Eversports, a Vienna-based maker of booking and management software for sports and fitness providers, and MATCHi Group, a Gothenburg-based booking platform for racket sports, announced on March 26, 2026, that they were joining forces. The companies called the deal a merger. Schoenherr, the law firm that advised investor Verdane, later described it as Eversports' acquisition of MATCHi Group.
Financial terms, the ownership split and the closing date were not disclosed. Verdane, a growth investor that is the majority owner of Eversports and already held a stake in MATCHi, backed the deal and said it would keep supporting the combined group.
Together the two companies connect more than 9,000 sports and fitness venues across Europe. Their stated goal is to build Europe's leading platform for racket sports and sports facilities, with padel and Pilates as the main growth areas.
What MATCHi built
MATCHi was founded in Gothenburg in 2012. It runs software and a booking platform for venues offering padel, tennis, squash and badminton, with tools for court bookings, memberships and club operations. It connects more than 3,000 facilities with a large network of players, and Schoenherr described it as a leading platform in the Nordic region.
The group also includes Matchpoint by MATCHi, a software product with a strong position in Spain. MATCHi did not disclose its headcount, user numbers or revenue.
The merger is meant to give MATCHi more money for product development and international expansion, and for building tools specific to racket sports for tennis clubs, padel venues and other operators.
“MATCHi has built a strong and highly appreciated platform within racket sports”
What Eversports brings
Eversports was founded in Vienna in 2013. It makes software for sports and fitness providers and runs a consumer app where people book classes and courts. More than 6,000 providers in nine European countries use its software, mostly in Central Europe, and about 2.3 million users book activities through the platform each year. Schoenherr gave a different set of figures for Eversports, saying it handles about 2.2 million bookings a month and has half a million active users.
Its base is boutique studios: Trending Topics reported that the combined group covers more than 5,500 fitness, yoga, Pilates, dance and martial arts studios and more than 3,500 ball and racket sports facilities. Both sides had already grown by buying smaller rivals: the earlier acquisitions of Fitogram and Matchpoint added more than 1,700 facilities and studios to the group, the outlet reported.
How the combined company will work
The companies plan to merge their product and engineering teams and build a single platform for managing venues and taking bookings. Their AI development teams will also be combined. MATCHi's team will lead the racket sports offering, while Eversports' research and development team in Vienna will focus on boutique studios and the core platform.
Geographic expansion will focus on Spain, France, the United Kingdom and Italy, markets where the two businesses complement each other. Padel has been growing strongly in Spain, Italy and the UK, according to Trending Topics.
Hanno Lippitsch remains chief executive of Eversports and Daniel Ekman chief executive of MATCHi Group. The announcement did not say who would lead the combined group or how many people the two companies employ.
Verdane's consolidation plan
Christina Stoll, a principal at Verdane, said the merger created a clear European market leader in fitness and wellbeing software. Verdane said it would continue to support the group as it looks at further acquisitions in Europe, where the market for sports software remains fragmented.
Schoenherr said Verdane manages about €7.7 billion (roughly $8.5 billion) and has made more than 400 investments since 2003, with a focus on digitalisation and decarbonisation. Ekman said that by joining forces with Eversports, MATCHi was taking its next step after more than a decade of building its platform.
