Fancred is an iOS app that lets sports fans capture and share photos, live commentary and build a portfolio of favorite sports moments. The platform assigns users a Fancred rating (1–100) to incentivize participation and community credibility. The company plans to expand its engineering team and build an Android app to grow the community. It is exploring monetization options such as selling fan gear or aggregated fan data but is focused short-term on building its user base. Founded in 2012 by former Brightcove employees and emerging from Boston Techstars in 2013, Fancred operates with 11 full-time employees plus a network of 150 college interns. The company does not disclose community or user numbers in the article. Fancred is a Boston, MA-based sports social network and mobile app led by CEO Hossein Kash Razzaghi. Launched in March for iPhone, the platform provides a personalized way for sports fans to communicate and consume sports content. The app allows users to comment, share photos and links about their favorite events, players and teams. Fancred is a TechStars startup. The company raised $1.5M in seed funding and plans to use the proceeds to grow its user base, develop the product and set up partnerships. The funding is intended to support expanded mobile engagement and strategic partnerships in the sports media space.

Total raised

$5M

Funding rounds

2

Latest round

Equity

Latest activity

Aug 2014