Diamond Kinetics & sidelineHD - SeventySix Capital Sports Leadership Show

SeventySix Capital Sports Leadership Show

On this episode of the SeventySix Capital Sports Leadership Show, Wayne Kimmel interviewed C.J. Handron, CEO of Diamond Kinetics and Ben Jun, Founder of sidelineHD.

Diamond Kinetics X sidelineHD:

• Diamond Kinetics, a SeventySix Capital portfolio company, has acquired sidelineHD, a youth sports media platform specializing in live streaming and video highlights. The acquisition aims to enhance player experiences in youth baseball and softball by integrating live streaming and video highlight capabilities.

• With the strategic move, Diamond Kinetics reaffirms its commitment to innovation and providing personalized experiences for athletes and families in youth sports. The acquisition aligns with DK’s vision of providing a unified and complete experience for youth baseball and softball athletes and families.

• The integration of sidelineHD’s capabilities will offer more personalized training, instruction, and development opportunities for DK users. DK aims to deliver increased value to its users by incorporating sidelineHD’s features, including guided hitting sessions, MLB content, and interactive training content and games.

• SidelineHD will remain a stand-alone live streaming application, with DK continuing to enhance its product and add more value to existing streaming capabilities.

Handron is the Co-Founder and CEO of Diamond Kinetics. He is responsible for leading commercialization efforts of all products and applications, as well as guiding the overall vision and strategy for the company.

Prior to Diamond Kinetics, Handron served as director of an early stage technology commercialization program at the University of Pittsburgh. Handron serves on the advisory boards of several Pittsburgh start up companies and is actively involved with several local non-profit organizations.

A native of Greenville, NC, Handron holds a B.S. from North Carolina State University and a MBA from the University of Pittsburgh’s Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business.

Jun was CEO and co-founder of sidelineHD, a youth sports streaming and highlights company. He is now the VP of Livestreaming and Video at Diamond Kinetics. A passionate technologist, product builder, and youth sports advocate, Ben has created companies with a net value of over $2B.

Jun was formerly CEO and Chief Builder at HVF Labs (hard / valuable / fun), which is Max Levchin’s investment and startup incubation laboratory. Prior to that he was the co-founder of Cryptography Research and an early engineer at Audible (now Amazon).

C.J. Handron Social Media:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cj-handron-7859159/

X: https://twitter.com/CJ_Handron

Diamond Kinetics Social Media:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/diamond-kinetics/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/diamondkinetics/

X: https://twitter.com/DiamondKinetics

Ben Jun Social Media:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/benjun/

sidelineHD Social Media:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/sidelinehd/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sidelinehd/

X: https://twitter.com/sidelinehd