Spikeball
“Can a single-sport equipment brand build a self-sustaining competitive ecosystem (tournaments, ambassadors, app) that drives recurring DTC and wholesale revenue globally?”
Founded2007
HQChicago, Illinois, USA
Latest roundCapitalization
IndustryE-commerce / DTC brand
The story
Founded in 2007 in Chicago, Spikeball manufactures and retails the Spikeball roundnet sporting set, sold both DTC via its Shopify-powered store and through wholesale/retail channels. The company has grown internationally, establishing UK and EU VAT registrations and operating a global tournament series under the Fwango platform. Its embedded finance footprint is minimal, reflecting its identity as a sporting goods brand rather than a fintech platform.
Last 12 months
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Product timeline
2007
Spikeball (Kankakee Spikeball Inc.) founded in Chicago, Illinois as a manufacturer and retailer of the Spikeball roundnet sporting set.· pivot
2022
Spikeball named as a Postscript customer, indicating use of SMS marketing platform for Shopify-based DTC e-commerce.· pivot
Regulated entities
3
regulatory licences held by Spikeball
Licence types, jurisdictions and registered entities are in the Embedded Finance Index report.
The stack
1 layer disclosed in Spikeball’s embedded-finance stack
Payments / PSP
Shopify Payments (inferred via Shopify store)
Accounting gap: none