Religion Of Sports is a Santa Monica-based streaming media company that produces sports stories and unscripted content featuring famous athletes. The company was co-founded by Tom Brady, Michael Strahan, and Gotham Chopra and is led by CEO Ameeth Snkaran. Its core product is original, athlete-focused unscripted streaming content. In June 2022 the company raised $50M in a Series B funding round. Investors named in the report include Shamrock Capital, Elysian Park Ventures, Cerro Capital, Courtside Ventures, LinkinFirm, and Advancit Ventures. The article does not disclose operating metrics or stated future plans. Religion of Sports is an innovative sports media company that produces documentary series, podcasts and other programming centered on the theme of why sports matter. Co‑founded in 2016 by Gotham Chopra, Tom Brady and Michael Strahan and led by CEO Ameeth Sankaran, the company has produced hundreds of hours of content. Its programming has generated more than 250 million views and listens and includes Emmy Award‑winning titles such as Tom vs. Time, Greatness Code and Shut Up and Dribble. Religion of Sports benefits from distribution partnerships with Amazon, Apple+, ESPN, Facebook, Netflix, Showtime and others. The company plans to scale content efforts across multiple platforms, build brand awareness and empower storytellers using the new capital. Upcoming releases include a major podcast slate in late 2020, multiple video series with Amazon, ESPN, Facebook, Netflix and Showtime, and the 2021 ESPN documentary Man in the Arena about Tom Brady.

Total raised

$60M

Funding rounds

2

Latest round

Series B

Latest activity

Jun 2022