Top California Sports Startups (79)

Athletes First is a full-service sports representation and marketing agency founded in 2001, guiding the careers of elite athletes, coaches, executives, and broadcasters by focusing on contract negotiations, marketing strategy, and brand partnerships.

Nex is helping families reconnect with the joy of movement through fun, social, and interactive content that’s accessible to all ages. Its award-winning Nex Playground console, launched in December 2023, uses cutting-edge AI, mobile and vision technologies to merge digital and physical worlds, immersing players in the experience using their natural body movement. Nex Playground games range from original sports...

Road Rebel Global is the premier travel management company. We possess a long and proud history of serving the biggest names in the entertainment and sports industry. Our long list of clients is a testament to our ability to deliver exceptional travel services at the most effective price with top-notch customer service. When it comes to service it’s simple, our...

Here at Spellbrush, we're passionate about making a good anime game. We also happen to be the world's leading generative AI studio — we're the team behind niji・journey. We are currently investigating how AI can be used to help human artists perform masterpieces in the most complex medium of our times: videogames. Our games are characterized by a no-compromise approach to well-balanced gameplay...

Record your sport - without a camera operator. Veo lets you record your sports match without a camera operator. Automatic recording and video-editing enables coaches and players to watch and share their sport. Veo is founded in 2015 in Copenhagen. Our vision is to democratise the video broadcasting and analytics that today only are available for the professional teams. Veo is offered for...

The official NWSL team in Los Angeles, California

Aventon was born in 2012 with a small delivery van and a single-roomed warehouse office. Our mission is to provide superior quality performance bicycles and components. Headquartered in Los Angeles, Aventon Bicycles continues shake the industry with innovation & design with passionate and creative team members. Each bicycle we produce extrudes our love and devotion to bicycles. It’s simple: less...

Tixr has served as a focal point for evolving the ticketing space and beyond, redefining what it means to plan and attend an event at any scale. Started by fans for fans, we were founded with the mission to upgrade the world of ticketing by delivering an unparalleled experience for event creators and fans. As an experiential commerce partner to some...

Rec is building the operating system for the activity economy. Every day, millions of people look for ways to play, learn, move, compete, and connect in their communities. Yet the technology powering recreation has been largely ignored for decades. Our platform is modernizing the $105B activity industry, powering registrations, facility reservations, instructor marketplaces, payments, permits, and operations for cities and recreation...

Smarkets is a peer-to-peer exchange platform for sports and political trading that has handled over $32 billion in traded volume since 2010. Our goal is to upend the sports betting industry by creating a transparent platform that offers not only the fairest prices but also the best technology and customer experience.

Nation's Largest Online Airsoft Retailer. Offer full line of airsoft guns and accessories ranging from entry level to high end airsoft rifles. Free shipping is offered and a 110% price match guarantee. And the only airsoft retailer in the world to offer a 30 day warrantee. Founded in 2001, AirSplat has quickly become the leader in this space and industry....

Vobile is a SaaS industry leader around the world in intellectual property protection, monetization, and marketing. Our technologies and products change the way companies think about their online audiences by providing content owners with the tools to control and maximize the value of their IP on social platforms and across the web. We are driven by data, a love of entertainment,...

Rock My World Media is a digital health & fitness company.

Sportvision is the leading provider of next generation sports entertainment products and data solutions. Over the past 17 years, the Company has revolutionized sports by creating innovations that allow fans to see and enjoy sports in ways that were not previously possible. Sportvision’s landmark innovations include pioneering broadcast products, real-time web and mobile products, and data analysis products such as...

FanCompass is charting new territory in digital sponsored fan engagement. As the premier digital destination for sponsored fan engagement, our platform seamlessly integrates into your tech stack, powering a suite of engagement products on your website to attract fans and brand sponsors alike. Now you can ultimately build out a robust fan database, generate quality fan sales leads, and enjoy...

Founded in 2018, PlayVS is North America’s leading platform for scholastic and collegiate esports. Built on the belief that every student should have access to gaming opportunities, PlayVS provides the technology and infrastructure that make organized esports possible for schools and colleges across North America. We work with educators, administrators, and state associations to deliver competitive experiences that promote teamwork, communication,...

A growing start-up manufacturing a unique, patented insect eradication device - the BUG-A-SALT!

We love making life easier for sports managers. Our solutions: - league & tournament schedule maker (#1-2 on Google across 50+ sports terms) - registration and payments - member referral program - waiver signing and storage - website builder In the US alone, 188M people are active, spending $119B yearly on sports & fitness.

Religion of Sports is an award winning media company founded by Tom Brady, Michael Strahan and Gotham Chopra. Our work is defined by thoughtful, elevated stories that uncover why sports matter, and distill the spirituality, science and humanity that unite elite performers and people of all kinds. We tell modern day myths. More at religionofsports.com.

Co-founders Aaron Rodgers and Ryan Rottman saw a huge gap in the marketplace for an IMDB like sports site. Online Sports Database is consolidating all sports sites and aggregating that info and housing it under one roof. We're a digital sports platform with athlete/team profile pages that present the most extensive, aggregated and verified information containing agent/management info, contract details,...