Rematch announced a $3.5 million funding round to accelerate international expansion, invest in technology and artificial intelligence capabilities, and scale its vision of becoming the leading media infrastructure platform for grassroots sports.
Founded in 2017 in Bordeaux, France, Rematch has grown into one of Europe’s fastest-growing grassroots sports media platforms. The company has generated more than 1 billion fully organic views globally and enabled the creation of millions of videos through its community of creators, capturing sports highlights from local fields and courts.
Following the launch of Rematch US in 2024 and the establishment of its U.S. headquarters in Fort Worth, Texas, the company has experienced rapid growth in North America. Within months of entering the U.S. market, Rematch generated tens of millions of views, activated thousands of creators, and established partnerships with organizations across youth soccer, flag football, volleyball, and other grassroots sports communities.
The company has surpassed $1.2 million in annual revenue and works with major sports organizations, global brands, and youth sports groups. Rematch believes the growing popularity of user-generated sports content, combined with advances in artificial intelligence and mobile video consumption, creates an opportunity to organize and distribute grassroots sports content at scale.
Rematch plans to use the new capital to expand globally, strengthen its product and AI teams, and provide tools that enable supporters, parents, volunteers, clubs, and creators to capture and share sports highlights. Long-term shareholders include Intervalle Capital, Stéphanie Gottlib-Zeh, Rightbear Holding, and Bpifrance.
Rematch’s U.S. operations are led by CEO Hanna Howard, who oversees the company’s continued expansion across North America.
KEY QUOTES:
“Since day one, our ambition has been to bring grassroots sports into the spotlight on a global scale. We want to become the platform finally capable of revealing the massive, untapped media ecosystem of sports moments happening each weekend, between local fields and courts across the world. This $3.5 million funding round will allow us to significantly accelerate our international expansion, continue investing in our technology and AI capabilities, and most importantly empower every passionate fan standing on the sidelines to become a creator.”
Pierre Husson, CEO And Co-Founder, Rematch
“Rematch is not simply building another sports app, the company is progressively building the global media infrastructure for grassroots sports. The traction we’ve seen across both Europe and the United States confirms that this category is global, massive and still largely untapped. We believe Rematch has all the foundations to become a category-defining company at the intersection of sports, media, creator economy and artificial intelligence.”
Thierry Daupin, Chairman, Intervalle Capital
