Top 21 Fantasy Sports startups

Updated: Dec 06, 2025
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These startups offer users the opportunity to draft real players, form fantasy teams, and compete based on the statistical performance of athletes in actual games.
1
Underdog
Country: USA | Funding: $115M
​Underdog Fantasy is an online daily fantasy sports platform that allows users to participate in Pick'em games and esports projections.
2
Dream11
Country: India | Funding: $1.2B
Dream11 positions itself as a "second-screen sports platform." It's a Twirch-like platform where content creators can add own video accompaniment to sports live broadcasts, and viewers can interact with them via real-time chat and play related fantasy games. Dream 11 attracts independent content creators who can host their own live match broadcasts and build communities around specific teams or leagues. Content creators receive a share of revenue from advertising and sponsorships on their streams and the company receives its commission. Dream11 is the flagship project of Dream Sports, which also offers the streaming service FanCode, the artificial intelligence project Dream Sports AI, the mobile game Dream Cricket, and the sports travel platform Dream Set Go.
3
Sorare
Country: France | Funding: $739.2M
Sorare is a global fantasy football game where players can buy, trade, and play with official digital cards.
4
FanCraze
Country: USA | Funding: $117.4M
Faze is a Cricket NFT platform allowing fans to collect, use, play, and interact with cricket through NFTs.
5
Sleeper
Country: USA | Funding: $67.3M
Sleeper is a sports platform intended for fantasy leagues and eSports.
6
Rei do Pitaco
Country: Brazil | Funding: $38.2M
Brazilian Daily Fantasy Sports company for cash prizes
7
Prediction Strike
Country: USA | Funding: $14.7M
PredictionStrike is a simulated stock market platform that allows users to invest in a stock of professional athletes.
8
Splash Sports
Country: USA | Funding: $14.1M
Splash Sports is a platform for real-money gaming that allows friends and groups to play in skill-based activities.
9
GridRival
Country: USA | Funding: $8.6M
GridRival is a real money gaming platform dedicated exclusively to motorsports.
10
ThriveFantasy
Country: USA | Funding: $7.6M
ThriveFantasy is a daily fantasy sports and esports platform that focuses solely on top-tier athletes from each sport.
11
Fantasy Life
Country: USA | Funding: $7M
Fantasy football & betting content straight to your inbox, for free, every day.
12
GameOn
Country: Canada | Funding: $6.3M
GameOn creates games that utilize NFTs, predictive gaming, and fantasy elements, all crafted to optimize fan involvement.
13
PlayerzPot
Country: India | Funding: $3M
PlayerzPot is a fantasy gaming platform for cricket.
14
Fungiball
Country: France | Funding: €2.2M
Fungiball is an immersive play-to-earn tennis game that cultivates a community of passionate tennis players and fans.
15
PrizePicks
Country: USA | Funding: $850K
PrizePicks is a Daily Fantasy Sports (DFS) platform that covers sports betting in a wide variety of leagues.
16
Payday Fantasy
Country: USA | Funding: $200K
Payday Fantasy is a mobile betting platform that allows its users to bet on their favorite teams in sports.
17
Leagueswype
Country: USA | Funding: $12.7K
Leagueswype offers a quick, easy, and secure solution for transferring funds.
18
LineupLegends
Country: USA
LineupLegends gives you a chance to choose your favorite players to create the best wrestling lineup and win real money prizes!
19
Play Togga
Country: USA
Togga has taken the successful elements of fantasy football and applied them to the world’s most popular sport: soccer.
20
MyClubtap
Country: Australia
Empowering grassroots sport clubs & leagues to have their own custom fantasy platform
Paul Schäfer
Editor: Paul Schäfer
Paul is a sport journalist for more than 11 years. He specializes in writing match previews across several leagues and competitions around the world, and his insightful tips have amassed a total readership in excess of 5.2 million till date. He graduated from the Universität Hamburg (Institute of Human Movement Science). He is a huge fan of Bayern Munich. In his free time, Paul enjoys playing tennis and padel with his friends and collegues. You can contact Paul at paulschafer(at)sportstartups(dot)com