1) OneFootball News, scores, stats, and more on the ultimate football media platform.
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Country: Germany State: Berlin City: Berlin Started in: 2008 Founders: Lucas Cranach Number of employees: 251-500 Funding: $141,957,137 Funding rounds: 5 Number of investors: 5 (Earlybird Venture Capital, Union Square Ventures, Lakestar, Adidas, Evolution Media) You can find their website here
2) Heja Heja is the only app you'll ever need to communicate with coaches, managers, parents, and players.
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Country: Sweden State: Stockholms Lan City: Stockholm Started in: 2018 Founders: Mikael Blix Number of employees: 11-50 Funding: $6,801,874 Funding rounds: 2 Number of investors: 8 (Max Ventures, Peak, Bonnier Ventures, Luminar Ventures, Inbox Capital) You can find their website here
3) Fishbrain Today and tomorrow, Fishbrain helps people catch more and bigger fish and become better fishermen.
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Country: Sweden State: Stockholms Lan City: Stockholm Started in: 2010 Founders: Jens Lindman, Johan Attby Number of employees: 11-50 Funding: $58,750,000 Funding rounds: 6 Number of investors: 20 (FJ Labs, Seedcamp, B Capital Group, Northzone, Almi Invest) You can find their website here
4) ESL Professional gaming, commonly known as e-sports, is the emphasis of ESL, a gaming news and information network.
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Country: Germany State: Nordrhein-Westfalen City: Cologne Started in: 1996 Founders: William Perry Number of employees: 251-500 Funding: $30,000,000 Funding rounds: 1 You can find their website here
5) G2 Esports G2 Esports is a world-class esports organization that represents some of the greatest players on the planet.
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Country: Germany State: Berlin City: Berlin Started in: 2013 Founders: Carlos Rodríguez, Jens Hilgers Number of employees: 51-100 Funding: $27,300,000 Funding rounds: 3 Number of investors: 13 (MaC Venture Capital, Dan Gilbert, Everblue Management, Go4it Capital, Joseph Tsai) You can find their website here
6) ONE Championship ONE Championship is a sports media firm that specializes in mixed martial arts.
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Country: Singapore State: Central Region City: Singapore Started in: 2011 Founders: Chatri Sityodtong Number of employees: 251-500 Funding: $336,000,000 Funding rounds: 3 Number of investors: 6 (Sequoia Capital, Temasek Holdings, Sequoia Capital India, Greenoaks Capital, Mission Holdings) You can find their website here
7) EGYM EGYM uses high-tech software to develop and construct the most advanced smart connected strength training equipment.
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Country: Germany State: Bayern City: Munich Started in: 2010 Founders: Florian Sauter, Philipp Roesch-Schlanderer Number of employees: 251-500 Funding: $143,471,520 Funding rounds: 6 Number of investors: 7 (European Investment Bank, High-Tech Grunderfonds, NGP Capital, Bayern Kapital, Highland Europe) You can find their website here
8) Veo Veo is a cameraless method for recording and viewing sports.
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Country: Denmark State: Hovedstaden City: Copenhagen Started in: 2015 Founders: Henrik Teisbæk Number of employees: 51-100 Funding: $33,055,028 Funding rounds: 3 Number of investors: 10 (Seed Capital, Courtside Ventures, PreSeed Ventures, Ventech, Chr. Augustinus Fabrikker) You can find their website here
9) IQONIQ IQONIQ is a new fan engagement platform focused solely on the "Sports and Entertainment sector."
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Country: Italy State: Toscana City: Montecarlo Started in: 2019 Number of employees: 11-50 Funding: € 100,000,000 Funding rounds: 1 Number of investors: 1 (Lux Media Investments) You can find their website here
10) Bikemap Bikemap is a global provider of bike map and navigation services. Offline, routing, and map functions are all available with a mobile subscription.
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Country: Austria State: Wien City: Vienna Started in: 2014 Founders: Christof Hinterplattner, Matthias Natmessnig, Peter Eich Number of employees: 11-50 Funding: € 2,600,000 Funding rounds: 6 Number of investors: 3 (Speedinvest, Ponooc, Peter Eich) You can find their website here
11) Playtomic Playtomic is a sports court booking website that aspires to become a social network for athletes.
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Country: Spain State: Madrid City: Madrid Started in: 2017 Founders: Domingo Guzman, Felix Ruiz Hernandez, Pablo Carro, Pedro Clavería, Sergio Servet Number of employees: 51-100 Funding: € 11,300,000 Funding rounds: 5 Number of investors: 3 (Victor Jacobsson, Optimizer Invest, GP Bullhound) You can find their website here
12) McLaren Group McLaren Group is a sports car manufacturer that specializes in automotive, motorsport, and technology.
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Country: Germany State: Nordrhein-Westfalen City: England Started in: 2017 Founders: Bruce McLaren, Ron Dennis Number of employees: 1001-5000 Funding: £353,800,000 Funding rounds: 2 Number of investors: 2 (National Bank of Bahrain BSC, Nidala company) You can find their website here
13) EVOS Esports EVOS Esports is an eSports group that is establishing an online sports platform to help shape the country's eSports environment.
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Country: Singapore State: Central Region City: Singapore Started in: 2016 Founders: Hartman Harris, Ivan Yeo, Michael Widjaya Number of employees: 11-50 Funding: $16,400,000 Funding rounds: 2 Number of investors: 5 (Woowa Bros, Insignia Ventures Partners, Mirae Asset Venture Investment, Korea Investment Partners, Indogen Capital) You can find their website here
14) Kitman Labs Kitman Labs is a sports analytics firm that employs artificial intelligence to improve athlete health and performance.
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Country: Ireland State: Dublin City: Dublin Started in: 2012 Founders: Iarfhlaith Kelly, Stephen Smith Number of employees: 11-50 Funding: $24,498,273 Funding rounds: 8 Number of investors: 6 (Sony Innovation Fund, Enterprise Ireland, BlueRun Ventures, QVIDTVM, Peter Kight) You can find their website here
15) Tonsser For youth footballers, the #1 platform and performance app is
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Country: Denmark State: Hovedstaden City: Copenhagen Started in: 2013 Founders: Jeppe Curth, Peter Holm, Simon Hjære Number of employees: 11-50 Funding: € 9,800,000 Funding rounds: 5 Number of investors: 7 (Alven, Seed Capital, Wellington Partners, R/GA Ventures, PreSeed Ventures) You can find their website here
16) ReSpo.Vision ReSpo.Vision uses cutting-edge AI research to change football and utilize it to monitor and evaluate football games.
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Country: Poland State: Mazowieckie City: Warsaw Started in: 2020 Founders: Lukasz Grad, Mateusz Szala, Pawel Osterreicher, Wojciech Rosinski Funding: € 1,000,000 Funding rounds: 1 Number of investors: 2 (ff Venture Capital, RKKVC) You can find their website here
17) JOGO JOGO assists users in predicting football's future faces.
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Country: The Netherlands State: Noord-Holland City: Amstelveen Started in: 2020 Founders: David Dwinger Number of employees: 11-50 Funding: € 1,870,000 Funding rounds: 3 You can find their website here
18) Gen.G Esports Gen.G is the premier esports organization that connects the United States and Asia.
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Country: South Korea State: Seoul-t'ukpyolsi City: Seoul Started in: 2017 Founders: Kent Wakeford, Kevin Chou, Mike Li, Phillip Hyun Number of employees: 51-100 Funding: $46,000,000 Funding rounds: 4 Number of investors: 14 (Battery Ventures, New Enterprise Associates, Canaan Partners, Stanford University, SVB Capital) You can find their website here
19) SMARTSTUDY SmartStudy is a multinational entertainment firm. Pinkfong and Monster Super League are two examples of our high-quality animation and gaming entertainment.
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Country: South Korea State: Seoul-t'ukpyolsi City: Seoul Started in: 2010 Founders: Ryan Seungkyu Lee Number of employees: 101-250 Funding: $12,000,000 Funding rounds: 1 Number of investors: 3 (DT Capital Partners, KDB Capital, IBK Capital) You can find their website here
20) Skitude For skiers and resorts, we create a digital ecosystem.
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Country: Norway State: Oslo City: Oslo Started in: 2014 Founders: David Huerva, Marc Bigas, Victor Oliva Number of employees: 51-100 Funding: $26,780,868 Funding rounds: 5 Number of investors: 8 (Draper B1, Investinor, The Crowd Angel, IESE Business School, Norselab) You can find their website here
21) bepro11 bepro11 is a football technology platform that offers services such as sports video and data analytics.
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Country: Germany State: Hamburg City: Hamburg Started in: 2015 Founders: Alex Han, Luis Kang Number of employees: 11-50 Funding: $19,122,451 Funding rounds: 2 Number of investors: 6 (Altos Ventures, Softbank Ventures Asia, Mirae Asset Venture Investment, Spring Camp, KT investment Inc.) You can find their website here
22) Pandascore Provider of esports stats and odds
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Country: France State: Ile-de-France City: Paris Started in: 2015 Founders: Flavien Guillocheau, Jonathan Retterer Number of employees: 11-50 Funding: $9,016,217 Funding rounds: 5 Number of investors: 9 (Global Founders Capital, aXiomatic, NUMA, Alven, KB Partners) You can find their website here
23) Sponsoo Sponsoo is an online marketplace that connects sponsors with athletes and sports teams.
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Country: Germany State: Hamburg City: Hamburg Started in: 2014 Founders: Andreas Kitzing, Bela J. Anda, Christian Kaspar Number of employees: 11-50 Funding: $2,685,647 Funding rounds: 12 Number of investors: 20 (Microsoft, Andreas Mihalovits, IFB Innovationsstarter, Samuel Harrison, European Super Angels Club) You can find their website here
24) XYXX Apparels XYXX Apparels, which owns the XYXX innerwear line.
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Country: India State: Gujarat City: Surat Started in: 2017 Founders: Yogesh Kabra Number of employees: 51-100 Funding: $4,923,799 Funding rounds: 3 Number of investors: 3 (DSG Consumer Partners, Sauce.vc, Synergy Capital Partners) You can find their website here
25) BookMyShow BookMyShow is an online ticketing service for movies, theaters, and sporting events in India.
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Country: India State: Maharashtra City: Mumbai Started in: 1999 Founders: Ashish Hemrajani, Parikshit Dar, Rajesh Balpande Number of employees: 501-1000 Funding: $224,500,000 Funding rounds: 6 Number of investors: 6 (Accel, Stripes, SAIF Partners, Network18, TPG Growth) You can find their website here
26) NODWIN Gaming NODWIN Gaming is a gaming solutions provider and e-sports event organizer.
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Country: India State: Haryana City: Gurgaon Started in: 2012 Founders: Gautam Virk Number of employees: 11-50 Funding: ₹1,640,000,000 Funding rounds: 1 Number of investors: 1 (Krafton) You can find their website here
27) HalaPlay Technologies HalaPlay Technologies is a platform for daily fantasy sports.
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Country: India State: Karnataka City: Bengaluru Started in: 2016 Founders: Swapnil Saurav Number of employees: 1-10 Funding: $7,964,767 Funding rounds: 3 Number of investors: 8 (Nazara Technologies, Kae Capital, Milan Ganatra, Nazara Games, Sandesh Kirkire) You can find their website here
28) Rooter Rooter is a sports community app that aims to connect and customise sports content across sports and gaming for its users.
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Country: India State: Delhi City: New Delhi Started in: 2016 Founders: Akshat Goel, Dipesh Agarwal, Piyush Kumar Number of employees: 11-50 Funding: $2,700,000 Funding rounds: 4 Number of investors: 16 (Paytm, Venture Catalysts, Anthill Ventures, leAD Sports & Health Tech Partners, Rockstud Capital) You can find their website here
29) Mobile Premier League The Mobile Premier League is an eSports platform that rewards players with cash prizes while they play games.
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Country: India State: Karnataka City: Bengaluru Started in: 2018 Founders: Sai Srinivas Kiran G, Shubham Malhotra Number of employees: 251-500 Funding: $225,500,000 Funding rounds: 4 Number of investors: 15 (Sequoia Capital India, MDI Ventures, RTP Global, BEENEXT, Pegasus Tech Ventures) You can find their website here
30) FTX FTX is a mobile game developer who works online.
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Country: China State: Guangdong City: Shenzhen Started in: 2008 Founders: Zheng Tang Number of employees: 251-500 Funding: CN¥13,000,000 Funding rounds: 2 Number of investors: 5 (Falcon, Honghuang Keji, Juanchuan Keji, Yongxing Zheng Keji, Qianhai Xinheli) You can find their website here
31) Fiture Fiture is a smart workout equipment brand for the home.
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Country: China State: Sichuan City: Chengdu Started in: 2019 Founders: Edward Fu, Yuhan Tang Funding: $391,000,000 Funding rounds: 4 Number of investors: 17 (Tencent, DST Global, Sequoia Capital China, Coatue, Legend Capital) You can find their website here
32) Hupu Hupu is a forum for sports comments and news.
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Country: China State: Shanghai City: Shanghai Started in: 2004 Founders: Shawn Cheng Number of employees: 501-1000 Funding: $337,927,040 Funding rounds: 5 Number of investors: 5 (CICC, ByteDance, Greenwoods Asset Management, Haitong Kaiyuan Investment, Quansheng Investment) You can find their website here
33) Codoon Codoon is a sports and wellness company that makes gadgets that track users' activity, sleep, and other bodily functions.
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Country: China State: Sichuan City: Chengdu Started in: 2009 Founders: Paul Shen Number of employees: 11-50 Funding: $111,304,532 Funding rounds: 5 Number of investors: 8 (Shenzhen Capital Group, Focus Media, CITIC Capital Holdings, SBCVC, SIG China (SIG Asia Investments)) You can find their website here
34) Dongqiudi Dongqiudi is a website that provides news, commentary, league rankings, and video feeds of football matches from across the world.
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Country: China State: Beijing City: Beijing Started in: 2013 Founders: Chen Cong Number of employees: 1-10 Funding: $66,442,502 Funding rounds: 3 Number of investors: 3 (Sequoia Capital China, Tianxing Capital, Arena Capital Partners) You can find their website here
35) iQiyi Sports iQiyi Sports is the sports division of iQiyi, one of the most rapidly growing online video platforms.
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Country: China State: Beijing City: Beijing Started in: 2010 Number of employees: 5001-10000 Funding: CN¥850,000,000 Funding rounds: 2 Number of investors: 4 (IDG Capital, Yao Capital, China Sports Capital, Huiying Financial Service) You can find their website here
36) WHOOP WHOOP is a performance optimization system that helps athletes improve their performance by tracking their recuperation, training, and sleeping hours.
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Country: United States State: Massachusetts City: Boston Started in: 2012 Founders: Aurelian Nicolae, John Capodilupo, Will Ahmed Number of employees: 251-500 Funding: $204,751,000 Funding rounds: 8 Number of investors: 33 (SoftBank Vision Fund, Collaborative Fund, LionTree, Institutional Venture Partners, NextView Ventures) You can find their website here
37) Hudl Hudl is a software platform that provides sports teams with video analysis and coaching capabilities.
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Country: United States State: Nebraska City: Lincoln Started in: 2006 Founders: Brian Kaiser, David Graff, John Wirtz Number of employees: 501-1000 Funding: $228,850,000 Funding rounds: 6 Number of investors: 5 (Accel, Bain Capital Tech Opportunities, Nelnet, Jeff Raikes, Tricia Raikes) You can find their website here
38) Vox Media Vox Media is an online media publishing organization that specializes in influencing editorial properties and premium advertising.
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Country: United States State: District of Columbia City: Washington D.C. Started in: 2003 Founders: Jerome Armstrong, Markos Moulitsas, Tyler Bleszinski Number of employees: 501-1000 Funding: $307,632,220 Funding rounds: 9 Number of investors: 11 (Khosla Ventures, General Atlantic, Accel, Next Play Ventures, Comcast Ventures) You can find their website here
39) Betty Labs Betty Labs is a company that makes a sports trivia app that aims to create life experiences.
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Country: United States State: California City: Los Angeles Founders: Howard Akumiah Number of employees: 1-10 Funding: $9,300,000 Funding rounds: 1 Number of investors: 4 (Google, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Amazon Alexa Fund, Brendan O'Driscoll) You can find their website here
40) Fanatics Fanatics is a sports merchandise company that produces fan attire and jerseys for a variety of retail outlets.
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Country: United States State: Florida City: Jacksonville Started in: 1995 Founders: Alan Trager, Michael Rubin, Mitch Trager Number of employees: 1001-5000 Funding: $2,365,000,000 Funding rounds: 7 Number of investors: 15 (Silver Lake, SoftBank Vision Fund, Alibaba Group, Temasek Holdings, Andreessen Horowitz) You can find their website here
41) ShotTracker ShotTracker develops sensor-based technology that gathers basketball stats in real time during workouts and games.
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Country: United States State: Kansas City: Mission Started in: 2013 Founders: Bruce Ianni, Davyeon Ross Number of employees: 11-50 Funding: $33,785,000 Funding rounds: 9 Number of investors: 21 (Greycroft, Hearst Ventures, IrishAngels, TechNexus Venture Collaborative, Verizon Ventures) You can find their website here
42) Fanatiz Fanatiz is a sports streaming platform providing live and on-demand sports channels.
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Country: United States State: Florida City: Miami Started in: 2017 Founders: Matias Rivera Larrain Number of employees: 11-50 Funding: $17,022,158 Funding rounds: 2 Number of investors: 1 (777 Partners) You can find their website here
43) chiliZ An international sports and entertainment company.
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Country: United States State: Illinois City: Malta Started in: 2012 Founders: Alexandre Dreyfus Number of employees: 51-100 Funding: $27,000,000 Funding rounds: 2 Number of investors: 2 (Jump Trading, Kosmos Ventures) You can find their website here
44) Mars Reel Mars Reel is a high school sports and youth culture content and consumer products company.
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Country: United States State: California City: Los Angeles Started in: 2010 Founders: Bradley Deyo, Brandon Deyo Number of employees: 11-50 Funding: $4,825,000 Funding rounds: 2 Number of investors: 24 (Backstage Capital, 500 Startups, Thirty Five Ventures, Jason Robins, Haroon Mokhtarzada) You can find their website here
45) Loupe Loupe is a live eCommerce streaming network that is working on a mobile app for collecting sports cards.
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Country: United States State: Florida City: Miami Started in: 2020 Founders: Eric Doty Number of employees: 1-10 Funding: $15,110,000 Funding rounds: 3 Number of investors: 5 (Forerunner Ventures, Nat Turner, Upfront Ventures, DJ Skee, Chris M. Willliams) You can find their website here
46) Growve Growve is a brand aggregator that specializes in wellness and beauty brand acquisition and management.
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Country: United States State: Florida City: Fort Lauderdale Started in: 2018 Founders: Brian Baer, Matthew Newman Number of employees: 251-500 Funding: $175,000,000 Funding rounds: 1 Number of investors: 11 (Atlantic Capital Bank, Wells Fargo, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Truist, Synovus) You can find their website here
47) Cloud9 Cloud9 is a multi-game professional esports organization situated in the Los Angeles, California area.
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Country: United States State: California City: Los Angeles Started in: 2013 Founders: Jacques Etienne, Paullie Etienne Number of employees: 1-10 Funding: $79,309,995 Funding rounds: 4 Number of investors: 26 (Founders Fund, Craft Ventures, Alexis Ohanian, Valor Equity Partners, Eldridge) You can find their website here
48) CEEK CEEK is a smartphone VR app that allows users to connect with bands in a virtual reality environment.
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Country: United States State: Florida City: Miami Beach Started in: 2015 Founders: Mary Spio Number of employees: 11-50 Funding: $7,247,500 Funding rounds: 3 Number of investors: 1 (Backstage Capital) You can find their website here
49) SportsEdTV Digital Media in Sports Education
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Country: United States State: Florida City: Miami Started in: 2017 Founders: Aleksandar "Sasha" Jovicic, John Eagleton, Robert Mazzucchelli Number of employees: 11-50 Funding: $5,475,000 Funding rounds: 4 You can find their website here
50) Spartan Race Spartan Race is an obstacle race and endurance company that aims to provide athletes with sporting challenges and courses.
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Country: United States State: Massachusetts City: Boston Started in: 2007 Founders: Andy Weinberg, Joe DeSena, Julian Kopald Number of employees: 501-1000 Funding: $15,750,001 Funding rounds: 3 Number of investors: 3 (Hearst Ventures, Breakaway Ventures, Raptor Consumer Partners) You can find their website here
51) Topgolf Entertainment Group Topgolf Entertainment Group is a technology-enabled sports and entertainment community with a global reach.
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Country: United States State: Texas City: Dallas Started in: 2000 Founders: Dave Jolliffe, Steve Jolliffe Number of employees: 5001-10000 Funding: $301,360,257 Funding rounds: 4 Number of investors: 1 (Providence Equity Partners) You can find their website here
52) Second Spectrum Second Spectrum is working on a game machine learning software that will use artificial intelligence to change sports.
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Country: United States State: California City: Los Angeles Started in: 2013 Founders: Jeff Su, Rajiv Maheswaran, Yu-Han Chang Number of employees: 51-100 Funding: $20,099,998 Funding rounds: 4 Number of investors: 4 (LionTree, August Capital, TenOneTen Ventures, Elysian Park Ventures) You can find their website here
53) Strava Strava is an online platform that allows runners and cyclists to track their activities, compare their results, and compete with their peers.
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Country: United States State: California City: San Francisco Started in: 2009 Founders: Mark Gainey, Mark Shaw, Michael Horvath, Yandong Liu Number of employees: 251-500 Funding: $151,850,000 Funding rounds: 7 Number of investors: 7 (Sequoia Capital, TCV, Dragoneer Investment Group, Jackson Square Ventures, Sigma Partners) You can find their website here
54) FanDuel FanDuel is a daily fantasy sports site where you may play for real money.
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Country: United States State: New York City: New York Started in: 2007 Founders: Lesley Eccles, Nigel Eccles, Rob Jones, Tom Griffiths Number of employees: 1001-5000 Funding: $416,200,000 Funding rounds: 7 Number of investors: 24 (FJ Labs, Dawn Capital, Bullpen Capital, Fabrice Grinda, Tusk Venture Partners) You can find their website here
