Best Sports Tech Companies in Chicago, United States
The 68 best Sports Tech companies in Chicago, United States in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Sportvision.
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 Chicago
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Employees | Founded | Founder | Tech stack | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sportvision Develops sports entertainment media product | $50M | 236 mo ago | 71 | 1998 | — | — | 91 patents Real-time multi-camera sports video tracking and biomechanics analysis for player performance. | — |
| 2 | Players Health Rehab injury management and communication platform 60Growth top 26%Product top 29%Funding top 32%Tech top 32% All 11 signals ▾Growthtop 26% Producttop 29% Fundingtop 32% Techtop 32% Innovationtop 33% Moattop 39% Talentbottom 49% Fin. healthbottom 46% Marketbottom 38% Globalbottom 37% Newsbottom 18% Growth: Revenue +5180% YoY · Web rank 5,000,000 → 10,000,000 YoY Product: 7 distinct product lines · 2 published apps (6.0k installs) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 60/100 | $33M | 18 mo ago | 63 | 2012 | Christopher Pesigan Cic Cpa VP of US Insurance and Co-Founder | WebflowApple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365+24 | — | 1 job opening · 1 launch · 1 partnership |
| 3 | InStadium Digital video advertising network in sports venues. | $14M | 140 mo ago | 4 | 2003 | — | — | — | — |
| 4 | StreamLayer Video content management and monetization solutions provider 37Moat top 25%Patents top 33%Innovation top 34%News top 38% All 10 signals ▾Moattop 25% Patentstop 33% Innovationtop 34% Newstop 38% Talenttop 38% Fundingtop 42% Producttop 47% Techbottom 46% Globalbottom 31% Marketbottom 25% Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 7/10 · IP moat: 24 patents Patents: 24 patents matched (strict assignee match) · 17 filings since 2022 vs 7 in 2017-21 rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 37/100 | $13M | 13 mo ago | 20 | 2018 | John Ganschow Co-Founder | WebflowSentryWistia+17 | 24 patents Real-time interactive video streaming with dynamic overlay graphics and audience engagement | 1 partnership |
| 5 | Real App Provider of a social sports data platform that engages fans 32Funding top 36%Talent top 45%Tech bottom 27%Global bottom 25% All 4 signals ▾Fundingtop 36% Talenttop 45% Techbottom 27% Globalbottom 25% Funding: Raised $12.1M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 1 yrs (1.0/yr) Talent: 2 named leaders on record rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 32/100 | $12M | 3 mo ago | — | 2020 | Louis Antonelli Co-Founder | NginxAmazon Web ServicesMobX+1 | — | — |
| 6 | BetSperts Provider of an online platform offering multi-category sport betting tips | $12M | 41 mo ago | 28 | 2018 | Austin Harper Co-Founder | WordPressMySQLPHP+28 | — | — |
| 7 | Stix Developer of an internet-first brand offering golf products | $10M | 49 mo ago | 23 23 → 19 (-17%) | 2019 | Gabe Coyne Co-Founder | Cart FunctionalityShopifySentry+50 | — | — |
| 8 | SportsLock App only fantasy sports contests | $6M | 84 mo ago | 15 | 2011 | — | — | — | — |
| 9 | FastModel Sports Sports training managaement software | $6M | 28 mo ago | 48 | 2004 | Ross Comerford Founder / Board Member | Cart FunctionalityShopifySentry+25 | — | — |
| 10 | KARL'S BAIT & TACKLE Online retailer of fishing products | $5M | 87 mo ago | 49 | 2012 | — | Cart FunctionalityMagentoSentry+46 | — | — |
| 11 | Trajektory Provider of sports data assessment services 27Funding top 43%Market bottom 38%Global bottom 29% All 3 signals ▾Fundingtop 43% Marketbottom 38% Globalbottom 29% Funding: Raised $4.0M across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 4 yrs (0.5/yr) Market: 26 employees rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 27/100 | $4M | 11 mo ago | 26 | 2019 | — | — | — | 1 launch |
| 12 | Swing King Provider of smart arena solutions for golf courses and facility management | $3M | 88 mo ago | 13 | 2015 | Eric Hoersten Founder | — | — | — |
| 13 | Blinkfire Analytics Sports media analytics | $3M | 108 mo ago | 27 27 → 50 (+85%) | 2013 | Juan Luis Hortelano Co-founder and COO | Chart.jsBootstrapGoogle Cloud+26 | 11 patents AI-powered image analysis and automated media content review/valuation systems | — |
| 14 | Phantasia Provider of a blockchain-based fantasy sports platform | $2M | 54 mo ago | 6 | 2021 | — | — | — | — |
| 15 | Block Six Analytics Leading sports and entertainment agency representing talent, brands, and properties | $2M | 113 mo ago | 40 | 2010 | — | — | — | — |
| 16 | JumpForward Provides team management software for collegiate athletic departments | $2M | 192 mo ago | 29 | 2009 | Brian Duggan Co-Founder | Microsoft ASP.NETAdobe AnalyticsPendo+6 | — | — |
| 17 | Fandium Social Sports App | $1M | 157 mo ago | — | 2012 | Larry Lucas Founder & CEO | — | — | — |
| 18 | Charge Running App based training platform for runners | $750K | 60 mo ago | 13 | 2017 | — | — | — | — |
| 19 | KolleXor Sports collectibles platform | $273K | 28 mo ago | — | 2023 | Matt McClintock Co-Founder | — | — | — |
| 20 | Atlas World Sports Online platform offering sports betting prediction, news & tips | $200K | 25 mo ago | 21 | 2020 | — | TypeScriptEnvoyZone.js+8 | — | — |
| 21 | Bird Provider of an online training platform for running | $120K | 64 mo ago | 4 | 2019 | — | — | 50 patents RF passive intermodulation testing and microfabricated power calorimetry. | — |
Top 12 Sports Tech companies in Chicago
#1
Series B · Chicago, Illinois · founded 2020$12.1Mraised▾
Provider of a social sports data platform that engages fans. It serves interactive sports data and personalized notifications for all sports leagues where members can discuss, predict, and collect live sports moments.
- Feb 2026Series B$12.1M
#2
Series C · Chicago, Illinois · founded 2012 · 63 employees$33.5Mraised▾
Rehab injury management and communication platform. They claim their platform is designed to allow coaches to quickly and easily document any injury that occurs during practice or games. They offer real time communication between coaches and parents to best care for the health and well being of youth athletes.
- Dec 2024Series C$60M
- Mar 2022Series C$28M
- Jan 2021Series B—
- Jul 2019Series A$2M
#3
Series A · Chicago, Illinois · founded 2018 · 20 employees$12.8Mraised▾
Video content management and monetization solutions provider. It offers technology solutions for video content and video monetization. It offers an audience engagement platform focused on streaming video that provides engagement between viewers, premium rights holders, and sponsors.
- May 2025Series A$1.8M
- May 2025Conventional Debt—
- Oct 2024Conventional Debt—
- Oct 2024Series A$756K
#4
Series A · Chicago, Illinois · founded 2019 · 26 employees$4Mraised▾
Provider of sports data assessment services. It helps to clean, organize, and connect disparate data sources automatically into a view. It enables the analysis of partner performance, asset performance, and the performance of competitors.
- Jul 2025Series A$9.5M
- Nov 2022Seed$4M
#5
Acquired · Chicago, Illinois · founded 2004 · 48 employees$5.5Mraised▾
Sports training managaement software. Their professional software is used by all 30 NBA teams, and more than 500 NCAA Division I programs and 6000+ high school and youth coaches around the world. They provide fastScout report building software with 74.99/year subscription and FastDraw, a basketball play diagramming software with $89.99/year subscription
- Feb 2024Series A$1M
- Nov 2019Series A$2.7M
- Mar 2013Seed$1.8M
#6
Series A · Chicago, Illinois · founded 2018 · 28 employees$11.6Mraised▾
Provider of an online platform offering multi-category sport betting tips. The platform enables users to pick analysis and find betting tips on various sports from tipsters. It offers features like track picks and a leaderboard.
- Jan 2023Series A$3M
- Aug 2021Series A$6M
- Oct 2020Seed$1M
- Jan 2020Seed$1.6M
#7
Acqui-Hired · Chicago, Illinois · founded 1998 · 71 employees$49.7Mraised▾
Sportvision provides sports entertainment products for fans, media companies, and marketers and provide data solutions. It’s landmark innovations include pioneering broadcast products, real-time web and mobile products, and data analysis products. It offers digital sports content and broadcast enhancement solutions for football, baseball, bowling, golf, hockey, horse racing, motorsports, sailing, Olympics, soccer, and tennis. Its products are deployed across live television, Internet, and iTV for various sports on the U.S. networks.
- Oct 2006Conventional Debt$8M
- Jun 2005Venture Debt$4M
- 2004Series C$3.5M
- Jun 2003Venture Debt$2.5M
#8
Series A · Chicago, Illinois · founded 2019 · 23 employees$10.1Mraised▾
Developer of an internet-first brand offering golf products. Its product catalog includes apparel, ball, cap, golf driver, golf iron set, and golf putter.
- May 2022Series A$10M
- Jun 2021Conventional Debt$1M
- Oct 2020Seed$50K
#9
Deadpooled · Chicago, Illinois · founded 2003 · 4 employees$13.6Mraised▾
InStadium is an exclusive, multi-screen video and mobile advertising network that spans all major professional and collegiate sports leagues in America. Provides digital video advertising during live sports event and stadium facilities to engage audiences. Clients include AT&T, Geiko, Lexus, 2K Sports etc.
- Oct 2014Series B—
- May 2011Series B$1M
- Jun 2009Series B$7.5M
- Dec 2005Series A$5M
#10
Series A · Chicago, Illinois · founded 2012 · 49 employees$5.4Mraised▾
Online retailer of fishing products
- Mar 2019Series A$500K
- Oct 2017Series A$3.5M
- Feb 2017Conventional Debt$75K
- 2015Series A$1.3M
#11
Seed · Chicago, Illinois · founded 2020 · 21 employees$200Kraised▾
Online platform offering sports betting prediction, news & tips. The app helps sports fans & betters to get predictions on winners, league scores, news, and notifications. It also provides an online sportsbook to upload bets & to keep track of all the bets.
- May 2024Seed$100K
- Mar 2021Seed$100K
#12
Series A · Chicago, Illinois · founded 2011 · 15 employees$6Mraised▾
SportsLock is an app only fantasy sports gaming company. It provides customized fantasy sports experience by allowing users to draft players in a bracket based tournament. Users can play against their friends for money.
- Jun 2019Series A$5M
- Jun 2012Seed$1M
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 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.
- East Tennessee State University9
- Harvard University5
- Lindenwood University4
- Texas A&M University4
- Boston Children's Hospital4
- Analytics7
- Human–computer interaction4
- Data science3
- Biomechanics3
- Usability3
- Athletes4→13
- Physical medicine and rehabilitation1→7
- Physical therapy2→6
- Analytics3→6
- Football2→4
- Athletes3→10
- Sports medicine2→4
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.
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.
- Stats17
- TRUE FORM11
- Cipher Genetics7
- Gamechanger Analytics6
- AR & NS Invest6
- Lucey Patrick6
- WEI Xinyu6
- SHA LONG6
Common questions
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