Sportstech is on the rise, and SeventySix Capital knows it.

At last week’s second annual Sports Innovation Conference, produced by the Conshohocken-based VC firm, six startup founders from around the U.S. had the opportunity to pitch their sportstech ventures to a panel of judges, including former Philadelphia Phillies player Ryan Howard and NBA Hall of Famer Ralph Sampson.

The pitch competition capped off a day of panels at Citizen’s Bank Park about the future of innovation in sports, including a conversation about Nerd Street Gamers‘ esports deal with retailer Five Below.

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