Minneapolis, MN (July 8, 2019) \u2013 Player\u2019s Health has secured funding to support growth and capitalize on existing and new opportunities. The round was led by the London and Philadelphia based, Insurance Technology (InsurTech) specialist investor Eos Venture Partners and Boston-based Sports Tech focused investor Will Ventures.<\/p>\n
Player\u2019s Health is a risk management firm specializing in sports, fitness, and wellness for youth-focused organizations. They offer a suite of products covering risk management and insurance services for sports organizations, camps, fitness\/wellness organizations, education and faith-based organizations. The company\u2019s purpose is to create the tools necessary to appropriately manage health, injuries, abuse and risk. Currently, Player\u2019s Health has six applications available for organizations, including PH Protect, PH Cover and PH Rehab:<\/p>\n
\u201cIn Will Ventures and Eos Venture Partners, we have a perfect blend of insurance, sports technology, and data aggregation expertise,\u201d said Tyrre Burks<\/strong>, CEO and founder of Player\u2019s Health. \u201cWe have found true strategic partners who are as passionate as we are about protecting our youth and creating impact through working with the insurance industry. Both Will Ventures and Eos Venture Partners have invested not only in our growing company, but more importantly, in the vision of a world where health, injuries, and abuse are managed with the greatest care at every level. We are excited and humbled to have Eos and Will as partners\u201d.<\/p>\n Player\u2019s Health is servicing over 120,000 athletes through the platform and is currently working with major companies across multiple industries in sports including ATI, US Club Soccer, and AIG.<\/p>\n Eos Venture Partners, a specialist InsurTech venture capital fund, have been working strategically with Player\u2019s Health since 2018.<\/p>\n \u201cPlayer\u2019s Health provides a unique solution in a highly fragmented but data-rich environment,\u201d said Jonathan Kalman<\/strong>, Founding Partner at Eos VenturePartners, of the deal. \u201cThe affinity partners working with Player\u2019s Health, including sports governing bodies and other sports organizations give them access to over 40 million athletes in the US alone. The ability to transition the traditional insurance relationship to one focused on value added services, with regular interaction with the customer and built around a true partnership is hugely valuable. Our strategic insurance partners are also excited by Player\u2019s Health and are in the process of agreeing to commercial relationships to provide insurance capacity, products and distribution to further strengthening the business.\u201d<\/p>\n Will Ventures, the Boston-based VC co-leading the round, sees its investment in Player\u2019s Health as an opportunity to do well by doing good.<\/p>\n \u201cSports organizations are in desperate need of modern tools that help protect their athletes,\u201d said Isaiah Kacyvenski<\/strong>, Co-Founder & Managing Partner of Will Ventures and NFL veteran. \u201cPlayer\u2019s Health\u2019s disruptive risk management platform replaces antiquated, paper-based processes with a modern, streamlined solution, enabling sports organizations to foster a safer environment for athletes of all ages. \u201d<\/p>\n About Player\u2019s Health Headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Player\u2019s Health is a sports services organization that provides digital risk management services and reporting tools to sports organizations to comply with the changing athletic environment and responsibilities. Player\u2019s Health works towards creating the safest environment for athletes and views the health and safety of athletes as a priority in today\u2019s sports landscape. This requires creating and maintaining products that provide a circle of care for safety, trust, accountability, and accessibility for athletes. In doing so, Player\u2019s Health is a company where mission drives the business and creates an environment where fun and peace of mind lives in sports. For more information on Player\u2019s Health, visit playershealth.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n About Eos Venture Partners Eos Venture Partners is a global independent Strategic Venture Capital Fund focused exclusively on InsurTech, investing in early and growth stage technology businesses that accelerate innovation and transformation across the insurance industry and value chain. Eos focuses exclusively on InsurTech and was founded in 2016 to bridge the \u201cdigital chasm\u201d between InsurTech start-ups and traditional (re)insurance companies. Investors in the Eos fund, EVP I, are typically from the insurance sector, forming a close strategic relationship with the Eos team to capture both strategic and financial value from the innovation and technology change in the insurance industry. For more information, visit www.eosventurepartners.com<\/a><\/u>.<\/p>\n About Will Ventures Will Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm that leverages the power of sport to change the world. The firm uses sports as a lens to identify novel technologies that will impact large, adjacent markets like the consumer, healthcare and media markets. The firm\u2019s partners utilize their operational expertise, market insight and broad network to create outsized value for sport-centric companies. For more information, please visit www.willventures.tech<\/u><\/a>.<\/p>\n Source: Player\u2019s Health<\/i><\/p>\n Tags: funding<\/a>, InsurTech<\/a>, Player’s Health<\/a> Read the original article at Insurance-Canada.ca <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Player\u2019s Health, a company focused on making sports safer by establishing a new standard of health and safety in sports, fitness, and wellness, has raised their Series A financing round Minneapolis, MN (July 8,...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":578,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16029"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/578"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16029"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16029\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16029"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16029"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16029"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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