Radar · Sports Services in Arizona
Best Sports Services Companies in Arizona, United States
The 34 best Sports Services companies in Arizona, United States in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Rad Golf.
By Rohit KhannaTrends & Stories
34companies tracked
$3.1Mdisclosed funding
0unicorns
4have raised
FLIAR INTELLIGENCE · SPORTS SERVICES × ARIZONA
Our analysis of 50 Sports Services companies
$3.3b in tracked funding; 98% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2025.
50companies analysed
98%cloud-native stacks
2025funding peak (by rounds)
1unicorns
2017median founding year
Ranked: Best Sports Services companies in Arizona
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rad Golf Operator of golf club 29Growth top 35%Tech top 37%Talent bottom 49%Funding bottom 44% All 8 signals ▾Growthtop 35% Techtop 37% Talentbottom 49% Fundingbottom 44% Productbottom 40% Globalbottom 25% Marketbottom 18% Customersbottom 10% Growth: Fresh capital in last 24 mo Tech: 40 technologies across 5/8 capability areas · Cloud: Cloudflare rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 29/100 | $3M | 23 mo ago | Seed | Drew McFarland Co-Founder | 2021 | Cart FunctionalityShopifyAmazon Pay+34 | — |
| 2 | Dixon Golf Provider of golf balls | $250K | 182 mo ago | Seed | William Carey Chairman & CEO | 2008 | Cart FunctionalityPHPBootstrap+9 | — |
| 3 | RedLine Athletics Sports training centre for young athletes | $7K | 103 mo ago | Funding Raised | John Leonesio CEO | 2013 | WordPressMySQLPHP+34 | — |
| 4 | Phoenix Rising FC Provider of online ticket booking sites | — | 47 mo ago | Acquired | Tim Riester Founding Co-Owner | 2016 | WordPress Block EditorWordPressMySQL+37 | — |
| 5 | ALTIS Provider of a training platform for multiple sports | — | — | Unfunded | John Godina Founder | 2006 | Cart FunctionalityWooCommerceWordPress+46 | — |
| 6 | augusta ranch golf club Augusta Ranch Golf Club is offering a golf-playing course in Mesa town. | — | — | Acquired | — | 1999 | Cart FunctionalityJoomlaPHP+13 | — |
| 7 | Cool Clubs Provider of golf training courses | — | — | Funding Raised | Mark Timms Founder & CEO | 2007 | WordPressMySQLPHP+29 | — |
| 8 | cyclologic Cyclologic provides Retailers, Medical Professionals, Manufacturers, and Coaches with robust, multi-level… | — | — | Private | — | 2012 | Cart FunctionalitySquarespace CommerceSquarespace+21 | — |
Top 4 Sports Services companies in Arizona
#1
Seed · Phoenix, Arizona · founded 2021 · 9 employees$2.8Mraised▾
Seed · Phoenix, Arizona · founded 2021 · 9 employees
Operator of golf club
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 29how this company ranks against its industry peers
Growth
top 35%Tech
top 37%Talent
bottom 49%Funding
bottom 44%Product
bottom 40%Global
bottom 25%Growth: Fresh capital in last 24 mo
Tech: 40 technologies across 5/8 capability areas · Cloud: Cloudflare · Observability: Microsoft Clarity
Talent: 1 named leader on record · 1 C-suite/founder profile curated
Funding rounds
- Nov 2024Seed$50K
- May 2023Seed$2M
- Aug 2022Seed$800K
Founders & team
Tech stack
Amazon PayAosApple PayBold CommerceBold Product OptionsBuy With Prime
#2
Seed · Gilbert, Arizona · founded 2008 · 279 employees$250Kraised▾
Seed · Gilbert, Arizona · founded 2008 · 279 employees
Dixon Golf, an Ariz. based company, is the world’s only manufacturer of a high performance, eco-friendly family of golf balls. Borne from a desire to limit its impact on the environment, from core to cover, from packaging to production, Dixon Golf is setting a new standard in environmental consciousness. Dixon Golf believes in being socially responsible and donated more than $3,000,000 to charities in 2012.
Funding rounds
- Aug 2011Seed$250K
Founders & team
Tech stack
Apache Http ServerBootstrapCart FunctionalityDatatablesGoogle WorkspaceIsotope
#3
Funding Raised · Phoenix, Arizona · founded 2013$7Kraised▾
Funding Raised · Phoenix, Arizona · founded 2013
RedLine Athletics is an athletic training center. It provides sports training to young athletes of age 8 to 18. Sports coaches mentors young athletes through custom designed and sport-specific training programs.
Funding rounds
- Mar 2018Grant (prize money)$7K
Founders & team
Investors
Longmont
Tech stack
CloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementGoogle AnalyticsGoogle Font ApiGoogle WorkspaceHttp/3
#4
Acquired · Scottsdale, Arizona · founded 2016 · 50 employees—raised▾
Acquired · Scottsdale, Arizona · founded 2016 · 50 employees
Provider of online ticket booking sites
LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 5k LinkedIn followers — 8.8% of this cohort's audience
Hiring: 2 hiring posts in 12 mo (public) · momentum +0 · hiring: Ticketing Department Manager, Premium Sales, Marketing Department Video Content Producer
Funding rounds
- Nov 2022Seed—
Founders & team
Investors
Vincere Capital, Crush Ventures, Benevolent Capital, Sea Purity Investments
Tech stack
Amazon S3Amazon Web ServicesFacebook PixelFont AwesomeGenesis ThemeGoogle Analytics
Funding & investor landscape
$3.1Mtotal disclosed funding
3companies funded
5disclosed rounds
0rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
Notable founders
Drew McFarland
Co-Founder · Rad Golf
William Carey
Chairman & CEO · Dixon Golf
John Leonesio
CEO · RedLine Athletics
Tim Riester
Founding Co-Owner · Phoenix Rising FC
Prism market signals · United States · country-scoped Prism corpus, 2,551,357 docs
Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage
Share of Sports Services coverage by sub-theme.
Regulatory-risk over time rising
Funding & growth over time
funding rising · growth rising
RESEARCH SIGNALS · United States
How research on Sports Technology is moving in the United States
A read on the academic research around Sports Technology — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 197 United States-affiliated papers.
research sentiment over time
201520202025
enthusiastic · positive · guarded tone
Tone is overwhelmingly optimistic and softening — the enthusiastic (strongly-positive) share moved 50% → 47% across 2015–2025.
top research entities
- East Tennessee State University9
- Harvard University5
- Lindenwood University4
- Texas A&M University4
- Boston Children's Hospital4
leading researchers
Ai Ishida · Michael H. Stone · Samuel Onimisi Dawodu · Shedrack Onwusinkwue · Femi Osasona · Akoh Atadoga · Bernard W. Downs · Samudra Prosad Banik
▲
Breakthroughs18 · 9%
▼ 11%→6% share
▼0.5× share momentum2 median citations33% since 2021mostly methods-led
Breakthroughs are cooling (11%→6% of field), led by Analytics.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
- Analytics7
- Human–computer interaction4
- Data science3
- Biomechanics3
- Usability3
Landmark Sports Analytics · 54 cites
◆
Advancements76 · 39%
▼ 53%→42% share
▼0.8× share momentum1 median citations57% since 2021mostly empirical
Advancements are cooling (53%→42% of field), led by Athletes.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
- Athletes4→13
- Physical medicine and rehabilitation1→7
- Physical therapy2→6
- Analytics3→6
- Football2→4
Newly emergingKey (lock) 0→5
Landmark Photobiomodulation in human muscle tissue: an advantage in sports performance? · 152 cites
▼
Concerns42 · 21%
▲ 21%→23% share
▲1.1× share momentum4 median citations60% since 2021mostly empirical
Concerns are rising (21%→23% of field), led by Athletes.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
- Athletes3→10
- Sports medicine2→4
Landmark The Placebo and Nocebo effect on sports performance: A systematic review · 147 cites
RESEARCH HOTSPOTS · United States
Where sports tech is researched across United States
Location clusters by institution affiliation — each city's volume, stance tone, and a quick read on its hot topic, what's advancing, the opening opportunity, and the main concern.
Boston9 · +0.07
New York6 · +0.28
Los Angeles6 · +0.20
PATENT SIGNAL · United States
Who's filing sports tech patents in the United States
United States sports tech patent filing is steady — 59 filings from 29 assignees (2016–2025), led by Stats, TRUE FORM, Cipher Genetics; annual filings 5→5.
59 filings29 assigneespeak 11/yr2016–2025
filing momentum (YoY 2016–2025)
top patent filers
- Stats17
- TRUE FORM11
- Cipher Genetics7
- Gamechanger Analytics6
- AR & NS Invest6
- Lucey Patrick6
- WEI Xinyu6
- SHA LONG6
Common questions
How many Sports Services companies are there in Arizona, United States?
Radar tracks 34 indexable Sports Services companies headquartered in Arizona, United States that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by Sports Services companies in Arizona, United States?
The Sports Services companies in Arizona, United States on this list have raised a combined $3.1M in disclosed equity funding across 3 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded Sports Services company in Arizona, United States?
Rad Golf is the highest-funded Sports Services company in Arizona, United States, with $2.8M in disclosed equity funding.
How many Sports Services companies in Arizona, United States are funded?
3 of the 34 Sports Services companies in Arizona, United States on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many Sports Services unicorns are there in Arizona, United States?
None of the Sports Services companies in Arizona, United States on this list currently has a disclosed valuation of $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in Arizona, United States Sports Services companies?
The most active investors in Arizona, United States Sports Services companies on this list include Benevolent Capital, Block Party, Crush Ventures, J. Orin Edson Entrepreneurship + Innovation Institute, Longmont.
Rohit KhannaTrends & Stories
Rohit lives in the feed. He covers what's moving right now — the funding rounds, launches and shifts breaking across the trade press — and ties them back to where the sector is heading.