Sports Tech Startups

DraftKings operates a multi-product gaming platform offering online sportsbooks, daily fantasy sports, and casino games to consumers across desktop, mobile apps, and retail locations. The company serves bettors and gaming enthusiasts in regulated markets across the United States.

19 investors

FanDuel offers online sports betting and gaming entertainment products for sports fans across the U.S. and Canada, partnering with leagues, teams, and talent. The company operates in the sports betting and gaming industry, providing betting experiences and related consumer products.

18 investors

PlayVS provides infrastructure for amateur competitive gaming, offering popular game titles, real-time stats, coaching tools, and support to run scholastic esports competitions. It serves students and schools building structured esports programs.

13 investors

Overtime creates and operates new sports leagues and media IP — including OTE and OT Select in basketball and OT7 and OT Nationals in football — while producing over 150 weekly pieces of original sports content for its global audience of next-generation fans and athletes. Its revenue comes from sponsorships, brand partnerships, e-commerce, licensing, and media rights.

12 investors

The Athletic is a sports media platform that provides news, analysis, and commentary covering professional and college sports.

12 investors

Betr is a real money gaming mobile app offering player-stat pick games, a social sportsbook, a social casino, and skill-based arcade games where users can win cash prizes. It targets consumer sports and casino gamers and plans to add a sports predictions product.

11 investors

Greenfly offers an AI-powered platform for collecting, organizing, and distributing short-form media and digital assets, used by sports leagues, teams, and media organizations to engage fans and create sponsor and broadcast revenue. The platform aggregates media from creators, photographers, and DAMs, routes it automatically to galleries, and enables staff, athletes, partners, and broadcasters to share content.

9 investors

Minute Media offers a supply-side platform (SSP) that publishers can integrate into their advertising stack to access Minute Media's direct-sold demand and increase ad revenue. It operates in the digital advertising technology space serving publishers.

9 investors

Players' Lounge is a wagering platform that allows gamers to compete in head-to-head matches or tournaments for cash prizes. It serves competitive casual gamers seeking alternative revenue streams beyond professional play or streaming.

9 investors

Teamworks provides a unified software platform for sports organizations to acquire, coordinate, develop, and deploy athletic talent, covering functions like player communication and administration. Its Teamworks Intelligence product (formerly Zelus Analytics) applies machine learning to deliver sport-specific predictive models for athlete evaluation, roster construction, contract valuation, and game strategy.

9 investors

Underdog Fantasy offers a sports predictions and betting product where users make picks on team outcomes, spreads, totals, moneylines, and parlays for entry amounts from $1 to $2,000. It operates as a regulated event contracts platform for U.S. residents.

8 investors

Campus is a licensed merchandise platform for college athletes and Greek organizations (fraternities and sororities), enabling athletes to earn money through Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) deals and custom merch sales. It also runs a training academy where college students learn design, sales, marketing, and management skills while working with customers.

7 investors

Gametime operates a mobile-first marketplace for buying and selling last-minute tickets to sports, music, and theater events in more than 60 cities across the U.S. and Canada. It offers transparent all-in pricing and a ticket guarantee for consumers accessing live events from their phones.

7 investors

Jump offers a platform for sports teams that combines ticketing, dynamic pricing, resale, loyalty, and fan experience into one connected system. It includes an AI and data layer with a unified fan record and agentic tools to automate pricing, inventory, and fan engagement for direct-to-consumer sports businesses.

7 investors

TeamSnap offers a team management app for youth sports coaches, players, and parents, with tools for team communication, scheduling, invoicing, and payment collection. It also provides youth sports training content, including drills and practice plans developed with organizations such as Jr. NBA, Major League Baseball, and Major League Soccer.

7 investors

Novig operates a sports prediction market where users can trade on sporting outcomes without paying commissions. The platform replaces the traditional sportsbook model with a commission-free structure aimed at offering better pricing and market transparency.

7 investors

Religion Of Sports is a full-service media studio that produces documentary and narrative content about elite athletic performance and sports culture. It handles projects from creative development through production, creative direction, and finishing.

7 investors

VideoVerse is an AI-powered video technology platform that creates automated highlights and transforms live and archival sports video content. The platform serves sports leagues, broadcasters, and esports organizations.

7 investors

BallerTV is a live and on-demand streaming service for youth and amateur sports, recording full-length games to capture footage for families and give student-athletes exposure for recruitment. It works with a network of Broadcast Partners to expand sports coverage.

6 investors

Bandit is a running apparel and lifestyle brand that designs and sells head-to-toe apparel, socks, and running gear for runners of all levels. The company also organizes community experiences and content focused on the running sport.

6 investors

FanCraze operates Grails, a digital collectibles platform where fans pull officially licensed ICC cricket video moments, keep or sell them back at market value, and trade with other collectors to complete sets. It serves sports fans and collectors in the cricket space.

6 investors

FitOn is a digital wellness platform offering on-demand workouts, meditation, yoga, and personalized nutrition and meal plans, with social features like challenges and friend support. It also provides courses targeting health and chronic conditions such as diabetes, heart health, and sleep, accessible on any screen with no equipment required.

6 investors

Fubo is a streaming service offering live sports and television channels without a cable subscription, available across multiple devices. It targets consumers who want to watch live sports and TV programming online.

6 investors

Healthy Roster offers a mobile-first sports medicine EMR that lets athletic trainers log injuries, track recovery progress, and communicate with coaches, parents, and athletes. It serves athletic trainers working with school, college, and professional athletes as well as industrial workplace settings.

6 investors