ride sports

What ride sports does

Ride Sports LLC is a privately held US company operating a mobile-first social sports betting application. Founded by two co-founders — including Charlie — after a shared sports viewing experience at a Penn State bar in Denver, the company is headquartered at 5673 W Alder Ave in Littleton, Colorado, and operates as a Colorado LLC with no disclosed institutional investors, funding rounds, or parent company affiliations.

The company's product is a single mobile application distributed through the Apple App Store and Google Play Store. The app is built around a social bet feed that lets users browse friends' bets, join them with one tap, comment and like picks, invite friends to specific wagers, and share selections in group chats. Underlying technical components include mobile device geolocation services, push notification infrastructure, and integrations with device-level features such as contacts, SMS, and social media accounts — supporting location-aware and community-driven functionality. The published privacy policy was last updated October 31, 2022.

Ride Sports generates revenue through transaction fees on sports bets facilitated through the platform, targeting individual consumer sports bettors who prefer a social, communal wagering experience over solitary betting. Distribution is product-led and primarily organic — relying on referral mechanics through existing user networks and app store discovery — with no publicly disclosed pricing tiers, subscription plans, or partnership agreements beyond a generic 'Partner with us' inquiry channel.

Name

ride sports

Legal name

Ride Sports LLC

Website

https://ridesportsbet.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Ride Sports LLC operates a mobile social sports betting app where users browse friends' bets, invite others to join wagers, and share picks in group chats. The platform targets individual consumer sports bettors and earns revenue via transaction fees on placed bets.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Social Sports Betting

NAICS

Gambling Industries (7132), Other Gambling Industries (713290)

SIC

Services-Amusement & Recreation Services (7900)

akta.pro primary industry

Sportsbooks (Online & Mobile Operators) (MPAEACAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Fantasy Sports Communities & Social Platforms (MPAEAHAH)

Keywords

• Social sports betting
• Mobile betting app
• Sports wagering platform
• Peer-to-peer betting
• Friend network betting

Headquarters

HQ city

Littleton

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Sports Betting Transaction Fees: The platform facilitates sports betting between friends, generating revenue through transaction fees on bets placed through the platform

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Ride Sports operates a social sports betting mobile application that enables friends to invite each other to place sports bets, join friends' existing bets, browse a newsfeed of friends' betting activity, share picks in group chats, and follow collective betting results. The platform generates revenue through transaction fees on bets facilitated between users.

Product overview

Ride Sports is a single, unified mobile application for social sports betting. The app enables users to invite friends to bet on games, join friends' existing bets, browse a newsfeed of friends' betting activity, share picks via group chat, and interact with bets through likes and comments. There are no separate modules, sub-products, or add-ons—it's a standalone mobile app focused entirely on collaborative sports wagering.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Ride Sports Mobile App

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Splash Sports: Splash Sports offers peer-to-peer and social sports betting contests with friend-group mechanics, competing for the same social-wagering consumer segment that Ride Sports targets.
• Betr: Betr operates a social sports betting and micro-betting mobile app that emphasizes pick'em-style group play and social sharing — the closest direct competitor to Ride Sports' social-first wagering thesis.
• Dabble: Dabble runs a social sports betting platform where users follow and copy each other's bets inside a social feed, directly mirroring Ride Sports' browse-and-hop-on-a-buddy's-bet mechanic.
• PrizePicks: PrizePicks is a daily fantasy sports operator with peer-group and social features built around entry picks; it competes with Ride Sports for the same social sports wagering wallet share.
• Underdog Fantasy: Underdog Fantasy operates pick'em and best-ball fantasy contests with strong social/community components, making it a comparable consumer-facing social sports gaming product.
• Sleeper: Sleeper is a social-first fantasy sports and pick'em platform that blends league chat, community feeds, and betting-style contests — directly comparable to Ride Sports' social wagering experience.

Emerging players

• Novig: Novig runs a social prediction market / sports exchange platform with peer-matching mechanics, representing an emerging peer for Ride Sports' social wagering positioning.
• ThriveFantasy: ThriveFantasy is a peer-to-peer fantasy sports and eSports product with social contest mechanics, an emerging competitor in the social sports wagering niche.

Broad incumbents

• DraftKings: DraftKings is a dominant U.S. online sportsbook and DFS operator; while its core product is solitary transactional wagering, it competes for the same end consumer and could expand social features.
• FanDuel: FanDuel is a leading U.S. sportsbook and DFS operator with massive marketing reach and brand recognition, representing the incumbent that any social sports betting startup must differentiate against.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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