• Upper Hand

  Led · Series A · Apr 2018

  Upper Hand provides sports businesses with a cloud-based mobile platform that includes online scheduling and registration, point-of-sale, automated marketing and business intelligence reporting. The platform is accessible on iOS and Android smartphones and tablets and from desktop browsers. Founded in 2011 by Kevin MacCauley and based in Indianapolis, Indiana, the company serves franchise and enterprise customers as well as smaller sports businesses. In March the company acquired Double Blue Sports’ video analysis products, CoachCast and SRS, expanding its product set into mobile video analysis. Upper Hand intends to use new funding to further invest in technology, expand customer support and product development hiring, and develop technical and strategic partnerships. No operating metrics or revenue figures were disclosed in the article. Upper Hand builds a sports software system for sports management professionals, coaches and trainers. Earlier this year it released an all-new sports management platform with a sports business intelligence reporting platform, integrated point of sale, and mobile applications on Apple’s App Store and Google Play. The company plans to use newly raised capital to drive continued sales growth and to release a new enterprise software product. The latest capital raise brought total funding to date to $2.4M. Kevin MacCauley is Founder and CEO and the company is based in Indianapolis. As part of the financing Don Courtney joined the board alongside Sabre Travel Network vice chairman Greg Webb, who was added earlier this year. Upper Hand provides an online platform that aims to simplify front- and back-end office tasks for sports businesses, featuring marketing tools and business intelligence. Led by founder and CEO Kevin MacCauley, the company serves sports businesses with operations and marketing-focused software. It raised $1M in seed funding co-led by former Finish Line executives Larry Sablosky, Steve Schneider and Don Courtney, with participation from Sheets Smith Wealth Management and other existing shareholders. The company has raised $1.34M since January 2014. Upper Hand intends to use the funds for technology, sales and customer success employee growth and to expand software features. It plans to launch the next version of its online service in the second quarter of 2016 and is working with a top 500 corporate franchise to build enterprise-based software. bookacoach operates an online service marketplace for sports lessons across the U.S., offering tools to simplify booking, scheduling and athlete feedback. Instruction ranges from individual lessons to small groups and clinics. The service is free to coaches while parents pay a booking fee when purchasing sessions. The company raised a VC financing that brought total capital raised to $450k. It plans to use the funds to expand the service to more coaches and parents nationally and to add new product features. The business is led by Kevin MacCauley (CEO) and Myles Grote (Chief Revenue Officer).

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