Kick Sport Ltd is a Peterborough, UK-based online martial arts e-retailer and equipment specialist serving the Karate, Judo and Taekwondo markets. Its product range includes uniforms and belts, protection and training products, and accessories. The company raised £250k in funding from Catapult Growth Fund. It intends to use the funds to develop and launch a subsidiary called Umkiki, a white-label version of the Kick Sport website. Umkiki will enable martial arts clubs and associations to sell directly to members. The platform is also planned to be applicable to other sports and leisure activities such as dance clubs and studios, horse riding centres, and gym, pilates and yoga instructors. Kick Sport, founded in 2009 by CEO Cameron Knowles, is a Peterborough, UK-based martial arts retailer. The company offers more than 2,000 product lines including its own label clothing and brands such as Mooto, Adidas, Arawaza, Daedo, Mizuno, Danrho, MTX, Nike, KSD, Xintian Kwon and SMAI. It has raised £850k from Catapult Growth Fund. Kick Sport plans to use the capital to expand in the UK and abroad and to extend its range of own-brand leisure clothing and accessories. The article does not disclose revenue or other operating metrics.

Total raised

$2M

Funding rounds

2

Latest round

Equity

Latest activity

Jun 2013