Best Sports Tech Companies in Berlin, Germany
The 36 best Sports Tech companies in Berlin, Germany in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: One Football.
Our analysis of 50 Sports Tech companies
$7.8b in tracked funding; 96% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2025.
Ranked: Best Sports Tech companies in Berlin
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | One Football 🦄 News media platform for soccer | $320M | 52 mo ago | Series D | Vincent Schalk Co-Founder of OneFootball Labs & VP Product | 2008 | Apple iCloud MailGoogle WorkspaceNode.js+33 | — |
| 2 | Vaola Online sports shop for sporting goods and outdoor products | $17M | 170 mo ago | Acqui-Hired | Erik Pfannmöller Founder | 2010 | — | — |
| 3 | Exakt Health Provider of app-based personalized training and rehabilitation plans for runners | $4M | 23 mo ago | Seed | Philip Billaudelle Co-Founder & CEO | 2021 | SanityUnbounceNode.js+19 | — |
| 4 | Signa Sports United 🦄 Online retailer of indoor & outdoor sports equipment | — | 83 mo ago | Deadpooled | Stephan Zoll CEO | 2018 | — | — |
| 5 | Oak Sports Provider of concussion management platform for contact sports | — | 94 mo ago | Deadpooled | Friedrich Klinger Co-Founder | 2017 | — | — |
| 6 | Stryking Fantasy football platform | — | 127 mo ago | Acqui-Hired | — | 2012 | — | — |
| 7 | Komoot Provider of an outdoor navigation app that focuses on cycling & hiking tours | — | 154 mo ago | Acquired | Daniel Thung Co-Founder | 2008 | Node.jsTailwind CSSEmotion+13 | — |
| 8 | Die Fans Media Digital platform providing football news | — | 231 mo ago | Funding Raised | Stephan Trosien Managing Director | 2021 | PerlPHPDebian+8 | — |
Top 8 Sports Tech companies in Berlin
#1
Seed · Berlin, Berlin · founded 2021 · 18 employees$4.2Mraised▾
Provider of app-based personalized training and rehabilitation plans for runners. The company develops digital tools for injury management and prevention. It offers training plans adaptable to different experience levels. The app provides guidance with videos created by certified running coaches and physical therapists.
- Sep 2024Seed$2.2M
- Mar 2022Seed$1.5M
- Mar 2021Seed$500K
#2
Series D · Berlin, Berlin · founded 2008 · 212 employees$320.1Mraised▾
News media platform for soccer. It allows football fans to follow their idol teams. Its app enables fans to find live scores and commentaries, breaking news, videos, tables, statistics, live audio commentary, and background information on football, and engage through social media channels and comments. The mobile application is available for Android and iOS devices.
- Apr 2022Series D$300M
- Dec 2017Series C—
- 2017Series C—
- 2014Series B—
#3
Acqui-Hired · Berlin, Berlin · founded 2010 · 62 employees$16.6Mraised▾
Vaola provides premium online store and the shopping club and equipment on the topics of sports, outdoor and sports lifestyle in the area of outdoor, running, cycling, swimming & beach, football, sports lifestyle, climbing and mountain sports, fitness training as well as winter sports.
- Jul 2012Series B$16.6M
#4
Deadpooled · Berlin, Berlin · founded 2018 · 2492 employees$3.2Braised▾
SIGNA Sports United operates multiple online e-commerce platforms that retail indoor & outdoor sports equipment. The sports categories they deal with are, biking, tennis, team sports, and many more. Some of their brands include probikeshop.com, fahrrad.de, tennis-point.de, campz.at, outfitter.de, etc.
- Oct 2019Seed—
#5
Deadpooled · Berlin, Berlin · founded 2017—raised▾
Provider of concussion management platform for contact sports. It has developed a Brain Monitoring Skull Cap, to be worn by the athlete on his head, under the helmet while participating in the activity. The cap is paired with a wearable recording device, also to be worn by the athlete. This recording device is paired with a mobile that continuously receives data from the recorder. Its platform stores and visualizes all data and provides key insights into player's injury history, performance and tackling behavior.
- Nov 2018Grant (prize money)—
#6
Acqui-Hired · Berlin, Berlin · founded 2012 · 10 employees—raised▾
Stryking is a sports application development studio. The company has developed a fantasy football game app called Football Stars. The app enables users to operate as a football manager with responsibilities that include player auctions, transfers, etc.
- Feb 2016Series A—
- Dec 2015Series A—
- Jul 2013Series A—
#7
Acquired · Berlin, Berlin · founded 2008 · 70 employees—raised▾
Provider of an outdoor navigation app that focuses on cycling & hiking tours. The app allows the user to plan tours using route details like type of road, elevation, and difficulty levels. The app provides turn-by-turn voice navigation. The topo maps can be downloaded and accessed offline on the phone. The app is available for iOS and Android phones.
- Nov 2013Seed—
- 2009Grant (prize money)—
#8
Funding Raised · Berlin, Berlin · founded 2021—raised▾
Digital platform providing football news. They also offer photos,videos,information, and discussions for football fans.
- 2007Grant (prize money)—
Funding & investor landscape
Notable founders
Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage
Share of Sports Tech coverage by sub-theme.
Regulatory-risk over time rising
Funding & growth over time
funding rising · growth rising
How research on Sports Technology is moving in Germany
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 27 Germany-affiliated papers.
- German Sport University Cologne5
- University of Duisburg-Essen3
- Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg2
- University Hospital Ulm2
- University of Bayreuth2
- Piezoresistive effect1
- Pressure sensor1
- Electrical engineering1
- Mechanical engineering1
- Web application1
- Athletes4
- Analytics3
- Basketball2
- Data science2
- Ego depletion1
- Athletes4
- Cognition3
- Physical therapy2
- Perspective (graphical)2
- Elite2
Who's filing sports tech patents in Germany
Germany sports tech patent filing is cooling — 3 filings from 1 assignees (2016–2018), led by Adidas; annual filings 2→1.
- Adidas3
Common questions
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