Zenith Sports is a Spanish online sports-education platform (founded in 2021 in Ávila as "Construyendo Fútbol" and rebranded to Zenith Sports) that trains coaches, players and sports professionals through divisions covering football, basketball, padel and futsal. It offers 250+ products including university-accredited degrees with the Universidad Católica de Ávila, masters, expert programmes, certificates and bootcamps with professional clubs, delivered by 150+ instructors from elite clubs such as Real Madrid, Arsenal and Girona FC. It reports 5,000+ students across 66 countries, ~16 employees, and was named best online sports-training school in Spain; it appears bootstrapped/privately funded.
SectorsEdtech, Sports Tech, E-learning, Consumer
Start-up MapEdtech › Online learning platforms
Founders
I
Iván Díaz Infantes
Co-founder & Academic Director
Á
Ángel Encinar Luengo
Founder & CEO
Global models 5
EEmeritus
Singapore · emeritus.org ↗
Sells paid online certificate and degree programmes to individual learners, co-branded with universities, as Zenith does with UCAV.
~$650MComparable
MMasterClass
United States · www.masterclass.com ↗
Sells online courses taught by elite, famous practitioners directly to consumers, much as Zenith uses coaches from top clubs.
~$460MComparable
CCoursera
United States · www.coursera.org ↗
Online platform selling university-accredited degrees, certificates and professional programmes to individual learners worldwide.
~$440MComparable
UupGrad
India · www.upgrad.com ↗
Sells online university-accredited masters and certificate programmes to working professionals through university partnerships.
~$400MComparable
22U
United States · 2u.com ↗
Delivers online degree programmes in partnership with universities and shares tuition revenue, the same model as Zenith's accredited degrees.
~$100MComparable
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Investors 11
Open as list →
EEoniq
eoniq.fund
DDraper B1
draperb1.vc
LLanzadera
lanzadera.es
S
SODICAL
sodical.es
A
Andrés Fernández
A
Antonio Huerta
I
Isabel López
J
Juan Pablo Herrera
S
Sascha Badelt
Ó
Óscar Fuente
SSEK Lab EdTech Accelerator
Funding rounds 4
| Date | Round | Amount | Lead |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-05-30 | Seed (estimated) | — | Eoniq.fund |
| 2023-01 | Seed | — |
Lead not disclosed
+2 more
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| 2022-07-27 | Pre-seed (estimated) | €200K |
Lead not disclosed
+6 more
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| 2021-06 | Pre-seed | €20K | Lead not disclosed |
News 4
Open as list →| Published | Article |
|---|---|
| 2026-08-01 |
Zorrilla forma a los futuros profesionales de la industria del fútbol ↗
Real Valladolid CF
2026-08-01 |
| 2024-07-28 |
Formación en blanco y violeta para entrenadores de fútbol en Zorrilla ↗
Diario de Valladolid
2024-07-28 |
| 2023-11-06 |
Construyendo Fútbol APP: la revolución digital en el entrenamiento de fútbol ↗
El Referente
2023-11-06 |
| 2023-10-10 |
Construyendo Fútbol, la app de entrenamientos personalizados para jóvenes futbolistas ↗
Applicantes
2023-10-10 |