Radar · Sports Services in California
Best Sports Services Companies in California, United States
The 147 best Sports Services companies in California, United States in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: FitLab.
By Riya SenguptaFinancials
147companies tracked
$296.6Mdisclosed funding
0unicorns
25have raised
FLIAR INTELLIGENCE · SPORTS SERVICES × CALIFORNIA
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
1.2Mcombined LinkedIn audience
83%of audience held by top 3
4companies hiring publicly (12 mo)
Ranked: Best Sports Services companies in California
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Employees | Founder | Tech stack | Web popularity | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FitLab Chain of physical fitness centers 53Growth top 38%Talent top 38%Funding top 42%Market bottom 47% All 7 signals ▾Growthtop 38% Talenttop 38% Fundingtop 42% Marketbottom 47% Globalbottom 36% Techbottom 35% Newsbottom 18% Growth: 2 acquisition/expansion moves in 24 mo Talent: 2 named leaders on record · 2 C-suite/founder profiles curated rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 53/100 | $65M | 27 mo ago | 148 | Brian Kirkbride Co-Founder & Co-CEO & Managing Partner | WebflowPaylocityjQuery+6 | Top 10M | — | — |
| 2 | Religion of Sports Online platform for sports content 35Moat top 22%Talent top 28%Funding top 37%Market bottom 41% All 6 signals ▾Moattop 22% Talenttop 28% Fundingtop 37% Marketbottom 41% Globalbottom 36% Techbottom 32% Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 8/10 · Soonicorn Talent: 4 named leaders on record · 4 C-suite/founder profiles curated rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 35/100 | $63M | 48 mo ago | 56 | Tom Brady Co-Founder | — | — | — | 1 award |
| 3 | Competitor Group Provider of sports services | $58M | 189 mo ago | 245 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 4 | LOVB Provider of volleyball club services 50Tech top 32%Funding top 34%Talent top 38%Market bottom 43% All 6 signals ▾Techtop 32% Fundingtop 34% Talenttop 38% Marketbottom 43% Globalbottom 37% Growthbottom 35% Tech: 42 technologies across 5/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon Alb, Amazon Web Services Funding: Raised $35.0M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 3 yrs (0.3/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 50/100 | $35M | 32 mo ago | 47 | Kevin Wong Co-Founder | Amazon WebstoreSentryApple iCloud Mail+30 | Top 500k | — | 1 internship · 1 expansion |
| 5 | Wave Sports + Entertainment Provider of sports branding services | $27M | 51 mo ago | 113 113 → 172 (+52%) | Brian Verne Co-Founder & CEO | WebflowAmazon Web ServicesTypekit+7 | Top 10M | — | 1 award |
| 6 | SlamBall Provider of sports services | $11M | 39 mo ago | — | Mason Gordon Founder | — | — | 4 patents Design of modular trampoline and floating sports court systems for ball games | — |
| 7 | Just Womens Sports Provider of basket ball training courses for women | $10M | 48 mo ago | 34 | Haley Rosen Founder | WordPressMySQLPHP+31 | Top 1M | — | 1 launch · 2 partnerships |
| 8 | BoxUnion Provider of group fitness boxing workouts in studio and digital formats | $6M | 90 mo ago | 31 | Todd Wadler Co-Founder | Cart FunctionalityWooCommerceWordPress+28 | Top 5M | — | — |
| 9 | SGG Media SGG Media is a social media sports marketing company with a network of sports influencers and millions of… | $5M | 45 mo ago | 18 | Troy Paul Co-Founder & CEO | — | — | — | — |
| 10 | Street League Skateboarding Provider of online platform for the skateboarding community | $5M | 142 mo ago | 64 | Gregory Scott ex-CEO | Wix eCommerceWixSentry+17 | Top 5M | — | — |
| 11 | Mastersapp Masters is an app that lets users train with some of the world’s most famous athletes. | $3M | 53 mo ago | 7 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 12 | CABRA Sports Provider of sports services | $2M | 49 mo ago | 10 | Mauricio Cruz Co-Founder & CSO | — | — | — | — |
| 13 | Elite Sports India Provider of sports organizations | $2M | 67 mo ago | — | Sunny Bhandarka CEO | — | — | — | — |
| 14 | Republic FC Provider of football training courses | $2M | 151 mo ago | 125 | — | WordPress Block EditorWordPressMySQL+35 | Top 5M | 32 patents Advanced mixed-plastic recycling and PFAS wastewater treatment technologies. | — |
| 15 | trainatchulavista.com Provider of Olympic training services | $2M | 113 mo ago | 16 | — | WordPress Block EditorDiviWordPress+21 | Top 10M | — | — |
| 16 | Pro Football Doc Provider of football league management services | $1M | 68 mo ago | — | David Chao Founder | — | — | — | — |
| 17 | Paradigm Sports Management Provider of sport management services | $1M | 70 mo ago | 28 | Audie Attar Founder & CEO | Webflowcore-jsjQuery+9 | Top 50M | — | — |
| 18 | Slice Pickleball Provider of pickleball products and accessories | $725K | 35 mo ago | — | Joe Koop Co-Founder | — | — | — | — |
| 19 | DISRUPTIVE Provider of sports player financial management services | $112K | 38 mo ago | — | Henry Organ Co-Founder | WebflowCart FunctionalityjsDelivr+7 | Top 10M | 15 patents Healthcare patient flow automation and automotive insurance incentive systems | — |
| 20 | Old Pro Offer private event organising services | $100K | 108 mo ago | 6 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 21 | Crosscourt Provider of sports services | $20K | 33 mo ago | 7 | Brendan Doney Co-Founder | Tailwind CSSstyled-componentsReact+16 | Top 50M | — | — |
| 22 | Concert Golf Partners Operator of golf club services | — | 44 mo ago | 66 | — | WordPress Block EditorWordPressSentry+26 | Top 5M | — | — |
| 23 | Dryvebox Provider of mobile golf simulator services | — | 47 mo ago | 21 | Jake Hutt Co-Founder | Webflow EcommerceWebflowAmazon Web Services+20 | Top 5M | — | — |
Top 12 Sports Services companies in California
#1
Funding Raised · Newport Beach, California · founded 2018 · 148 employees$65Mraised▾
Funding Raised · Newport Beach, California · founded 2018 · 148 employees
Chain of physical fitness centers
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 53how this company ranks against its industry peers
Growth
top 38%Talent
top 38%Funding
top 42%Market
bottom 47%Global
bottom 36%Tech
bottom 35%Growth: 2 acquisition/expansion moves in 24 mo
Talent: 2 named leaders on record · 2 C-suite/founder profiles curated
Funding: Raised $65.0M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 2 yrs (0.5/yr) · Last round Venture Debt (Mar 2024)
Audience (LinkedIn): 5k LinkedIn followers
Hiring (LinkedIn): 2 hiring posts in 12 mo (public) · hiring: Membership Specialist
Funding rounds
- Mar 2024Venture Debt$65M
Founders & team
Investors
Atlas Credit Partners, Point King Capital
Tech stack
CloudflareGoogle WorkspaceHstsHttp/3JqueryOpen Graph
#2
Series B · Hermosa Beach, California · founded 2019 · 47 employees$35Mraised▾
Series B · Hermosa Beach, California · founded 2019 · 47 employees
Provider of volleyball club services
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 50how this company ranks against its industry peers
Tech
top 32%Funding
top 34%Talent
top 38%Market
bottom 43%Global
bottom 37%Growth
bottom 35%Tech: 42 technologies across 5/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon Alb, Amazon Web Services · Observability: Sentry
Funding: Raised $35.0M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 3 yrs (0.3/yr) · Last round Series B (Sep 2023)
Talent: 2 named leaders on record · 2 C-suite/founder profiles curated
Audience (LinkedIn): 24k LinkedIn followers — 2.0% of this cohort's audience
Activity (LinkedIn): 1 expansions announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- Sep 2023Series B$35M
Founders & team
Investors
Left Lane, Ares Management, Boardroom, Trailblazer Venture Studio, R/GA Ventures, G9 Ventures
Tech stack
Amazon AdvertisingAmazon WebstoreApple PayCart FunctionalityCloudflareCookie Script
#3
Series B · Santa Monica, California · founded 2013 · 56 employees$63Mraised▾
Series B · Santa Monica, California · founded 2013 · 56 employees
Online platform for sports content. It provides game highlights, scores, podcasts, and articles about sports tournaments or leagues. It delivers detailed articles, videos, and podcasts covering inspirational athlete stories, interviews, awards, and events.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 35how this company ranks against its industry peers
Moat
top 22%Talent
top 28%Funding
top 37%Market
bottom 41%Global
bottom 36%Tech
bottom 32%Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 8/10 · Soonicorn
Talent: 4 named leaders on record · 4 C-suite/founder profiles curated
Funding: Raised $63.0M across 3 rounds · 3 rounds over 8 yrs (0.4/yr) · Last round Series B (Jun 2022)
Audience (LinkedIn): 8k LinkedIn followers
Activity (LinkedIn): 2 partnerships · 3 awards (incl. Religion of Sports) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- Jun 2022Series B$50M
- Jul 2020Series A$10M
- Apr 2018Seed$3M
Founders & team
Investors
Shamrock Capital Advisors, Cerro Capital, Elysian Park, Courtside Ventures, Advancit Capital, LinkinFirm
Tech stack
WordpressMysqlPhpTwenty Twenty-OneJetpackContact Form 7
#4
Deadpooled · Los Angeles, California · founded 1999$11Mraised▾
Deadpooled · Los Angeles, California · founded 1999
Provider of sports services
Founders & team
Investors
Eberg Capital, Legends, Accelerate Sports
#5
Series B · Santa Monica, California · founded 2017 · 113 employees$27Mraised▾
Series B · Santa Monica, California · founded 2017 · 113 employees
Provider of sports branding services
LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 46k LinkedIn followers — 3.8% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 1 awards announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- Feb 2022Series B$27M
- Jul 2020Series B$32M
- Jun 2020Conventional Debt—
- Mar 2020Series B$12.4M
Founders & team
Investors
TZP Group, Crossbeam, GPS Investment Partners, Verance Capital, Nimble Partners, Golden Ventures
Tech stack
CloudflareHstsHttp/3JqueryJsdelivrOpen Graph
#6
Series A · San Francisco, California · founded 2018 · 34 employees$9.5Mraised▾
Series A · San Francisco, California · founded 2018 · 34 employees
Provider of basket ball training courses for women
LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 45k LinkedIn followers — 3.8% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 1 product launches · 2 partnerships (incl. Athletes Unlimited Softball League) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- Jun 2022Series A$6M
- May 2021Seed$3.5M
Founders & team
Investors
Will Ventures, 35V, Drive by DraftKings, Blue Pool Capital, SC.Holdings, Revolution
Tech stack
CloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementComplianzContact Form 7Core-JsDraftpress Hfcm
#7
Seed · San Francisco, California · founded 2022$725Kraised▾
Seed · San Francisco, California · founded 2022
Slice is a company that offers Pickleball products and services, with a focus on the hospitality industry. They have a small team of 2-10 employees and are privately held. Their products and financials can be found on their website.
Funding rounds
- Jun 2023Seed$725K
Founders & team
#8
Series A · Beverly Hills, California · founded 2020 · 18 employees$5Mraised▾
Series A · Beverly Hills, California · founded 2020 · 18 employees
SGG Media is a social media sports marketing company that specializes in connecting sports influencers with a large following to brands and businesses in the sports industry. They have a network of over 1,530 sports content creators and aim to change the way sports are consumed through their innovative marketing strategies.
LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 1k LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
- Sep 2022Series A$5M
Founders & team
Investors
StartEngine, Astralis Capital Management
#9
Seed · Los Angeles, California · founded 2022 · 10 employees$2.5Mraised▾
Seed · Los Angeles, California · founded 2022 · 10 employees
Provider of sports services
Funding rounds
- Apr 2022Seed$2.5M
Founders & team
Investors
VamosVentures
#10
Seed · Los Angeles, California · founded 2021 · 7 employees$2.7Mraised▾
Seed · Los Angeles, California · founded 2021 · 7 employees
Developer of a social fitness platform designed to connect people based on their shared interests. The company's platform focuses on building a fitness community where people can check in on their activities, share fitness activities, and stay connected, enabling active people around the world to engage with others and stay healthy.
Funding rounds
- Jan 2022Seed$2.7M
Investors
Sweet Capital, Mucker, Goodwater Capital, Luxor Capital Group
#11
Funding Raised · Los Angeles, California · founded 2000$112.5Kraised▾
Funding Raised · Los Angeles, California · founded 2000
Provider of sports player financial management services
Funding rounds
- Apr 2023Conventional Debt$112.5K
Founders & team
#12
Acquired · San Diego, California · founded 2007 · 245 employees$57.5Mraised▾
Acquired · San Diego, California · founded 2007 · 245 employees
Provider of sports services
Funding rounds
- Sep 2010Conventional Debt$57.5M
Investors
Falconhead Capital, Entrepreneur Partners
Tech stack
RubyYoutubeRuby On RailsAngularjsPhusion PassengerRecaptcha
Funding & investor landscape
$296.6Mtotal disclosed funding
21companies funded
27disclosed rounds
0rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
Notable founders
Brian Kirkbride
Co-Founder & Co-CEO & Managing Partner · FitLab
Mike Melby
Co-Founder & Co-CEO & Managing Partner · FitLab
Kevin Wong
Co-Founder · LOVB
Katlyn Gao
Co-Founder & CEO · LOVB
Tom Brady
Co-Founder · Religion of Sports
Gotham Chopra
Co-Founder & CCO · Religion of Sports
Mason Gordon
Founder · SlamBall
Brian Verne
Co-Founder & CEO · Wave Sports + Entertainment
Haley Rosen
Founder · Just Womens Sports
Joe Koop
Co-Founder · Slice Pickleball
Ronald Schnackenberg
Co-Founder & CEO · Slice Pickleball
Troy Paul
Co-Founder & CEO · SGG Media
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
Human–computer interaction research is rising with 4 papers, signaling newly emerging focus within a shrinking breakthroughs segment (11%→6%).
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
Physical medicine and rehabilitation research intensified sharply — papers rose from 1 to 7 across U.S. sports technology institutions.
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
Athlete-related concerns are intensifying — papers tripled from 3 to 10 as the concerns segment grew from 21% to 23%.
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
- Lucey Patrick6
- AR & NS Invest6
- WEI Xinyu6
- SHA LONG6
Common questions
How many Sports Services companies are there in California, United States?
Radar tracks 147 indexable Sports Services companies headquartered in California, United States that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by Sports Services companies in California, United States?
The Sports Services companies in California, United States on this list have raised a combined $296.6M in disclosed equity funding across 21 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded Sports Services company in California, United States?
FitLab is the highest-funded Sports Services company in California, United States, with $65M in disclosed equity funding.
How many Sports Services companies in California, United States are funded?
21 of the 147 Sports Services companies in California, United States on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many Sports Services unicorns are there in California, United States?
None of the Sports Services companies in California, United States on this list currently has a disclosed valuation of $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in California, United States Sports Services companies?
The most active investors in California, United States Sports Services companies on this list include Causeway, Elysian Park, Roark Capital, SDSI, SV2.
Riya SenguptaFinancials
Riya reads income statements for fun. She covers the real money in a sector — revenue, growth, who actually earns — and never met a vague claim she didn't want a number for.