RallyMe

RallyMe is the market leader in crowdfunding for athletes. RallyMe provides athlete-specific tools and techniques to empower athletes, teams, and organizations.

  • Stage Full Product Ready
  • Industry Internet / Web Services
  • Location Salt Lake City, UT, US
  • Currency USD
  • Founded November 2012
  • Employees 6
  • Website RallyMe.com

Company Summary

RallyMe is the world market leader in crowdfunding for athletes.
• 13,000 new customers
• Exclusive Partner of 9 US National Teams (including US Ski Team and USA Cycling)
• 28 RallyMe Olympians at Sochi
• 125 National/International News Stories
• 50 million media impressions
• $1 million raised for athletes, teams. organizations
• 600 % revenue increase last year
• 3.16% avg. conversion rate (industry avg. = 2.1%)

Team

  • Founder/CEO

    Bill Kerig has led his current core team for 10 years. An Internet entrepreneur, and award-winning author, journalist, and filmmaker, he's led three private and public Internet companies, produced and directed five films, written three books, launched two magazines, written hundreds of magazine stories and produced dozens of TV shows. He was a professional skier and captain of his college hockey team. He currently coaches two youth hockey teams.

  • VP of Business Development/Legal Counsel

    Scott has been a key member of the RallyMe team for 10 years. As General Counsel and VP of Business Development, he has led RallyMe’s key strategic partnerships with national governing bodies of sport, as well as forming the structure and documentation to effectively partner with thousands of athletes. He has launched technology companies, films, record labels. He is an accredited baseball and soccer coach.

  • VP of Technology

    In addition to leading the buildout of the original Kickstarter crowdfunding platform, Tim has led projects for: Sun Microsystems, Coca-Cola, United Airlines, the IEEE, the National Institutes of Health, and the Department of Defense. His areas of focus include enterprise resource planning, web-based bioinformatics, and econometric modeling. He was a collegiate baseball player, and currently plays and coaches ice hockey.

  • VP of Operations & Communications

    Whitney Childers has been part of our core team for 8 years. For RallyMe she's generated more than 50 million impressions, world-wide. She also built the customer communications engine and oversees all customer service. Her background includes indy film production, editing and running newspaper and magazine editorial staffs, as well as communications director for Women’s Ski Jumping USA. She was a collegiate soccer player.

Advisors

  • Executive Vice President, Athletics United States Ski and Snowboard Association
    Richard Swart, PhD Partner and Research Director Crowdfund Capital Advisors, LLC
    Tom Yellin
    President, The Documentary Group
    Unconfirmed
  • Bjorn Espenes
    CEO, Finch
    Unconfirmed

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