The newest deal comes from ReSpo.Vision based in Warsaw, Poland.
👯 Founder(s): Paweł Ostreicher (CEO & Co-founder), Mateusz Szala (COO), Łukasz Grad (Chief Data Scientist)
📅 Founding year: 2020
🏭 Industry: Sports tech
💥 Problem: Watching football hasn’t fundamentally evolved in decades, and high-quality tracking data is costly to capture, limiting advanced analysis to only top-tier clubs.
📣 Solution: ReSpo.Vision uses single-camera computer-vision and deep-learning to extract centimetre-accurate 3D tracking data and turn it into immersive “Digital Twin” replays and tactical analytics.
👥 Customers: Broadcasters, rights-holders, football leagues & federations, individual clubs, sports-analytics platforms
🔑 Business model: B2B SaaS/licensing—selling tracking data streams, analytics services, overlays and immersive tools to broadcasters, federations, and clubs.
🎳 Team size: 15 full-time
🌱 Stage: Seed
💰 Investment amount: €4.2 million
💡 It will be spent on… Expanding products for broadcasters, rights-holders and digital platforms, scaling Digital Twin Technology, and broadening market reach.
💬 In their own words: “The way we watch football hasn’t fundamentally changed since the 1960s,” said Paweł Osterreicher, CEO and Co-founder of ReSpo.Vision. “We’re using AI to break that barrier – putting fans on the pitch, giving broadcasters next-gen storytelling tools, while providing clubs and federations with elite tactical insight.”
🚀 Funded by: Vinci VC (Poland); Smartlink VC (Poland); Jan Bednarek (Poland); Marcin Zukowski (Poland); Amar Shah (UK)
👁️🗨️ Investor’s perspective: Investors highlight ReSpo.Vision’s ability to bring elite-level data and immersive fan experiences to every tier of football, with potential to extend the tech beyond sport into sectors like defence and medicine.
“ReSpo.Vision confirms that technologies with global potential can be created in Poland,” says Bartosz Drabikowski, President of the Management Board of Vinci S.A.
“Our investment in ReSpo.Vision is in line with BGK’s strategic goals of supporting innovative, scalable Polish technologies and building a strong knowledge-based economy. We are pleased that through the Vinci Fund, we can support the development of a company that has the potential to become a global ambassador of Polish technological thought and, at the same time, support key areas for public security,” stressed Miroslaw Czekaj, President of the Management Board of Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego.”
📈 Funding so far: €5.4M
💪 Their specialty… Proprietary computer-vision system tracks 50+ body points per player in 3D from standard TV feeds, and renders hyper-realistic first-person match replays.
📊 Traction: FIFA data-quality certification; clients include CONMEBOL Copa America 2024, Polish & Danish FAs, UEFA Champions League clubs
