Name

Promounds

Legal name

On Deck Sports

Website

https://promounds.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2001

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Baseball and Softball Training Equipment

NAICS

Sporting Goods Retailers (45911), Sporting and Athletic Goods Manufacturing (33992)

SIC

Sporting & Athletic Goods, Nec (3949)

akta.pro primary industry

Baseball & Softball Equipment Retail (CRAMAEAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Team Sports Training Aids & Coaching Equipment Retail (CRAMAEAL)

Keywords

• Portable pitching mounds
• Baseball training equipment
• Softball training equipment
• Batting cages
• Sports training aids

Headquarters

HQ city

Brockton

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Hardware Sales - Portable Pitching Mounds: One-time sale of portable baseball and softball pitching mounds. Products range from youth training mounds ($575) to professional/game mounds ($1,399-$1,799). Revenue is transaction-based with no recurring component.
2. Hardware Sales - Training Aids & Equipment: One-time sales of training aids including batting tees ($76.99-$104.99), pitching targets ($199.99-$349.99), protective screens ($208-$574.95), batting mats ($76.99-$670), and sliding mats ($299.99). Quantity discounts available.
3. Hardware Sales - Batting Cages: Complete batting cage packages ranging from $2,059.98 to $4,702.96, including frames, netting, ground sleeves, and hardware for DIY installation.
4. Professional Services - Tax Exempt Accounts: Net 30 billing terms offered to approved credit accounts with 1.5% finance charge on overdue accounts. Primarily serving institutional buyers (schools, leagues).

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

ProMounds designs, manufactures, and sells portable baseball and softball training equipment, anchored by portable pitching mounds (practice and game models from youth through professional levels) built with high-density foam cores and proprietary ProMounds Rubber Armor Technology (PRAT). The portfolio also includes pitching platforms, Jennie Finch-branded softball pitching mats, training aids (Punch Out Pocket pitching net, Designated Hitter pitching dummies, PVTee batting tee, Safe Slide, Strike Strings), batting mats, protective L-screens, and complete batting cage packages. Products target youth through professional athletes for indoor and outdoor use, with quantity discounts for institutional buyers.

Product overview

ProMounds is a baseball and softball equipment company founded in 2001, offering a comprehensive portfolio centered around portable pitching mounds (Practice and Game Mounds for youth through professional levels), pitching platforms, and softball pitching mats including the Jennie Finch collaboration line. The training aids portfolio includes the Punch Out Pocket family, Designated Hitter pitching dummies, PVTee batting tee, Safe Slide, and Strike Strings. Equipment offerings encompass batting mats, protective screens (L-Screens), and batting cage packages. All portable mounds feature proprietary ProMounds Rubber Armor Technology (PRAT) with high-density foam cores and spike-resistant artificial turf. Products serve youth, high school, collegiate, and professional markets for both indoor and outdoor use.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Named customers5 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Jennie FinchcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOlympic Gold Medalist Jennie Finch partnered with ProMounds to create a line of softball pitching mats. The Jennie Finch Pitching Mats allow pitchers to train like a champion and are marketed as withstanding the rigors of heavy use. This partnership leverages Finch's credibility as an elite softball pitcher to brand the pitching mat products.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Easton: Easton is a long-established baseball/softball equipment manufacturer with a much broader product portfolio (bats, gloves, protective gear, training equipment). It overlaps with ProMounds in training-aids and team equipment procurement at the institutional level but does not specialize in portable mounds.
• Franklin Sports: Franklin Sports is a broad-line sporting goods manufacturer with strong mass-market retail presence, including training aids, batting tees, and team equipment. It competes with ProMounds for shelf and team-pack deals but at a lower price tier.
• Rawlings: Rawlings is a major baseball/softball equipment brand serving professional leagues, schools, and consumers. While focused on gloves, bats, and balls, it is a frequent competitor in team equipment RFPs where ProMounds also pitches, and its pro-league affiliations give it strong institutional leverage.
• DICK'S Sporting Goods: DICK'S is the largest U.S. sporting-goods retailer, carrying baseball/softball training equipment and pitching mounds alongside broad product lines. It represents both a potential wholesale channel for ProMounds and a competitive threat via private-label offerings.
• BSN Sports: BSN Sports is one of the largest U.S. team-sporting-goods distributors, supplying schools and leagues with multi-sport equipment packages. It competes with ProMounds for institutional training-equipment budgets and bundles mounds into broader team deals.
• Academy Sports + Outdoors: Academy is a regional sporting-goods retailer with strong baseball/softball assortment and team-outfitting services. It competes for the same youth, high school, and recreational buyers ProMounds targets and could absorb training-equipment demand via exclusive brand arrangements.
• Louisville Slugger (Wilson Sporting Goods): Louisville Slugger, owned by Wilson, is one of the most recognized baseball brands and competes broadly for team equipment budgets. Its product line spans bats, gloves, and team gear, putting it in the same institutional procurement conversations as ProMounds.

Direct peers

• Better Baseball: Better Baseball is a specialty baseball equipment retailer and training-aids seller, carrying batting tees, pitching targets, nets, and mounds. It competes head-to-head with ProMounds across the same training-aid and portable mound categories and customer segments.
• Cimarron Sports (now BSN Sports): Cimarron is a direct competitor in portable pitching mounds and baseball/softball training equipment, now operating under BSN Sports. It sells overlapping product categories — mounds, mats, cages — to similar institutional and retail buyers, making it the closest direct peer to ProMounds.
• Anaconda Sports: Anaconda Sports sells portable pitching mounds, pitching plates, and baseball training equipment to schools, leagues, and individuals. It is a direct competitor in ProMounds' core portable-mound category with similar institutional customer targeting.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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