Dartle, a B2B software platform that helps youth sports and football academies manage their operations, has raised $100,000 in a seed funding round led by Inflection Point Ventures, a Gurugram-based angel investment platform.
The startup will be using the capital to expand its presence in the United States, building AI integrations into the platform, and strengthening partner engagement.
Dartle was founded by Nihal Pradeep, Swathi Krishnan, and Nagaraj R Potti, and operates under Roninaks Sports Private Limited, incorporated in 2019. It is backed by startup accelerator Upekkha and has been recognised by NSRCEL at IIM Bangalore.
What Dartle does?
Dartle said most sports academies today rely on a combination of WhatsApp groups, spreadsheets, and disconnected tools to manage schedules, track athlete progress, communicate with parents, and handle administrative work.
The startup replaces this with a single platform that brings academies, coaches, parents, and athletes together in one place. The platform offers live schedule updates, parent communication tools, and digital athlete profiles that track performance data over time. The startup further said that this data-driven approach also helps with scouting and talent identification by building an evidence-based record of each athlete's development.
Dartle claims it currently works with 14 academies across India, the Middle East, Nepal, and the United States, with 8 paid pilots active in the US market. The startup recently secured a $60,000 sponsorship from MLS Next, the youth development arm of Major League Soccer in the United States. Its average contract value has also grown from $15,000 to $33,000 over this period.
With the new funding, the startup is targeting more than 100 academy onboardings globally over the next 10 to 12 months and aims to grow its annual recurring revenue to close to $1 million.
"Partnering with IPV is a transformational milestone for Dartle. Their structured methodology and collaborative insight have challenged us to scale our vision globally. At Dartle, our mission is to build a definitive operating system for global youth sports, empowering academies to cut structural overhead and retain elite talent. With IPV's support, we are positioned to rapidly accelerate our footprint across the United States and European markets, building a global category leader from India," Nihal Pradeep said.
Vinay Bansal, Founder and CEO of Inflection Point Ventures, said, "Dartle is transforming how youth sports academies operate by replacing fragmented tools with a unified, data-driven platform. The company's ability to deliver measurable efficiency gains and strengthen athlete outcomes demonstrates clear product-market fit. We are confident that this funding will enable Dartle to scale rapidly and establish itself as a category-defining player in sports technology."