# KIBI Sports > The unified digital operating system for the global sports ecosystem. KIBI Sports connects athletes, sports organizations, and brands on one platform. Founded in 2020, headquartered in Koramangala, Bengaluru, India. ## What We Do - **Athlete Management**: Verified athlete profiles with identity verification, performance tracking, and portfolio building for 90,000+ athletes across 20+ sports. - **Event Management**: End-to-end tournament and league management with digital registration, QR check-in, live scoring, bracket management, and automated certificates. - **Brand Sponsorship Matching**: AI-powered matchmaking engine that pairs brands with athletes based on sport, geography, audience tier, deliverable capabilities, and budget compatibility. - **Institutional SaaS**: White-label admin portal for sports organizations, academies, and associations to manage athletes, events, payments, and campaigns. - **Sports Marketplace**: E-commerce platform for sports equipment, apparel, and team gear at shop.kibisports.com. - **KIBI Matchday (WhatsApp Communities)**: Run sports groups inside WhatsApp — broadcast games, track RSVPs and attendance, manage members. For community organizers, at play.kibisports.com. - **CSR Sports Activations**: Deploy corporate CSR budgets to verified athletes, academies, and venues with milestone audits and Section 135-aligned reporting. - **Sports Fundraising**: Fundraising for athletes and organizations with funds held in milestone-governed escrow and KYC-gated payouts. ## Platform Stats - 90,000+ registered athletes - 100+ partner organizations - 257+ brand partners - 6,800+ sponsorship connections facilitated - 20+ sports categories - 25+ cities covered ## Sports Covered Cricket, Football, Badminton, Kabaddi, Hockey, Swimming, Athletics, Wrestling, Boxing, Table Tennis, Tennis, Basketball, Volleyball, Martial Arts, Gym & Fitness, Squash, Fencing, Motorsport, Ice Hockey, Golf. ## Key Products 1. **KIBI Sports Mobile App** (iOS + Android): For athletes, coaches, and other sports professionals. 131 screens, 25 feature areas. Verified profiles, event discovery, campaign participation, community feed, leaderboards, achievement badges. 2. **KIBI Admin Portal** (Web): For sports organizations. 116 pages. Event lifecycle management, athlete management, campaign creation, payments, role-based access, analytics. 3. **AI Brand Matchmaker**: 3-stage scoring funnel (rule fit, semantic embeddings, LLM evaluation). Composite relevance scoring for brand-athlete pairing. 4. **KIBI Marketplace**: Shopify-powered sports commerce at shop.kibisports.com. 5. **KIBI Matchday**: WhatsApp-native community management for sports groups (events, RSVPs, member management) at play.kibisports.com. ## AI Capabilities - Brand-athlete matchmaking with multi-dimensional scoring (sport, geography, audience tier, deliverables, budget, language) - Semantic matching using vector embeddings for campaign brief to athlete profile matching - LLM-powered evaluation for nuanced fit assessment - Automated campaign analytics and ROI tracking ## Athlete Tiers - Nano: under 10K followers (grassroots athletes) - Micro: 10K-50K followers (rising stars with engaged audiences) - Mid: 50K-200K followers (established athletes building partnerships) - Macro: 200K-1M followers (national-level athletes) - Mega: 1M+ followers (international athletes, cricket legends) ## Recognition - Startup India Recognized (Government of India) - Featured on Zee TV Idea Baaz - Covered by 12+ publications: Entrackr, BW Disrupt, Indian Startup News, SportsMint, CXO Digital Pulse, Passionate In Marketing, Startup Story, TapstartX, Hello Entrepreneurs, Karo Startup, Techpadi - Pre-seed funded by angel investors ## Leadership - **Sagar Rai**, Founder & CEO: Former national-level athlete (5 sports), B.Tech graduate (APJAKTU), TEDx speaker. ## Global Availability KIBI Sports is built as a global, plug-and-play sports operating system. India is the launch and proof market; the platform is designed to onboard sports stakeholders from any country: - **Available globally today (software):** Institutions SaaS admin portal, athlete profiles & app, AI brand-athlete matchmaker, event & tournament management, KIBI Matchday (WhatsApp-native — works in every WhatsApp market). - **Ships worldwide:** the KIBI equipment marketplace (shop.kibisports.com) with live international shipping rates; active export markets across APAC and the Middle East. - **Jurisdiction-aware verticals:** CSR & ESG activations and fundraising operate with per-country compliance modules — Section 135-aligned reporting live for India, ESG-format impact reporting for global corporates; additional jurisdictions onboard progressively. - **Entities:** KIBI Sports Pvt. Ltd. (India) and KIBI SPORTS Inc. (Delaware, USA) for international contracting. - International demos and onboarding: https://www.kibisports.com/book-demo (WhatsApp +91 70025 52662 works globally). ## Contact - Website: https://www.kibisports.com - Email: admin@kibisports.org - Sponsorships: sponsorship@kibisports.org - Phone / WhatsApp: +91 70025 52662 - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/kibisportsindia - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kibi_sports - Twitter: https://twitter.com/KibiSports ## Key Pages - For Institutions (SaaS): https://www.kibisports.com/institutions - For Sports Professionals (Mobile App): https://www.kibisports.com/athletes - For Brands (Sponsorship): https://www.kibisports.com/brands - AI Matchmaker: https://www.kibisports.com/matchmaker - Events: https://www.kibisports.com/events - KIBI Matchday (WhatsApp communities): https://www.kibisports.com/matchday - CSR Activations: https://www.kibisports.com/csr - Fundraising: https://www.kibisports.com/fundraise - Khelega India campaign: https://www.kibisports.com/khelega - Sports Directory: https://www.kibisports.com/sports - Brand Collaborations: https://www.kibisports.com/brand-collaborations - Marketplace: https://shop.kibisports.com - About: https://www.kibisports.com/about - Press & Media: https://www.kibisports.com/press - Blog: https://www.kibisports.com/blog - Careers: https://www.kibisports.com/careers - FAQ: https://www.kibisports.com/faq - Contact: https://www.kibisports.com/contact ## Address KIBI Sports, 1st A, 7th Cross, 7th Block, Koramangala, Bengaluru 560095, Karnataka, India.