Top Sports Startups in 2024

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Founded in 2009, TeamSnap has taken the organization of youth, recreational, and competitive sports into the 21st century. 25+ million coaches, administrators, players, and parents use TeamSnap’s web and smartphone apps to sign up, schedule, communicate and coordinate everything for the team, the club, and the season. Explore the TeamSnap blog for more information: blog.teamsnap.com.

Skillz is the leading marketplace platform that helps players discover mobile games and compete against other players around the world. At the same time, the company helps developers build multi-million dollar franchises by enabling social competition in their games. Leveraging its patented technology, Skillz has hosted over 2 billion tournaments entries for 30 million mobile players worldwide and distributes over $60 million in prizes each month. Headquartered in San Francisco and Portland, the company is backed by leading venture capitalists, media companies, and professional sports leagues and franchises including the investment arm of the NFL and owners of the New England Patriots, Milwaukee Bucks, New York Mets and Sacramento Kings. Skillz has also earned recognition as one of Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies, CNBC’s Disruptor 50, Forbes’ Next Billion-Dollar Startups, and the #1 fastest-growing company in America on the Inc. 5000.

Kitman Labs is the intelligence platform provider for elite sports teams. Founded in 2012 with the vision to fundamentally change how the sports industry uses data to achieve on and off-field success, Kitman Labs has consistently set the standard for innovation, data integration, design, and analytics. With over 50 Performance Experts with backgrounds in coaching, medical, sports science, and data science, Kitman Labs provides unparalleled expertise and support. Over 700 elite teams across the NFL, NHL, MLB, NCAA, English Premier League, La Liga, Serie A Bundesliga, Pro14, Premiership Rugby, and Japan's Top League use the company’s platform to optimize the performance, health, development and financial potential of over 200,000 athletes worldwide. Our customers include Chelsea FC, Portland Timbers, New Jersey Devils, Bayer Leverkusen, Aston Villa, The Premier League, IMG Academy, University of Colorado, and many more. As part of the company's mission to support the industry's shift to intelligence-driven decision making, Kitman Labs has acquired two companies in the last 18 months - The Sports Office and Presagia Sports. Both acquisitions extended the company's market and data leadership positions. The company has a presence in the United States, Ireland, United Kingdom, Central Europe, Australia and Japan. For more information visit: kitmanlabs.com

Boom Entertainment is a technology company that is fueling the biggest winners in sports betting and online gaming. Working with professional sports leagues, media companies, and leading casino operators, Boom provides technology and games to many of the biggest names in the industry -- NBC Sports, Barstool Sports, Penn National Gaming, 8AM Golf, YES Network, Rush Street Interactive, DraftKings, Golden Nugget, and many more. As a company, we are looking for driven dreamers who want to make an impact on this industry and the world. We want people of integrity who are open to learning and willing to challenge the norm. We want people who are curious, reliable, empathetic, and obsessed with quality. Boom has two main verticals, Sports Products and Casino Games. Our Sports Products include world-class free-to-play games and technology for our partners that have entertained more than 4 million sports fans. Also included is Boom Fantasy, our very own Daily Fantasy Sports application bringing a quick and easy way for sports fans from any skill-level to join in the fun of DFS. With millions of dollars in winnings so far, Boom Fantasy is a rapidly growing success. Our Casino team is hard at work building a suite of eye-catching casino games for distribution to casino operators in the legal U.S. and international iGaming markets. This team is reimagining what’s possible in gaming by focusing on innovative products powered by cutting-edge technology.

The World Surf League (WSL) organizes the annual tour of professional surf competitions and broadcasts each event live at WorldSurfLeague.com where you can experience the athleticism, drama and adventure of competitive surfing -- anywhere and anytime it’s on. The WSL sanctions and operates the following tours: the Junior Tour, Longboard Tour, the Qualifying Series (QS), the Big Wave Tour and the crown jewel of the sport, the WSL Championship Tour (CT) which determines the sport's undisputed world champions. The organization is headquartered in Santa Monica, California with Commercial Offices in New York. The offices are supported by regional centers in Africa, Asia, Australasia, Europe, Hawaii, North America and South America.

Swish Analytics is the best platform for powering U.S. sports betting products. We deliver odds origination, risk management & trading software for the core U.S. sports. Swish specializes in full bet-lifecycle management for increasingly popular U.S. markets like expansive pre-match and in-play Player Propositions, Bet Request, and Pre-Built Parlays.

ATHLEADS (ARM) is an 'Athlete Relationship Management' platform that uses AI, content sharing, and performance analytics to provide aspiring student-athletes, coaches, and teams with better networking and recruitment solutions. ATHLEADS also provides a suite of ancillary services focused on player training and development by connecting you with top-rated, licensed health and wellness service professionals.

We work with hundreds of sportsbook partners and dozens of major league sports teams, embedding our tech stack within their apps to enhance the in-game experience for sports fans. Our machine learning driven engine creates a cadence of real-time betting props on what will happen next in the game (next pitch, next shot, next field goal, etc.) Simply put, Kero is the ideal place to work if you are a talented professional who loves sports and is hungry for growth.

We are Bet Max Action, a unique iGaming concept poised to disrupt the sports betting industry. We fused the best elements of the DFS format with traditional sportsbooks in a groundbreaking tournament style sports betting platform where insight, strategy, and some luck win the day! With the flexibility to offer free-to-play and paid contests, BMA looks to partner with sports brands to increase fan engagement, and existing operators jockeying for market share. Robinhood democratized the stock market by lowering barriers of entry for everyday investors. BMA is doing the same for sports betting, giving fans more bang for their buck.