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Best Sports Services Companies in Massachusetts, United States

The 42 best Sports Services companies in Massachusetts, United States in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: FSG.

42companies tracked
$796.8Mdisclosed funding
1unicorns
11have raised
FLIAR INTELLIGENCE · SPORTS SERVICES × MASSACHUSETTS

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
82kcombined LinkedIn audience
64%of audience held by top 3
1companies hiring publicly (12 mo)

Ranked: Best Sports Services companies in Massachusetts

#CompanyDisclosed fundingLast roundStageFounderFoundedTech stackPatents & IP focusRecent signals
1FSG 🦄
Provider of sports club services
57Funding top 32%Growth top 33%News top 39%Moat top 45%
All 8 signals ▾
Fundingtop 32%
Growthtop 33%
Newstop 39%
Moattop 45%
Marketbottom 47%
Techbottom 38%
Globalbottom 36%
Partnersbottom 35%
Funding: Raised $750M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 5 yrs (0.2/yr)
Growth: 3 acquisition/expansion moves in 24 mo
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 57/100
$750M64 mo agoAcquired—2001WordPressMySQLPHP+16——
2The College Sports Company
Provider of sports media services
42Funding top 26%Talent bottom 49%Market bottom 37%Global bottom 36%
All 4 signals ▾
Fundingtop 26%
Talentbottom 49%
Marketbottom 37%
Globalbottom 36%
Funding: Raised $16.1M across 5 rounds · 5 rounds over 4 yrs (1.2/yr)
Talent: 1 named leader on record · 1 C-suite/founder profile curated
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 42/100
$16M3 mo agoSeries APorter G
Co-Founder & CEO
2021——1 partnership
3TGC at Sacconnesset
Membership based golf club operator
$10M129 mo agoAcquired—2015———
4Sports Innovation Lab
Sports data analysis and advisory solutions provider
37Talent top 28%Funding top 38%News bottom 45%Market bottom 36%
All 5 signals ▾
Talenttop 28%
Fundingtop 38%
Newsbottom 45%
Marketbottom 36%
Globalbottom 36%
Talent: Analyst team rating 4/5
Funding: Raised $5.8M across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 5 yrs (0.4/yr)
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 37/100
$6M17 mo agoAcquired—2017———
5Tyngsboro Sports Center
Sports center offering indoor and outdoor turf fields, basketball/futsal/volleyball courts, and youth sports…
22Growth top 35%Funding top 50%Talent bottom 45%Tech bottom 42%
All 6 signals ▾
Growthtop 35%
Fundingtop 50%
Talentbottom 45%
Techbottom 42%
Globalbottom 25%
Marketbottom 20%
Growth: Fresh capital in last 24 mo
Funding: Raised $5.0M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 2 yrs (0.5/yr)
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 22/100
$5M25 mo agoFunding RaisedDarryl Wickens
Owner
2005RubyCKEditorFacebook Login+27——
6Springfield Thunderbirds
Operator of professional ice hockey teams within a league structure
$4M120 mo agoSeries A—2016Craft CMSPHPYii+21—1 award
7Esportudo
Provider of multi-sports training courses
$2M54 mo agoSeedMarcos Araujo
Founder
2015Cart FunctionalitySquarespace CommerceSquarespace+13——
8Mercury
Developer of a fan engagement platform for sports
$2M57 mo agoSeed—2018—7 patents
Patents concentrated in computing, sensing & instrumentation
—
9Kompany39
Provider of athlete training services
$730K66 mo agoSeedJoey Diamond
Co-Founder
2018———
10Nextgengolf
Organiser of golf tournaments for adults, companies, and college students
$250K148 mo agoAcquired—2010HubSpot CMS HubFacebook LoginLinkedin Sign-in+15——

Top 11 Sports Services companies in Massachusetts

#1
Series A · Boston, Massachusetts · founded 2021
$16.1Mraised
▾

Provider of sports media services

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 42how this company ranks against its industry peers
Funding
top 26%
Talent
bottom 49%
Market
bottom 37%
Global
bottom 36%
Funding: Raised $16.1M across 5 rounds · 5 rounds over 4 yrs (1.2/yr) · Last round Series A (May 2026)
Talent: 1 named leader on record · 1 C-suite/founder profile curated
Audience (LinkedIn): 3k LinkedIn followers — 4.0% of this cohort's audience
Activity (LinkedIn): 1 partnerships (incl. SMU, Mustang Studios) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Jul 2025Series A$3M
  • Apr 2025Series A$250K
  • Nov 2023Series A$8.6M
  • Jul 2023Conventional Debt$500K
Founders & team
Porter GCo-Founder & CEO
Investors
Multicoin Capital, North Island Ventures, Crosslink Capital, Brevan Howard
#2
Acquired · Boston, Massachusetts · founded 2017 · 36 employees
$5.8Mraised
▾

Sports data analysis and advisory solutions provider

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 37how this company ranks against its industry peers
Talent
top 28%
Funding
top 38%
News
bottom 45%
Market
bottom 36%
Global
bottom 36%
Talent: Analyst team rating 4/5
Funding: Raised $5.8M across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 5 yrs (0.4/yr) · Last round Series A (Mar 2025)
News: 1 BI events in 12 mo (of 3 tracked, 3 types) · Top themes: M&A
Audience (LinkedIn): 22k LinkedIn followers — 26.3% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
  • Mar 2025Series A$1M
  • Jan 2024Series A$4.2M
  • Oct 2021Seed—
Investors
Elysian Park, Aser Ventures, Gaingels, R/GA Ventures, KBB Capital, Firehouse Capital
#3
FSG 🦄
Acquired · Boston, Massachusetts · founded 2001 · 13 employees
$750Mraised
▾

Provider of sports club services

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 57how this company ranks against its industry peers
Funding
top 32%
Growth
top 33%
News
top 39%
Moat
top 45%
Market
bottom 47%
Tech
bottom 38%
Funding: Raised $750M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 5 yrs (0.2/yr) · Last round Series D (Apr 2021)
Growth: 3 acquisition/expansion moves in 24 mo
News: 3 BI events in 12 mo (of 24 tracked, 8 types) · +50% YoY · Top themes: M&A, Contracts
Funding rounds
  • Apr 2021Series D$750M
  • Mar 2021Angel—
Investors
RedBird Capital Partners, Rogue Insight Capital, Outbound Ventures
Tech stack
Animate.CssBeaver BuilderCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementGoogle AnalyticsGoogle Font Api
#4
Funding Raised · Tyngsboro, Massachusetts · founded 2005 · 9 employees
$5Mraised
▾

Tyngsboro Sports Center offers turf/court time available for rent. With indoor and outdoor turf fields, as well as basketball, futsal, and volleyball courts, they provide a variety of options for sports enthusiasts of all ages. Located in Tyngsboro, Massachusetts, they focus on providing a fun and active environment for youth sports and activities.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 22how this company ranks against its industry peers
Growth
top 35%
Funding
top 50%
Talent
bottom 45%
Tech
bottom 42%
Global
bottom 25%
Market
bottom 20%
Growth: Fresh capital in last 24 mo
Funding: Raised $5.0M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 2 yrs (0.5/yr) · Last round Conventional Debt (Jul 2024)
Talent: 1 named leader on record
Funding rounds
  • Jul 2024Conventional Debt$5M
Founders & team
Darryl WickensOwner
Tech stack
AngularjsCkeditorCloudflareComscoreConfiantCore-Js
#5
Acquired · Falmouth, Massachusetts · founded 2015 · 34 employees
$10.4Mraised
▾

TGC at Sacconnesset, founded in 2015, offers a "best-in-class" golf experience on Cape Cod with a continued focus on competition, tradition, and camaraderie. Member-owned TGCS succeeds The Golf Club of Cape Cod established in 2006. The Club combines the natural beauty of an award-winning golf course designed by Rees Jones with an atmosphere of congeniality and camaraderie, creating an exceptional golf experience. Since 2015, membership has doubled, but it is purposefully limited to allow unfettered access to our renowned course.

Funding rounds
  • Nov 2015Series A$10.4M
#6
Seed · Newton, Massachusetts · founded 2015 · 111 employees
$2.3Mraised
▾

Provider of multi-sports training courses

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 14k LinkedIn followers — 17.4% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
  • Feb 2022Seed$1.6M
  • Jun 2020Seed$120K
Founders & team
Marcos AraujoFounderGabriella SilvaFounder
Investors
Vice Ventures, Techstars, Northeastern
#7
Seed · Boston, Massachusetts · founded 2018 · 22 employees
$2.2Mraised
▾

Developer of a fan engagement platform for sports. It provides users with a marketplace for fans to buy exclusive athlete content through NFTs. It also offers a reward-based sports engagement platform.

Funding rounds
  • Nov 2021Seed$2.2M
Investors
Collab+Currency, Cuse Capital
#8
Series A · Springfield, Massachusetts · founded 2016 · 58 employees
$4Mraised
▾

Operator of professional ice hockey teams within a league structure. It manages competitive athletic squads that participate in scheduled league games and playoff tournaments. It activities include the coordination of game day operations, the maintenance of team rosters, and the facilitation of public attendance at sporting events.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 2k LinkedIn followers — 2.4% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 1 awards announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Aug 2016Series A$4M
Tech stack
Amazon AlbAmazon Web ServicesAosCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCore-Js
#9
Seed · Boston, Massachusetts · founded 2018
$730Kraised
▾

Provider of athlete training services

Funding rounds
  • Feb 2021Seed$730K
Founders & team
Joey DiamondCo-Founder
Investors
York IE
#10
Acquired · Boston, Massachusetts · founded 2010 · 3 employees
$250Kraised
▾

Operator of golf tournaments intended to serve collegiate golfers and young adults. The company hosts team-based golf tournaments for non-varsity collegiate golfers and recent graduates as well as provides opportunities that help make the game affordable and accessible, providing golf enthusiasts and game lovers with access to a range of sporting events and community collaboration.

Funding rounds
  • Apr 2014Seed$250K
Tech stack
Amazon Web ServicesBootstrapCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCookieyesCore-Js
#11
Funding Raised · Boston, Massachusetts · founded 2012
$15Kraised
▾

Provider of skis and snowboards courses

Funding rounds
  • Apr 2020Grant (prize money)$15K
Founders & team
Tyler GreesOwnerPete EndresCo-Founder
Investors
Citizens Bank
Tech stack
CloudflareHstsHttp/3HubspotShopify

Funding & investor landscape

$796.8Mtotal disclosed funding
11companies funded
17disclosed rounds
0rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
Aser Ventures1 rounds
Brevan Howard1 rounds
Citizens Bank1 rounds
Collab+Currency1 rounds
Crosslink Capital1 rounds
Cuse Capital1 rounds
Elysian Park1 rounds
Firehouse Capital1 rounds
Gaingels1 rounds
Gasol16 Ventures1 rounds

Notable founders

Porter G
Co-Founder & CEO · The College Sports Company
Darryl Wickens
Owner · Tyngsboro Sports Center
Marcos Araujo
Founder · Esportudo
Gabriella Silva
Founder · Esportudo
Joey Diamond
Co-Founder · Kompany39
Tyler Grees
Owner · Parlor
Pete Endres
Co-Founder · Parlor
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
Opportunity · Misinformation
New York6 · +0.28
Opportunity · Elite athletes
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 Massachusetts, United States?
Radar tracks 42 indexable Sports Services companies headquartered in Massachusetts, United States that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by Sports Services companies in Massachusetts, United States?
The Sports Services companies in Massachusetts, United States on this list have raised a combined $796.8M in disclosed equity funding across 11 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded Sports Services company in Massachusetts, United States?
FSG is the highest-funded Sports Services company in Massachusetts, United States, with $750M in disclosed equity funding.
How many Sports Services companies in Massachusetts, United States are funded?
11 of the 42 Sports Services companies in Massachusetts, United States on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many Sports Services unicorns are there in Massachusetts, United States?
1 Sports Services company in Massachusetts, United States on this list is valued at $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in Massachusetts, United States Sports Services companies?
The most active investors in Massachusetts, United States Sports Services companies on this list include Aser Ventures, Brevan Howard, Citizens Bank, Collab+Currency, Crosslink Capital.
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