Acquisition
May 2024Trendex acquired Gummys, a decentralized video and streaming platform, to expand from sports into e-sports and creator tokenization.
SourceBringing fans closer to the world’s greatest athletes
Company research
Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals
Overview
Trendex is a Y Combinator-backed sports-tech / Web3 fan-engagement platform that sells official athlete-backed fan passes on Solana and blends tokenized ownership with rewards, experiences, and game mechanics. Public sources conflict on some metrics (especially funding/HQ), so the profile below favors the current company/YC disclosures and notes only evidence-backed facts.
Primary product
Official athlete-backed fan passes / on-chain star tokens with rewards, experiences, and game/tournament mechanics
Founded
2021
Headquarters
San Francisco, California, United States
Team size
11-50 employees
Industry
Technology, Information and Internet
Sub-industry
Sports technology / fan engagement / athlete tokenization
Offices
San Francisco, California, United States
Paris, France
Business model
digital fan-pass marketplace
transaction-fee / platform-fee model
gamified play-to-earn engagement
on-chain collectibles / token trading
Funding
Stage
Seed
Total raised
$8M
Latest round
Seed · May 2024
Latest amount
$4M
People & investors
Leadership
Co-Founder, CEO & CTO
Cofounder & Chief Strategy Officer
Investor & advisor
Founders
Jean-Joseph Mariani
Founder, Chief Financial Officer
Work & culture
Public messaging emphasizes athlete-first ownership, transparency, fair distribution, long-term thinking, discipline, consistency, resilience, and community-driven fan participation.
Product & market
Pricing
Free-to-join platform with monetization through buying/selling talent shares or passes, platform fees, and transaction fees; users can also redeem or reinvest platform credits.
Differentiators
- —official athlete-backed agreements
- —Solana-based on-chain ownership
- —exclusive rewards and meet-and-greets
- —bi-weekly / tournament-style game loops
- —performance-linked talent economics
- —signed directly with athletes rather than unofficial fan-created assets
Technology
Solana blockchain
Privy
GitBook
Automated Market Maker (AMM)
AWS
MongoDB
Docker
Terraform
AWS ECS
AWS Lambda
AWS CodeBuild
on-chain tokens
Customers
sports fans
football fans
basketball fans
athletes
creators
Competitors
Sorare
Candy Digital
COMC
Athlete Studio
Gaudiy
Dapper Labs
Fanatics
CrowdTransfer
Scale & contact
Estimated revenue
$15M-$16.5M
Estimated monthly visits
199
Traffic estimate as of Jan 2025
Signals & risks
Latest news
Andrea Bonapersona LinkedIn · Jun 2026
Andrea Bonapersona announced Luka Modrić’s collaboration and framed it as the company’s third Ballon d’Or winner partnership.
Trendex LinkedIn · Nov 2025
Trendex announced Luka Modrić’s arrival and said the platform had 230+ official agreements across global football and NBA talent.
GlobeNewswire · May 2024
Trendex said it raised over $4 million, acquired Gummys, and expanded its roadmap from sports into creators and e-sports.
BusinessWire · Mar 2024
Trendex announced its US expansion, named Marcus Smart as a new platform athlete, and described its P2E / fan-engagement model and athlete roster.
Trendex LinkedIn · Feb 2024
Trendex highlighted the US debut and the launch of Ronald Araujo as its first international star partnership.
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