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Slinger becomes Connexa Sports Technologies
Slinger Bag Inc. is rebranding as Connexa Sports Technologies Inc, a connected sports technology company that brings together Slinger, PlaySight Interactive, Ltd, Gameface.ai and Foundation Sports Systems, LLC. As part of the restructuring, Slinger also moved its headquarters from Nevada to Delaware, effective May 16, 2022. With its portfolio of ...
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Dunlop partners with Tennis Europe
Tennis Europe and Dunlop have signed a comprehensive partnership deal recognizing the manufacturer as the main equipment sponsor of the European Tennis Federation. The four-year agreement, beginning April 1, marks the beginning of a long-term relationship between the two organizations during which Dunlop and its range of products, including K-Swiss ...
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Slinger completes acquisition of sports AI provider Gameface
Sports technology company Slinger announced the completion of its acquisition of gameface.ai, a provider of artificial intelligence (AI) for sports. Gameface.ai’s platform, which has been recognized by FIFA, World Football Summit Asia, and MIT’s Sloan Sports Analytics Conference for the accuracy of its technology, provides both technical (biomechanics) and tactical ...
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Slinger books a loss on 349% higher sales
Slinger Bag, which has been renamed as just Slinger following its diversification into tennis management and the planned release of AI-driven training technology, has reported a net loss of $3,435,312 for the first quarter ended July 31, up sharply from a loss of $1,374,026 in the year-ago period. Sales jumped ...
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Slinger Bag partners with the Mouratoglou Academy
Slinger Bag has announced a partnership with the Mouratoglou Academy, a tennis academy headquartered in the French Riviera with additional centers in Dubai and Greece. Founded in 1996 by Patrick Mouratoglou, the academy has been the training home for some of the biggest and most promising talents in the sport, ...
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Slinger Bag raises new funding to become a major connected sports firm
Slinger Bag, the recently founded supplier of portable tennis ball launchers, reports an oversubscribed round of financing through a private placement of $11 million, giving it a valuation of around $220 million. The new fudning is intended to support its vision to become “a leading connected sports company” with key ...
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Slinger Bag expands to China
After striking an agreement with another distributor for Hong Kong and Macau, Slinger Bag has clinched a deal with Powerway Sports to be its exclusive distributor in Mainland China for the next five years. Founded in 1999, Powersports has offices in Shanghai and Xiamen. It has an extensive experience in ...
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Slinger Bag reports strong sequential growth
While beginning its diversification into the growing sports of padel and pickleball, Slinger Bag, the young supplier of portable tennis ball launchers recently quoted on the over-the-counter market, reports a strong sequential improvement in its quarterly revenues. They rose to $4.12 million in the third quarter ended Jan. 31 from ...
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Slinger Bag nearing 40-country distribution
Slinger Bag , which launched its signature product as recently as the spring of last year, has introduced its combination ball launcher and tennis bag in about 37 countries so far, and it is now planning to introduce similar launchers for pickleball and pádel at some point this year and ...
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Slinger Bag and Wilson announce strategic partnership
Slinger Bag and Wilson Sporting Goods have entered into a new strategic brand collaboration on co-branded products and promotional initiatives. Under the new deal, Slinger will specially design Wilson-branded tennis ball launchers for use at the Wilson’s Demo Events that take place annually across the Americas. In ...
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Slinger Bag signs a chief brand ambassador
Slinger Bag has signed an endorsement deal with Tommy Haas , an Olympic silver medalist in tennis who was formerly ranked second in the world by the ATP . Haas will be serving as the combination ball launcher and carrier’s chief ambassador, heading up a roster that includes ...
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Slinger Bag enters Israel
Slinger Bag is entering yet another country, Israel, which boasts about 100,000 tennis players and 500 clubs. The producer of the combination ball launcher/carrier has made a slew of distribution deals over the past few months, covering Australia, France, Germany, Spain, India, Japan, the U.K., Ireland, Switzerland, Russia, Scandinavia ...
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Slinger Bag finds a distributor for Russia
Slinger Bag has signed a five-year distribution deal for Russia with Neva Sport , which handles the distribution for Babolat in the country as well. Slinger Bag will be launching its product in the country on April 1. As we have reported over the past few months, Slinger ...
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LTA strikes deal with Slinger Bag’s distributor
The Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) , the governing body for tennis in the U.K., has reached a three-year deal with Framework Sports Marketing , the exclusive distributor in the country of Slinger Bag. Framework will be supplying the LTA with 20 of Slinger Bags’ combination trolley bag and ...
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Slinger Bag is worth $24.2m over the counter
Slinger Bag , the U.S.-based start-up that is selling the innovative tennis ball launcher by the same name, started trading on a special over-the-counter stock market on Dec. 24, reaching a market capitalization of $24.2 million. It has moved up from the OTC Pink exchange to the OTCQB Venture ...
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Slinger Bag pursues its international expansion
Slinger Bag , is widening further the international reach of its portable tennis ball launcher through an exclusive five-year distribution agreement with Color Sports , which will be covering the Gulf States of Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and United Arab Emirates (UAE), as well as the markets of ...
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Slinger Bag enters India, names media advisor
Slinger Bag , the innovative marketer of portable ball launchers, continues its international drive with a five-year distribution agreement for the Indian market with Racquets4U , a fast-growing specialist e-tailer that is said to be highly rated for the comprehensive marketing and grassroots programs it conducts to help grow the ...
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Slinger Bag finds a distributor in Singapore
Slinger Bag has reached a five-year agreement with Tennis Bot , which will be its exclusive distributor in Singapore. The year-old ball-launcher company is set to begin sales on the island nation by mid-December. Tennis Bot was founded in Singapore and has since expanded elsewhere in Asia-Pacific, distributing the ...
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Slinger Bag moves into Bulgaria and Chile
Slinger Bag continues to sign up new distributors worldwide. Its innovative tennis ball launcher will be sold in Bulgaria by Ark Dream , which is also the local distributor for Babolat , under a new five-year exclusive deal. The brand has also made its first foray into the ...
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Slinger Bag teams up with Dunlop in Europe
Slinger Bag has announced a landmark deal for its game-changing tennis ball launcher with Dunlop , appointing the Sumitomo Rubber subsidiary as its exclusive distributor for several years in France, Germany, Austria, Italy, the Benelux countries, Spain and Portugal. With this distribution contract, which will essentially double ...