Sportiw

What Sportiw does

Sportiw SAS is a French sportstech company that operates an AI-driven recruitment marketplace connecting athletes, coaches, agents, and sports clubs across basketball, football, and handball. Founded in June 2018 and headquartered in Chambéry, France, the platform enables self-serve profile creation, standardized sports CVs, advanced multi-filter candidate search (by sport, position, championship, availability, sports degree, and location), and direct messaging between members. Its product surface comprises the core Sportiw Platform, the Scouting Pro add-on for Football and Basketball, and a Premium Subscription tier that unlocks enhanced visibility, verified profile badges, and full offer access. The platform supports English, French, and Spanish, and is accessible globally via the web.

The business model is freemium with a recurring revenue layer. Free registration yields limited visibility and restricted offer access, monetized in part through on-platform advertising. Paid Premium subscriptions, available on monthly, quarterly, and annual cadences with auto-renewal on monthly plans, are the principal direct revenue stream. Scouting Pro functions as a B2B upsell for clubs performing targeted candidate matching. Payment processing is handled via Stripe. The company is GDPR-compliant (with CNIL-aligned privacy practices), runs a content engine on its blog, and maintains social profiles across LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, and TikTok.

Sportiw serves a four-sided user base: amateur and professional athletes seeking visibility, clubs and federations recruiting talent, coaches looking for positions, and licensed agents managing client portfolios. Named enterprise logos include Servette FC, the French Football Federation (FFF), Adidas, F.C. Copenhagen, Capevo, and Team Chambéry. The company raised 1 million euros in seed equity funding in May 2024 (reported as approximately $1.09M USD) to accelerate international expansion, enhance AI tools, and form strategic partnerships. Leadership comprises Zeljko Kiauta (President and Data Controller) and Léa Gaget (Data Protection Officer and co-founder).

Name

Sportiw

Legal name

Sportiw SAS

Website

https://sportiw.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2018

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Sportiw is a French AI-driven sports recruitment marketplace connecting athletes, coaches, agents, and clubs across basketball, football, and handball via standardized sports CVs, advanced candidate search, and premium subscription services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Sports Recruitment Platform

NAICS

Agents and Managers for Artists, Athletes, Entertainers, and Other Public Figures (7114)

SIC

Services-Amusement & Recreation Services (7900)

akta.pro primary industry

College Recruiting & Scholarship Advisory / Athlete Placement (HSADAEAL)

Keywords

• Sports recruitment platform
• Athlete scouting tool
• Sports networking marketplace
• Verified sports profile
• AI talent matching

Headquarters

HQ city

Savoie

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Premium Subscription: Paid subscription tiers offering enhanced services: increased visibility in the marketplace, access to all offers, verified profile badge, and ability to apply to all listings. Subscriptions available monthly, quarterly, or annually with automatic renewal options.
2. Basic Free Tier: Free registration allows basic profile creation, limited visibility, and restricted offer access. Generates revenue through advertising displayed on the platform while maintaining free core services.
3. Advertising: Third-party advertisers pay to display banners on the platform. Revenue supports free basic services for members.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Sportiw operates an AI-driven sports recruitment marketplace that connects athletes, coaches, agents, and clubs worldwide, enabling users to build standardized sports CVs, post and apply to job offers, and search candidate databases using advanced sport-specific filters. The platform monetizes via a freemium model with a Premium Subscription tier (1-month, 3-month, or 1-year) that unlocks enhanced visibility, verified profile badges, full marketplace access, and a Scouting Pro add-on module for Football and Basketball.

Product overview

Sportiw operates as a unified sports recruitment platform that connects athletes, coaches, agents, club presidents, and recruiters worldwide. The core offering consists of the Sportiw Platform itself, complemented by two additional modules: Scouting Pro (a specialized scouting tool for Football and Basketball) and Premium Subscription (a paid tier offering enhanced visibility and access features). The platform facilitates connections between sports professionals through profile creation, advanced search filters, job listings, and secure messaging, with AI-driven matching capabilities supporting the recruitment process.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Sportiw Platform Core AI-driven marketplace connecting athletes, coaches, agents, and clubs worldwide; users create standardized sports CVs, search candidates via advanced filters, post job listings, and message each other directly. Available as a free basic tier with a Premium Subscription upsell.
• Scouting Pro Premium scouting add-on accessible through the Sportiw platform, currently available for Football and Basketball, providing clubs and coaches with sport-specific advanced filtering and candidate-matching capabilities.
• Premium Subscription Paid subscription tier offering increased marketplace visibility, access to all online offers, verified profile badge, ability to apply to all listings, and premium member messaging features; available as 1-month, 3-month, or 1-year subscriptions with automatic renewal.

Quantifiable outcome

• Testimonials report receiving club offers within hours of profile creation (e.g., '15 minutes after creating my profile, I received the offer from the Cannes club')
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers14 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

AI capability1 record

Feature5 records

Scale indicators2 records

Direct peers

• FieldLevel: Athletic recruiting network that connects athletes, teams, and college coaches via a verified profile and messaging platform. Direct peer in the recruitment-marketplace category.
• SportsRecruits: Recruiting platform for high school student-athletes and college coaches, with profile, video, and messaging functionality. Closely mirrors Sportiw's two-sided marketplace plus verified profile approach.
• CaptainU: Youth and college athletic recruiting platform offering athlete profiles, recruiting dashboards, and parent/coach tools. Directly comparable to Sportiw's athlete-side profile and college recruitment functionality.
• Hudl: Sports video and analytics platform used by athletes, coaches, and teams, with embedded recruiting workflows. Comparable as a sports-focused data and recruitment platform serving the same four user types as Sportiw.
• NCSA (Next College Student Athlete): The largest U.S. college athletic recruiting network, providing athlete profiles, coach search, and recruiting education. Directly comparable in the athlete-to-club/coach recruitment use case, primarily focused on the U.S. NCAA pipeline.
• BeRecruited: U.S.-focused online platform that connects high school athletes with college coaches. Closely comparable to Sportiw's recruitment marketplace model, though concentrated on the U.S. college pathway rather than European club placements.
• Transfer Room: Marketplace for professional football player transfers connecting clubs, agents, and players globally. Highly comparable to Sportiw's two-sided recruitment model, though focused on the elite end of the football transfer market.

Emerging players

• Opendorse: Athlete marketing and Name-Image-Likeness (NIL) endorsement platform that connects athletes with brands. Adjacent peer — relevant as a downstream monetization layer that Sportiw could integrate with or build toward for athlete marketing.
• Transfermarkt: Football-focused market data and player valuation platform with community-driven content. Partially comparable as a destination for football recruitment and player-market intelligence, though primarily a data/editorial site rather than a transactional marketplace.

Broad incumbents

• LinkedIn: The dominant professional networking platform, used by athletes, coaches, and sports industry professionals for career visibility. Functions as a broad incumbent substitute for some of Sportiw's profile and discovery functionality, especially for coaches and agents.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@sportiw
• Facebookfacebook.com/Sportiw
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/sportiw
• Instagraminstagram.com/sportiw_insta
• TikToktiktok.com/@sportiw_recruitment

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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