This series showcases the local ventures and technologies that aims to evolve the sports industry in Australia and abroad. It gets the founders, owners and CEO’s to tell us a little about their story and their hopes for success in the sports tech field.
In this profile we spoke to SKINX.
Please give us your background on how your company was conceived.
We identified a gap in the market to elevate skin health in professional sport with a simple to use and versatile skin product that is easy on the body but highly effective. Divine timing presented an opportunity to launch straight into a proof of concept through engaging with a professional sports team where we could immediately test and receive feedback on our product and its effectiveness.
Can you give your best elevator pitch?
SKINX is an antibacterial sports gel used across training, gameplay and recovery. The SKINX formulation has been specifically designed to support and control; skin friction/pressure irritation, heat & sweat irritation, surface abrasions, acne-mechanica, acne & bacne type flare ups, strapping and taping irritations. SKINX is the ultimate preventative product, mitigating poor skin health and athlete down-time.
Briefly describe your product.
SKINX is an antibacterial sports gel, formulated as a preventative skin product with key ingredients such as Tea Tree and Aloe Vera, to support and control skin irritation. SKINX is an easy to use non greasy and non oily product that glides onto the skin without getting in the way of athletic performance. SKINX delivers the ultimate support and continues to prove itself in the professional and amateur sports market.
What problems does your product tackle and the solutions that you are trying to solve?
SKINX focuses on the prevention of poor skin health in sports, as well as contributing to the mitigation of athlete downtime.
Have you identified a customer or target market?
Our target market is professional athletes, amateur athletes and weekend sporting individuals.
How do you intend to scale your business globally?
We are looking to scale our business globally through licensing agreements and strategic distribution networks. We recently have in place our USA trademark and see this as complimentary in the the evolution outside of Australia.
Looking into the future, what do you foresee for your company five years from now?
We see SKINX as the lifestyle offering across all sports for a skin support product that will be recognised as the Nike and Under Armour of skin health.
With thanks to the Sydney Sports Incubator. The SSI is a NSW Government sponsored program whose primary partners are Sydney Olympic Park Authority (SOPA), NSW Institute of Sport (NSWIS), SportsCamps Australia (SCA) and Lakeba, the technology partner. The SSI reviews and supports sports themed innovation (in software, hardware, nutritional and medical applications) that may have a direct and positive impact within the sports community as a whole from grassroots through to the elite.
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