High-Growth High-Tech Firms
Frisco, Texas is a top choice for high growth firms and tech-focused corporations looking to accelerate the growth of their business and relocate to a dynamic city with all the necessary assets for success. When you join Frisco, you join a premier lineup of world-class brands representing a diverse mix of technology and innovation. These major tech brands become your neighbors and extended partners.
Frisco provides ancillary support to high-growth firms by fostering connections and collisions between startups, investors, corporate partners, and growth programming facilitated by local entrepreneurial organizations.
A Leader in Fintech
Join us as Frisco leads the change in financial technology innovation, creating a dynamic ecosystem for growth, security and efficiency.
A Leader in Healthtech
Frisco is leading the way in healthcare innovation with cutting edge research to advance healthcare solutions.
A Leader in Sportstech
As Sports City USA, Frisco is a hub for sports technology startups, leveraging its robust infrastructure and strong partnerships with major sports organizations to drive innovation and growth in the industry.
Sports City USA™ is the Hub for American Sports Tech & Innovation
As Sports City USA™, it's no surprise Frisco is attracting top global corporate and sports brands. Frisco is home to more than a dozen professional sports organizations and four professional sports stadiums, and they collaborate with hundreds of investors, startups, and top global brands connecting in Frisco. Hyper unique sports innovation events help launch early stage ideas and propel them into new markets with some of the largest sports executives, teams, advisors, colleges and organizations in the country. And it's all happening in Frisco.
Sports Tech Accelerators
Plug and Play Frisco and Stadia Ventures are just two of the many top sports-oriented business accelerators and venture capitalists in Frisco, who are launching some of the most promising companies in sports innovation.
Plug and Play Frisco Sportstech Startups (Batch 1):
Areto Labs: Fan Experience
Brainsafe: Wearable/concussion scanning
G8RTech: Materials/concussion mitigation
Nanochon: Human performance
Spike technologies: Data Analytics
SplendoHealth: Wellness/Human Performance
Stadium Drop: Smart Stadiums
Uplift: Training/Player Performance
Wild.AI: Training
XO-Nano: Materials/smart foam
Plug and Play Fintech Startups (Batch 1):
Startups
Among the dozens of startups focused on sports technology and innovation, here are a few that are making a big impact in their space:
XR Sports: Enables pro sports teams and professional athletes to deliver a private labeled, digital gaming hub to their fans and supporters by facilitating online and offline gaming competitions for unique rewards and prizes, powered by corporate brands and sponsors.
Aireal: A geospatial, augmented reality firm designed for major sporting events, the platform is quickly taking flight in other verticals such as real estate, architecture, and construction.
Advanced Sports Medicine, Therapy & Research
Baylor Scott & White Sports Therapy & Research is a world-class facility for athletes, teams, and companies to test the best of modern medicine and develop tomorrow's human performance solutions. In addition, UT Southwestern is a leader in sports-related brain research and treatment, and Scottish Rite for Children Orthopedic and Sports Medicine Center is among the top in North Texas, all located in Frisco.
The Future of Esports is in Frisco
Frisco is home to many of America's best known Esports organizations, players, influencers and streamers. The city has spun out countless success stories from franchises within Call of Duty, League of Legends, Overwatch Leagues and more. Looking forward, Frisco is where the industries top tech firms and sports innovation firms are choosing to prototype and pilot new technologies and innovation labs with modern sports R&D centers to help elevate the role and performance of athletes and gamers to the most elite levels.
Frisco is a member of the Esports Trade Association (ESTA). Working together with the ESTA has helped build relationships in the industry to support development of the local esports and gaming sector within Frisco.
Complexity Gaming
Complexity Gaming has opened its new headquarters, Lenovo Legion Esports Center, featuring an innovation lab, Miller Lite Player Lounge, production studio, community center and training facilities. With unparalleled support and infrastructure from its ownership group, Complexity has created the world's foremost operations center and training facilities, which has led them to be recognized as a global leader in modern esports.
Complexity's 11,000-square-foot headquarters is just steps from the Dallas Cowboys World Headquarters, allowing for seamless coordination and establishing Complexity as one of the first esports organizations to fully integrate and connect with a traditional sports franchise. Complexity's management team adopts best practices from one of the most renowned professional sports organizations, and Complexity's esports athletes train within the same facilities as the Dallas Cowboys players, enjoying professionally prepared nutritional meals inside Cowboys World Headquarters at The Star, and access to state-of-the-art training facilities, like Cowboys Fit.
Influencers
Early gaming and YouTube streaming giants such as Hector 'H3CZ' Rodriguez, Owner and Co-CEO of NRG Esports and former co-founder of Optic Gaming, have long called Frisco home. Big names in esports have emerged from Frisco including Edwin 'Castro1021' Castro, Seth 'Scump' Abner, Poach and more. Other major media stars include trick shot YouTube megastars and sports entertainment group Dude Perfect™, among several others.
Makers Spaces for Startups in Frisco
Frisco Innovation Hub (Coming Soon)
Dallas Startup Week 2024 will take place in Frisco, Aug. 11-15. For the second year in a row, Frisco has been selected as the official host city for Dallas Startup Week – the largest entrepreneurial event in North Texas! This free, week-long event brings together entrepreneurs, corporate leaders, community supporters and everyone in between to exchange ideas, collaborate, network and grow within Dallas-Fort Worth – the 10th largest startup ecosystem in the U.S.
California-based Plug and Play opened an office in Frisco, Texas, bringing a series of startup business accelerator programs specific to Frisco’s innovation ecosystem. Plug and Play Frisco is running a Sportstech accelerator program focused on human potential and performance. With over 50 locations worldwide, Plug and Play is a global leader in bringing together an ecosystem of startups, corporations, venture capitalists, governments, and universities to drive innovation forward. Plug and Play brings their partners to the forefront of industry trends and assists them in every phase of their innovation journey.
