Sports Tech HQ attracts companies from around the world to join its collective, positioning them at the forefront of an industry projected to reach $100B by 2030.
FANS
Our Collective of sports tech companies is revolutionizing how fans experience and engage with sports. Through cutting-edge technologies, they’re creating immersive fan experiences, broadcast integrations, and innovative platforms that deepen the connection between fans and their favorite teams and athletes. From virtual reality experiences to data-driven insights, our Collective is shaping the future of sports fandom.
ATHLETES
Empowering athletes is at the heart of the Sports Tech industry, offering tools and services to enhance performance, recovery, and career development. From advanced training technologies to data-driven analytics, our Collective is helping athletes reach their full potential.
TEAMS
Embracing innovation is paramount for both teams and their leagues. Our collective offers solutions to optimize team operations, improve fan engagement, and optimize revenue. From innovative ticketing systems to advanced analytics platforms, technology is allowing teams to stay ahead of the curve, deliver exceptional experiences for their fans, and make data-backed decisions.
Beastcoast is a professional esports team that organizes games and tournaments, and represents some of the world’s top video game competitors. The organization was founded in 2017 by Brian Anderson and Grant Zinn, and is based in New York, NY.
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- Location: Indiana
- Founder(s): Brian Anderson & Grant Zinn
Challonge is a competition management technology that helps organizers streamline registration, progression, and record-keeping. Founded in 2009, Challonge offers more than 25 competition types as both a web-based software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform and as an API that can be integrated into websites, games, bots, and other software applications.
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- Location: Indiana
- Founder(s): David Cornelius & Matt McIntyre
CK2 Technologies is revolutionizing security protocols in stadiums, schools, hospitals, and beyond. Their cutting-edge solutions ensure seamless entry without compromising safety, utilizing innovative techniques to detect weapons with unparalleled efficiency.
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- Location: Westfield, Indiana
- Founder(s): Kurtis Arbuckle
Code19 Racing is the world’s first professional autonomous racing team, embarking on the groundbreaking journey of extreme autonomous racing. With a foundation rooted in innovation and a team comprised of military veterans, Code19 Racing proudly represents the United States on the global stage.
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- Location: Indianapolis, Indiana
- Founder(s): Lawrence Walter
The Conquer app allows you to create and join local games and connect with other athletes who share your passion for sports. Whether you’re into soccer, basketball, football, volleyball, pickleball, fitness, or futsal, Conquer has you covered.
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- Location: Indiana
- Founder(s): Louis Long, Tanner Luke, & Matthew Lee
Dallara-AK Esports is a joint venture between Italian race car manufacturer Dallara and Italian gaming PC manufacturer AK Informatica to develop advanced sim racing technologies. AK Esports is Italy’s premier company specializing in the organization and management of top-tier Esports competitions worldwide. Originally established in 2004 as an IT company, AK quickly emerged as a prominent player in the hardware sector, solidifying its reputation for excellence. AK has continued to achieve remarkable success, securing international recognition through strategic partnerships with industry giants such as SRO Motorsports Group, Dallara, and various automotive brands. With a proven track record of delivering exceptional events and fostering meaningful partnerships, AK is committed to driving the Esports industry forward.
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- Location: Indianapolis
- Founder(s): Alessio Cicolari
DaVinci Wearables is a first-to-market smart undergarment that tracks menstrual cycles and hormonal fluctuations to optimize fitness health for female athletes. For CEO and Founder Christy Fernandez Cull, the mission is deeply personal: In addition to being a longtime technologist, she’s an athlete and a mom.
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- Location: Indianapolis, IN
- Founder(s): Christy Fernandez-Cull
The EatWatchPlay app is a free app that allows users to play sports prediction games and earn tokens that can be redeemed for cash back and prizes. The app also offers a daily streak contest where users can win cash for making a certain number of correct picks in a row.
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- Location: Indianapolis, Indiana
- Founder(s): Rory Billing
Edge Sound Research uses vibration to create sound, automatically isolating audio objects in real-time to enable personalized and embodied experiences for diverse audiences, whether in a live entertainment venue or a virtual environment. Embodied sound™ turns ordinary objects into high-fidelity sound objects that you can hear and feel, setting the stage for a future where you can experience any moment as your favorite athlete, musician, game character, and more through sound.
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- Location: Indianapolis, IN
- Founder(s): Ethan Castro and Valtteri Salomaki
EmpwrU is a platform that empowers college and amateur athletes to monetize their Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) through partnerships with brands. It provides a mobile app that connects athletes with potential sponsors and facilitates NIL deals.
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- Location: Indianapolis, Indiana
- Founder(s): Alicia Leming
The Ganance Heir is a revolutionary module that transforms your regular watch into a smartwatch, granting it features and functionalities commonly found in top-tier smartwatches, all without compromising the original aesthetics of your watch. The device tracks health and movement data, such as steps, sleep, and notifications. It also connects to a phone via an app that allows users to monitor their activity and receive health insights.
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- Location: Indianapolis, IN
- Founder(s): Alex Ocampo
GeyserSteam is a brand of steam rooms that can be used at home, either indoors or outdoors. GeyserSteam steam rooms can heat up to 120°F, but feel like 200°F, and are designed to be easy to install.
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- Location: Indianapolis, Indiana
- Founder(s): Aaron Seemann & DeAndre Harakas
infoSentience is the Most advanced data analysis and communication technology on the market. InfoSentience is a technology company specializing in data analysis and reporting, utilizing advanced algorithms to process large volumes of information and generate insightful narratives with context and nuance, essentially providing automated content summaries and interpretations on demand.
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- Location: Bloomington, Indiana
- Founder(s): Steven Wasick
JETSWEAT is the first purpose-built technology platform focused on powering digital transformations for the boutique fitness studio industry. Featuring virtual on demand video, interactive two-way livestreaming and the most robust fitness-focused feature set available, JETSWEAT empowers studio owners to go digital and transform their revenue model to scale.
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- Location: Indiana
- Founder(s): Alexandra Dantzig
MAGPIE is the world’s first AI powered inventory and sales management system for collectible sellers. Designed by and for collectible dealers, we automate your inventory and sales workflows, so that you can get your inventory into the hands of the right customers faster and get back to doing what you love. We integrate with key marketplaces and point of sale systems including Shopify, Square, Ebay, and more. Less time on data entry. More time making money.
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- Location: Indiana
- Founder(s): Kathryn Harrison
MITO Materials created a chemistry platform technology that is the first and only process with the power to functionalize graphene and other biomaterials – creating hybrid additives that give fiber-reinforced composites and thermoplastics lab-verified improvements in strength, durability, flexibility, and sustainability. MITO’s first product series is designed to be seamless, scalable, and adaptable, with limitless engineering applications – allowing you to incorporate graphene into existing polymer and composite production methods.
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- Location: Indianapolis, Indiana
- Founder(s): Haley Keith & Kevin Keith
RefReps’ mission is to educate the next generation of great sports officials. RefReps Officiating Education System is a platform that provides turn-key officiating education courses and interactive training video packs to aid our new and veteran officials in being the most confident and accurate officials on the field, court, or mat.
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- Location: Zionsville, Indiana
- Founder(s): Kyle Armstrong
RootNote helps managers, talent agencies, esports organizations, universities, NIL collectives, professional sports franchises, brands, and all kinds of creative teams track their talent, manage their data, and tell their stories.
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- Location: Indianapolis, IN
- Founder(s): Jason Burchard, Jeremy Burchard, & Chandler Barnes
Scout is an investing platform focusing on wealth preservation and alignment for college athletes and the billions of dollars in the new NIL era. Scout allows users to understand spending habits, tax liabilities, save, and invest all on the platform, which is paired with financial education and being paid for by their college athletic department. Scout’s focus on the current college landscape will allow it to become the neobank for the modern athlete.
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- Location: Indiana
- Founder(s): Michael Haddix Jr. & Cindy Zeng
Founded in 2018, Sogility provides a unique way to bring the entire scope of player development under one roof via training methods and technology that provide an effective, efficient, way to improve with less wear and tear on the body. Sogility is a technology-driven soccer training center that provides an opportunity for everyone to create a more effective and engaging training environment, helping players reach their full potential.
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- Location: Westfield, Indiana
- Founder(s): Chris McGrath
Sportable is a London-based sports technology business that specializes in game insights and analytics and advanced ball and player tracking technology across a number of sports, including football, Australian rules football, American football and rugby. Sportable’s portable ball and player tracking technology delivers a turnkey solution for teams and leagues searching for game-winning skill and tactical insights.
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- Location: London
- Founder(s): Dugald Macdonald & Dr. Peter Husemeyer
SummaForte is a performance and recovery brand leveraging CBD, clinically-tested nutrients, and innovative manufacturing and delivery technologies to help people achieve peak performance and rapid recovery. SummaForte offers three signature performance and recovery products: SummaTape™, SummaMix™, and SummaRest™. Already top golfers, professional baseball, hockey and football players, Ironman athletes, ultra-marathoners, athletic trainers, sports medicine doctors and Olympians have embraced its products.
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- Location: Bloomington, IN
- Founder(s): Jeffrey Thinnes
SuperQuickQuestion (SQQ) is a virtual meet-and-greet platform that allows for live, one-on-one video chats between a host and a guest with a 60-second time limit. These chats can be used facilitate personalized interactions between fans and celebrities, athletes, or other public figures.
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- Location: Zionsville, Indiana
- Founder(s): Dave Benson
Developed by Dr. Fred Ferlic, a renowned Orthopedic Surgeon, and one of the nation’s top athletic trainers, Mike Bean, TayCo Brace over-the-shoe ankle braces empower mobility and stability, getting you back to normal with fewer life disruptions, more functionality, and improved outcomes when compared to alternative solutions. Our ankle supports are more than a temporary solution. It’s a long-term investment in your well-being. Each brace is built to last, providing enduring support and relief, saving you time, money, and frustration in the long run.
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- Location: South Bend, Indiana
- Founder(s): Gavin Ferlic & Mike Bean
Telemetry Sports provides cutting-edge sports data technology to over 30 NFL and NCAA teams. Their solutions empower organizations to make informed decisions and achieve success on the field.
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- Location: Nobelsville, IN
- Founder(s): Jeremy Hochstedler
Telemetry Sports is a trusted advisor to over 30 NFL and NCAA teams, providing quality sports data technology that produces efficient and winning results. Known for swift and reliable response solutions—Telemetry Sports offers organizations hands-on support built under their own unique banner.
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- Location: Noblesville, Indiana
- Founder(s): Jeremy Hochstedler
Terminus Technologies is developing computer vision-based systems and software for determining and analyzing vehicle positioning. The tracking technology has various applications including Motorsport, Road Safety, and eSports.
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- Location: Indianapolis
- Founder(s): Alexander Johnson, Joshua Ward, & Matous Kundrik
Tracking Football is an advanced scouting platform supplying and verifying athletic data on thousands of football players. Our service independently rates athleticism of prospects nationwide assisting NFL scouting departments, over 100 FBS college programs, and collegiate all-star games, including the East-West Shrine Bowl and CGS Gridiron Showcase.
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- Location: Carmel, IN
- Founder(s): Mark Branstad
Unbox the Universe is a startup that uses blockchain technology to create reward systems and tools for community engagement and value distribution. Unbox’s mission is to make every transaction true to its purpose, and to create a universe where trust is the foundation and transparency is a practice. Unbox provides you with the tools to create Smart Tokens that connect and combine the physical and digital worlds.
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- Location: Indiana
- Founder(s): Erik Saelens
Upper Hand is the leading provider of full-suite sports management software that enables businesses to achieve more while doing less. UpperHand gives owners and staff a competitive edge by automating business operations with an innovative software platform.
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- Location: Indianapolis, Indiana
- Founder(s): Kevin MacCauley
Vertikal X is a digital marketplace that brings together athletes and brands to be seen and find sponsorships. Our proprietary “VTX Score” algorithm utilizes AI and ML technologies to analyze and rank athletes based on their athletic and social media performance data. This provides brands with a curated list of verified athletes for sponsorship consideration. By connecting athletes with brands, Vertikal X helps athletes advance their careers and achieve their goals.
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- Location: Indianapolis
- Founder(s): José Carlos (Charlie) Sarmiento & Daniel Castaneda
Vital View Technologies is a Medical IoT company developing break-through sensor based connected solutions that produces new actionable insights to solve real-world challenges. Their CHF monitoring platform features a proprietary non-contact, noninvasive at-home medical monitor that tracks total body fluid change over time. This provides early, actionable data to clinicians inform patient care plans and prevent costly hospitalizations.
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- Location: South Bend, IN
- Founder(s): Tom Pratt and Ray Fraser
Wiistream is a software company that provides customizable streaming platforms for sports organizations. The company’s goal is to make streaming more accessible, and to help sports organizations engage with their fans and increase revenue.
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- Location: Indiana
- Founder(s): Patrick Magee & Fionn Herlihy