UK-based Statsbomb acquires Egyptian sports data company ArqamFC

EXCLUSIVE- UK-based Statsbomb acquires Egyptian sports data company ArqamFC: Sports data collection and analytics company ArqamFC announced yesterday it has been fully acquired by Statsbomb, a British football analytics provider with offices in Boston and Cairo, according to a statement (pdf). While the details of the transaction were not disclosed, ArqamFC’s management team will remain in place, a source close to the transaction tells Enterprise. The company’s digital content arm will also continue to operate under the ArqamFC brand, the statement says. ArqamFC, which launched in 2017, “has scaled quickly to over 100 employees in the last two years, with a focus on data collection technology and operations. ArqamFC collect event-data for over 25 competitions over the globe, with a strong focus on data design and quality.”