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Best Sports Tech Companies in Tennessee, United States

The 41 best Sports Tech companies in Tennessee, United States in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: PrideSports.

41companies tracked
$138.9Mdisclosed funding
0unicorns
11have raised
FLIAR INTELLIGENCE · SPORTS TECH × TENNESSEE

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 Tennessee

#CompanyDisclosed fundingEmployeesFounderFoundedTech stackWeb popularityRecent signals
1PrideSports
E-commerce platform offering sports training equipment and accessories
$48M335—2001Cart FunctionalityShopifyApple iCloud Mail+37Top 50M—
2Scout Media
Men-focused sports news and fantasy sport portal
$34M300—2001———
3247Sports
Online platform for sports news and sporting opportunities
$9M116—2010Cart FunctionalitySentryZendesk+43Top 5k—
4Bridgestone Arena
Platform offering marketplace to discover events and book tickets
—95—1996VarnishBackbone.jsUnderscore.js+12Top 1M—
5ATHLON SPORTS
Online platform providing news on multisports
—76—1967Cart FunctionalityFourthwallSkolengo+27Top 50M—
6On3
Blog focused on college sports & recruiting
$36M74Shannon Terry
Founder
2021Cart FunctionalityNode.jsReact+46Top 5k—
7RotoGrinders
Daily Fantasy Sports authority: picks, advice, strategy, tools, and projections
—73Riley Bryant
Co-Founder
2010UbuntuGoogle Sign-inYouTube+23Top 100k—
8Chalkline Sports
Offers technology solutions for sports betting
$3M18Daniel Kustelski
Co-Founder and CEO
2016Framer SitesReactAmazon Web Services+11Top 10M—

Top 12 Sports Tech companies in Tennessee

#1
Series A · Nashville, Tennessee · founded 2020
$3.6Mraised
▾

Online platform offering sports betting tips and predictions. The company offers a sports betting community providing insights, tips, reviews and recommendations for playing various online sports betting and gambling games.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 5k LinkedIn followers — 28.3% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
  • Dec 2023Series A$3.5M
  • 2023Seed$20K
Founders & team
Cooper LycanCo-Founder & CEORon ReevesCTO and Co-founder
Investors
Techstars, Third Kind Venture Capital
Tech stack
Amazon Web ServicesAxiosCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCore-JsFacebook Pixel
#2
Series C · Brentwood, Tennessee · founded 2021 · 74 employees
$36.2Mraised
▾

Blog focused on college sports & recruiting

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 6k LinkedIn followers — 32.0% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 1 partnerships (incl. On3 | Rivals) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Jul 2022Series C$36.2M
Founders & team
Shannon TerryFounder
Investors
Clayton Associates
Tech stack
AdmiralAdobe Audience ManagerAdthriveAmazon AdvertisingAmazon S3Amazon Ses
#3
Acquired · Brentwood, Tennessee · founded 2001 · 300 employees
$34.2Mraised
▾

Scout Media is a digital media company, to publish and distribute content related to NFL, fantasy sports, college football and basketball, high school recruiting, hunting, fishing, outdoors, military, and history. Their content is produced by over 1,000 contributing experts and distributed over 300 unique web destinations including print publications, and broadcast television shows. The company also operates Scout Spotlight, a platform for mobile devices that enables to follow top college sports recruits, videos, highlights, combine results, ratings, rankings, news, analysis, and other information. Scout Media was formerly known as TheInsiders.com and changed its name to Scout Media in November 2004. As of November 18, 2013, Scout Media, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Scout Media Holdings, Inc.

Funding rounds
  • Mar 2016Series B$8M
  • Apr 2015Series B$9.7M
  • Nov 2014Series A$10.5M
  • Jul 2005Series A$6M
Investors
NLM Capital Partners, Multiplier Capital, Revel Partners
Tech stack
Cart FunctionalityNode.JsVarnishExpressTealiumOnetrust
#4
Funding Raised · Nashville, Tennessee · founded 2001 · 335 employees
$48.2Mraised
▾

E-commerce platform offering sports training equipment and accessories. The company offers sports training equipment for soccer, golf, volleyball, etc. Some of its products include golf balls, water bottles, tumblers. golf tees, apparel, and other accessories.

Funding rounds
  • Jan 2016Grant (prize money)—
  • 2010Conventional Debt$48.2M
Investors
NewStar Financial, Europa, Centre Partners, Stockwell Capital
Tech stack
AddshoppersAmerican ExpressApple Icloud MailApple PayBold CommerceCart Functionality
#5
Series A · Nashville, Tennessee · founded 2016 · 18 employees
$2.7Mraised
▾

Chalkline Sports is a media technology company that provides solutions for communities and marketplaces of sports bettors. It helps bettors to manage their accounts with real-time analytics, acquisitions, and retention gameplans.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 2k LinkedIn followers — 9.0% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
  • May 2021Series A$2.7M
Founders & team
Daniel KustelskiCo-Founder and CEOJoe KustelskiCofounder
Investors
Patrick Conroy, Afshin Yazdian, Andrew Braitchouk, Clay Travis
Tech stack
Amazon SesAmazon Web ServicesAws Certificate ManagerCalendlyFramer SitesGoogle Analytics
#6
Acquired · Brentwood, Tennessee · founded 2010 · 116 employees
$9Mraised
▾

247Sports is an online platform for basketball and football fans and players to find updated news and sporting opportunities. It provides sports news, scores, schedule, odds, polls and recruiting content on their website. It also provide ticketing and shopping from their website. On December 17, 2015, it got acquired by cbssports.

Funding rounds
  • Apr 2015Series A$250K
  • Jan 2013Series A$8.7M
Investors
Clayton Associates
Tech stack
AdmiralAdobe AnalyticsAdobe Audience ManagerAdobe Experience Platform Identity ServiceAmazon AlbAmazon Web Services
#7
Seed · Franklin, Tennessee · founded 2005 · 2 employees
$2.3Mraised
▾

Online on-demand videos for outdoor sports. It provides videos under various categories including hunting, fishing, and shooting, off-road and adventure videos, and more. Available for Roku, Apple TV, Google Play, Amazon FireTV, Android, and iOS mobile devices. Generates revenue through subscriptions and in-app purchases.

Funding rounds
  • Mar 2010Seed$1.3M
  • Jan 2010Seed$1M
Tech stack
Amazon Web ServicesClevertapEnvoyGoogle AnalyticsGoogle CloudGoogle Cloud Cdn
#8
Deadpooled · Nashville, Tennessee · founded 2010 · 6 employees
$1.7Mraised
▾

Provider of an online platform designed to connect golfers and instructors. The company's online platform offers a software that record the swings of a player with a smart phone and upload the videos instantly to a SwingPal account, thereby receiving detailed and annotated video and audio analysis from a golf professional, enabling users to modify their game and enhance their playing skills.

Founders & team
Mike ComegnaCEO & Founder
Investors
Mountain Group Partners
#9
Deadpooled · Chattanooga, Tennessee · founded 2012 · 4 employees
$450Kraised
▾

Escadrille is a brand of apparel for cyclists. It sells jerseys, jackets, bib shorts etc. Its products are also suitable for casual wearing. The founding team has experience in cycling and outdoor industry. It ships across the world.

Funding rounds
  • 2015Seed$425K
  • Apr 2015Seed$25K
  • Dec 2014Seed$300K
#10
Seed · Nashville, Tennessee · founded 2018
$225Kraised
▾

Stick and ball TV is a subscription-based on-demand video platform providing videos based on baseball training content. Partners include ABCA, Nomadic, game sense, and more. Available on Stick & Ball TV’s web app, iOS, and Android apps. Also, can be streamed to television screens using Chrome Cast. It is available for download on both the App Store and Google Play.

Funding rounds
  • Dec 2019Seed$225K
Founders & team
Jeremy HarrellFounder & CEO
#11
Seed · Nashville, Tennessee · founded 2012 · 5 employees
$250Kraised
▾

Connecting student-athletes with college coaches through recruiting profiles and tools. It is a platform designed to help high school athletes pursue college sports opportunities. It offers both free and premium membership options, providing student-athletes with tools to create recruiting profiles, showcase athletic and academic metrics, upload videos, and communicate with college coaches. The platform supports a wide range of sports and aims to give every athlete a chance to play in college. For coaches, it simplifies the process of finding qualified athletes. The platform offers features like advanced search, communication tools, and in-depth athlete profiles. It is a recruiting service that displays academic and athletic metrics, helping athletes promote themselves to college programs. The platform operates on a subscription basis, offering tiered pricing for enhanced features.

Funding rounds
  • Seed$250K
Founders & team
Chris BlanzFounder & Creative DirectorJack WaddeyFounder & ChairmanRob HumphreysCo-Founder
Investors
Chattanooga Renaissance Fund
Tech stack
Cart FunctionalityRubyGoogle MapsRuby On RailsRackcacheHeroku
#12
Seed · Nashville, Tennessee · founded 2018 · 8 employees
—raised
▾

StatHero is an online fantasy sports platform. The platform allows users to select their sports, team, & players, beat with StatHero, and earn money by winning. Its app is available on the IOS platform. Its features include multi-sport selection, real-time scoring & tracking, and more.

Funding rounds
  • Sep 2020Seed—
Founders & team
Jason JaramilloFounder & CEO

Funding & investor landscape

$138.9Mtotal disclosed funding
11companies funded
18disclosed rounds
0rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
Clayton Associates2 rounds
Centre Partners1 rounds
Chattanooga Renaissance Fund1 rounds
Emil Capital1 rounds
Europa1 rounds
Lamp Post Group1 rounds
Mountain Group Partners1 rounds
Multiplier Capital1 rounds
NLM Capital Partners1 rounds
NewStar Financial1 rounds

Notable founders

Cooper Lycan
Co-Founder & CEO · SoBet
Ron Reeves
CTO and Co-founder · SoBet
Shannon Terry
Founder · On3
Daniel Kustelski
Co-Founder and CEO · Chalkline Sports
Joe Kustelski
Cofounder · Chalkline Sports
Mike Comegna
CEO & Founder · SwingPal
Jeremy Harrell
Founder & CEO · Stick & Ball TV
Chris Blanz
Founder & Creative Director · RecruitTalk
Jack Waddey
Founder & Chairman · RecruitTalk
Jason Jaramillo
Founder & CEO · StatHero
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 Tennessee, United States?
Radar tracks 41 indexable Sports Tech companies headquartered in Tennessee, United States that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by Sports Tech companies in Tennessee, United States?
The Sports Tech companies in Tennessee, United States on this list have raised a combined $138.9M in disclosed equity funding across 11 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded Sports Tech company in Tennessee, United States?
PrideSports is the highest-funded Sports Tech company in Tennessee, United States, with $48.2M in disclosed equity funding.
How many Sports Tech companies in Tennessee, United States are funded?
11 of the 41 Sports Tech companies in Tennessee, United States on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many Sports Tech unicorns are there in Tennessee, United States?
None of the Sports Tech companies in Tennessee, United States on this list currently has a disclosed valuation of $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in Tennessee, United States Sports Tech companies?
The most active investors in Tennessee, United States Sports Tech companies on this list include Clayton Associates, Centre Partners, Chattanooga Renaissance Fund, Emil Capital, Europa.
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