DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS

Help turn a credible interaction into reliable matchday equipment.

Smart Substitution is seeking an engineering and football-technology development partner to produce and validate a functional two-sided prototype.

PARTNER TYPES

Electronic sports-equipment manufacturer

Industrial-design consultancy

Display and embedded-electronics specialist

Sports-technology investor

Football competition or officials’ body

Stadium or broadcast integration provider

University engineering department

UK innovation or hardware funding programme

IMMEDIATE DEVELOPMENT SCOPE

Product requirements

Industrial design

Display selection

Electronics architecture

Power and battery system

Physical-control fallback

Enclosure prototype

Outdoor visibility testing

Official workflow testing

Manufacturing cost assessment

Compliance plan

Targeted prior-art and IP review

Indicative first-stage development scope: approximately £30,000–£75,000, subject to professional engineering quotations.

This is a planning estimate—not an investment offer or supplier quotation.

COMMERCIAL ROUTES UNDER EVALUATION

LICENSING

Licence the tested workflow and product specification to an established substitution-board manufacturer.

CO-DEVELOPMENT

Develop the device with a sports-equipment, match-data or stadium-technology partner.

DIRECT MANUFACTURE

Consider independent manufacture only after technical validation and credible buyer interest.

Connected substitution boards and electronic squad-selection systems have prior art. Any protectable intellectual property would need to arise from a specific novel implementation and must be assessed professionally.

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