What Padelboard does

Padelboard, founded in late 2019 in Sweden and operated since March 2022 as "Padelboard By MATCHi" following its acquisition by MATCHi AB, provides a tournament management platform purpose-built for padel. The product consists of two interlocking components: a free consumer mobile app (iOS and Android) that lets individual players and small groups create or join tournaments, report scores, view live standings, and connect via tournament ID or QR codes; and Padelboard Arena, a cloud-based web dashboard sold to padel venues and clubs at €5 per court per month that adds host-side controls including TV-streamed standings, custom branding, player management without requiring phone numbers, automated resting-round distribution for uneven player counts, and configurable round counts.

The platform supports multiple sport-specific formats — Americano, Team Americano, Mexicano, and Team Mexicano — each with distinct rotation mechanics, and extends padel-specific tooling further through MATCHi Playlist, a venue-branded skill-based competition ("Beat the box") with venue-specific top lists and a transparent 25/5/-15 point system that feeds Match Level Matching. Technology is a conventional cloud-based mobile-plus-web stack with social SSO (Apple, Facebook), third-party payment service providers for booking splits, camera-based QR integration, and GDPR-compliant data handling; no AI/ML components, proprietary models, or API/SDK surfaces are disclosed.

Go-to-market is dual: a freemium consumer app drives player adoption via Apple App Store, Google Play Store, Facebook, and Instagram, while Arena is sold directly through padelboard.app and cross-promoted through MATCHi's racket-sports venue network in Sweden — including named venues such as PDL Center, Padel United, Padel Crew, WAP, and Frysen Padel. Revenue is not publicly disclosed; with per-court €5 monthly pricing, the disclosed headcount band of 1–10, and an undisclosed number of paying venues, Arena generates low absolute revenue but operates inside MATCHi's broader racket-sports booking and payments infrastructure, which provides distribution, payment rails, and an international footprint across Nordic and broader European markets.

Name

Padelboard

Legal name

MATCHi AB

Website

https://padelboard.app

Company type

Private

Founded year

2019

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Padelboard, operating as Padelboard By MATCHi, provides a freemium mobile app and €5-per-court Arena web platform that let padel players create and run Americano and Mexicano tournaments while giving venues branded, live-standings tournament hosting.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Sports Tournament Management Software

NAICS

Promoters of Performing Arts, Sports, and Similar Events with Facilities (711310)

SIC

Services-Amusement & Recreation Services (7900)

akta.pro primary industry

Esports Competition Platforms (Tournament Platforms, Matchmaking, Ladders) (MPAFADAF)

akta.pro secondary industry

Publisher-Run Esports Tournament Circuits (MPAGANAA)

Keywords

• Padel tournament software
• Sports venue management
• Tournament mobile app
• Match scheduling platform
• Racket sports technology

Headquarters

HQ city

Helsingborg

HQ country

Sweden

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Padelboard Arena Subscription: Monthly subscription for venues using Padelboard Arena, priced at 5€ per court per month. Includes unlimited players, dynamic pricing support, uneven player count handling, and dedicated support. No hidden fees.
2. Padelboard App (Free Tier): Free mobile application for individual players to create and participate in tournaments, enabling bottom-up adoption that drives venue demand for Padelboard Arena.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Padelboard provides a dedicated digital tournament management platform for the sport of padel, combining a free mobile application (Padelboard App) for individual players and small groups to create, join, and score padel tournaments with a subscription-based web solution (Padelboard Arena) that gives venues and clubs full control over hosting larger tournaments, live TV standings display, custom branding, and skill-based MATCHi Playlist competitions. The platform supports multiple padel-specific game formats and aims to replace inefficient Excel- and paper-based tournament organization.

Product overview

Padelboard by MATCHi offers a complete tournament tool for padel consisting of two main products: the free Padelboard App (mobile application for players to create and join tournaments) and the subscription-based Padelboard Arena (web platform for venues to manage tournaments). Together they enable tournament management across all segments, from individual games to large venue events, supporting multiple game types including Americano, Team Americano, Mexicano, and Team Mexicano. The platform also includes MATCHi Playlist, a skill-level-based competition feature for venues.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Padelboard App Free mobile application (iOS/Android) for individual padel players and small groups to create and participate in padel tournaments, report their own scores, view live standings, receive notifications, and chat with other players and the host. Available globally via app stores and serves as the bottom-of-funnel adoption driver for Padelboard Arena.
• Padelboard Arena Subscription-based web tournament management dashboard for padel venues, clubs, and hosts. Provides extended control over tournaments, live TV display of standings, custom venue branding (logo and colors), flexible player management (unlimited players, uneven counts with automatic resting rounds, pre-drawn rounds), notifications, and dedicated support. Priced at €5 per court per month with no hidden fees.

Quantifiable outcome

• 100,000+ users on the platform
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration4 records

Feature7 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• MATCHicoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 March 2022MATCHi acquired Padelboard in March 2022. MATCHi is one of the world's largest booking platforms for racket sports. This acquisition gave Padelboard access to MATCHi's broad knowledge, expertise, and experience in padel, as well as better opportunities to develop tournament products for players and venues worldwide. The product was rebranded as 'Padelboard By MATCHi'.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• CourtReserve: CourtReserve is a sports and racquet club management platform that handles bookings, memberships, events, and programming for clubs. It overlaps with Padelboard Arena on the venue-side operational software layer, though it is broader and less padel-specialized.
• Jonas Club Software: Jonas Club Software provides club management SaaS for sports and recreation clubs, including member management, court booking, and event programming. It is comparable as a broader incumbent venue-management platform that could expand into tournament features.
• MATCHi: MATCHi is Padelboard's parent company and one of the largest racket sports booking platforms in the world. It is the most direct adjacent incumbent: its venue base, distribution, and roadmap directly determine Padelboard's commercial ceiling.
• Active Network: Active Network is a large-scale event registration and activity-management SaaS serving sports organizations, races, and clubs. It is comparable as a broader incumbent in the sports-software space where Padelboard operates its Arena venue product.

Emerging players

• Battlefy: Battlefy is an esports tournament platform that helps organizers run brackets, leagues, and ladders online. It shares the same organizer-and-player product model as Padelboard, targeting grassroots competitive communities in a different vertical.
• Challonge: Challonge is a widely used tournament bracket and matchmaking platform, primarily popular in esports but applicable across competitive formats. It addresses a similar organizer pain point as Padelboard but lacks padel-specific formats and venue-management features.
• Smash.gg: Smash.gg is an esports tournament operations platform acquired by Microsoft, offering organizer dashboards, brackets, and player matchmaking. It is structurally analogous to Padelboard's organizer tooling, with similar product mechanics applied to a different competitive vertical.

Direct peers

• Tourney Machine: Tourney Machine is a sports tournament management platform used by clubs and leagues to organize brackets, schedules, and results. It addresses the same 'replace Excel and paper' pain point Padelboard solves, though with less sport-specific depth in padel.
• Toornament: Toornament is a multi-game tournament management platform offering brackets, ladders, and matchmaking across sports and esports. It overlaps with Padelboard on tournament-format flexibility and organizer tooling, though without Padelboard's padel-specific depth.
• Playtomic: Playtomic is the largest padel and racket-sports venue booking platform globally, with growing social, community, and tournament features that overlap directly with Padelboard's player-venue flywheel. Both serve the same padel venue customer with software that combines booking, matchmaking, and tournament organization.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/padelboard
• Instagraminstagram.com/matchisports
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/padelboard

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

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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