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Best Sports Tech Companies in San Diego, United States

The 48 best Sports Tech companies in San Diego, United States in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Scorebook Live.

48companies tracked
$31.9Mdisclosed funding
0unicorns
6have raised
FLIAR INTELLIGENCE · SPORTS TECH × SAN DIEGO

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.

50companies analysed
96%cloud-native stacks
2025funding peak (by rounds)
6unicorns
2018median founding year

Ranked: Best Sports Tech companies in San Diego

#CompanyDisclosed fundingLast roundStageFounderFoundedTech stackRecent signals
1Scorebook Live
Provider of online scorekeeping tools for sports teams and leagues
$17M39 mo agoSeries BDan Beach
Founder & CEO
2013Cart FunctionalityReactAmazon Web Services+25—
2ScoreStream
Local sports events scores, news and photos driven by fans
$6M105 mo agoSeries ADerrick Oien
CEO & Founder
2012Node.jsMUIBootstrap+31—
3Fanpics
Provide fans photograph inside the arena
$5M128 mo agoDeadpooledMarco Correia
Founder
2013——
4San Diego Loyal
Sport management websites
$1M72 mo agoDeadpooledWarren Smith
Co-Founder
2019——
5Triathlete Magazine
Online events content platform
$1M145 mo agoSeedMitch Thrower
Founder
2008——
6Montiel
Women's activewear designed and made in Los Angeles with a focus on quality
$988K146 mo agoSeedMaggie Montiel
Founder
2011Cart FunctionalityShopifyPHP+34—
7InjureFree
Athletic Injury reporting management and analytics
$698K118 mo agoSeedCharlie Wund
President & CEO
2010——
8Advntur
Social platform to connect with local athletes
$40K146 mo agoDeadpooledMatt Doran
Co-Founder & CEO
2014——

Top 11 Sports Tech companies in San Diego

#1
Series B · San Diego, California · founded 2013 · 40 employees
$17.4Mraised
▾

Provider of online scorekeeping tools for sports teams and leagues. It provides teams, leagues and tournaments with the tools to publish real-time content to their fans. It also offers an iPad-based app which is designed to replace the scorebook used at basketball games and tournaments.

Founders & team
Dan BeachFounder & CEO
Investors
Cowles Company
Tech stack
Adobe Audience ManagerAmazon CloudfrontAmazon SesAmazon Web ServicesAppnexusAws Certificate Manager
#2
Series A · San Diego, California · founded 2012 · 12 employees
$5.5Mraised
▾

ScoreStream is a real time platform for crowdsourcing scores, news and photos for high school and local sporting events. It allows fans to share information around sporting events with their family and friends. ScoreStream includes an iOS application, Android Application, Scoreboard widgets, and a host of other sport scoring tools on their website. It provides real time scores to partners like USA Today, Yahoo, Fox Sports, Comcast Sports Net and has over 25,000 high schools and 20,000 additional teams at the club, recreational and semi-pro level.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 375 LinkedIn followers — 2.6% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
  • Nov 2017Series A—
  • Jun 2016Seed$1.8M
  • Apr 2015Seed$3M
  • Jul 2014Seed$800K
Founders & team
Derrick OienCEO & Founder
Investors
New Enterprise Associates, Avalon Ventures, Sinclair Digital Ventures, Sinclair Broadcast Group, R/GA, Verizon
Tech stack
33AcrossAdobe Audience ManagerAmazon AdvertisingAmazon SesAmazon Web ServicesAppnexus
#3
Deadpooled · San Diego, California · founded 2019 · 75 employees
$1.4Mraised
▾

Sport management websites. It enables club admins to display and manage their daily activtities on desktop and mobile platforms.

Founders & team
Warren SmithCo-Founder
Investors
Interlock Capital
#4
Deadpooled · San Diego, California · founded 2013 · 12 employees
$4.8Mraised
▾

Provider of a sports event photography platform. The company offers a sports event photography platform where cameras are pre-installed to capture images of each fan celebrating during the game. Fans can enter their seat number in the company's app and get their photos.

Founders & team
Marco CorreiaFounderVictor ChenFounderWilliam DickinsonCo-Founder & CEO
Investors
EvoNexus, Innolinks Ventures
#5
Seed · San Diego, California · founded 2008
$1.1Mraised
▾

Online events content platform. It is a platform media and race event company specializing in the endurance sports sector which primarily includes marathons, cycling, and triathlons. The company falls under the Competitor group umbrella which is comprised of four companies, Elite Racing, Triathlete Magazine, Competitor Publishing, and Inside Communications which are the leading companies serving endurance enthusiasts.

Funding rounds
  • Jun 2014Seed$100K
  • Nov 2013Seed$640K
  • Dec 2012Seed$405K
Founders & team
Mitch ThrowerFounder
Investors
CHB Capital Partners, Pocket Ventures
#6
Seed · San Diego, California · founded 2010 · 6 employees
$697.8Kraised
▾

InjureFree is a web-based injury documentation platform for schools and youth sports organizations. Document Return To Play/learn in real-time. The company aims to integrate technology and data analysis to improve injury understanding and injury management.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 1k LinkedIn followers — 7.7% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
  • Sep 2016Seed$447.8K
  • Dec 2015Seed$175K
  • Jan 2015Seed$75K
Founders & team
Charlie WundPresident & CEO
Investors
SDSI
#7
Seed · San Diego, California · founded 2011
$987.5Kraised
▾

Women's activewear designed and made in Los Angeles with a focus on quality. They offer a curated collection of activewear, including bras, tops, tanks, leggings, shorts, skirts, sweats, joggers, and dresses. They prioritize excellence over volume, focusing on selecting the best fabrics and designs. They aim to provide affordable athleisure that excels in quality, function, and versatility. They source local manufacturing partners and maintain a hands-on approach to ensure product integrity. They offer free US shipping and returns. Customers can sign up for emails to receive a discount. The website features a cart, account login, and gift cards.

Funding rounds
  • May 2014Seed$160K
  • Oct 2011Seed$827.5K
Founders & team
Maggie MontielFounder
Tech stack
Apple PayCart FunctionalityChatraCloudflareCore-JsFacebook Pixel
#8
Deadpooled · San Diego, California · founded 2014
$40Kraised
▾

Adventur is a social platform designed to connect travelers with local athletes. Users are listed on the platform in 2 categories local host and explorers. Local athletes can list adventure and sports gear on the platform which can be searched and booked by explorers. Everything listed on the platform is insured by the company.

Funding rounds
  • Jun 2014Seed$40K
Founders & team
Matt DoranCo-Founder & CEODave KennedyCo-Founder & CTO
Investors
SDSI
Tech stack
CloudflareHttp/3
#9
Seed · San Diego, California · founded 2012
—raised
▾

Provider of a sports media platform for multiple sports

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 2k LinkedIn followers — 11.6% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
  • 2016Seed—
Founders & team
Patricio Villalobos CuevasCo-Founder
Investors
IGNIA, North Base Media
Tech stack
BootstrapNginxCloudflareSlickJquery MigrateJquery Cdn
#10
Funding Raised · San Diego, California · founded 1997 · 30 employees
—raised
▾

Developer of a sports management platform intended to manage sports teams and events. The company's platform lets coaches create rosters and invite players to their team, track live scores and detailed player statistics for private or public view as well as live coverage of real time matches, enabling sports organizations to manage their registration process, teams and rosters effectively.

Founders & team
Robin KentCEOGreg ArgyleFounder & CTO
Investors
Keiretsu Forum
Tech stack
Alpine.JsAmazon CloudfrontAmazon Web ServicesAngularjsBootstrapCloudflare
#11
Deadpooled · San Diego, California · founded 2012
—raised
▾

Digital media company focusing on sports, health and fitness

Founders & team
Robert GaymanCEO
Tech stack
Cart FunctionalityCloudflareCloudflare Browser InsightsHttp/3Next.JsNext.Js App Router

Funding & investor landscape

$31.9Mtotal disclosed funding
8companies funded
12disclosed rounds
0rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
SDSI4 rounds
EvoNexus2 rounds
Avalon Ventures1 rounds
CHB Capital Partners1 rounds
Cabana Ventures1 rounds
Cowles Company1 rounds
Grit Capital Partners1 rounds
Health Incubator Helsinki1 rounds
IGNIA1 rounds
Innolinks Ventures1 rounds

Notable founders

Dan Beach
Founder & CEO · Scorebook Live
Derrick Oien
CEO & Founder · ScoreStream
Warren Smith
Co-Founder · San Diego Loyal
Marco Correia
Founder · Fanpics
Victor Chen
Founder · Fanpics
Mitch Thrower
Founder · Triathlete Magazine
Charlie Wund
President & CEO · InjureFree
Maggie Montiel
Founder · Montiel
Matt Doran
Co-Founder & CEO · Advntur
Dave Kennedy
Co-Founder & CTO · Advntur
Patricio Villalobos Cuevas
Co-Founder · Underdog.gs
Robin Kent
CEO · RSportz
Prism market signals · United States · country-scoped Prism corpus, 995,354 docs

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

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 Tech companies are there in San Diego, United States?
Radar tracks 48 indexable Sports Tech companies headquartered in San Diego, United States that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by Sports Tech companies in San Diego, United States?
The Sports Tech companies in San Diego, United States on this list have raised a combined $31.9M in disclosed equity funding across 8 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded Sports Tech company in San Diego, United States?
Scorebook Live is the highest-funded Sports Tech company in San Diego, United States, with $17.4M in disclosed equity funding.
How many Sports Tech companies in San Diego, United States are funded?
8 of the 48 Sports Tech companies in San Diego, United States on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many Sports Tech unicorns are there in San Diego, United States?
None of the Sports Tech companies in San Diego, United States on this list currently has a disclosed valuation of $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in San Diego, United States Sports Tech companies?
The most active investors in San Diego, United States Sports Tech companies on this list include SDSI, EvoNexus, Avalon Ventures, CHB Capital Partners, Cabana Ventures.
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