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Founded in 2021 by Tatiana Fontalvo and Alan Kraus, Fanki is a financial technology startup based in Bogotá, Colombia, providing a digital ecosystem and mobile application to manage sports ticketing, stadium access, and fan loyalty programs across Latin America. The platform offers consumers personalized financial services like custom credit cards, while simultaneously supplying sports clubs with enterprise software for financial management, budgeting, tracking, and reporting. Additionally, the startup operates the Fanki Business application, which facilitates secure QR code scanning for streamlined entry at major sporting events. Fanki serves various organizations within the regional sports industry, establishing strategic partnerships with prominent entities including Club América, Celaya FC, and the World Boxing Council. To support its ongoing growth, the company has successfully raised $6 million in seed funding through investment rounds led by Broom Ventures and Tenacity Venture Capital.
Fanki has raised $7.0M across 1 funding round.
Fanki has raised $7.0M in total across 1 funding round.
Fanki has raised $7.0M in total across 1 funding round.
Fanki's investors include Stellar Capital, Will Ventures.
Fanki has raised $7.0M across 1 funding round. Most recently, it raised $7.0M Seed in June 2023.
| Date | Round | Lead Investors | Other Investors | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 2023 | $7M Seed | — | Stellar Capital, Will Ventures | Announced |
Fanki is a Colombian fintech startup (formerly BitSports) that builds a mobile app and web platform to enhance fan engagement in sports while creating new revenue streams for teams, leagues, and organizations.[1][2][3][4] It serves sports fans globally and sports entities by solving inefficiencies in ticketing, payments, and fan interactions—eliminating intermediaries to cut costs, fraud risks, and transaction times while enabling direct support for clubs via secure, one-touch access to tickets, events, and experiences.[1][3] The company raised over $6M in seed funding from U.S. and Colombian VCs like Broom Ventures and Tenacity Venture Capital, signaling strong early growth momentum since its 2021 founding in Bogota.[1][3]
Fanki was founded in 2021 in Bogota, Colombia, by CEO Tatiana Fontalvo, who identified the sports industry's lag in technological scalability, particularly in outdated ticketing systems.[1][3] Previously known as BitSports, the idea emerged to modernize fan experiences and provide alternative income for sports organizations through blockchain-enabled, secure digital solutions.[1][3][4] A pivotal moment came with its $6M+ seed round in 2023 (or shortly before), advised by Snell & Wilmer, which validated its traction and attracted investors like Broom Ventures and Tenacity Venture Capital.[1][3]
(Note: Result [5] describes a separate HR platform with the same name, unrelated to this sports fintech.[5])
Fanki rides the wave of sports fintech and Web3 fan engagement, capitalizing on blockchain for secure, decentralized ticketing amid rising global sports digitization post-pandemic.[1][3][4] Timing aligns with sports' push for tech scalability—e.g., faster payments and direct monetization—as traditional systems falter, fueled by market forces like surging fan economies (e.g., NFTs, tokenized assets) and VC interest in LatAm fintech.[1][3] It influences the ecosystem by empowering emerging-market leagues to compete globally, fostering deeper fan loyalty and sustainable revenues in underserved regions like Colombia.[2]
Fanki is poised for expansion into more sports verticals and markets, leveraging its seed capital to scale the app's ticketing marketplace and blockchain features amid growing demand for fan-owned experiences.[1][3] Trends like AI-driven personalization, mobile-first sports commerce, and regulatory tailwinds for digital payments in LatAm will shape its path, potentially leading to Series A and partnerships with major leagues. Its influence could evolve from niche innovator to regional leader, redefining how fans "beat with the excitement" of their teams—directly tying back to its mission of elevating sports through tech.[1]
