Matchday
14 known investors
Matchday builds mobile, officially licensed casual football games with collectible digital player cards and live competitions.
Also known as Matchday Champions
Investors · 14
Also in the syndicate · 3
Funding
SEC filings, press & company announcements$21M disclosed across 1 of 3 rounds · 2023
- $21MSeed FundingMar 2023 · 2 sources
Capricorn Investment Group, Courtside Ventures, Greylock, HackVC, Horizons Ventures, Play Time
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Source: company announcements and press reports — follow each round's link for the claim.
Company profile
researched Aug 2026Matchday is a San Francisco-based gaming company building a suite of casual, mobile-first football (soccer) games aimed at the global fan base. Players collect officially licensed digital player cards, assemble squads and compete in real-time events, with blockchain technology used to give players ownership of digital assets. The company's flagship product is Matchday Champions, which combines squad-building strategy, community features and live competition.
The platform is licensed through partnerships with FIFPRO and top leagues, allowing it to feature tens of thousands of real players and tournaments. It has run branded live events such as Copa Messi and collaborations with football players. The company is categorized across gaming, web3 gaming, sports and fitness, and NFT platform verticals, with monetization through freemium mechanics and marketplace commissions.
Business model
Consumer-facing (B2C) mobile gaming with freemium mechanics, in-app purchases and marketplace commissions on digital asset trading.
Freemium game monetization through in-app purchases plus commissions on digital asset marketplace transactions.
Traction
Backed by investors including Andreessen Horowitz, Greylock Partners, Capricorn Investment Group, Horizons Ventures, Courtside Ventures, Moonshots Capital, Hack VC and Lionel Messi's firm Play Time; team size reported at 30.
▸Full profile — market position, technology, go-to-market, geography, history
Market position
Operates in the football gaming and digital collectibles segment alongside companies such as Sorare, MFL and Soccerverse.
Officially licensed player content obtained via FIFPRO and league partnerships, a founding and operating team drawn from EA Sports, King and Scopely, and digital-asset ownership layered onto casual mobile football gameplay.
Technology
Mobile game clients combined with blockchain-based digital asset ownership for collectible player cards and a marketplace for trading them.
Go-to-market
Mobile-first distribution of free-to-play social games, amplified by licensed league and player content, football-celebrity collaborations and live in-game events such as Copa Messi.
Casual and dedicated football fans worldwide, described by the company as an audience of roughly five billion.
Geography
Headquartered in San Francisco, California, with games targeted at a global football audience.
History
The company was founded in 2021 by Derrick Ko and Benny Wong, with a founding team drawn from gaming companies including EA Sports, King and Scopely. It is headquartered in San Francisco, California. In March 2023 it announced a $21 million seed round. Its flagship title, Matchday Champions, anchors a broader ecosystem of casual football games, supported by licensing partnerships with FIFPRO and top leagues and by events such as Copa Messi.
Compiled by commissioned research from 6 cited public sources — announcements, filings, and press listed under research sources below.
Key figures
latest reportedCompany-reported or press-reported figures, each dated to when it was claimed — not independently audited.
Timeline · 2
launches, deals, and filingsMatchday partners with FIFPRO and top leagues to feature tens of thousands of real players and tournaments in officially licensed digital card collections.
Matchday announced a $21 million seed funding round to build an ecosystem of casual football (soccer) games, with participation from Lionel Messi's investment firm Play Time and involvement of two-time Ballon d'Or winner Alexia Putellas among partners, team, investors and advisors.
$21M source ↗
Dated company events from announcements, filings, and press; legal rows summarize public dockets and regulator releases.
In the news
▸Research sources · 6
primary sources listed
- Pickup Soccer App – Premium Matches & Highlights | MatchDayplaymatchday.com · web
6 public sources were cited for this profile; the first-party ones are listed here.
Frequently asked questions
- What does Matchday do?
- Matchday builds mobile, officially licensed casual football games with collectible digital player cards and live competitions.
- Who are Matchday's investors?
- Matchday's investors include Abstract Ventures, Claritas Capital, Courtside Ventures, Fermion, Graph Ventures, Horizons Ventures, Kyber Knight Capital, Moonshots Capital and 3 more.
- How much funding has Matchday raised?
- Matchday has disclosed $21M raised across 1 of its 3 known rounds.