FanSpark (Wizards and Misfits, Inc.)

FanSpark is a fan engagement platform to help athletes and teams monetize their success through digital subscription content.

  • Stage Full Product Ready
  • Industry Platforms
  • Location Owatonna, MN, USA
  • Currency USD
  • Founded May 2024
  • Employees 19
  • Incorporation Type C-corp
  • Website fanspark.pro

Company Summary

Our team’s extensive background in digital content and digital communities led us to build a subscription-based content platform where every athlete in every sport can build a scalable and predictable new revenue stream by delivering exclusive short-form social content directly to sports fans around the world. FanSpark won 2nd place at the 2026 Ignite Cup, and was invited to presented as a Featured Founder at the 15th MN Entrepreneur Kickoff!

Team

  • MBA, five-time founder, NYT bestselling comic book writer, award-winning entrepreneurial ecosystem builder, and former director of the Mayo Clinic Business Accelerator with a lifelong career path
    focused on empowering underserved creators.

  • Three-time founder with 15 years of experience working with digital creators. Former talent agent at United Talent Agency, delivered consumer platforms for global IP, provided digital strategy for nearly every entertainment studio, and ran emerging tech dept at a defense contractor.

  • Experienced entrepreneur and three-time founder with a Master’s degree in Product Development. Expertise in guiding products from ideation to market launch, with ten years’ experience in social media strategy, brand collaboration, and product development.

  • Damian Sima
    CTO

    Over twenty years’ experience devising solutions for a broad range of industries including e-commerce, enterprise integrations, human resources, travel, and finance. Substantial experience building effective engineering teams from scratch.

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