What’s the Scór, the popular app that keeps GAA fans updated with live scores and results, is raising funds for the first-time using crowdfunding as an innovative way to allow everyone to buy shares in the company.
Founded by Paul Flaherty, part of Galway’s 2017 All Ireland hurling winning panel, What’s the Scór (WTS ) has had 135,000 downloads of the WTS app with more than 300 clubs using the app to livescore their matches.
What’s The Scór is eager to make sure that every Irish sports fan can access on-demand the score from matches. Club representatives at games update the scores on the app so users of the app can follow the scores in real time.
So far WTS revenues have been advertising based and to further develop this it has agreed a partnership with one of Ireland’s leading digital publishers to monetise WTS’s sizeable audience. WTS has plans in place for a new feed service which will allow broadcasters and media companies to take a scoring feed from WTS. A subscription service is also planned for the second half of 2022.
What’s the Scór is now raising €100,000 on the Spark Crowdfunding platform, which makes it accessible to small and medium sized investors throughout Ireland. WTS achieved 45 per cent of its target in the first 24 hours being live on the platform.
Paul Flaherty, CEO, said: “Following a successful autumn period which included over 630 live games in October and almost 2.5 million page views in the same month, the timing is great to announce our new funding round.
“With the investment we can push on in 2022 to onboard over 1,000 GAA clubs and lay the foundations to expand WTS into other club sports such as rugby, soccer and basketball. We chose Spark Crowdfunding because we want to give our WTS community the chance to invest. Our followers have made us what we are today and we want to give them the opportunity to be part of our future success.”
Chris Burge, CEO, Spark Crowdfunding, said: “We’ve been highly impressed with what Paul and his team have achieved in a very short space of time and with their future expansion plans.
“Everyone we speak with thinks it’s a fantastic idea and the number of downloads would support this. We’re delighted to offer this investment opportunity to our database of investment and believe they will be equally impressed with what Paul has achieved.”
