| Date | Title | Description |
| 08.10.2025 | Britain and US win race to launch first Ryder Cup of padel | First came the America’s Cup in sailing, then golf’s Ryder and Solheim Cups, and more recently the Laver Cup in tennis – now padel has its own transatlantic team competition, the Anglo American Padel Cup, and its inaugural edition begins in... |
| 03.06.2025 | Padel: Britain now third biggest market in world for rising racquet sport | Britain is now one of the top three padel markets in the world by revenue, fuelled by new club openings and ever-increasing demand for court bookings.
Data from racquet sports booking app Playtomic reveals that only clubs in the long-establ... |
| 22.03.2025 | European Tech Landscape: A Surge of Innovation and Investment | The European tech scene is buzzing. Funding rounds are breaking records. Startups are emerging like wildflowers after a spring rain. This week alone, over 75 tech funding deals were reported, totaling more than €865 million. The landscape i... |
| 22.03.2025 | European Tech Ecosystem: A Surge of Investment and Innovation | The European tech landscape is buzzing. Funding deals are sprouting like wildflowers after a spring rain. This week alone, over 75 tech funding deals were recorded, totaling more than €865 million. The momentum is palpable. Investors are fl... |
| 21.03.2025 | Playtomic's Bold Move: €65 Million to Dominate Racquet Sports | In a world where sports and technology collide, Playtomic is swinging for the fences. The company, a titan in the racquet sports arena, has just secured €65 million in funding. This cash infusion is not just a number; it’s a launchpad for e... |
| 21.03.2025 | Factorial snaps up $120M, call for EU sovereign infrastructure fund, and startup-friendly Latvia | This week we tracked more than 75 tech funding deals worth over €865 million, and over 10 exits, M&A transactions, rumours, and related news stories across Europe. In addition to this week's top financials, we've also indexed the most i... |
| 20.03.2025 | Playtomic raises €65 million in funding, accelerating its expansion across the US and key European markets | Today, Playtomic, the world’s largest community and platform for racquet sports, announced it has finalized an investment round of €65 million, including €55 million in equity funding and €10 million in debt financing from Spanish bank Banc... |
| 10.12.2024 | How Playtomic surfed – and fuelled – tidal wave of interest in padel | - |
| 26.05.2023 | Playtomic Acquires Aircourts | Playtomic, a Madrid, Spain-based-based provider of a racket sports community and management software for racket sports, acquired Aircourts, a Lisbon, Portugal-based provider of sports reservation and club management platform in Portugal for... |
| 24.05.2023 | AirCourts acquired by Spanish competitor Playtomic to accelerate growth in Europe | AirCourts team: Pedro Pessanha, Andre Duque, Tiago Fernandes, Barbara Fernandes, Andre Duarte Like AirCourts, improving the lives of club owners and players is embedded in Playtomic's DNA. This affirms my belief that partnering with Playtom... |
| 01.02.2022 | Spain's Playtomic buys rival GotCourt, reaches 200 million euro valuation | Through the acquisition and a 56 million euro funding round in December, Playtomic reached a valuation of more than 200 million euros ($225.16 million), its co-CEO Felix Ruiz said.
Playtomic said it is now present in 34 countries and has mo... |
| 01.02.2022 | GotCourts acquired by Spanish competitor | |
| 20.12.2021 | Spain’s Playtomic raises €56M in Series C funding, led by GP Bullhound | Playtomic, the leading tennis and padel social and booking app, on Wednesday announced it has raised €56 million in a series C investment round led by GP Bullhound, with participation from Playtomic co-founder and investor Félix Ruiz, Clare... |
| 17.12.2021 | Madrid-based Playtomic smashes Series C funding with a €56 million raise for its tennis and padel app | Leading tennis and padel social and booking app, Playtomic, has just raised €56 million in investment led by GP Bullhound, with participation from Playtomic co-founder and investor Félix Ruiz, the U.K.’s Claret Capital Partners and Sweden’s... |
| 14.09.2020 | Meet the 9 ambitious tech startups in Madrid that secured highest VC funding in Q2 2020 | Madrid, the capital of Spain, is one of the world’s most-visited tourist destinations. Besides this, the city is also one of the biggest startup hubs in Europe. The tech startup ecosystem in the city is backed by government initiatives, inv... |
| 17.04.2020 | Tech startups weekly: Mobile tax filing app, AI to insurance claims, online platform for booking sports | With the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, numerous tech startups have come forward to help millions of Europeans facing the heat due to the global crisis. Despite this scenario that has left a dent across businesses all over the globe, th... |
| 15.04.2020 | Madrid-based sports tech startup Playtomic raises €1.7 million for reservation app | Playtomic, a Spanish app for sports reservations, has raised €1.7 million from existing investors GP Bullhound and Optimizer Invest. The new funding comes one year after a €6 million round.
With the app, players can reserve courts, find oth... |
| 15.04.2020 | Playtomic cierra una ronda de €1,7M, acuden los ya accionistas GP Bullhound y Optimizer Invest | 15/04/2020
PLAYTOMIC CIERRA UNA RONDA DE €1,7 MILLONES, ACUDEN LOS YA ACCIONISTAS GP BULLHOUND Y OPTIMIZER INVEST.
Playtomic ha cerrado una ronda de €1,7 millones a la que han acudido las entidades de capital riesgo (venture capital) ya a... |
| 15.04.2020 | Playtomic, Europe’s largest racket sports app, raises €1.7 million | Madrid-based startup Playtomic has announced raising €1.7 million in a round led by GP Bullhound and Optimizer Invest. We’ve had our eye on Playtomic for a while now, first featuring them in our article 10 Madrid startups to watch article, ... |
| 26.04.2019 | Want to play? This Spanish startup allows you to book courts instantly via an app | Based out of Madrid, Playtomic, the biggest network of sports reservations in Spain has secured €6 million from Optimizer Invest and GP Bullhound, along with private investors including Andre Lavold, Félix Ruiz and Magnus Gottas.Find and bo... |
| 25.04.2019 | Madrid-based sports tech startup Playtomic secures €6 million | Spanish sports app Playtomic has raised €6 million in funding from Optimizer Invest, GP Bullhound, and private investors. The company plans to use the money to expand to new markets with a goal “to be Europe’s leaders next year,” said its C... |
| 25.04.2019 | Madrid-based Playtomic raises €6 million to digitise the sports ecosystem in Spain and throughout Europe | Madrid-based Playtomic‘s goal is to make sports more social. Through its app, players can reserve courts, find other players with similar skill levels, and join a social sports community dedicated to learning. With Playtomic, sports clubs c... |
| 24.04.2019 | Playtomic cierra una ronda de €6 millones, acuden GP Bullhound, Optimizer Invest, Félix Ruiz y business angels | 24/04/2019
PLAYTOMIC CIERRA UNA RONDA DE €6 MILLONES, ACUDEN GP BULLHOUND, OPTIMIZER INVEST, FÉLIX RUIZ Y BUSINESS ANGELS.
Playtomic acaba de cerrar una ronda de €6 millones a la que han acudido las entidades de capital riesgo (venture ca... |
| 24.04.2019 | Playtomic closes a 6 million round with the objective of consolidate the digitalization and the sports ecosystem | Playtomic, Spain’s biggest sports ecosystem, has obtained 6 millions in an international round to continue working in the digitalization of the sector and the sport’s socialisation. Different international funds, such as Optimizer Invest an... |
| 22.10.2018 | Playtomic cierra una ronda de €1,1M liderada por GP Bullhound, acuden Felix Ruiz y Magnus Gottas | 22/10/2018
PLAYTOMIC CIERRA UNA RONDA DE €1,1 MILLONES LIDERADA POR GP BULLHOUND, ACUDEN FÉLIX RUIZ Y MAGNUS GOTTAS.
Playtomic ha cerrado una ronda de €1,1 millones liderada por la entidad de capital riesgo (venture capital) británica GP ... |
| 24.01.2018 | Playtomic cierra una ronda de €2,5M liderada por directivos de Alibaba, Santander, Axon Partners y BA | 24/01/2018
PLAYTOMIC CIERRA UNA RONDA DE €2,5M LIDERADA POR DIRECTIVOS DE ALIBABA, SANTANDER, AXON PARTNERS Y BUSINESS ANGELS.
Playtomic ha cerrado una ronda de €2,5 millones liderada por directivos de Alibaba, Banco Santander y la entida... |
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| - | Madrid-based Playtomic courts Swiss tennis startup to strengthen its play in Europe | Madrid-headquartered tennis and padel social and booking app Playtomic has acquired GotCourts, a racket-sports platform operating in Switzerland, Germany and Austria. The deal will give Playtomic a strong foothold in Germany, the largest ma... |
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