Top Illinois Sports Startups (27)

CHAMPRO® is a manufacturer of sports equipment and apparel and distributes via sports specialty retailers. Mission Statement: Champro Sports® will deliver high value traditional and innovative athletic equipment and apparel to sporting goods specialty stores via outstanding, integrity driven customer service.

Our goal at Genesis Orthopedics & Sports Medicine is simple: free our patients to be more active, more athletic, and to move freely in their bodies – accessible to everyone, not just the select few. That our patients, regardless of walk of life, move more freely, function better, and experience life to the full. We accept all public insurance as...

Youth sports and extracurricular activities are becoming more expensive, and every day it’s pricing out more and more families from the critical benefits of participation. The technology we’re building solves this problem in an industry that has yet to be disrupted.

PromoShare is a fan activation and promotion platform that empowers sports organizations to engage more fans on social media to drive ticket and merchandise sales. By harnessing the power of superfans and their social networks, PromoShare enables teams to amplify their messages authentically to promote events, offers, and sponsor engagements. The platform enables teams to recruit ambassadors based on specific...

Subme is a mobile platform that allows users to easily play recreational sports league games and pickup games nearby. Teams use Subme to find subs each week and add new players to their roster on a permanent basis.

Located in the bustling city of Chicago, Focus Time Escape provides an exhilarating and immersive escape room experience, immersing participants in a world of mystery and time-sensitive challenges. In a mysterious domain, adventurers can experience the thrill of uncovering extraterrestrial secrets in the enigmatic Area 51 room or immerse themselves in the dark and twisted setting of Maniac's Basement. Groups of...

Stokastic.com — the #1 destination for daily fantasy sports & sports betting data, projections, tools, & analysis

Premier USA manufacturer of clinical-strength red & infrared light therapy pads for pain and circulation. Discovered by scientists and prescribed by professionals.

Lateral Edge focuses on training athletes in multiple capacities. We have two lines of business. Our on-site B2B contract training which is primarily for youth sports clubs. And our second B2C line which is video classes that are streamed daily. We differentiate ourselves from competitors by our workouts and content.

We’re Zcruit, a Chicago-based startup that helps college sports teams recruit more efficiently. While we currently work with over 50 Division 1 football programs (including every National Champion since 2002), we now have our sights set on expanding to help coaches across all sports and divisions discover prospective student-athletes.

Phenix is the go-to provider for real-time video streaming solutions and the only company that can stream synchronous real-time video to broadcast sized audiences. We offer an end-to-end solution that delivers video with less than ½ second of latency. Real-time is the next frontier for companies to drive interactivity, enabling them to acquire, engage and retain viewers in areas such...

StreamLayer is a stealth B2B technology company focused exclusively on audience engagement around live OTT video content.

The company history began in 1972 creating helmet decals and growing to other custom vinyl products, then custom screen printed apparel and primarily using mailed catalogs. The company is heading in a new direction. Putting the website first as a mode of communication and focusing sales to high school teams.

At Catch Co, our purpose is to rescue people from the indoors by connecting them with America’s top outdoor sport: fishing. More than 50 million Americans fish every year and Catch Co is the industry leader in creating products, content, and experiences that modern anglers love. Most importantly, we aim to have the most loyal customers in the outdoors industry....

SuperTailgate is the US’s largest sports travel site, enabling travelers to “Make Gameday Perfect!” SuperTailgate provides fans a complete guide to every single stadium in the NFL, MLB, NASCAR, NBA, NHL, CFL, MLS, AAA + AA Baseball, College Football, Basketball & select high profile special events! Check us out and make your next Gameday Perfect!

We’re inventors, marketers, sports enthusiasts, creatives and strategists who like to go BIG. We work with properties large and small to generate the solutions that drive results and revenue. Corporate Sponsorships. Digital Executions. Innovative Strategies.

Sprocket Sports is a rapidly growing technology company based in Chicago that is quickly emerging as a national leader in the youth sports marketplace. Our software and services help clubs streamline operations, reduce expenses and accelerate growth – freeing them up from the business of running a club so they can focus on what really matters: kids playing sports!

At FastModel Sports, we build game-changing software solutions for the professional, collegiate and thousands of youth coaches around the world. Founded in 2004, FastModel Sports is the industry leader in providing cutting edge software solutions for basketball teams and coaches of all levels. Our mission is to bring innovation to every coach and player in the world. FastModel Products were designed to...

We apply an analytical mindset to our partner's businesses and help enhance performance in every facet of their operations. We thrive on empowering our partners to manage complexity by harnessing the data they have to gain the insights they need. Services include Data Science, Analytics, Consumer Insights, Data Engineering, and Consulting.

We are a team of young, but experienced entrepreneurs who believe in the future of smart urban mobility, and also in the advance of science in integrating the brain and body’s biomarkers with the mechanics and electronics of the most beloved mode of green transportation – the bicycle.