This article showcases our top picks for the best San Francisco based Sports companies. These startups and companies are taking a variety of approaches to innovating the Sports industry, but are all exceptional companies well worth a follow.
We tried to pick companies across the size spectrum from cutting edge startups to established brands.
We selected these startups and companies for exceptional performance in one of these categories:
- Innovation
- Innovative ideas
- Innovative route to market
- Innovative product
- Growth
- Exceptional growth
- Exceptional growth strategy
- Management
- Societal impact
Top San Francisco Sports Startups
Data sourced from Crunchbase and SemRush.
Skillz
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Skillz is a marketplace platform for competition-based mobile games.
Strava
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Strava is an online network where runners and cyclists can record their activities, compare performance, and compete with their community.
Forte
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We’re building economic technology for games using blockchain.
Hone
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Hone is a next-generation platform for live online leadership and management training.
AllTrails
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AllTrails is a community of 10 million hikers, campers and mountain bikers who share a passion about the outdoors.
Alt
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Alt is an alternative asset platform that allows people to buy, sell, and store sports cards.
Gametime
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Gametime sells last-minute tickets to the most popular events in sports, music, and theater.
Let’s Do This
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Let’s Do This is an online marketplace that features almost every endurance event on the planet.
Halo Neuroscience
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Halo Neuroscience is a neurotech company focused on using electrical neurostimulation to unlock human performance and treat human disease
Smash.gg
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Smash.gg provides software to improve the Smash experience for streamers, players, tournament attendees, and spectators.
Lowkey
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The home for watching and creating short gaming videos
Athlane
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Athlane facilitates sponsorship and endorsement deals between streamers and brands.
Bleacher Report
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Bleacher Report is a digital media company based in America, delivering digital media content on sports around the world.
Swish Analytics
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Swish Analytics operates as machine learning system for sports.
Blue Wire
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Blue Wire is a hyperlocal sports podcasting network made up of journalists, former athletes, and influential fans.
StatMuse
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StatMuse is a sports statistics website that allows users to search for players and view customizable statistics.
GameOn Technology
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Our technology powers intelligent chat applications across multiple platforms for some of the world’s largest brands.
Gloria
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Gloria is a platform where players can share their videos and get discovered.
Stitcher
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Stitcher, Inc. develops Stitcher, a mobile application for news and shows.
Platform Good
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Change platform linking fitness activities to charitable giving for consumers and solving CSR and marketing challenges for companies.
Liftopia
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Liftopia operates an online and mobile marketplace and provides a technology platform for the ski and mountain activity industry.
Juked
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Juked’s mission is to build a home where esports community and culture flourish.
Ryu Games
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Changing the way people make and play mobile games
The Athletic
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The Athletic is an online media company that specializes in online news publishing for the sports industry.
Hot Mic
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Hot Mic is a live streaming platform that connects with favorite media personalities to television.
Hearo.Live – Multiplayer TV
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Hearo is Multiplayer TV. Turn your passive stream into a buzzing, live, social event.
Balto
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Balto is a platform for fantasy sports league managers to make money from their work.
Fantex
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Fantex is a financial service company creating a non-correlated asset category with stocks tied to the earnings of professional athletes.
Zengaming
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Zengaming is a professional and competitive network for gamers.
The Meta
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Meta is an early-stage eSports services startup developing training modules intended to serve gamers.
Chat Sports
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Chat Sports is a live sports news network for digital platforms
Lucid App
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Lucid is an app to help athletes train their mind to improve their athletic ability
Instabeat
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Instabeat is a swimming technology brand developing the first smart real-time performance monitor that adds-on to swimming goggles.
Gensler
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Gensler is a collaborative design firm that has capabilities in design and architecture across 31 practices.
ReadyUp
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ReadyUp is the interactive event platform that fuels vibrant game communities by making it easier to find, follow, and join in the action.
SenseLabs (formerly Neurotopia)
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SenseLabs develops personal sensors to quantify the mental aspects of focus, decision speed, reaction time, and stress regulation.
eyeCam
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eyeCam, a product design company reinventing human interfacing, eliminates the need for handheld phones w/ 1st wearable smartphone
HitCheck
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HitCheck is a sideline comprehensive, personalized cognitive-testing app that screens for signs of a concussion in minutes.
YouStake
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Marketplace for Fans to Invest in their Favorite Players
WGT Media
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WGT Media develops realistic and engaging online golf and baseball games.
CoachList, Inc.
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The World’s Leading Sports Instruction & Fitness Marketplace
DashTag
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DashTag is a Dutch/US sport company that developed the Dash.
FanCompass
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FanCompass offers a social CRM platform that enables athletic programs to engage fans for data collection and monetization.
Pelotea Inc.
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Soccer league and team management platform that offers insurance for players.
Golden State Warriors
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The Golden State Warriors are an American professional basketball team based in Oakland, California.
SportStream
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SportsStream offers a second-screen platform for sporting events via tweets, news feeds, photos, stats, and more.
Brainbuild, Inc.
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Brainbuild is an automated nutrition scheduling system that optimizes the timing of events based on a person’s daily schedule.
Gameday
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Gameday allows its users to play fantasy sports on Messenger.
Spitfire Athlete
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Spitfire Athlete is a community and training app for women that offers structured training plans for strength, endurance, and conditioning.
Find A Game, Inc.
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Helping golf course operators eliminate partially-filled tee times via social- and handicap-relevant invitations.
Piggybackr
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Piggybackr is passionate about empowering people of all ages and experience levels to achieve their goals.
PlayerPro
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PlayerPro is a membership-based website that enables users to create a soccer timeline and manage their sports life.
VSporto
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Connecting true sports fans with unlimited quality audio content of their favorite teams.
Hitpost
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Hitpost is an application developer for sports fans that allows fans to connect and compete online.
FanFactor
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FanFactor is a blockchain based sports fan engagement platform.
Sidelines
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Sidelines lets users follow their favorite teams and share opinions, photos, videos, and articles with their friends and other fans.