Type Private Founded 2012 Website becoacht.com | Industry online marketplace Headquarters Munich, Germany | |
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Key people Frederik Roever (CEO, Founder) | ||
becoacht is an online platform for sports coaching where users can search, select and book private and public sports courses with professional coaches from a variety of sporting disciplines. The Germany-based enterprise has received strong media coverage within the German sports community as the first to adapt Airbnb's business model to sports coaching.
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becoacht has received seed funding from Telefónica S.A. via Wayra, its start-up accelerator program.
The company was founded in 2012 by former investment banker and Rocket Internet Munich CFO Frederik Roever, who has subsequently been listed among the 100 most influential Internet entrepreneurs in Europe.
Functionality
becoacht is an online marketplace that connects users looking for sports coaching or courses with professional coaches who match user-defined criteria. Users can search and book according to defined criteria such as sport, location and date. Sports courses and coaches are booked and paid for directly on the website. ISPO Munich recognized becoacht’s concept with the ISPO BrandNew award in 2013, as the first platform to create a dynamic booking system that included the availability of instructors.
In 2014 becoacht introduced its own branded sports courses covering a diverse range of sports, including parkour, triathlon and stand-up paddleboarding. This courses were initially offered in Munich, where becoacht headquarters are located.
As of December 2014, becoacht is in the progress of being liquidated.
Prominent athletes
As well as coaches across a range of disciplines, becoacht also offers training sessions with professional athletes, referred to as 'idols'. These idols are distinguished champions from a broad variety of sports and include Mirjam Jaeger, Max Weinhold, Luis Brethauer, Marco Smolla, Dominik Guehrs, and Andreas Birnbacher.