50 Best Basketball Companies to Watch in 2026

The most prominent basketball companies ranked by global prominence, funding activity, and market position. Showing the top 50 out of 152 companies tracked on Fsome.

152
Total Companies
$370.3M
Total Funding
$2.4M
Avg Funding
New York
Top Location
# Company Location Employees Total Funding Last Round Last Funded
1
Unrivaled
Unrivaled is a women’s basketball league that provides an off-season platform fo…
Miami 1 - 10 $43.7M Series B 2025-09-08
2
National Basketball Association
National Basketball Association is the pre-eminent men's professional basketball…
Brooklyn 1K - 5K $25.0M Private Equity 2025-06-04
3
New York Liberty
New York Liberty is an organization that promotes youth basketball through organ…
Brooklyn 11 - 50 Undisclosed 2025-05-22
4
ShotTracker
ShotTracker makes sensor-based technology that automatically captures basketball…
Mission 11 - 50 $33.8M Series Unknown 2021-03-31
5
Fan Controlled Football
Fan Controlled Football is the first fan-run professional sports league.
Los Angeles 11 - 50 $63.2M Series Unknown 2024-02-19
6
WNBA Enterprises
WNBA Enterprises is a privately held company that owns and operates women’s bask…
New York 1K - 5K $75.0M Undisclosed 2022-02-03
7
Ballogy
Ballogy is a tracking and analytics app that allows to connect, compete, and dev…
Austin 11 - 50 $6.0M Series A 2021-04-01
8
DribbleUp
DribbleUp is a platform that tracks and analyzes the client's performance in bas…
Woodmere 51 - 100 $520K Debt Financing 2022-11-29
9
Moolah Kicks
Moolah Kicks is a women’s basketball brand that offers sneakers that are biomech…
New York 1 - 10 $5.0M Seed 2022-11-28
10
Zephyr
Zephyr helps sports teams analyze game video. The engine watches the video of a …
Frisco 1 - 10 $750K Pre Seed 2024-12-10
11
East Asian Super League
EASL is an annual top professional club basketball event in East Asia and the Ph…
Hong Kong 11 - 50 $40.0M Series C 2022-12-22
12
Clubee
Unburdening human workforce in sports organizations through AI & automation.
Foetz 11 - 50 $2.0M Series A 2023-07-01
13
SIQ Basketball
SIQ Basketball is a Los Angeles, CA-based creator of a smart basketball approved…
Helsinki 11 - 50 $3.0M Seed 2024-03-29
14
Basketball Forever
Basketball Forever offers up-to-the-minute updates on all aspects of the game, b…
Sydney 1 - 10 $4.0M Series A 2024-03-20
15
HomeCourt
HomeCourt is an interactive basketball app that acts as a personal skills traine…
San Jose 11 - 50 $42.0M Series B 2021-09-21
16
FanWide
FanWide is a free website and app that connects sports fans from every team in a…
Seattle 11 - 50 $2.5M Series Unknown 2019-06-10
17
Level Up - Basketball Training App
Community-driven, gamified, and AI-powered app for basketball training for 500M …
Wilmington 1 - 10 $200K Pre Seed 2021-12-10
18
Swoops
Swoops develops and creates a basketball simulation game with the help of blockc…
Remote 1 - 10 $3.5M Seed 2022-04-12
19
Los Angeles Lakers
The Los Angeles Lakers are an American professional basketball team that compete…
El Segundo 51 - 100 Secondary Market 2010-10-18
20
MIOBIO
MIOBIO is a data driven kitchen for sports and health.
Valencia 1 - 10 $263K Non Equity Assistance 2024-10-04
21
Gym Class
Gym Class is a virtual reality basketball app on meta quest app lab.
Los Angeles 11 - 50 $8.0M Seed 2022-08-02
22
Sports Flashes
Sports Flashes operates a sports content app that provides sports news, live sco…
New Delhi 51 - 100 $1.0M Seed 2018-06-04
23
Robo Point Guard
Robo Point Guard helps basketball players to improve and train through robotics,…
Houston 1 - 10 $250K Seed 2024-04-03
24
SportsTrader
SportsTrader™ software uses AI algorithms to source arbitrage bets based on spor…
London 1 - 10 $100K Pre Seed 2020-08-01
25
Milwaukee Bucks
Milwaukee Bucks is an American professional basketball team that competes in NBA…
Milwaukee 251 - 500 Secondary Market 2023-02-10
26
National Basketball Retired Players Association
National Basketball Retired Players Association is a non-profit association comp…
Chicago 1 - 10 $25K Grant 2022-05-02
27
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ZipLocker
ZipLocker offers gear for champions, on and off the basketball court.
1 - 10 $25K Pre Seed 2023-03-04
28
Utrain Inc.
The #1 Booking App for Basketball Trainers
Charlottesville 1 - 10 $126K Undisclosed 2025-10-05
29
Golden State Warriors
The Golden State Warriors is an American professional basketball team.
San Francisco 501 - 1K Undisclosed 2010-11-12
30
EuroStep Ventures
EuroStep Ventures is a sports and entertainment platform focused on global baske…
Paris 1 - 10 Corporate Round 2025-12-18
31
StatRoute Inc.
Simplifying Complex Stats for Fantasy Sports Consumers & Sports Bettors
St Louis 1 - 10 $424K Pre Seed 2018-02-01
32
The Brooklyn Youth Sports Club
The Brooklyn Youth Sports Club is a basketball team that competes in leagues and…
Brooklyn 11 - 50 $30K Grant 2025-02-12
33
Elmcor Youth & Adult Activities
Elmcor Youth & Adult Activities is a non-profit professional service organizatio…
Corona 101 - 250 $25K Grant 2024-01-29
34
MADE Hoops
MADE Hoops is a middle school basketball events company that conducts various ma…
Bronx 1 - 10 Series Unknown 2025-11-12
35
DRAFT
Draft is the first truly mobile fantasy game. Like Words with Friends for fantas…
New York 11 - 50 $5.6M Series A 2015-02-10
36
Twende Sports
Twende Sports is a leading basketball brand that promotes youth basketball and p…
Nairobi 11 - 50 Seed 2024-01-01
37
Phoenix Suns
Phoenix Suns is a professional basketball team that competes in the national bas…
Phoenix, United States 501 - 1K Private Equity 2021-07-06
38
Purple Viper Basketball League
Premier Training Basketball League in Newport Beach, CA
Newport Beach, United States 1 - 10 $10K Pre Seed 2018-06-09
39
Classlete
Classlete is to guide high school athletes in making wise decisions and leading …
Woodstock 1 - 10 Non Equity Assistance 2022-06-09
40
Beyond the Ball
Beyond the Ball was founded in 2019 by Erica Molett
Dallas Grant 2023-02-17
41
ShotTek Inc
Basketball, Device, Mobile App
Seattle 1 - 10 Pre Seed 2017-12-05
42
Play BlackTop
Play BlackTop is a gamified platform for basketball players to connect, compete …
Toronto 11 - 50 Non Equity Assistance 2018-09-01
43
Russellville Youth Baseball Association
Russellville Youth Baseball Association was created in 1995 and serves as Russel…
Russellville 11 - 50 Grant 2023-12-19
44
BDA Sports Management
BDA Sports Management is a service agency representing the industry's elite athl…
Walnut Creek 11 - 50 Corporate Round 2020-12-15
45
Blue Equity Sports Television
Blue Equity Sports Television is an NBA and international player agency that dev…
Louisville 1 - 10 Private Equity 2020-01-01
46
Peak Sport
Peak Sport is primarily engaged in designing, manufacturing, and distributing sp…
Reggio Nell Emilia 11 - 50 Post Ipo Equity 2020-01-01