Fandeavor partners with colleges and sports teams to package and sell exclusive experiences—stadium tours, sideline passes, on-field access, and meet-and-greets—via auction-style bidding and buy-now pricing. The company has partnerships with college programs including TCU, Arizona State, UNLV, USC, and Wisconsin, and lists events with prices that generally start in the hundreds of dollars. Co-founders Tom Ellingson and Dean Curtis, both former Zappos employees, apply e-commerce and customer-experience expertise to manage touchpoints from discovery through post-event sharing. Fandeavor monetizes through revenue-share deals with teams and colleges, with splits ranging from roughly 50/50 to 70/30, and Fandeavor sometimes taking about 30% depending on marketing support. The company plans to use its initial funding to expand college partnerships, branch into professional sports (including planned NBA and NFL partnerships), and eventually explore related event areas like concerts and festivals. It emphasizes making premium fan experiences more accessible and focuses on customer service and gameday immersion as core differentiators.

Total raised

$1M

Funding rounds

1

Latest round

Seed

Latest activity

Aug 2012