Koomba

What Koomba does

Koomba is a digital health company that connects youth and college athletes with vetted, credentialed mental performance coaches and sport nutritionists via a HIPAA- and SOC 2-compliant telehealth platform. Founded in 2024 by former college athletes and supported by former NCAA Chief Medical Officer Dr. Brian Hainline as Senior Advisor, the company operates a 150+ provider network and serves more than 50,000 athletes across U.S. youth and college sports. Its core products are 1:1 Mental Performance Coaching and 1:1 Sport Nutrition Coaching, supplemented by Group Workshops and Team Programming, with athlete-to-coach matching, progress tracking visible to athletes, parents, and coaches, and outcome metrics (e.g., 9.5/10 teammate recommendation, 79% booking 4+ sessions, 27% decrease in performance anxiety).

Koomba runs a hybrid business model. On the direct-to-consumer side, athletes and families subscribe starting at $100/month, with FSA/HSA eligibility, flexible scheduling, and month-to-month cancellation. On the enterprise/B2B side, the company contracts with sports organizations — club networks such as True Sports Group (30,000+ athletes), collegiate athletic departments (multiple NESCAC schools including Bates, Bowdoin, Middlebury, Williams, Amherst, Hamilton, Colorado College, Wesleyan), and conferences (SCAC, Bay Area Conference) — to embed Koomba as health and performance infrastructure. The enterprise motion is augmented by an organization-facing data layer that delivers retention forecasting, team and coach diagnostics, family sentiment intelligence, and recruiting storytelling. Channel partnerships, content marketing, earned media in sports trade outlets (Sports Business Journal, Buying Sandlot, Youth Sports Business Report, No Huddle), and international visibility via the Lillehammer event round out the go-to-market.

Operationally, Koomba Inc. is a privately held, New York-incorporated entity headquartered at 21 Callaway Cir, Albany, NY. The company has raised a round of angel investment alongside participation in the Headstream Accelerator Cohort V (SecondMuse, backed by Pivotal Ventures / Melinda Gates), with stated plans to pursue strategic capital from family offices with sporting ties. The technology stack is a closed telehealth platform with no public API or SDK; backend infrastructure for transcript storage and safeguarding is provided by Healthie under HIPAA and SOC 2 Type II. Geographic focus is the United States, with first international visibility in Norway (December 2025).

Name

Koomba

Legal name

Koomba Inc.

Website

https://koomba.co

Company type

Private

Founded year

2024

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Koomba is a digital health platform that connects youth and college athletes with vetted, credentialed mental performance coaches and sport nutritionists via HIPAA-compliant telehealth, serving 50,000+ athletes through consumer subscriptions and sports organization partnerships.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Albany

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Consumer Subscription: Direct-to-consumer subscription for athletes and families starting at $100/month for 1:1 sessions with mental performance coaches and/or sport nutritionists. FSA/HSA eligible. Cancel anytime. Flexible scheduling.
2. Organizational / B2B Contracts: Enterprise contracts with sports organizations (clubs, colleges, conferences) that integrate Koomba as health and performance infrastructure with measurement and reporting (retention forecasting, team diagnostics, family sentiment).

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Koomba is a digital health platform that connects youth and college athletes with vetted, credentialed mental performance coaches and sport nutritionists for 1:1 confidential video sessions. The platform is offered both as direct-to-consumer subscriptions for individual athletes and families and as integrated enterprise health-and-performance infrastructure for sports clubs, colleges, and conferences, with an organization-facing data layer for retention forecasting, team diagnostics, and family sentiment reporting.

Product overview

Koomba is a single-platform offering for youth and college athlete support, architected as a core consumer coaching platform plus organization-facing modules. The core platform delivers two 1:1 coaching services — Mental Performance Coaching and Sport Nutrition Coaching — supplemented by an add-on Group Workshops & Team Programming module and a Provider Network that supplies credentialed coaches and dietitians. For partner organizations (clubs, schools, colleges), Koomba layers on the Koomba Data Layer, which adds retention forecasting, team/coach diagnostics, family sentiment intelligence, and recruiting storytelling on top of the same athlete-facing services. Athletes access the platform directly via subscriptions starting at $100/month (FSA/HSA eligible), while partner organizations integrate Koomba directly into their existing programming.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Mental Performance Coaching

Quantifiable outcome

• 9.5/10 athletes recommend Koomba to teammates
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers14 records

Segments5 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 capability2 records

Feature4 records

Partnerships

16 partnerships are on record, tiered flagship, core and minor.

• True Sports GroupflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 24 February 2026Strategic partnership making Koomba's mental health, mental performance, and nutrition resources available to more than 30,000 athletes across True Sports Group's club sports network. Reported as a major growth milestone in Sports Business Journal (February 2026).
• Bates CollegecoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 18 September 2025Department-wide partnership giving Bates College student-athletes access to vetted sport psychologists, mental performance coaches, and sport nutritionists through the Koomba platform.
• Headstream (SecondMuse)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 15 June 2025Selected for Headstream Accelerator Cohort V, an inclusive digital health accelerator for underserved youth run by SecondMuse. Provides program support, mentorship, and exposure to Pivotal Ventures.
• Bowdoin CollegecoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorNESCAC school listed as a trusted partner on the Koomba homepage; integrates Koomba for student-athlete mental performance and nutrition support.
• Middlebury CollegecoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorNESCAC school listed as a trusted partner; integrates Koomba into student-athlete programming.
• Williams CollegecoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorNESCAC school listed as a trusted partner; uses Koomba for student-athletes.
• Amherst CollegecoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorNESCAC school listed as a trusted partner; uses Koomba for student-athletes.
• Hamilton AthleticsminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorCollegiate athletics program listed as a trusted partner on the Koomba homepage; uses Koomba for student-athletes.
• Bullis SchoolminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorK-12 school listed as a trusted partner on the Koomba homepage; uses Koomba for student-athletes.
• SCAC (Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerConference-level partnership listed as a trusted partner; Commissioner Dwayne provides testimonial on the organizations page.
• Bay Area ConferenceminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorRegional athletic conference listed as a trusted partner on the Koomba homepage; uses Koomba.
• Westside Metros FCminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorYouth soccer club listed as a trusted partner on the Koomba homepage; Coach Mac Weinstock provides testimonial. Affiliated with True Sports Group.
• Road to GoldminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorAthlete development organization listed as a trusted partner on the Koomba homepage; uses Koomba.
• Athletes.orgminorGTM or Marketing PartnerAthletes' rights and advocacy organization listed as a trusted partner on the Koomba homepage; shared audience for athlete wellbeing messaging and co-marketing.
• HealthiecoreTechnology or IntegrationTechnology partner providing the HIPAA- and SOC-2-compliant infrastructure used to securely store coaching session transcripts within Koomba's platform.
• Dr. Brian Hainline, MDflagshipOthersSenior Advisor on Health, Safety and Governance at Koomba; inaugural Chief Medical Officer of the NCAA and immediate past President of the USTA. Anchors clinical credibility and ADM alignment of the platform.

Scale indicators11 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• BetterHelp: Largest direct-to-consumer telehealth therapy platform delivering 1:1 video sessions with licensed providers. Comparable to Koomba as a 1:1 confidential coaching/telehealth delivery model, but serves the general population rather than specializing in athlete mental performance.
• Talkspace: Public telehealth mental-health platform offering 1:1 video therapy plus B2B/enterprise channels (health plans, employers, organizations). Closely comparable delivery mechanism and HIPAA-grade infrastructure to Koomba, with Koomba's niche being sport-specialized providers and youth/collegiate distribution.
• Headspace Health: Digital mental wellness platform combining self-guided content, coaching, and therapy with employer/payer distribution. Comparable in that it blends coaching and clinical mental health, but is general-population rather than athlete-specialized and is app-led rather than 1:1 matching-led.
• Calm: Consumer mental-wellness app with enterprise/health-plan distribution (Calm Health). Comparable in selling mental performance and resilience content to organizations and individuals, but delivery is app/self-serve rather than 1:1 credentialed coaching.
• Noom: Subscription behavior-change and coaching platform with a strong nutrition and habit-formation program delivered via 1:1 coaching. Comparable in the sport-nutrition coaching layer and recurring-subscription revenue model, though general-population rather than athlete-specialized.

Emerging players

• Whoop: Athlete-performance platform combining wearable hardware, recovery/sleep analytics, and coaching content. Comparable in targeting athlete performance and wellbeing with a data-driven offering, but focused on physical recovery rather than mental performance and nutrition coaching.
• InsideTracker: Personalized health and performance insights platform with blood-based biomarker testing and coaching. Comparable as a sport-performance/wellness data-and-coffering offering for serious athletes, overlapping on the nutrition and recovery analytics surface area.
• Thorne: Sports nutrition and supplement brand with personalized wellness plans and practitioner partnerships. Comparable on the sport-nutrition coaching and product layer for competitive athletes, though primarily product-led rather than 1:1 coaching-led.
• Exos: Performance coaching and wellness provider working with athletes, military, and enterprise workforce. Comparable in delivering human-led coaching for performance and wellbeing to organizations and high-performing populations, including youth/collegiate athletics.
• TeamBuildr: Strength and conditioning programming platform used by high school and collegiate athletic programs. Comparable as a software-plus-services layer sold into the same youth and college athletic departments that Koomba targets via its B2B motion.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/koomba
• Instagraminstagram.com/joinkoomba

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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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