Best Sports Tech Companies in Switzerland
The 90 best Sports Tech companies in Switzerland in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Sportradar.
Switzerland's Sports Tech sector doesn't get the loud press of fintech or biotech, but $128M in disclosed funding across 90 tracked companies tells a quieter, steadier story. Sportradar leads by a wide margin at $98M, with Dartfish at $10M and Coachbetter at $8M filling out the top tier. No unicorns yet, but the funding is concentrated and purposeful, backed by investors like Venture Kick and Swiss ICT Investor Club who know exactly what they're betting on. Median install growth of roughly +18% year-on-year across sports and sporting goods apps signals real consumer pull, not just B2B hype. And startups are genuinely reshaping how sports operates, from data pipelines to coaching tools.
So what's actually moving the needle right now? Coverage volume is flat, but the themes heating up are specific: paralympic qualifiers, para-athlete performance, olympic team selections. That's where attention is pooling this quarter. Data-driven scouting is part of that shift, with clubs and federations demanding granular athlete analytics rather than gut-feel decisions. If you're mapping the Swiss Sports Tech field, the funding gap between Sportradar and everyone else is the first thing to reckon with. It shapes the whole competitive picture.
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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 Switzerland
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sportradar Provider of sports data, betting technology, fan engagement, and integrity services | $98M | 95 mo ago | Public | Morten Petersen Co-Founder | 2001 | WordPressApple iCloud MailMySQL+29 | 2 patents Remote testing of sports equipment and performance measurement systems | — |
| 2 | Dartfish Video analysis solution provider for sports coaches and athletes | $10M | 287 mo ago | Series A | Jean-Sebastien Merieux CEO | 1999 | WordPress Block EditorCart FunctionalityWordPress+20 | 15 patents Video-based motion analysis and performance analytics for sports and activity training | 1 launch · 1 expansion |
| 3 | Coachbetter Online digital assistant for coaches | $8M | 30 mo ago | Seed | Patrick Patzig Founder | 2002 | Google Sign-inMUIstyled-components+14 | — | — |
| 4 | PIQ Multisport Sensor | $6M | 133 mo ago | Deadpooled | — | 2009 | — | — | — |
| 5 | Fanpictor Online platform for sports fans to create and organize choreographies for stadium | $2M | 129 mo ago | Acquired | — | 2012 | — | 5 patents Venue-based mobile device identification for location-based services and analytics | — |
| 6 | Bearmind Developer of connected helmets for sports injury management | $1M | 39 mo ago | Seed | Mathieu Falbriard Co-Founder | 2021 | — | — | 1 partnership |
| 7 | GotCourts Online tennis court booking platform | $1M | 96 mo ago | Acquired | — | 2013 | PHPFacebook LoginGoogle Sign-in+24 | — | — |
| 8 | DigitArena Provider of sports marketing and broadcast services | $709K | 102 mo ago | Deadpooled | Jean-Luc Affaticati Co-Founder & CEO | 2014 | — | 3 patents Real-time video object replacement/compositing for augmented reality and post‑production. | — |
| 9 | Alogo Provider of IoT-based analytics tools for the equine industry | $526K | 72 mo ago | Seed | — | 2018 | Apple iCloud MailGoogle WorkspacePHP+19 | — | 1 launch |
| 10 | Insiders Provider of tech-hardware for multiple sports performance analytics | $355K | 95 mo ago | Seed | Julie Coutts CEO | 2012 | WordPressMySQLPHP+19 | — | — |
| 11 | We Play Sport Developer of an app-based platform for broadcasting sports content | $109K | 50 mo ago | Deadpooled | Adam Scholefield Co-Founder | 2020 | — | — | — |
| 12 | Blocksport Provider of a digital platform for fan engagement and data collection | $100K | 53 mo ago | Seed | Semih Kacan Co-Founder & Chairman | 2019 | WordPress Block EditorWordPressMySQL+28 | — | 2 partnerships · 2 awards |
Top 12 Sports Tech companies in Switzerland
#1
Seed · Wallisellen, Zurich · founded 2002 · 24 employees$8.4Mraised▾
Online digital assistant for coaches. The platform enables coaches to plan training sessions, and manage teams. It offers a video analysis solution, which enables coaches to upload videos of athletes and drills. The company also offers all the features on a monthly subscription-based plan. The company has partnered with Wylab, PixelPlus, and Embry-Riddle among others.
- Dec 2023Seed$4.3M
- Aug 2023Seed$2.9M
- Nov 2022Angel—
- Aug 2022Seed—
#2
Seed · Lausanne, Vaud · founded 2021$1.5Mraised▾
Developer of connected helmets for sports injury management. It provides users with helmets integrated with head impact monitoring systems. They help teams and their staff manage the risk of brain injuries via analytics.
- Mar 2023Seed$1.4M
- Aug 2022Seed$105.9K
- 2021Grant (prize money)$11K
#3
Public · St Gallen, St Gallen · founded 2001 · 3977 employees$98Mraised▾
Provider of sports data, betting technology, fan engagement, and integrity services. The company supplies sports data feeds, odds services, trading tools, live streams, and betting platforms for wagering operators. It offers data application programming interfaces, storytelling tools, broadcast solutions, and marketing products that help media and technology companies create and monetize sports content. Teams and competitions use its audiovisual production, coaching and scouting tools, and marketing services to enhance performance analysis and audience engagement. The business also delivers integrity and regulatory services, including monitoring for match-fixing, compliance support, and responsible gaming tools that help protect sporting competitions and bettors.
- Jul 2018Series B—
- Oct 2015Series B$44M
- Jul 2012Series B$54M
#4
Series A · Fribourg, Fribourg · founded 1999 · 73 employees$10.3Mraised▾
Dartfish is a video analysis solution provider for sports coaches, health care specialists, teachers, pros, athletes and students. It offers online and offline video analytics solutions that enable users to create, enrich, analyze, publish and monetize video content. Offers various products including myDartfish 360, myDartfish Live S, myDartfish Pro, and myDartfish Pro S. Customers include league sports teams, Olympic committees, federations, colleges & universities, high schools, prep schools, military branches, athletes, and students. Monetizes through yearly subscription plans.
- Jul 2002Series A$2M
- Oct 2000Series A$6.5M
- 1999Unattributed$1.4M
- Nov 1998Conventional Debt$438.1K
#5
Deadpooled · Lausanne, Vaud · founded 2020 · 7 employees$108.7Kraised▾
Developer of an app-based platform for broadcasting sports content. The platform allows users to broadcast sports videos from their apps. The app can switch between camera angles, provide solutions for promoting events, and more. The app is available for Android and iOS users.
- Apr 2022Seed—
- Dec 2021Seed$108.7K
#6
Deadpooled · Lausanne, Vaud · founded 2009 · 8 employees$5.5Mraised▾
PIQ has developed a unique multi-sport sensor. The sensor can measure more than 3000 data points per second and incorporates 13 axes and accurately measures performance metrics such as velocity, height, air time, G force, amplitude, trajectory and others. The company claims it has been designed to be positioned in the ideal place for data collection whatever the sport. Recently it announced collaboration with Mobitee, provider of software platform for golf monitoring., the sensor incorporates features like live shot tracking, swing analysis, distance to the green and features on-glove display range finder. The sensor can be used for tracking your progress or competing with your friends.
- May 2015Series A$5.5M
#7
Seed · Apples, Vaud · founded 2018 · 22 employees$526Kraised▾
Alogo Analysis is a high-tech Swiss company that provides IoT-based analytics tools for the equine industry. The product uses sensors to visualize the real jump trajectory of horses, identify the optimal parameters and prevent injuries by analyzing the smallest variations. The company claims to provide solutions for tracking the athlete's performance and observe the health & horse locomotion.
- Jun 2020Seed$526K
- Jun 2020Conventional Debt$526K
- Jan 2018Conventional Debt—
#8
Seed · Zug, Canton of Zug · founded 2019 · 15 employees$100Kraised▾
Provider of a digital platform for fan engagement and data collection. The platform offers tools to engage fans and encourage data sharing through gamification. It collects data to build dynamic segments and activate data for marketing campaigns. The platform helps convert fans to premium subscribers and engaged buyers.
- Dec 2021ICO$100K
- Nov 2019Seed—
#9
Acquired · Zurich, Zurich · founded 2012 · 39 employees$1.9Mraised▾
Online platform for sports fans to create and organize choreographies for stadium
- Sep 2015Series A$1.9M
#10
Acquired · Schlieren, Zurich · founded 2013 · 15 employees$1Mraised▾
GotCourts is an online tennis court booking platform. The platform allows users to search for tennis courts in their locality and book a slot online. The platform also allows users to search for playing partners based on skill level in their locality, connect with them and play. As of October 2017, the company has launched it's mobile app for both iOS and Android devices.
- May 2018Seed$1M
#11
Deadpooled · Martigny, Valais · founded 2014 · 5 employees$709.4Kraised▾
Provider of sports marketing and broadcast services. It offers various services such as banner advertisement replacement services on live interactive stadium TV. It allows clubs and marketing agencies to sell sponsorships and broadcasting rights.
- Dec 2017Seed$709.4K
#12
Seed · Lausanne, Vaud · founded 2012 · 10 employees$354.9Kraised▾
Provider of tech-hardware for multiple sports performance analytics. It privides users with a company that offers live video technology news, tools, and case studies to help with marketing. They provide a platform for live streaming and cover the latest trends in the industry.
- Jul 2018Seed$354.9K
- Jul 2018Conventional Debt$302.8K
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 Switzerland
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 19 Switzerland-affiliated papers.
- University of Zurich4
- Victoria University3
- University of Lausanne3
- Schulthess-Klinik2
- Fédération Internationale de Football Association2
- Muscle strength1
- Resistance training1
- Physical medicine and rehabilitation1
- Strength training1
- Electrical current1
- Physical therapy2
- Sports nutrition2
- Creatine1
- Creatine Monohydrate1
- Resistance training1
- Athletes4
- Wearable computer1
- Biosensor1
- Nanotechnology1
- Analytics1
Common questions
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