Racket Sport Smartwatch Reaches Funding Goal

Pulse Play, an all-in-one smartwatch for racket sport players, has reached its $75,000 funding goal on Indiegogo.

The campaign, which aimed to take the Pulse Play concept from operational prototype to market ready product, ran for 60 days and leveraged a number of exciting perks.

Following the launch, funding reached $20,000 in the first 24 hours.

The campaign sold several top-tier prizes in a bid to raise funds, with one contributor set to accompany Pulse Play CEO and three-time Grand Slam champion Andy Ram back-stage to this year’s U.S. Open.

The startup developed Pulse Play to settle the issue among recreational racket sports players: accurate and reliable scorekeeping.

The device, along with its companion application, performs four main functions: live scorekeeping, match history and statistics, player rankings, and provides a social network to connect players with new opponents in their area who play at the same level.

Andy Ram, CEO, Pulse Play, said: “We couldn’t be more excited about meeting our crowdfunding goal. It’s been an incredible experience reaching out to thousands of players, coaches, leagues, clubs, and journalists and hearing how excited they are about Pulse Play. Thanks to them, Pulse Play is happening and it’s going to fundamentally change racket sports for amateur and recreational players.”

Andy Ram partnered with venture building team, sFBI (Small Factory Big Ideas), to finalize the Pulse Play concept.