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Hudle is an India-based sports tech platform operating in over 75 cities for discovering and booking venues, online fitness classes, tournaments, and coaching in sports like football, badminton, tennis, cricket, box cricket, swimming, basketball, table tennis, golf, pickleball, padel, and rock climbing. The marketplace aggregates verified facilities, events, memberships, and player matching via mobile app and web platform with multiple payment options and easy cancellations.

Strava is a San Francisco-headquartered mobile app for athletes tracking runs, bike rides, hikes, and swims via GPS, aggregating data on distance, elevation, and pace. The platform hosts 100 million user accounts, integrates with Garmin and Apple Watch devices, and organizes virtual challenges with leaderboards across segments in 190 countries.

Hydrow is a Cambridge, Massachusetts-headquartered fitness company offering connected rowing machines simulating on-water experiences. Launched in 2017, its interactive screen streams workouts from U.S. and European rivers with live metrics and instructor-led sessions. The Hydrow Rower integrates electromagnetic resistance and tracks over 1000 metrics, used by elite athletes and home users. Expanding to subscription services, it operates studios in Boston and ships to North America.

GOLFZON Co Ltd is a Korea-based company that manufactures golf simulators. The company operates its business through two segments: screen golf segment, which produces and distributes golf simulators through GOLFZON JAPAN and GOLFZON CHINA, and golf maintenance segment which installs and maintains golf simulators. The company distributes its products within domestic market and to overseas markets. GOLFZON VISION is the golf simulator for homes and businesses with 3D graphics technology.

Disney operates in three global business segments: entertainment, sports, and experiences. Entertainment and experiences both benefit from the firm’s ownership of iconic franchises and characters. Entertainment includes the ABC broadcast network, several cable television networks, and the Disney+ and Hulu streaming services. Within the segment, Disney also engages in movie and television production and distribution, with content licensed to movie theaters, other content providers, or, increasingly, kept in-house for use on Disney’s own streaming platform and television networks. The sports segment houses the ESPN family of TV networks and streaming services. Experiences contains Disney’s theme parks, cruises, and vacation destinations and also engages in merchandise licensing.

Live Nation is the largest live entertainment company in the world, serving as a concert promoter, venue operator, and ticketing platform. In addition, the firm generates revenue from sponsorships and advertising. With offices in 51 countries, Live Nation promotes concerts globally and it owned, operated, or had exclusive booking rights to more than 400 venues worldwide at the end of 2025, which the firm says makes it the second-largest operator of music venues globally. In 2025, Live Nation promoted nearly 55,000 events, drawing roughly 160 million fans. Ticketmaster is a dominant global ticketing service, selling nearly 650 million tickets in 2025.

Oriental Land is a prominent Japanese company primarily known for its ownership and operation of the Tokyo Disney Resort. It includes two theme parks, Tokyo Disneyland and Tokyo DisneySea, as well as hotels, shopping, and dining facilities. Oriental Land collaborates closely with The Walt Disney Company under a licensing agreement until 2076. This partnership has been instrumental in establishing Tokyo Disney Resort as one of the leading tourist destinations in Japan, attracting millions of visitors annually from domestic and international markets. Beyond its entertainment ventures, Oriental Land has also ventured into real estate development and operates Ikspiari, a retail and entertainment complex adjacent to Tokyo Disneyland.