OpenSports

What OpenSports does

OpenSports is a Toronto-based SaaS company that provides an all-in-one management platform for recreational sports organizers, including sports clubs, adult leagues, tournament operators, pickup game groups, and non-profit sports organizations. The platform consolidates event registration, online payment collection, automated waitlist management, round-robin scheduling, waivers, membership management, referee and staff coordination, score reporting, standings, and member communication into a single cloud-based system accessible via web and native iOS and Android applications. Customers range from small pickup groups using the $30/month Recreational tier to large clubs on the $70/month Full Time Club tier, with a $750+/month Premium tier offering white-label branded apps, custom reporting, Zapier integration, and a dedicated account manager.

The underlying technology centers on a Stripe Connect payment integration supporting credit cards, Apple Pay, and Google Pay with automatic payouts, combined with a proprietary waitlist engine featuring blackout periods and dynamic hold times, a conflict-detecting round-robin scheduler, and a member rules/tag groups system for targeted communications. White-label deployments publish fully branded iOS and Android apps to the App Store and Google Play under each organization's identity. Zapier provides extensibility to CRMs and spreadsheets, while Apple, Google, and Outlook calendar sync, Google Analytics, and embeddable website widgets extend the platform's distribution surface.

OpenSports monetizes through a three-tier subscription model ($30, $70, and $750+ per month), a 3% transaction fee on payments processed (with discounts above $500k/month volume), and white-label licensing fees for enterprise deployments. The company reports over 5.9 million hours of sports facilitated, 300,000+ events hosted, and a 4.9/5.0 App Store rating across badminton, pickleball, soccer, volleyball, and dodgeball. Notable customers include Big City Volleyball, Chicago Fire Recreational Soccer (4,000+ members migrated from Meetup), Sons of Pitches FC, Philadelphia Volleyball, Pittsburgh Badminton, BASL, Gotham Soccer, and Brisbane Pickleball Club. Strategic partnerships with Interac, the Public Health Agency of Canada, and MaRS Discovery District extend the platform into payment innovation and population health analytics. The company is privately held, employs 1-10 people, and was founded by Yi An Yue, James Gibbons, and Alicia Luciani.

Name

OpenSports

Legal name

OpenSports Inc.

Website

https://opensports.ca

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

OpenSports is a Toronto-based SaaS platform that enables sports clubs, leagues, pickup groups, and non-profits to manage event registration, payments, waitlists, scheduling, memberships, and member communication through web and mobile applications with a subscription and transaction-fee model.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Sports Management Software

NAICS

Fitness and Recreational Sports Centers (71394)

SIC

Services-Amusement & Recreation Services (7900)

akta.pro primary industry

Esports Platforms & Competitive Gaming Networks (BPAMAKAH)

akta.pro secondary industry

Amateur/Grassroots Esports Leagues & Community Tournaments (MPAFADAL)

Keywords

• Sports management software
• League management platform
• Sports event registration
• Membership management software
• Sports organization platform

Headquarters

HQ city

Toronto

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Subscription Plans: Three-tier subscription model: Recreational Group ($30/month), Full Time Club ($70/month), and Premium ($750+/month). Premium tier includes custom branding, priority support, and advanced features for large organizations.
2. Transaction Fees: 3% transaction fee on all payments collected through the platform. Discounts available for organizations processing over $500k/month. Excludes Stripe fees which vary by country.
3. White-label Licensing: Organizations requiring fully branded apps with custom configurations pay premium pricing ($750+/month) for whitelabel deployment to App Store and Google Play with their own branding and workflows.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion4 records

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

OpenSports provides an all-in-one cloud-based platform that enables sports and recreation organizers to create and manage groups, events, leagues, tournaments, and memberships. The platform combines event registration, online payment collection via Stripe, automated waitlist management, scheduling, electronic waivers, and member communication tools. It also offers white-label branded mobile apps for larger organizations and supports multiple sports including badminton, pickleball, soccer, volleyball, dodgeball, and multisport.

Product overview

OpenSports is a unified B2B SaaS platform for managing sports organizations. The core OpenSports Platform serves as the central hub providing event registration, payments, waitlists, scheduling, and communication for sports groups, leagues, tournaments, and memberships. The product portfolio includes the core platform (opensports.ca) plus modules: Whitelabel App Solution for branded mobile apps, native iOS and Android apps for players, League Management for tournament/bracket organization, Group Management for organizer tools, Membership Management for subscriptions, the automatic Waitlist System, Stripe-powered Payment Processing, Events Widgets for website embeds, and Support Center for case management. The platform supports multiple sports including badminton, dodgeball, pickleball, soccer, and volleyball through dedicated showcase pages.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• OpenSports Platform All-in-one cloud-based platform for managing sports groups, leagues, tournaments, pickup games, and memberships. Provides event registration, online payments via Stripe, automatic waitlist management, scheduling, electronic waivers, staff management, and member communication tools. Designed for sports clubs, leagues, non-profits, and enterprise sports organizations across multiple sports including badminton, dodgeball, pickleball, soccer, volleyball, and multisport.
• Whitelabel App Solution Fully branded, configurable mobile app product for leagues, clubs, or groups. Organizations provide their logo, colors, and branding; OpenSports builds and publishes the customized app to the App Store and Google Play with organization-specific workflows. Used by organizations like Big City Volleyball, Gotham Soccer, and BASL.
• OpenSports iOS App Native iOS mobile application for players to discover and join sports events, manage registrations, make payments, check-in to events, and communicate with groups. Available on the Apple App Store.
• OpenSports Android App Native Android mobile application for players to discover and join sports events, manage registrations, make payments, check-in to events, and communicate with groups. Available on Google Play.
• League Management Module for organizing sports leagues with registration management, automated round-robin scheduling with conflict detection, real-time standings, playoff brackets, and score reporting. Used by adult soccer leagues, volleyball leagues, and multi-sport leagues.
• Group Management Tool for creating and managing sports groups with administrative roles, event creation, invites, announcements, reporting, and member analytics. Provides the central organizing hub for sports organizers on OpenSports.
• Membership Management Subscription system supporting punch cards, class passes, and weekly/monthly/yearly memberships with automated billing and redemption tracking. Enables organizations to sell and manage recurring memberships.
• Waitlist System Automatic waitlist management system with ordered spots, push and email notifications, a 9pm-9am blackout period, and dynamic time-based hold windows. When players cancel, the waitlist automatically notifies the next player in queue and fills the spot.
• Payment Processing Stripe-powered payment gateway accepting credit cards, Apple Pay, and Google Pay. Supports automatic deposits to organization bank accounts with configurable payout schedules and integrated refund management.
• Events Widget (Embed) Embeddable widget that organizations can place on their own websites to display upcoming leagues, events, and tournaments. Supports filtering by sport, venue, or skill level with customizable accent colors.
• Support Center Support case management system where players create cases from group pages, with auto-assignment to support agents and a reporting dashboard. Launched in September 2024 and available to organizations at no extra cost.

Quantifiable outcome

• Philadelphia Volleyball expanded to 5 new locations and added 7 volunteer managers after joining OpenSports
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers15 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles6 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration6 records

Feature7 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core, strategic and minor.

• StripecoreTechnology or IntegrationPrimary payment processing partner. OpenSports uses Stripe Connect for payment collection, enabling organizations to accept credit cards, Apple Pay, and Google Pay. Stripe handles fund deposits directly to organization bank accounts with configurable payout schedules.
• ZapiercoreTechnology or IntegrationIntegration marketplace partner allowing OpenSports to sync event attendee data to external platforms including Mailchimp, Hubspot, Salesforce, and Google Sheets. Automates workflows triggered by player registrations.
• InteracstrategicStrategic or Co-development PartnerOpenSports worked with Interac to build group payment request functionality for businesses. Partnership emerged from Interac's Collision Day Challenge where OpenSports was one of three Canadian startups to win $50,000.
• Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC)strategicStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership to innovate how to track, monitor, and understand population levels of physical activity through data from the OpenSports mobile application. Part of broader digital health surveillance initiatives.
• MaRS Discovery DistrictstrategicStrategic or Co-development PartnerInnovation district partner working with OpenSports to apply digital technologies to track physical activity levels. Partnership helps OpenSports explore health and wellness applications of their sports participation data.
• WeWorkminorGTM or Marketing PartnerOpenSports teamed up with WeWork to provide pickup soccer for their member companies. Corporate pickup soccer initiative targeting WeWork's business community members.

Scale indicators16 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Playmetrics: Playmetrics is a youth soccer club management platform with registration, scheduling, communication, and payment features—directly competing with OpenSports in soccer-specific club management and overlapping with OpenSports' soccer vertical.
• Jersey Watch: Jersey Watch provides sports team websites and online registration for youth sports leagues—competing directly with OpenSports in the registration, website, and team presence layer for amateur sports organizations.
• LeagueApps: LeagueApps provides league, tournament, and program management software for youth and adult sports organizations with registration, scheduling, and payment features—directly comparable to OpenSports' league management module and overlapping customer base.
• Stack Sports: Stack Sports is a sports technology platform providing league management, registration, and payment solutions across multiple sports—comparable to OpenSports' all-in-one platform approach with broader institutional reach.
• Bonzi: Bonzi is a sports team management platform for coaches, parents, and players—offering messaging, scheduling, and payment tools comparable to OpenSports' communications and scheduling features for amateur sports teams.
• TeamSnap: TeamSnap is the leading team management platform for youth, recreational, and competitive sports, serving millions of users with registration, scheduling, payments, and communication tools—directly competing with OpenSports in the sports organization SaaS market across similar customer segments.

Regional players

• Spond: Spond is a Norwegian team management app for amateur sports clubs—offering similar group management, event coordination, and payment features to OpenSports but primarily serving the Nordic market.
• Heja: Heja is a Swedish sports team management app focused on European amateur sports clubs—comparable to OpenSports' group management and event coordination features but primarily serving the Nordic and broader European market.

Broad incumbents

• SportsEngine: SportsEngine (owned by NBC Sports) is a broad sports technology platform serving youth sports organizations with registration, websites, and tournament management—overlapping with OpenSports' league and tournament management capabilities but operating at much larger scale with deeper institutional backing.
• ACTIVE Network: ACTIVE Network provides sports registration, league management, and event management software at scale—competing with OpenSports across registration, scheduling, and payment workflows with broader enterprise and endurance sports reach.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/OpenSports

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors2 records

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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