What Break the Love does

Break the Love, founded in 2019 and headquartered in New York, operates a mobile application platform that connects three stakeholder groups in the tennis ecosystem: individual players seeking court access and community, underutilized court facilities, and brand partners looking to reach an engaged tennis audience. The company's stated mission is to unlock access to racquet sport activities across underutilized spaces, framing tennis courts as the supply-side inventory that it helps activate through community programming, booking, and brand experiences. The app serves as the unified product surface for all three sides of the marketplace.

The platform is delivered as a self-serve, app-first product targeting individual consumers and SMB-level court operators. Technology details are limited in the public record: the company is described as a mobile application with integration and interoperability as its stated technical differentiator, but no proprietary AI, data assets, APIs, SDKs, or patents are disclosed. Headcount is in the 11-50 range, and the operating footprint appears U.S.-focused though distribution is through a mobile app that is technically global in reach.

Break the Love's revenue model is not publicly detailed. Available sources indicate it operates as a platform service with recurring revenue characteristics, likely combining court booking commissions, brand partnership fees, and possible subscription or premium consumer features. Pricing is not disclosed. The company has raised approximately $2.75 million in venture funding to date — a $250,000 pre-seed round in September 2020 from Antler and LEAD, followed by a $2.5 million seed round in January 2022 led by Lake Nona Fund with participation from Antler, Caddie Ventures, Open Venture Capital, and Red Giraffe Advisors. The company remains private and founder-led based on available information.

Name

Break the Love

Website

https://breakthelove.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2019

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Break the Love is a New York-based mobile app platform, founded in 2019, that connects individual tennis players with underutilized courts and brand partners to drive accessibility and community engagement in the sport.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Tennis Court Marketplace

NAICS

Fitness and Recreational Sports Centers (71394), Sporting Goods Retailers (459110)

SIC

Services-Membership Sports & Recreation Clubs (7997), Services-Amusement & Recreation Services (7900)

akta.pro primary industry

Tennis & Racquet Sports Clubs (Tennis, Padel, Pickleball, Squash) (MPAKABAF)

Keywords

• Tennis court booking
• Racquet sport platform
• Tennis community app
• Sports facility access
• Tennis player network

Headquarters

HQ city

New York

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Revenue model

1. Platform Services: The company operates a platform connecting tennis players, courts, and brands, likely generating revenue through service fees, brand partnerships, and court booking commissions. Exact revenue mechanics not disclosed in available sources.

Distribution channels1 record

Core offering

Break the Love operates a mobile app platform that connects tennis players with courts and brands to promote racquet sport accessibility and community engagement. Founded in 2019 in New York, the company addresses underutilized sports spaces by aggregating court availability and brand partnerships for individual players. The app is the company's core product and sole customer-facing channel for booking courts and engaging with the tennis community.

Product overview

Break the Love is a tennis platform operating as a unified mobile app that connects players, courts, and brands to promote tennis accessibility and community. The app serves as the core product enabling these connections.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Break the Love App

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• PlayYourCourt: PlayYourCourt is a tennis-focused platform that connects players with coaches and organizes league/matches; competes directly with Break the Love for tennis players seeking community and structured play in the US.
• CourtReserve: CourtReserve is a leading court-management and booking platform used by tennis and pickleball facilities; competes on the supply side with Break the Love by enabling facilities to manage their own bookings, leagues, and member engagement directly.
• Global Tennis Network: Global Tennis Network is an online community and management platform for tennis programs, instructors, and players, providing scheduling, communication, and marketing tools—directly overlapping Break the Love's player-court-brand connection thesis.
• Playtomic: Playtomic operates a global marketplace for padel and tennis court booking, leagues, and player communities, with strong European penetration; the closest international analog to Break the Love's marketplace model.

Emerging players

• Pickleheads: Pickleheads is a marketplace and community for pickleball players to find courts, partners, and leagues, applying a near-identical playbook to Break the Love but in the faster-growing pickleball segment.
• DUPR: DUPR is a pickleball (and increasingly multi-racquet-sport) rating and tournament platform that aggregates players and facilities; adjacent to Break the Love's community/brand thesis and a likely consolidator in the racquet-sport stack.

Broad incumbents

• Tennis Channel / Tennis.com: Tennis Channel/tennis.com is the dominant US media and content destination for tennis fans; an incumbent that could extend into community and booking features, potentially competing for Break the Love's player engagement and brand-sponsorship inventory.
• USTA (United States Tennis Association): USTA governs tennis in the US and operates leagues, ratings, and facility programs at massive scale; a structural incumbent that Break the Love must partner with (or risk displacement by) for league-level play.
• ClassPass: ClassPass aggregates fitness and wellness studios including racquet-sport facilities under a subscription model; comparable as a multi-sided consumer subscription marketplace and a potential channel partner or competitor for Break the Love's booking layer.

Regional players

• iTennis: iTennis operates tennis clubs and instructional programs primarily in the US Northeast, representing a regional facility operator that could either be a partner for Break the Love or a competing direct-to-consumer brand for tennis programming.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/breakthelove_hq

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds2 records

Investors6 records

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M&A

Investments

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