At Best Startup California we track over 300,000 Californian startups and over 1,500,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and organisations we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
We’ve ranked the top 88 Fantasy Sports companies in California, United States. The companies, startups and institutions listed in this article are all exceptional companies, well worth a follow. We have included links to their websites, socials and CrunchBase (if you’re interested in their financials).
We selected the organisations listed in this article based on:
- Track record
- Executive leadership
- Market share
- Innovation
- ESG rating
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Top Fantasy Sports Companies & Startups (California, United States)
Dibbs
Dibbs is a trade and collects in the only real-time, 24-7 fractional card market.
Founder(s): Evan Vandenberg
Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
Industries: Cryptocurrency, Fantasy Sports, Sports
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Swish Analytics
Swish Analytics operates as machine learning system for sports.
Founder(s): Corey Beaumont, Joseph Hagen, Robert Skoff
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Analytics, Big Data, Fantasy Sports, Machine Learning, Predictive Analytics, Sports
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Esports One
Esports One is the first real-time fantasy platform that makes watching esports competitive.
Founder(s): Gene Keselman, Matthew Gunnin, Sharon Winter
Location: Santa Monica, California, United States
Industries: Analytics, Artificial Intelligence, Computer Vision, Data Visualization, eSports, Fantasy Sports, Gaming, Machine Learning, Video Games, Video Streaming
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Lucra Sports
Lucra Sports operates as a social-first sports gaming platform.
Founder(s): Dylan Robbins
Location: Palo Alto, California, United States
Industries: Fantasy Sports, Sports
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Sleeper
Sleeper is a sports platform intended for fantasy leagues and eSports.
Founder(s): Henry Leung, Ken Wang, Nan Wang, Weixi Yen
Location: San Mateo, California, United States
Industries: eSports, Fantasy Sports, Messaging, Mobile, Sports
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Fast Break Labs
Building the future of sports gaming and entertainment
Founder(s): Charles Du, John Wu
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Blockchain, Fantasy Sports, Gaming, Sports
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FanAI
FanAI is an AI-driven Audience Monetization platform focusing first on esports.
Founder(s): Johannes Waldstein, Victor Genin
Location: Arcadia, California, United States
Industries: Artificial Intelligence, eSports, Fantasy Sports, Internet, Location Based Services, Social Media
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Repeat
Repeat Gaming is an esports tournament platform where users can compete for cash prizes across games.
Founder(s): Aaron Fletcher, James Beamish-White, Richard Edmonds
Location: Santa Clara, California, United States
Industries: Content Creators, eSports, Fantasy Sports, Gaming, Sports, Video Games
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MrktStar
MrktStar is a fantasy game that provides a gambling platform where anyone can pick their favorite apps and musicians.
Founder(s): John Vitti
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Apps, Fantasy Sports, Internet, Online Games
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Fantasy Invest
We gamify the stock market. You can conquer the stock market! Play and win with Fantasy Stocks game.
Founder(s): Mikhail Gavrilov
Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
Industries: Digital Entertainment, Fantasy Sports, Gaming
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Champions Round
Fantasy & sports betting operator offering hyper casual skill based contests.
Founder(s): Carter Russ, Chase Payne
Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
Industries: Android, Digital Entertainment, eSports, Fantasy Sports, iOS, Mobile, Mobile Apps, Online Games, Sports, Video Games
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Betmo
Betmo is a social peer-to- peer sports betting app which brings the excitement of betting on sports to the casual sports fan.
Founder(s): Jason Stern
Location: Santa Monica, California, United States
Industries: Apps, Consumer Software, Fantasy Sports, Gambling, Gaming, Mobile Apps, Online Games, Social Network, Sports
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Win-Win
Win-Win is a gamified giving platform that offers fantasy sports-style tournaments hosted by NFL and NBA athletes.
Founder(s): Mike T. Brown
Location: Oakland, California, United States
Industries: Charity, Fantasy Sports, Gaming, Sports
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LIQUID UFS
Ultimate Fantasy Sports
Founder(s): Danyal Panjwani
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Digital Marketing, Fantasy Sports, Gaming
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VULCUN
The largest prize pools in Fantasy eSports
Founder(s): Ali Moiz, Murtaza Hussain
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: eSports, Fantasy Sports, Gaming, Video Games
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Allied Esports
Allied Esports is a network of dedicated e-sports venues and content production facilities.
Founder(s): Jud Hannigan
Location: Santa Ana, California, United States
Industries: eSports, Fantasy Sports, Gaming
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Major League Fantasy
The leading gaming network for daily fantasy sports.
Founder(s): Jesse Merl
Location: Walnut Creek, California, United States
Industries: Fantasy Sports, Gamification, Gaming
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Watteam
Watteam is develop a professional & affordable power meter.
Founder(s): Ofir Gal-On
Location: Irvine, California, United States
Industries: Fantasy Sports, Hardware, Sporting Goods, Sports
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Gameday
Gameday allows its users to play fantasy sports on Messenger.
Founder(s): LC Carrier, Thierry Skoda
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Fantasy Sports, Online Games, Web Apps
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Open Gaming Solutions
Open Gaming Solutions is a B2B gaming software solutions provider.
Founder(s): Kuldeep Bath
Location: Palo Alto, California, United States
Industries: Fantasy Sports, Gambling, Internet, Mobile, Software
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Grin Gaming
Grin is a revolutionary technology platform that lets users predict every moment.
Founder(s): Nick Bucheleres
Location: Venice, California, United States
Industries: Artificial Intelligence, Fantasy Sports, Gaming, Machine Learning, Video Streaming
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No Halftime
No Halftime is fantasy sports betting app that allows you to create player vs player or team matchups and make bets for real money.
Founder(s): Jacob Lindorff
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Fantasy Sports, Gambling, Sports
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Razzball LLC
Fantasy Sports Community and Daily Projections
Founder(s): Grey Albright, Rudy Gamble
Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
Industries: Fantasy Sports, Gaming, Media and Entertainment, Sports
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Draftster
Daily and weekly fantasy sports contests for cash prizes
Founder(s):
Location: Santa Monica, California, United States
Industries: Fantasy Sports, Mobile
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Universal Tennis
Universal Tennis is a company behind the global tennis rating system UTR Powered by Oracle.
Founder(s): Darryl Cummings
Location: Palo Alto, California, United States
Industries: Fantasy Sports, Sporting Goods, Sports
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FANview Sports
FANview Sports is a team centric alternative game to fantasy sports.
Founder(s): Bradley Heimowitz
Location: Beverly Hills, California, United States
Industries: Crowdfunding, Fantasy Sports, Gaming, Mobile Apps, Sports
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Tallysight
Tallysight is the all-in-one content creator platform built for sports betting media teams.
Founder(s): Masheed Ahadi
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Content Creators, Enterprise Software, Fantasy Sports, Media and Entertainment, Productivity Tools
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Fansure
Analytics as a service for sports betting stakeholders
Founder(s): Vijay Shravah
Location: Mountain View, California, United States
Industries: Analytics, Content Marketing, Fantasy Sports, Gambling, Predictive Analytics, Sports
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Sporthold
Sporthold provides crowd-sourced sports predictions.
Founder(s): Adam Dill-Macky, Christian Thurston, Tom Hom
Location: Mountain View, California, United States
Industries: Analytics, Artificial Intelligence, Crowdsourcing, Fantasy Sports, Machine Learning, Software, Sports
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Quintar
Quintar is an enabling content owners to amplify the live game fan experience.
Founder(s): Jeff Jonas, Sankar Jayaram
Location: Santa Clara, California, United States
Industries: Digital Entertainment, Fantasy Sports
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PocketGM
PocketGM is a one-stop shop for fantasy-football players find articles, rankings, and other information related to football.
Founder(s): Gustavo Miguel
Location: Los Gatos, California, United States
Industries: Apps, Fantasy Sports, Sports
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Machaao
Machaao is a developer cloud platform to build conversational games, characters and much more.
Founder(s): Harshal Dhir, Shashank Prasad, Aditya Chavan
Location: Fremont, California, United States
Industries: eSports, Fantasy Sports, Gaming, Human Computer Interaction, Internet, Messaging, Online Games, Sports
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Lineups
Sports betting systems, tools and games built on data science
Founder(s): Sam Shefrin
Location: Irvine, California, United States
Industries: Big Data, Fantasy Sports, Gambling, Sports
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Award Winners
Award Winners Specializes in custom sports, corporate, and religious recognition awards which can manufacture your custom awards.
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Location: Northridge, California, United States
Industries: Fantasy Sports, Manufacturing, Religion, Sports
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Locker Room
Locker Room is a social network platform for live audio conversations about the takes, rumors, news, and the teams care about.
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Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
Industries: Apps, Fantasy Sports, News, Social Network, Sports
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Rivalry Games
Rivalry Games is a mobile application and website for fantasy sports.
Founder(s): Justin Bauer, Nathan Leland
Location: Santa Monica, California, United States
Industries: Apps, Fantasy Sports, Gaming, iOS, Mobile, Software, Sports
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Chargers
The San Diego Chargers are part of Western Division of the American Football Conference (AFC) in the National Football League (NFL).
Founder(s):
Location: San Diego, California, United States
Industries: Fantasy Sports, Gaming, Non Profit, Sports
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L.A. Gear, Inc
LA Gear is an American shoe company based in Los Angeles,
Founder(s):
Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
Industries: Fantasy Sports, Sports
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Skate One
Skate One is a manufacturer and distributor of skateboarding equipment and and hardware accessories of skateboards.
Founder(s):
Location: Goleta, California, United States
Industries: Direct Sales, Fantasy Sports, Retail, Sales, Sporting Goods
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TrophySmack
TrophySmack is an E-Commerce company that enhances Company Culture through customizable trophies, championship rings, and belts.
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Location: Brea, California, United States
Industries: E-Commerce, Fantasy Sports, Manufacturing, Sporting Goods
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Fantasy Alarm
Fantasy Alarm is a website that provides fantasy sports advice, news and other fantasy sports content currently in trend.
Founder(s):
Location: Huntington Beach, California, United States
Industries: Fantasy Sports, News, Sports
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Gankstars
Gankstars is a multi-platform competitive esports organization and media company.
Founder(s): Alex Novosad
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: eSports, Fantasy Sports, Gaming
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Fantasizr
Fantasizr is a web-based platform that enables its users to create fantasy leagues.
Founder(s):
Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
Industries: Fantasy Sports
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Stohlquist
Stohlquist is an online shop that offers a wide range of waterware and flotation accessories.
Founder(s):
Location: Vista, California, United States
Industries: E-Commerce, Fantasy Sports, Sporting Goods
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Elys Game Technology
Elys Game Technology delivers a true state-of-the-art betting platform, capable of processing any type of digital game content.
Founder(s):
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Casino, eSports, Fantasy Sports, Gambling
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Cardiff Skate Co
Cardiff Skate Co is an online store that supplies sporting goods like skates, boards, apparel and accessories.
Founder(s):
Location: Cardiff By The Sea, California, United States
Industries: E-Commerce, Fantasy Sports, Sporting Goods
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Bases Loaded
Bases Loaded is a retail start up that offers and is dedicated to the sport of Baseball and Softball.
Founder(s): Dan Wells
Location: Rancho Cordova, California, United States
Industries: Events, Fantasy Sports, Sports
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FantasyAces
FantasyAces is platform lets users put their sports knowledge to the ultimate test and draft fantasy teams daily for cash prizes.
Founder(s):
Location: Aliso Viejo, California, United States
Industries: Fantasy Sports, Sports
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DraftFury
The fastest growing casual-friendly fantasy sports site! Featuring popular innovations such skill-based head-to-head matches.
Founder(s):
Location: Pasadena, California, United States
Industries: Fantasy Sports, Sports
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Alarm Sports Network
Alarm Sports Network is a fantasy sports technology and media company.
Founder(s):
Location: Huntington Beach, California, United States
Industries: Fantasy Sports, News, Sports
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Tailored Games
Tailored Games provides products and services for developing games.
Founder(s): Scott Schlichter
Location: Marina Del Rey, California, United States
Industries: Fantasy Sports, Sports, Video Games
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Alphard Golf
Alphard Golf is a golf accessories company that designs and manufactures golf stand bags and cart bags.
Founder(s):
Location: Fremont, California, United States
Industries: Fantasy Sports, Manufacturing, Sporting Goods
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Playerline
The #1 Fantasy Football & NFL News App
Founder(s): Shawn Bishop
Location: Los Altos, California, United States
Industries: Android, Apps, Fantasy Sports, iOS, News, Sports
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Easy Streak
Win Cash Daily by picking teams not fantasy players – Legal in all 50 States
Founder(s):
Location: Pasadena, California, United States
Industries: Consulting, eSports, Fantasy Sports, Fitness, Sports
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DraftMix
DraftMix is an online platform allowing fantasy sports enthusiasts to play pickup games against other players for real and virtual money.
Founder(s): Chad Remesch
Location: Campbell, California, United States
Industries: Fantasy Sports, Sports, Venture Capital
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FantasyBook
FantasyBook develops fantasy sports games for the Facebook platform.
Founder(s): Ben Standefer
Location: Daly City, California, United States
Industries: Apps, Fantasy Sports, Sports
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Fantasy Quick Pick
Fantasy Quick Pick allows any sports fan to enjoy and contend in fantasy sports contests by offering a simple, fun, and fair format.
Founder(s):
Location: San Diego, California, United States
Industries: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Fantasy Sports, Gambling
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SportsVault
Simple, secure fantasy sports payments.
Founder(s): Brandon Fischer, Karl Garrett, Spencer Mitchell
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Fantasy Sports, Payments, Sports
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Sports.ws
Sports.ws is a developer of web-based fantasy sports games.
Founder(s): Patrick Butler
Location: Palo Alto, California, United States
Industries: Fantasy Sports, Sports
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Rallypoint
Social Media through the Television
Founder(s):
Location: Los Altos, California, United States
Industries: Advertising, Advertising Platforms, Fantasy Sports, Internet of Things, iOS, Social Media, Sports, Video
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SportsGenie
SportsGenie.net caters to a large and growing population of sports enthusiasts via a broad array of real-time team and player statistics,
Founder(s):
Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
Industries: Fantasy Sports
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MotoAmerica
MotoAmerica is a superbike championship event management company that broadcasts races all over the world.
Founder(s):
Location: Irvine, California, United States
Industries: Event Management, Fantasy Sports, Sports
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Swiftpicks
The Fastest Alternative to Sports Betting
Founder(s):
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Fantasy Sports, Gaming, Online Games, Sports
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Next Play Sports
Next Play Sports is an app that predicts plays, drives and outcomes in real-time against the other users and fellow fans.
Founder(s): Geoff Skow
Location: San Diego, California, United States
Industries: Apps, Fantasy Sports, iOS, Mobile, Software, Sports
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iTennis Arcadia
Tennis Arcadia offers tennis programs, tournaments, and events.
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Location: Arcadia, California, United States
Industries: Events, Fantasy Sports, Sports, Tennis
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FNTZ, LLC
To build a community of sports fans that can instantly share and improve upon their passion for sports analysis in fantasy games.
Founder(s): Benson Lau, Brice Olion, Jean Christophe Le, Jonathan Hsiung, Peter Tran
Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
Industries: Communities, Fantasy Sports, Sports
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StrackaLine
StrackaLine specializes in the production green reading books and guides for tracking the exact slopes and breaks of a golf ground.
Founder(s):
Location: Encinitas, California, United States
Industries: Fantasy Sports, Golf, Sports
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Big Balls Fantasy Football
Football News and Picks by Real Fans
Founder(s): Greg Reifsteck
Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
Industries: Fantasy Sports, Mobile, Social Media, Sports
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Digital Haiku Corp
Digital Haiku is a boutique creating innovative web and mobile applications specializing in games, fantasy sports and high traffic
Founder(s): Rudy Menendez
Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
Industries: Consulting, Developer Tools, Fantasy Sports, Mobile
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LineStar
LineStar helps to win daily fantasy sports through data analytics, premium data, sport-specific tools, and community chat.
Founder(s):
Location: San Diego, California, United States
Industries: Fantasy Sports, Mobile Apps, Online Games
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Fantasy Baseball Arbitration
Fantasy Baseball Arbitration.com is your answer for any fantasy baseball related disputes.
Founder(s): Michael Ritter
Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
Industries: Fantasy Sports, Sports
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DoubleUp
DoubleUp provides a new fast & easy way to play fantasy sport.
Founder(s): Jonathan Geggatt
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Fantasy Sports, Sports
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Le Five
Le Five is a sports facility that offers indoor field rentals, pick up, leagues, and soccer training services.
Founder(s):
Location: West Sacramento, California, United States
Industries: Events, Fantasy Sports, Sports, Training
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Fan Futsal
Social Weekly Fantasy Soccer Website
Founder(s): Dave Knittel
Location: San Jose, California, United States
Industries: Fantasy Sports, Soccer
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Bignoggins Productions
Bignoggins develops Fantasy Monster and Draft Monster; sports mobile apps that help users create fantasy sports teams across web sites.
Founder(s):
Location: San Jose, California, United States
Industries: Fantasy Sports, Mobile
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LeagueHeads
LeagueHeads is a skill-based game series that enables individuals to play any sport they prefer.
Founder(s): Brendan Joyce, Greg Levy, Jonny McAllister
Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
Industries: Fantasy Sports, Gaming, Sports
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The Rink-Poway
The Rinks provides ice skating, hockey and skating services.
Founder(s):
Location: Poway, California, United States
Industries: Fantasy Sports, Hockey, Sports
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Paintball International
Here to change the World of Paintball.
Founder(s):
Location: San Jose, California, United States
Industries: Fantasy Sports
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Nasa Rally Sport
Nasa Rally Sport is a sports company.
Founder(s):
Location: Lake Forest, California, United States
Industries: Automotive, Fantasy Sports, Sports
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MRC Musgrave Racing
MRC Musgrave Racing professional motocross and kart racing company that offers race team, engine builder, and driver development.
Founder(s):
Location: Riverside, California, United States
Industries: Automotive, Fantasy Sports, Racing, Recreational Vehicles
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San Francisco Soccer Football League
The San Francisco Soccer Football League is America’s oldest soccer league.
Founder(s):
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Fantasy Sports, Service Industry, Sports
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Swim With Heart
Swim With Heart is a non-profit organization that offers swim lessons, swim fitness, competitive swimming and children’s swim programs.
Founder(s):
Location: Santa Monica, California, United States
Industries: Children, Fantasy Sports, Swimming
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Eagle Club Indoor Golf
Eagle Club Indoor Golf is a place to practice your golf game in downtown SF.
Founder(s):
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Casual Games, Fantasy Sports, Gaming
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Sport Itorporated
Sport Itorporated is a sports and sporting goods supply company located in San Diego.
Founder(s):
Location: San Diego, California, United States
Industries: Fantasy Sports, Sporting Goods, Sports
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Wager Alarm
Wager Alarm is to intelligently track sports line movements for sports bettors.
Founder(s):
Location: Huntington Beach, California, United States
Industries: Fantasy Sports, News, Sports
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Drafftboard.com
A multi-screen web based application to help create rich experiences for groups that get together to conduct their fantasy draft.
Founder(s): Angelo Calub
Location: Folsom, California, United States
Industries: Fantasy Sports
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BetAgainstMe.com
BetAgainstMe.com is a company based out of Los Gatos, CA, United States.
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Location: Los Gatos, California, United States
Industries: Fantasy Sports, Gambling, Sports
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SaddleBrooke Women’s Golf Association
SaddleBrooke Women’s Golf Association is to organize SaddleBrooke women golfers to promote and conserve the best interest and true spirit .
Founder(s):
Location: Azusa, California, United States
Industries: Fantasy Sports, Leisure, Sports
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