Best Sports Tech Companies in Scotland, United Kingdom
The 36 best Sports Tech companies in Scotland, United Kingdom in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Recast.
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 Scotland
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Recast Online platform offering to stream sports and entertainment content 62Growth top 28%Tech top 37%Funding top 39%Product top 46% All 8 signals ▾Growthtop 28% Techtop 37% Fundingtop 39% Producttop 46% Moattop 48% Markettop 50% Globalbottom 37% Newsbottom 34% Growth: Web rank 5,000,000 → 1,000,000 YoY · Fresh capital in last 24 mo Tech: 39 technologies across 5/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon Cloudfront, Amazon Web Services rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 62/100 | $24M | 26 mo ago | Acquired | — | 2018 | WebflowAmazon Web ServicesHubSpot+21 | — | — |
| 2 | Shot Scope Provider of wearable devices for golf performance tracking 53Tech top 23%Customers top 25%Funding top 30%Moat top 37% All 12 signals ▾Techtop 23% Customerstop 25% Fundingtop 30% Moattop 37% Patentstop 45% Partnerstop 45% Innovationtop 46% Producttop 46% Growthtop 49% Marketbottom 37% Globalbottom 36% Newsbottom 21% Tech: 57 technologies across 6/8 capability areas · Cloud: Azure, Cloudflare Customers: Play-Store rating 4.52★ across 2,091 ratings (1 apps) · Review volume +21% in 6 mo rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 53/100 | $23M | 25 mo ago | Series B | — | 2014 | Cart FunctionalityWooCommerceWordPress+38 | 12 patents Sensor-based golf performance measurement and swing analysis systems | — |
| 3 | Flick App-based fan engagement platform for celebrities & influencers | $9M | 71 mo ago | Deadpooled | — | 2009 | — | — | — |
| 4 | PlayerData Provider of GPS-based wearables to track performance for multiple sports 6Tech top 44%Moat top 45%Talent top 45%Product bottom 48% All 11 signals ▾Techtop 44% Moattop 45% Talenttop 45% Productbottom 48% Fundingbottom 43% Globalbottom 40% Patentsbottom 39% Newsbottom 22% Marketbottom 19% Innovationbottom 10% Fin. healthbottom 2% Tech: 29 technologies across 5/8 capability areas · Cloud: Cloudflare Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 4/10 · IP moat: 3 patents rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 6/100 | $2M | 19 mo ago | Series A | Roy Hotrabhvanon Co-Founder & CEO | 2017 | Webflow EcommerceWebflowSentry+26 | 3 patents Wearable sensor integration for sports balls and smart garments | — |
| 5 | Fanbase Provider of an app-based software solutions for multiple sports fan engagement | $2M | 47 mo ago | Series A | Mikey Crawley Co-Founder | 2017 | Apple iCloud MailGoogle WorkspaceTypeScript+20 | — | — |
| 6 | Coach Logic Video analysis and feedback platform for sports teams | $1M | 87 mo ago | Seed | Mark Cairns CPO | Co-Founder | 2010 | WebflowYouTubecore-js+14 | — | — |
| 7 | BATFAST Developer of sports simulation products integrating hardware, software, and ball tracking | $782K | 51 mo ago | Seed | Runish Gudhka Co-Founder & CEO | 2015 | Cart FunctionalityWooCommerceWordPress+44 | — | 1 partnership |
| 8 | ScribePro Provider of injury management platforms for sports | $485K | 14 mo ago | Seed | Roisin McClory Co-Founder & Commercial Director | 2018 | — | — | 1 partnership |
| 9 | Incus Performance Provider of wearable technologies for athlete performance | $266K | 88 mo ago | Deadpooled | — | 2016 | — | 4 patents Wearable fitness monitoring devices using motion sensors for exercise assessment | — |
| 10 | Find a Player App-based social platform for sports enthusiasts | $234K | 133 mo ago | Seed | — | 2013 | Framer SitesVimeoReact+10 | — | — |
| 11 | Limits Develops power meters for cycling sport | $200K | 83 mo ago | Seed | Kenneth Norton CEO | 2015 | — | — | — |
Top 12 Sports Tech companies in Scotland
#1
Series B · Edinburgh, Scotland · founded 2014 · 18 employees$23.3Mraised▾
Shot Scope provides golf performance tracking technology. It provides a wearable wristband that tracks activity and performance. It automatically collecting statistical data as a golfer plays. Features: club used for each shot, the distance each shot travels, the total number of shots, number of shots on each hole, fairways, greens in regulation, number of putts, putts per hole, and down percentage.
- Jul 2024Conventional Debt$1.9M
- Jul 2024Series B$8.5M
- Jul 2023Series A—
- Dec 2022Series A$3.3M
#2
Series A · Edinburgh, Scotland · founded 2017 · 14 employees$2.3Mraised▾
Provider of GPS-based wearables to track performance for multiple sports. It offers a GPS tracking and analytics platform for individual athletes and teams to understand their performance. It provides users with access to key insights, training metrics and match performance data.
- Jan 2025Series A—
- Apr 2021Series A$2.3M
#3
Acquired · Edinburgh, Scotland · founded 2018 · 54 employees$24.3Mraised▾
Online platform offering to stream sports and entertainment content. It enables users to stream live and VOD sports on a pay-per-view basis. It also enables users to invite friends to watch and share content and data.
- Jul 2024Series A$5M
- Feb 2022Series A$9.5M
- May 2021Series A$8.3M
- Jun 2020Seed$1.6M
#4
Seed · Glasgow, Scotland · founded 2018 · 5 employees$485.2Kraised▾
Provider of injury management platforms for sports
#5
Deadpooled · Edinburgh, Scotland · founded 2009 · 7 employees$9.1Mraised▾
Flick is an app-based fan engagement platform for celebrities & influencers. It enables celebrities & influencers to connect with their fans and get feedback about their project. The app is available for Android users.
- Oct 2020Series A$5M
- 2018Seed$4M
#6
Series A · Edinburgh, Scotland · founded 2017 · 1 employees$1.9Mraised▾
Provider of an app-based software solutions for multiple sports fan engagement. It provides users with a fan engagement software designed for the business of sport. It allows clubs to launch digital ticketing, memberships, and hospitality packages.
- Oct 2022Series A$1.2M
- May 2021Seed$693.9K
#7
Seed · Loughborough, Scotland · founded 2015 · 17 employees$782.4Kraised▾
Developer of sports simulation products integrating hardware, software, and ball tracking. The company designs and integrates ball-throwing machines, sensors, and communication modules. It uses computer vision, replay cameras, and machine learning algorithms.
- Jun 2022Conventional Debt$307.7K
- Oct 2018Angel$782.4K
- Sep 2016Grant (prize money)—
#8
Seed · Edinburgh, Scotland · founded 2010 · 5 employees$1.1Mraised▾
Coach Logic is an online video analysis platform for sports teams, players, and coaches. Coaches can share and discuss video moments with players and teams and give feedback for improvement. As of March 2017, the company offers functionalities for Football, Rugby and Field Hockey. West Ham United, Saracens, Loughborough Sports and Holcombe hockey including others are claimed to be the users of the product. As of March 2017, the company also claims that the product is being used by 11000 players and 700 coaches with 1280000 min of generated videos. The company has a subscription based model with 14 day free trial and then a minimum of $13/user account depending on the team size.
- May 2019Seed$254.2K
- Nov 2018Seed$457.3K
- Jul 2018Seed$131.5K
- Mar 2018Seed$208.9K
#9
Deadpooled · Loughborough, Scotland · founded 2016 · 12 employees$265.8Kraised▾
Provider of wearable technologies for athlete performance. The device captures motion data, that are automatically analyzed and presented via a companion app to athletes and their coaches. This analysis provides insights and predictive analytics to formulate future training strategies and marginal gains.
- May 2019Seed—
- Mar 2019Seed$265.8K
#10
Seed · Aberdour, Scotland · founded 2015$199.9Kraised▾
Manufactures power meters for bicycles that are used in measuring riding power output while cycling. It sits between the pedal and crank arm and it is compatible with road and mountain bikes. It helps in measuring and improving the performance of athletes.
- Sep 2019Seed$199.9K
#11
Seed · Glasgow, Scotland · founded 2013 · 7 employees$233.9Kraised▾
App-based social platform for sports enthusiasts. The platform allows users to organize and find players for games and sports events. Users can also create events and find available players in nearby locations.
- Aug 2015Seed—
#12
Series A · Edinburgh, Scotland · founded 2011 · 6 employees—raised▾
PlayON is a daily fantasy sports platform. Users can draft their fantasy sports team to compete with others for free or for cash. It offers referral scheme where managers can earn 50% commission on the spend of friends that they refer to PlayON. Users can set up individual challenges to play against friends and do battle with high profile figures. Users are provided with a £100m budget to draft their team includes one goalkeeper, four defenders, four midfielders and two forwards.
- Apr 2018Series A—
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 Kingdom
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 87 United Kingdom-affiliated papers.
- English Institute of Sport9
- Loughborough University9
- Manchester Metropolitan University6
- Northumbria University4
- University of Oxford4
- Analytics3
- Data science2
- League2
- Identification (biology)1
- Coaching1
- Athletes1→5
- Athletes5→8
- Physical therapy3→4
Where sports tech is researched across United Kingdom
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 Kingdom
United Kingdom sports tech patent filing is steady — 1 filings from 1 assignees (2022–2022), led by SIS Science IN Sport; annual filings 1→1.
- SIS Science IN Sport1
Common questions
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