Cerebro HQ · Apr 2026
Dropback announced a basketball partnership with Cerebro Sports, adding more than 1.5 million player records into its workflow for scouting and valuation.
Company research
Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals
Updated Jul 29, 2026
Overview
Dropback is a 2024-founded, YC W24 college-sports front-office software company that provides a privacy-first database and valuation workspace for roster construction, cap management, contract workflows, and revenue-sharing planning.
Primary product
Private front-office database and roster valuation workspace for college sports teams
Founded
2024
Headquarters
Kansas City, Kansas, United States
Team size
1-10
Industry
Technology, Information and Internet
Sub-industry
College sports front-office software
Business model
B2B SaaS
subscription
per-athlete pricing
free trial
Funding
Stage
Pre-seed
Total raised
$1.6M
Latest round
Pre-seed · Jan 2025
Latest amount
$1.6M
Jan 2025
People & investors
Work & culture
Engineering-led, privacy- and security-first, and highly customer-obsessed; the company emphasizes fast iteration, weekly feature updates, and direct founder engagement with customers.
Product & market
Pricing
Tiered SaaS subscription (Core, Plus, Pro), with public pricing that also references flat-fee per-athlete/per-month pricing and a free trial.
Differentiators
- —Private, team-owned encrypted database
- —Custom athlete valuation models and no-code analytics
- —Roster, cap, contract, and payroll workflows in one platform
- —Integrations with multiple sports data providers and user-imported datasets
- —100% client-data ownership and no AI-training use of compensation data
- —Built specifically for college sports revenue-sharing workflows
- —Founder-led onboarding and one-week database launch service
Technology
AWS
AES-256 encryption
TLS 1.2
Duo SSO
Okta SSO
Microsoft SSO
MFA
custom SSO integrations
eSign workflows
private encrypted database
no-code analytics builder
Customers
30+ elite DI programs
Power 4 programs
TrueNU (Northwestern football NIL collective)
Kentucky Athletics (BLUEprint)
college football front offices
college basketball front offices
volleyball programs
baseball programs
softball programs
Competitors
Teamworks GM
Opendorse
Scale & contact
Estimated revenue
≈$250K-$500K (third-party estimate; not company-confirmed)
Estimated monthly visits
2.9K
Traffic estimate as of Jun 2026
Latest news
Mountain Top Media · Apr 2026
Kentucky Athletics launched BLUEprint, a private front-office database powered by Dropback for revenue-sharing sports programs.
Sports Info Solutions · Mar 2026
Dropback integrated SIS football data into its Data Library, expanding analytics available to college football front offices.
Dropback Blog · Nov 2025
Dropback added CBB Analytics data for men’s and women’s basketball roster and valuation workflows.
Dropback Blog · Jan 2025
Dropback announced a $1.6M pre-seed round with participation from Y Combinator, Reach Capital, Twenty Two Ventures, and angel investors.
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