Top 9 Successful Sports Startups in India

Many entrepreneurs are coming up with new businesses ranging from retailing sports apparel to providing analytics to improve performance.  Sports is one of the biggest industries in India. In 2013, it was reported that the Sports Goods market was $2 Billion in India. Hence, it is clear that this market has a lot of potentials. Moreover, Sports startups promote health and passion. Here are a few sports startups in India that are evolving the Sports industry.

Sports in India is growing, with a newer generation of players coming in and that there is an increasing interest in luxury sports.
- Vikrant Singh Mathur, RIPC

SportsApp
Sports365
Protege Sports
Live Your Sport
SportzVillage
Rooter
Dream11
BookMySports
KOOH Sports
FAQ

SportsApp

SportsApp is a leading sports startup in India that was founded by Shashank Mishra and Himanshu Nain in 2018. It is an aggregated platform built to provide ease for one to connect with another. Here they can follow one another, share relevant thoughts, get updates about upcoming events, sports job positions, apply for sponsorships, etc.

All of the team members at SportsApp have played sports at different levels and have experienced the pain that experienced by most of the players currently. So, the main idea behind this sports startup is to bind everyone together so that they can make this nation a good sporting nation by organizing this sector.

Sports365

Sports365 is a Bangalore-based startup founded by Chandra Sekhar Reddy and Aashutosh Chaudhari in 2011. This is one of the first professional sports companies in India that cater to the sports and fitness sector with their one-stop solution for users’ sporting requirements of both individuals and institutions.

They sell a wide range of sports products like sports and fitness equipment, apparel and accessories of leading national and international sports brands. They also provide services for events, infrastructure development, and consulting and merchandising as well to schools and colleges, corporates, clubs and real estate.

Sports365 raised a total funding of $1 million from investors such as Zolon Ventures and Powerhouse Ventures among others. The startup has also backed Yuvraj Singh and Lara Dutta as its sports ambassadors and owns as well as operates online portals like sports365.in, tennishub.in, and badmintonhub.in.

Protege Sports

Protégé Sports is a sports-tech startup founded by Pranesh Krishnamurthy, Rohit Narayan and Rahul Rane in 2014. They aim to bring sports technology to all. Protégé Sports supplies wearable technology for team sports like hockey and football that helps track players’ performance on the field. This helps clubs and coaches to set a benchmark for the players and manage training and trial sessions accordingly.

The startup also provides SAAS i.e. Software as a Service tool such as software licenses to use its academy or club management tools, training modules and communication modules among others. They also offer tournament management services, along with ticketing and merchandising services.

Live Your Sport

Live Your Sport (Azani) is Bengaluru-based online sports goods and fitness equipment store founded in 2012 by Siddharth Suchde. The startup provides an online store for sports and fitness enthusiasts where one can find quality equipment and accessories. It uses thirteen technology products and services including Google Analytics, G Suite and reCAPTCHA among others. They also offer helpful insights into various aspects related to sports and fitness like health, diet, injury, recovery, and more.

The online platform provides a sports and fitness-oriented services centre that strives to make the users’ sports and fitness journey easy, comprehensive access and hassle-free services. It lets the users browse through 20,000 sports and fitness equipment ranging from over 30 sports and various workout modules. They also provide information on workouts, training, diets and more on their blogs.

SportzVillage

SportzVillage is a Bangalore-based sports startup founded in 2003 by Jitendra Joshi and Saumil Majmudar. It is one of the oldest Indian sports startups and a leading provider of sports education and management to schools and corporates. The startup offers sports marketing, ticketing, and infrastructure services, SportzConsult and EduSports being two of its subsidies.

The startup has built an ecosystem of relationships across federations, media, brands and sponsors through its subsidies. SportzVillage capitalizes on emerging sports and health & fitness-related markets in India. They have a presence in five cities across India and raised total funding of $10 million.

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Rooter

Rooter is a Delhi-based social network for sports enthusiasts that connects people with similar interests in sports, the app was founded by Piyush Kumar in 2016. It allows users to predict scores and events with friends during the live game.

The startup assigns a passion score to each of its users and the passion score is generated by an algorithm that crawls the user’s social media activity and engagement with the app. The users can also connect to other enthusiasts based on passion score and distance. Their app is available on both iOS and Android platforms.

Dream11

Dream11 is a Mumbai-based online platform founded in 2009 by Bhavit Sheth and Harsh Jain. The startup is an official partner of BCCI’s IPL used for playing real-time fantasy cricket and football leagues.

The startups started with cricket and then launched football fantasy leagues as well in the year 2014. The users can form leagues and invite friends to play and compete for scores. The startup raised total funding of $100 million from investors such as Tencent, Kalaari Capital and Multiples Equity among others.

BookMySports

BookMySports is a digital sports platform founded by Sanjeev Sinha that is a handy interface between the public and their access to avail sports facilities covering major sports such as cricket, football, tennis, basketball and more. The platform lets users book sports facilities or create their own sports tournaments online within a matter of minutes. They aim at increasing the capacity utilization of sports facilities across cities by connecting sports enthusiasts to them through their online platform.

The startup has a wide range of products tapping the entire value chain spanning across the sports ecosystem. It enables the users to drive benefits from better management of demand and supply, introducing operational efficiencies and transparency in pricing and service delivery for users. They are currently present across six cities in India.

KOOH Sports

KOOH Sports is founded by Prabhu Srinivasan & Susir Kumar in 2010. KOOH Sports is headquartered in Mumbai. It is an international sports startup that provides sports education, training, and technology.

KOOH Sports was founded to develop sporting habits in children in order to promote a healthy lifestyle. It organizes grass root sports programs at schools to generate interest in sports among children. Its sports development centres are dedicated to nurturing and promoting sporting talents.

KOOH Sports is backed by private equity fund Faering Capital, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), HDFC Ltd and sports promotion service Elevate Sports. Existing investors together hold a 70% stake in the company and the rest is with promoters.

Conclusion

Sports is a very important part of India. It is not only an activity, entertainment or about health, it's about emotions. Each Indian love to watch at least one sport. Also, during critical matches, it brings families and society together.

So, this was a list of sports startups in India. Hope you enjoyed reading our article and found this informative.

FAQ

Which are some of the top startups of India?

Dream11, SportsApp, Sportz Village and Rooter are some of the top startups of India.

How many sports companies are there in India?

There are approximately 30,000+ sports companies in India