Top Fantasy Sports Startups in 2027

DraftKings is a sports oriented skill gaming company based in Boston, MA. Our core products are currently in the short-format Fantasy Sports space: DraftKings.com, the leading Daily Fantasy Sports for Cash site, and Fantasy Sports for Coins, a top rated fantasy sports app with versions for the iPhone, Android and Facebook Canvas.

Sorare is at the intersection of sports, gaming, and NFT collectibles. Through tradable digital cards, Sorare is designing a collective fantasy sports experience where you can manage your favorite players, hone your passion to earn prizes, and be part of a thriving community. Anyone, anywhere, can connect with the game on Sorare. The company’s mission is to build “the game within the game” and to give fans, players and clubs the platform to celebrate, share, and own your game. Founded in 2018, Sorare has seen tremendous growth. The platform has a card sales volume of over $400M since January 2021 (up from $8M in sales in 2020) and now has exclusive partnerships with over 250 football (soccer) clubs, the MLB & MLBPA, and the NBA & NBPA. Sorare is trusted by a world-class team of investors including Softbank, Benchmark, Accel Partners, athletes such as Serena Williams and Kylian Mbappé, and key tech investors such as Alexis Ohania - all who believe in the future of integrating NFTs with Gameplay.

Fliff is the #1 social sportsbook and is positioned to be the "minor leagues for sports betting" with its free-to-play full service sportsbook. The sportsbook also has a sweepstakes mode which allows users to play with a separate currency to win real prizes in 42 states. Fliff is designed for the novice bettor and casual sports fan with a simplified and gamified UX that gives them the opportunity to play risk-free.

Fully automated micro-markets, odds origination, and risk management.

Cricketpedia is owned and operated by Elysium Labs, which runs newsbytesapp.com, an AI-driven digital media platform. Cricketpedia is Fantasy Cricket meets AI. Its proprietary tool helps users select a winning XI for each match, based on the performance of a player across hundreds of parameters. The platform’s search engine helps fans find out amazing, yet unknown stats by just typing in their queries.

GSL has long-term real estate holdings in properties developed by GSL, including Planet Ice recreational facilities, multi-use arenas, hotels and shopping centres, residential mixed-use developments, and major industrial buildings. Additionally, the operational divisions of GSL include the Victoria Royals WHL hockey team, a private airplane charter business, blueberry farming, food and beverage, concert production, ticketing, ice arena operations, outdoor music festivals, and an online fantasy sports website (officepools.com).

Fantasy sports experiences are flat. We're adding a thrilling new dimension that gives players a role beyond just picking a team.

Dynarii is a skill-based stock market gaming platform where players compete using real stocks. Pick'Em contests, 1v1 PvP battles, real performance, real winners. We're building the intersection of fantasy sports and the stock market — a pure competition platform that makes the market the playing field. Problem We're Solving: The stock market is one of the most compelling competitive arenas in the world — but nobody's built a good game around it. Trading apps are too complex and too risky for most people to engage with. Finance education platforms are boring. Fantasy sports platforms ignore the market entirely. Dynarii closes that gap. We give players a way to compete using their market knowledge without any of the financial risk — skill-based, social, and built for competition from the ground up.

PrizePicks is the largest independently owned Daily Fantasy Sports (DFS) platform in North America. Centered around real-money over/under predictions, PrizePicks allows sports fans to play against the numbers rather than each other, and it is the simplest variety of daily fantasy sports with the widest breadth of sports coverage of any DFS operator. Boasting partnerships to date with the Atlanta Braves and Miami Marlins, among others, PrizePicks is currently the closest legal alternative to legal mobile sports betting in the majority of the United States including Top 10 markets like California, Texas, Florida, and Georgia. With an existing digital footprint covering more than 60 percent of the U.S. population, PrizePicks is the most accessible type of game for the masses. The company is headquartered in Atlanta, and PrizePicks is the third product from Performance Predictions, a suite of fan engagement solutions including SidePrize, the 2016 Fantasy Sports and Gaming Association's ''Rookie of the Year'' award recipient. PrizePicks is available in the App Store and Google Play or at prizepicks.com.

Chaquen is a community-owned fantasy league game powered by blockchain, currently offering exciting opportunities for cricket enthusiasts to create fantasy teams, participate in various cricket series, and win rewards. We are currently live for the ongoing T20 World Cup and have a vibrant community of players who love engaging with our platform