Democratic Republic of Congo - Startup under 3 years old

Describe your project or startup in a few words

Cerclesport is an app made for promotion of local sport leagues that lack the media coverage to promote their inner talents. It's done by recording updated game scores, provide standings, game and player stats and more. Every player deserves a spotlight

01.01 Describe your startup in more detail

In cerclesport.org we want to promote local leagues by displaying games details of even the smallest league in the country. After each game, we collect game details from the league, update our databases and generates more important datas like standings, stats like what is the best team offensively, defensively, who is the top scorer so far, which team has the best shooters and so on. With the combination of technology and passion for sport, even the most remote young talent can get noticed by the best teams or even international recruiters. We believe no one game is more important than the other. That's why we start deeper and want to create that chance for the smallest league to the biggest. Our next focus, is to be an Saas with the same logic so that, small leagues can use our service to promote their own talents regardless of where in the world they are located. We also provide live streaming and game analysis

01.02 What is the main problem you are trying to solve?

Lack of exposure and history. For some people what happens in their community is the most important of all. The big tech on the other end only focuses on the big screen and those underprivileged will not have the same chance regardless of their dedication that's why we mainly target the deepest layer of leagues to help shine the unpromoted ones and at the same time recording history that is for them as important as champions league or the NBA for others.

01.03 Tell us the major benefits and/or advantages of using the product/service that your startup provides (at least 3).

Before our startup, teams didn't know how to prepare for the next game or the next competition since there was no data nor analysis to prepare them for the next big stage. Sometimes the leagues managers would make mistakes in calculations, and set a team to a spot it should not be on and that creates a lot of conflits and sometimes they will schedule games already played and sometimes they will mix up results hence creating errors and annoying players. Finally the fans. Fans didn't have a platform where to check information about their respective leagues, schedules, scores, standings,... And only way to that was being informed by mouth or on Facebook. Since using our platform, more fans have started showing up with better conversations and that has helped local leagues a lot especially in their revenue

01.04 Please describe who exactly your startup’s product/service is aimed at serving. Who are the targeted beneficiaries?

Being in the sport category, we are focused on the fans, the players, coaches, league managers, recruiters and everyone that would want to be informed about specific aspects of the game be it local, regional or national and maybe later international.

01.05 When was your company established?

2024-01-01

01.06 Are you already selling your product/service?

Yes

01.07 How many other owners are there within your startup?

0

01.08 Among the other owners, how many are female?

0

01.09 Please describe the profile of the other owners within your startup (skills, experience, etc.)

There's just me as owner

01.10 If you have a website, a social media page (Facebook, Instagram, Linkedin…), or app, please provide the link(s) here:

https://cerclesport.org

01.11 Which industry best describes your project?

h) IT (digital services, equipment and software)

02.01.01 My startup contributes to the No poverty goal

6

02.01.02 No poverty - Justification for my startup

By using our service, more fans have started showing up to the stadiums, more ticket sold which means more money for the teams and thus for the players. Also through ads, local businesses are able to promote their businesses within our platf

02.02.01 My startup contributes to the Zero hunger goal

1 - Strongly Disagree

02.02.02 Zero hunger - Justification for my startup

02.03.01 My startup contributes to the Good health and well-being goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.03.02 Good health and well-being - Justification for my startup

Being in the promotion of sport, we believe sport is one of the main factors of well being and good health. We want more youth to do sport and provide the spotlight that will encourage them to keep that lifestyle

02.04.01 My startup contributes to the Quality education goal

5

02.04.02 Quality education - Justification for my startup

Sport has always been a complement to good grades. Most teams and academies require a certain level of dedication to education to be part of the team. Promoting sport in general is promoting education

02.05.01 My startup contributes to the Gender equality goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.05.02 Gender equality - Justification for my startup

In our platform, we don't see men's game and women's game as different. A game is a game regardless of gender or division.

02.06.01 My startup contributes to the Clean water and sanitation goal

1 - Strongly Disagree

02.06.02 Clean water and sanitation - Justification for my startup

02.07.01 My startup contributes to the Affordable and clean energy goal

1 - Strongly Disagree

02.07.02 Affordable and clean energy - Justification for my startup

02.08.01 My startup contributes to the Decent work and economic growth

6

02.08.02 Decent work and economic growth - Justification for my startup

Our platform will help creating employment in sport, journalism and IT and the more it is adopted, the more we'll see employment growth

02.09.01 My startup contributes to the Industry innovation and infrastructure

3

02.09.02 Industry innovation and infrastructure - Justification for my startup

02.10.01 My startup contributes to the Reduced inequalities goal

3

02.10.02 Reduced inequalities - Justification for my startup

02.11.01 My startup contributes to the Sustainable cities and communities goal

1 - Strongly Disagree

02.11.02 Sustainable cities and communities - Justification for my startup

02.12.01 My startup contributes to the Responsible consumption and production goal

1 - Strongly Disagree

02.12.02 Responsible consumption and production - Justification for my startup

02.13.01 My startup contributes to the Climate action goal

1 - Strongly Disagree

02.13.02 Climate action - Justification for my startup

02.14.01 My startup contributes to the Life below water goal

1 - Strongly Disagree

02.14.02 Life below water - Justification for my startup

02.15.01 My startup contributes to the Life on land goal

1 - Strongly Disagree

02.15.02 Life on land - Justification for my startup

02.16.01 My startup contributes to the Peace Justice and Strong Institutions goal

1 - Strongly Disagree

02.16.02 Peace Justice and Strong Institutions- Justification for my startup

02.17.01 My startup contributes to the Partnerships for the goal

1 - Strongly Disagree

02.17.02 Partnerships for the goal - Justification for my startup

06.01 There are a large number of customers who already use a product/service very similar to the product/service we envision creating.

1 - Strongly Disagree

06.02 The product/service represents an entirely new type of product/service.

7 - Strongly Agree

06.03 The product/service could be described as a new technology.

7 - Strongly Agree

06.04 The product/service is an improvement on an existing product or service.

1 - Strongly Disagree

06.05 The product/service could be described as an extension of a range of products or services.

1 - Strongly Disagree

06.06 The product/service responds to a demand or need that has not been satisfied by other products/services.

7 - Strongly Agree

06.07 The product/service is a new version of an old product/service.

1 - Strongly Disagree

06.08 Justification for my startup

The service we've offered so far is new and require a lot of skills in technology, coding and software architecture and to that a need to understand sport, people and communities in general. There has not been any other solution that fit this category of service

06.09 Competitive Analysis

Since it's an innovative solution, to an old problem, there's no real competition. In our startup we tried to create a solution to real people tailored to their specific need. As a basketball coach myself we created a solution that i myself needed so bad for our own sport organization to use.

11.05 Are you initiating actions within your community to promote the role of female entrepreneurs?