Athlete Network, a social network for collegiate, professional, and everyday athletes, has launched a new partnership with the United States Olympic Committee. The athlete funded online community will provide the USOC’s Athlete and Career Education (ACE) program with a customized online career network for America’s elite Olympic and Paralympic athletes.
The three-year contract will allow more than 8,000 current and former Olympic athletes to join the startup’s growing membership. Athlete Network already has over 200,000 thousand members worldwide and has set the goal of reaching 2 million members by 2019.
Through this deal, Athlete Network will build a private and customized networking platform for ACE.