Top Illinois Sports Startups (27)

Honest Game is reimagining a world where access to college sports is fair, equitable, anchored by data and grounded in integrity. Honest Game's SaaS product builds individualized academic roadmaps to provide real-time strategic eligibility guidance so everyone has a clear pathway to college sports and beyond. Founded in Chicago in 2019, Honest Game is seeking a Principal Engineer to support...

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!

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.

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

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.

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.

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...

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...

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...

Our History Founded in 2003 in a small garage in Lisbon, Illinois by Owner and Founder, Rick Tollefson, Boombah Inc. has grown into a 250,000 square foot facility headquartered in Yorkville, Illinois with additional offices in St. Louis, Missouri and Melbourne, Florida. In 2016, Boombah Inc. opened two factories in the Dominican Republic, moving its apparel and uniform production from Asia to...

Volley is on a mission to revolutionize racquet sports. We are the world’s first digitally enabled robotics as a service (RaaS) training platform focused on sports such as platform tennis, pickleball, tennis and padel. Combining a digitally controlled ball trainer with an AI vision network, Volley creates opportunities for players, pros and clubs. Players experience workouts that provide tailored live-play scenarios,...

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!

Heritage Werks is the heritage agency for sports, brands and entertainment. We specialize in establishing and maintaining state-of-the-art archival programs and curating compelling content and narratives to fuel interactive experiences, new stadiums, corporate anniversaries, social/mobile content, exhibits, museums, storytelling campaigns and much more. Our clients include DOW 30 and Fortune 500 companies, major technology, luxury and fashion brands, MLB, NBA, NFL and...

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.

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.

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...

Swing King is golf’s first fully digital gaming platform designed for everyday play. The current iteration of our proprietary technology solution is a cash entry fee hole-in-one contest that adds entertainment and new revenue streams to golf courses of any type and provides golfers with added excitement, meaningful cash payouts and an HD video of their ultimate golf experience. We...

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

Travelsports aggregates, organizes & publishes fragmented information around the competitive youth and adult sports market to facilitate interactions and transactions amongst parents & participants, clubs, leagues, facilities, tournament organizers and related businesses.