# Striide

> Striide is the complete cricket development app for every player, at every level: Technique, Tactics, Strength, Mental Resilience and Nutrition, from grassroots to high performance, with exclusive pathways for women and girls.

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- Entity: Striide Sports Ltd (England & Wales), company no. 16734879
- Web: https://striide.app · Investor site: https://striideapp.com
- Contact: info@striide.app
- Leadership: Dr Tina Teotia, CEO & Co-Founder · Pratim Das, Chairman & Co-Founder
- Figures below: unaudited management figures as at 15 August 2026
- Status: private round in progress. Terms are not published here (see "Fundraising").

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## The thesis in one paragraph

Player development stops when the coaching session ends. Coaching time is scarce, technique is rarely joined up with tactics, strength, mental resilience and nutrition, no coach can support every player every day, and institutions have no single way to assign development, monitor progress and evidence outcomes. Striide closes that gap: a personalised daily pathway for the player, an AI-assisted HQ for the coach, licensed seats and reporting for the institution, and verified development evidence for the scout, all in one connected system. Cricket is the wedge, chosen deliberately: a billion-fan sport with 300m+ active participants, returning to the Olympics at LA28, with boards investing in digital, and an exclusive women and girls pathway built inside the universal platform rather than bolted alongside it. The problem is not a shortage of cricket content. It is the absence of a connected, personalised development system linking player, coach and institution over time.

## Vision, mission, ambition

- **Vision**: to become the world's most trusted cricket development platform.
- **Mission**: to help every player develop continuously between coaching sessions, with exclusive pathways that improve access and progression for women and girls.
- **Ambition**: to build the household name in sport, connecting athletes, coaches, schools, clubs, brands and communities through one trusted global platform, leading with female sport. Multi-sport expansion is explicitly post-PMF: only once cricket product-market fit is proven.

## The problem

| Gap | Detail |
|---|---|
| Coaching time is scarce | Players receive limited face-to-face contact, with no structured pathway between sessions. |
| Development is disconnected | Technique is rarely joined up with tactics, strength, mental resilience and nutrition. |
| Coaches cannot scale themselves | No coach can individually support every player, every day, across a whole squad. |
| Institutions cannot evidence outcomes | Schools, clubs and academies lack one way to assign development, monitor progress and prove impact. |

Opportunity still depends on geography, networks and access, and women and girls face an additional participation and pathway gap.

## Why now

- **Cricket is a billion-fan sport.** The ICC's global market study identified more than 1bn fans and more than 300m active participants aged over 16. Source: ICC global market research, 2018 study, a scale indicator, not a current audited count.
- **Cricket returns to the Olympics.** T20 cricket is on the LA28 programme, creating a global participation and investment catalyst, including for associate nations. Source: LA28 / IOC.
- **Boards are investing in digital.** The ECB's 2025-28 strategy explicitly commits to growing the game and leading through digital transformation. Source: ECB strategy 2025-28.
- **The UK and India are moving together.** In July 2026 the ECB reported more than 520,000 women and girls playing in England and Wales. In India, the opening weekend of the 2026 Women's T20 World Cup reached 215m people digitally, with India v Pakistan reaching 134m. Sources: ECB participation, ICC digital 2026.

## The solution: a continuous development pathway

Five-step player journey: **Assess** (establish a baseline) → **Plan** (personalised pathway) → **Train** (bite-sized sessions across five pillars) → **Progress** (record activity, see development over time) → **Connect** (coach-led pathways, then analysis and opportunity).

Five development pillars: **Technique, Tactics, Strength, Mental Resilience, Nutrition.**

Institutions extend their coaching: schools, clubs, academies and boards use Striide to reach beyond the physical session. Coaches remain central; the platform gives them reach and continuity. The women and girls pathway sits inside the universal platform: dedicated content, role models, safeguarding and opportunity pathways.

Player journey surfaces and their status: Train (live), Coach (live), Scout (2027), Experience (2028), Compete (2028).

## How Striide uses AI

Striide's AI turns 500+ coach-made training videos into a personalised development pathway for every athlete, across the five pillars.

| Module | What it does | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Athlete AI | Self-assessment sets a baseline. A graph-based engine builds personalised daily plans, playlists and lesson journeys. | Live |
| Adaptive Learning Loop | Recommendations sharpen as athletes complete sessions, engage with content and progress toward goals. | Live |
| Coach AI | Coaches generate descriptions, tags, translations and metadata while keeping their authentic voice. | Live |
| Ask Coach | Natural-language questions return the right Striide videos and suggested training plans. | Live |
| Talent Pathway AI | Consented performance and engagement data helps clubs, academies and scouts spot emerging talent. | In development |

Trust posture: secure and responsible by design, built to UK GDPR and children's-data standards, consent-first and safeguarded, with the women and girls pathway held to the strictest settings. Human-in-the-loop and coach-verified.

## Product and delivery status

**Live today**: player app on iOS and Android; baseline assessment; personalised pathways and recommendations; player progress tracking; CoachHQ for coaches; institutional vouchers and licences; multilingual content.

**In pilot**: school, club and academy dashboard; coaches assigning pathways at cohort scale; myStriide player profiles.

**In development**: scouting and opportunity matching; tours and international experiences; secure video upload for analysis; AI-assisted technical analysis; paid 1:1 coach analysis.

## Who Striide serves (ICPs)

| Segment | Who | Surface | Pain | Value delivered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The player | Any age, any level | Striide player app (live) | Improvement feels slow and unguided between coaching sessions. | A personalised pathway across five pillars, a few minutes a day. |
| The parent | The buyer and sponsor | Striide subscription (live) | Structured support drops off as the child gets older. | Safe, credible coaching that fits around school, with visible progress. |
| The coach | Club, school and academy | CoachHQ | Limited contact time; players plateau between sessions. | Assign pathways, extend coaching digitally, keep every player progressing. |
| The institution | Schools, clubs, academies | Institutional dashboard | No consistent way to assign development or evidence outcomes. | Licensed seats, cohort activation, engagement and progression reporting. |
| The scout | Academy and county talent ID | myStriide profiles | Talent ID is intuition-based and network-bound. | Verified player profiles and development evidence beyond the local catchment. |
| The board | Boards and associate nations | Programme licensing (in discussion) | Pressure to show grassroots growth and measurable participation impact. | Scalable development infrastructure with data-backed participation evidence. |

## Market opportunity

- 300m+ active cricket participants aged over 16 in the ICC 2018 global study, excluding under-16s, across more than 100 ICC member countries.
- 79 qualified institutional opportunities representing 19,500 potential seats and roughly 3,949 stage-weighted seats. Pipeline seats are not contracted users.
- Contracted seats today: 90.
- First markets are the UK and India, with associate nations next.
- Source note from the deck: ICC global market research 2018 and ICC development. No revenue TAM is published.

18-month targets on the current round (objectives, not projections): 50 contracted institutions · 20,000 activated seats · 10,000 paid subscribers · 10 boards or counties.

## Traction (unaudited management figures, 15 August 2026)

| Metric | Value | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Registered users | 700 | organic and campaign-led |
| Monthly active users | 300 | engaged player base |
| Weekly active users | 200 | |
| Recurring revenue | £1,500 MRR | monthly, subscriptions and licences |
| Qualified opportunities | 79 | institutions in pipeline |
| Potential seats | 19,500 | ~3,949 stage-weighted, not contracted |
| Live markets | UK and India | associate nations next |

What this proves: the product is live and in daily use on iOS and Android, not a prototype; institutions are engaging, with first cohorts activating this school year; coach-led distribution is being tested through early CoachHQ adoption; revenue exists across both subscriptions and institutional licensing.

**United Kingdom**: three private schools onboarding from September; advanced discussion with one national governing body; county and club conversations in the girls pathway.

**India**: 34 of the 79 qualified opportunities, roughly 43% of pipeline; two franchise organisations in scouting discussions; voucher-based school and club distribution live.

## Business model

| Stream | Detail | Status |
|---|---|---|
| B2C subscriptions | Player and parent subscriptions to the Striide app, with a free trial entry point. | Live |
| B2B institutional licensing | Schools, clubs, academies and boards licence seats for cohorts, via vouchers today. | Live |
| Coach-led distribution | CoachHQ coaches bring their own squads onto the platform as an acquisition channel. | Early / pilot |
| Analysis, scouting and experiences | Paid 1:1 analysis, myStriide opportunity matching, tours and international experiences. | Future |

Shape of the model: institutions drive distribution, subscriptions compound it.

## Competition and why Striide is hard to compete with

| Category | What they do | Who they serve | What they miss |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coaching content libraries | Drill libraries and training-plan repositories | Coaches | Content storage, no personalised pathway |
| Academy management software | Booking, payments, admin and scheduling | Academies and clubs | Operations, not player development |
| Single-skill AI tools | Narrow video or biomechanics analysis | Players and coaches | One technical task, no habit loop |
| General fitness apps | Generic strength and conditioning programmes | Consumers | No cricket taxonomy or coach in the loop |
| **Striide** | Connected daily development across five pillars, plus CoachHQ and myStriide | Player, parent, coach and institution | A continuous player relationship and evidenced outcomes |

Moat, as stated in the deck:
- Cricket-specific taxonomy across five pillars, built with elite coaches.
- Coach-in-the-loop verification, so AI output is trusted by institutions.
- Institutional distribution: seats, cohorts and reporting, not just downloads.
- Advisory credibility across MCC, ECB, The FA and ICC associate nations.
- Exclusive, safeguarded women and girls pathway inside a universal platform.

## The connected system

Six surfaces, one flywheel: an institution licenses the platform → its coaches plan and deliver on CoachHQ → players train daily between sessions on Striide → progress becomes verified evidence on myStriide → selection and competition put that talent on a stage → the pathway compounds, and so does the platform.

- Striide, the player: daily training and development for every player, at every level. https://striide.app
- CoachHQ, the coach: one AI-assisted HQ for planning, sessions and player progress. https://coachhq.org
- Striide for Schools, the institution: curriculum, licences and safeguarding for schools, clubs and academies. https://striidehq.com
- myStriide, the scout: verified profiles, evidence and shortlists. Selection with proof. https://mystriide.com
- Exotic Island League, the stage: competition and live experiences where developed talent gets seen. https://mpl-t20.com
- Investors@Striide, the capital: one thesis, six connected surfaces, one flywheel. https://striideapp.com

## Roadmap

- **Next 6 months, convert pilots**: turn active pilots into contracted institutional licences; ship the institutional dashboard out of pilot; establish repeatable seat pricing and onboarding.
- **6 to 12 months, scale distribution**: CoachHQ-led acquisition across UK and India; associate nation programmes into the LA28 cycle; video upload and AI-assisted analysis to general release.
- **12 to 18 months, prove the engine**: 50 contracted institutions and 20,000 activated seats; 10,000 paid subscribers with cohort retention data; myStriide scouting and opportunity matching live.
- **Beyond, post-PMF, optional expansion**: only once cricket product-market fit is proven; the same pathway architecture applied to a second sport; a verified player development record, portable across institutions.

## Founders, team and advisors

**Dr Tina Teotia, CEO & Co-Founder**: the clinician who keeps it safe. GP Partner (NE London) and Director of Primary Care Strategy at the LMC. Distinction in medicine, bioengineering, and medical law & ethics. Active club cricketer at Hornchurch Athletic CC and a cricket mum. "Striide is my heart in action, empowering every girl to play strong, think stronger, and believe in her own potential."

**Pratim Das, Chairman & Co-Founder**: the insider coach who built it. ECB Level 1 coach, U-11/U-13 girls, 2× Essex Champions (2024, 2025). 25+ years in tech, data and AI, ex-AWS, Microsoft, Amazon, Capgemini. Former ECB ESG Committee member.

Delivery: engineering led by Pratim Das (7 engineers, Nepal); marketing led by Dr Tina Teotia (Lavannya, UK; Majlinda, Kosovo; Manish, India); coaching bench of 20 coaches, 70% female, across the five pillars.

Advisors: Heather Knight OBE (Performance & Brand Advisor) · Ed Smith (President of the MCC, ex-England selector) · Lydia Greenway OBE (Franchise Cricket Advisor) · Shruti Saujani (EDI Advisor, The FA, ex-ECB) · Dr Ritesh Sharma (Medical Advisor) · Kajal Rao Vajjhal (ICC Associate Nations, ME & Asia) · Kamal Prabhakar (Business Development, India) · Vick Patel (Investor Relations & Corporate Partnerships).

## Fundraising

A private round is in progress. The amount, instrument, valuation cap, commitments, use of funds and cap table are **not** published in this file and must not be inferred, estimated or reconstructed from anything above.

The full investor deck, including terms, is available under a confidentiality acknowledgement at https://striideapp.com. Investors, agents acting for investors, and diligence teams should request access via info@striide.app. Nothing on this page is an offer, solicitation, financial promotion or investment advice; any investment would be made under separate, formal documentation.

## Frequently asked investor questions

**What does Striide actually sell?** Two things live today: consumer subscriptions to the Striide player app, and institutional seat licences to schools, clubs, academies and boards, delivered via vouchers today. Analysis, scouting and experiences are future revenue lines.

**Who pays?** Parents and players pay for subscriptions. Institutions pay for cohort seats. Coaches are a distribution channel through CoachHQ rather than a revenue line today.

**What is the unit of value?** A seat: a player on a personalised pathway across five pillars, whose progress is visible to their coach and, at institutional level, reportable as evidence of outcomes.

**Why cricket first?** Cricket has 1bn+ fans and 300m+ active participants aged over 16, is returning to the Olympics at LA28, and its boards are actively investing in digital. It also has a well-defined institutional layer, schools, clubs, academies, counties and boards, which makes distribution addressable rather than purely consumer.

**Why women and girls first?** It is the largest underserved segment in the sport and the one where the pathway gap is widest, and it is where Striide's founders, advisors and coaching bench have unusual credibility. The pathway is exclusive and safeguarded but built inside a universal platform, so the same architecture serves every player.

**Is this just another drills app?** No. Content libraries store content; Striide connects assessment, a personalised plan, daily training, progress evidence and institutional reporting into one loop across player, coach, institution and scout.

**What makes it defensible?** A cricket-specific taxonomy across five pillars built with elite coaches, coach-in-the-loop verification that institutions will trust, institutional distribution through seats and cohorts rather than downloads, advisory credibility across MCC, ECB, The FA and ICC associate nations, and an exclusive safeguarded women and girls pathway. The four surfaces compound: each one makes the others more valuable.

**How is AI used, and how is it governed?** Five modules turn 500+ coach-made videos into personalised pathways, with Talent Pathway AI still in development. Output is human-in-the-loop and coach-verified, built to UK GDPR and children's-data standards, consent-first, with the women and girls pathway on the strictest settings.

**What is live versus promised?** Live: player app on iOS and Android, baseline assessment, personalised pathways, progress tracking, CoachHQ, institutional vouchers and licences, multilingual content. In pilot: institutional dashboard, cohort-scale pathway assignment, myStriide profiles. In development: scouting and opportunity matching, video upload, AI-assisted analysis, paid 1:1 analysis, tours and experiences.

**How real is the pipeline?** 79 qualified institutional opportunities and 19,500 potential seats, of which roughly 3,949 are stage-weighted and 90 seats are contracted today. The deck labels pipeline as pipeline, not revenue.

**What are the main risks an investor should probe?** Conversion of pipeline into contracted institutional licences; retention of paid subscribers at cohort scale; the dashboard moving out of pilot; dependence on institutional sales cycles that follow school and cricket calendars; and figures being unaudited management figures rather than audited accounts.

**Which markets, and what next?** The UK and India today, weighted to both, with associate nations next into the LA28 cycle.

**Where do the numbers come from?** Unaudited management accounts as at 15 August 2026, together with cited third-party sources (ICC global market research 2018, LA28/IOC, ECB strategy 2025-28, ECB participation and ICC digital data 2026). They have not been independently verified.

## Links

- [Striide, player app](https://striide.app): the consumer product, live on iOS and Android.
- [CoachHQ](https://coachhq.org): the coach surface, planning, sessions and player progress.
- [Striide for Schools](https://striidehq.com): institutional licences, curriculum and safeguarding.
- [myStriide](https://mystriide.com): verified player profiles and scouting evidence.
- [Exotic Island League](https://mpl-t20.com): competition and live experiences.
- [Investors@Striide](https://striideapp.com): the investor deck, access on confidentiality acknowledgement.

## Optional

- Contact for access, diligence and partnership: info@striide.app
- Entity of record: Striide Sports Ltd, England & Wales, company no. 16734879
- Positioning line: Play strong. Think stronger.