MyVenue, Box Altitude and Chicks Who Ride Bikes. Catapult has been shortlisted for the Coaching and Tactics and Sports Performance categories, Layercake for the Digital and SaaS platform category, MyVenue for the ...

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Podcasts

#88: ‘Allowing kids to feel success’, with Pitch It Up founder Emma Thomson

Emma Thomson worked for two decades as a medical scientist, and in that time, also became a ‘Cricket Mum’. That latter title led Emma to become a sportstech entrepreneur. After endless afternoons bowling balls at her young son for batting practice, Emma realised there was a gap in the market. ...

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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.

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Case Studies

VueMotion: Revolutionising athletic performance with AI-driven movement analysis

VueMotion is transforming the analysis of human movement across the globe – from professional athletes to coaches and health professionals. With cutting-edge AI, computer vision, and machine learning, VueMotion has revolutionised and automated movement analysis by providing actionable insights to enhance performance, help identify biomechanical deficiencies that lead to injuries ...

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Industry Insights

2024 Recap: Linking local sportstech innovation to the global ecosystem

By Dr Martin Schlegel, Executive Chair, Australian Sports Technologies Network. For ASTN, our progress and achievements this year is thanks to our strong community of founders, startups, investors, partners and government bodies that we work incredibly closely with. We are lucky to have a sports community that is passionate about ...

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Press Releases

ASTN kicks off 2025 NRL Magic Round Tech Sprint

Queensland-based startups have the opportunity to pitch to the NRL, one of Australia’s premier sports organisations, in an open innovation program facilitated by ASTN.

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