Remitly前高管新创企业融资600万美元,助力体育团队运用AI优化商业运营。

内容总结:
总部位于西雅图地区的体育科技初创公司Arkero近日宣布完成600万美元的预种子轮融资。该公司致力于利用人工智能技术优化体育机构的日常运营管理。
Arkero由国际汇款公司Remitly联合创始人古拉蒂(Shivaas Gulati)及其两位前同事共同创立,于去年秋季正式推出。目前已与包括西雅图海湾人队、西雅图君主队、圣迭戈FC及英格兰博尔顿流浪者队在内的多家职业足球俱乐部达成早期合作。
该公司的AI平台能够与数据仓库、Slack、电子邮件、票务系统等现有工具集成,通过分析历史运营数据,为赛事策划、季票续订、商业合作及球迷互动等决策提供支持,帮助俱乐部提升运营效率并实现增收。
作为英格兰第五级别联赛俱乐部绍森德联的股东之一,古拉蒂坦言:“我亲身体验过依赖电子表格和邮件管理俱乐部的混乱与低效,这正是行业亟待变革的痛点。”此前他还曾担任西雅图海湾人队的技术顾问,协助该美职联俱乐部制定AI技术战略。
本轮融资由Game Changers Ventures的罗杰·埃伦伯格领投,知名投资人亚历克西斯·奥汉尼安(776基金)、大卫·蒂施(BoxGroup)以及Garuda Ventures、Founders’ Co-op等机构参与。值得注意的是,西雅图海湾人队大股东阿德里安·哈瑙尔也位列投资方。
哈瑙尔在声明中表示:“我们始终致力于通过技术创新获取竞争优势。投资Arkero不仅是立足当下,更是为俱乐部的长远发展布局。”据测算,通过Arkero的AI系统,海湾人队与君主队在2026年赛事筹备工作的综合效率预计将提升超50%。
古拉蒂曾于2011年联合创立Remitly,该公司于2021年上市后,他于2022年离职投身新事业。其联合创始人团队包括产品技术负责人纳拉(Vamsi Narla)与运营负责人史宗文(Daniel Shi)。古拉蒂此前向媒体表示:“西雅图是创业的沃土,我们决心在此再打造一家具有影响力的企业。”
中文翻译:
西雅图地区初创公司Arkero近期完成了600万美元的种子前融资。该公司专注于运用人工智能技术帮助体育机构管理日常运营。
Arkero由数字汇款公司Remitly联合创始人希瓦斯·古拉蒂与该公司另外两位资深成员共同创立,于去年秋季正式启动。目前已与三家职业足球联盟达成初步合作,合作伙伴包括西雅图海湾人足球俱乐部、西雅图君主女足俱乐部、圣迭戈足球俱乐部以及博尔顿流浪者足球俱乐部。
Arkero的人工智能系统可与数据仓库、Slack、电子邮件、票务系统等现有工具无缝对接。该系统通过分析历史运营数据,为项目策划、活动执行、合作伙伴关系及球迷互动策略提供决策支持,帮助体育团队通过快速数据驱动决策实现增收。
该平台的首批应用场景主要聚焦于比赛日规划与季票续订的智能化改造。"作为足球俱乐部的持有者,我亲历过依赖Excel和电子邮件管理业务的混乱局面及其带来的成本损耗。现有管理模式存在内部缺陷,这正是我们创造价值的机会所在。"Arkero首席执行官古拉蒂表示。他同时是英格兰第五级别联赛俱乐部绍森德联的股东之一。
古拉蒂还曾担任西雅图海湾人俱乐部的技术顾问,协助这家美国职业足球大联盟俱乐部制定人工智能与技术发展战略。海湾人俱乐部大股东阿德里安·哈瑙尔亦是Arkero的投资人之一。
本轮融资由变革者风投的罗杰·艾伦伯格领投,参与方包括亚历克西斯·奥哈尼安(776基金)、戴维·蒂施(BoxGroup基金)、Garuda风投、创始人合作社等机构。
哈瑙尔在声明中表示:"无论场上场下,我们始终致力于通过技术创新与战略合作保持竞争优势。对Arkero的投资正是这一理念的体现,这不仅着眼于我们当前的发展阶段,更关乎未来的战略布局。"
据Arkero测算,借助人工智能减少人工操作、加速决策流程并降低运营失误,预计到2026年西雅图海湾人与君主女足在比赛日规划方面的"效率提升"将超过50%。
古拉蒂于2011年参与创立Remitly,该公司2021年上市后,他于次年离职。在Remitly任职期间,他与现任Arkero联合创始人建立了长期合作——负责产品与工程建设的瓦姆西·纳拉,以及主管商业运营的丹尼尔·石。
古拉蒂去年曾向GeekWire表示:"西雅图是培育企业的沃土,我们将深耕于此,致力于在这里再打造一家具有影响力的企业。"
英文来源:
Arkero, a Seattle-area startup focused on using AI to help manage the day-to-day operations of sports organizations, raised $6 million in pre-seed funding.
Founded by Shivaas Gulati, co-founder of Remitly, and two other veterans of the Seattle digital remittance company, Arkero launched last fall. The startup has secured early partnerships across three pro soccer leagues, including with the Seattle Sounders FC, Seattle Reign FC, San Diego FC and Bolton Wanderers FC.
Arkero’s AI works with existing systems and tools including data warehouses, Slack, email, ticketing, and more. It learns from past procedures to inform new decisions around programs, activations, partnerships, and fan-engagement strategies and help teams make more money with faster, data-driven decisions.
Initial deployments of Arkero’s platform are focused on integrating AI into matchday planning and season-ticket renewals.
“I own a football club. I’ve sat in the meetings, lived the chaos, and felt the cost of running a business on Excel and email. The opportunity exists because this is broken from the inside,” said Gulati, Arkero’s CEO, who is part of the ownership group of Southend United, which plays in the fifth tier of English football.
Gulati has also served as a technical advisor to the Sounders, helping the Major League Soccer club with its AI and tech strategy.
Sounders majority owner Adrian Hanauer is among Arkero’s investors. The funding round was led by Roger Ehrenberg of Game Changers Ventures, with participation from Alexis Ohanian (776), David Tisch (BoxGroup), Garuda Ventures, Founders’ Co-op, and others.
“On and off the pitch, our business is about constantly looking ahead to identify what we can do better and how we can use technology and the right partners to gain a competitive edge,” Hanauer said in a statement. “Our investment in Arkero is aligned with this approach, accounting for not just where we are as an organization today, but where we need to be going forward.”
Arkero said the Sounders and Reign project over 50% improvement in “efficiency savings” around matchday planning in 2026, driven by AI’s ability to reduce manual work and make faster decisions and fewer operational errors.
Gulati helped co-found Remitly in 2011, the company went public in 2021 and he left in 2022. He spent years at the company alongside his Arkero co-founders — Vamsi Narla, who leads product and engineering, and Daniel Shi, who oversees business operations.
Last year, Gulati told GeekWire that Seattle is “a great place to build a company, and we’re going to double down on that and build another big company here.”
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