The global recruiting network for athletes and teams
Andrew Jayyosi, Founder & CEO
Professionals got a network of record. Athletes never did — even though the audience is enormous and already publishing film.
Short-form video builds visibility. It needs a durable recruiting identity behind it.
Coaches evaluate athletes on screens before they ever see them in person.
Transfer movement keeps roster gaps open year-round, not one season.
Once the workflow is real, AI can triage scouting and follow-up. Workflow first.
Verified profile · stats · GPA · film
Verified athletes · global content
Performance Reels tied to identity
AI match scores on real roster needs
Position · class year · target countries
Swipe-speed evaluation with full context
Stages · transcripts · messaging
School-email verified coaches · real rosters
The wedge.
Same identity, more destinations.
Services attach to the graph.
Human-approved execution.
Live production as of 14 Sep 2026. 113 accounts total (84 athletes, 27 coaches). WAU / MAU from last-seen push tokens. Monthly growth is new users vs the prior 30 days (75 vs 24).
School logos, names and quotes appear only with permission.
More complete identities and film make the network useful to coaches.
More coaches publish real roster needs and evaluate athletes in-product.
Saves, passes, messages, applications and offers become matching data.
Placements pull the next athletes and organizations onto Ryval.
Foundation models are available to everyone. The graph is not.
Relevant once profiles, film and real opportunities are consistently on the network.
Organization software follows coach liquidity. Marketplace follows trusted placements. Do not sell five businesses at once.
25,000 paid athletes × $239.88 = $6.0M
400 programs × $3,000 = $1.2M
25,000 is 5.7% of 438,978 recruiting-age U.S. high-school soccer athletes (half of 877,956 NFHS soccer participants).
NFHS 2024–25 via NCAA probability tables. Price is planned Ryval Pro.
200,000 paid athletes × $239.88 = $48.0M
5,000 teams × $3,600 = $18.0M
200,000 is 4.8% of ~4.13M high-school juniors and seniors (half of 8.27M NFHS participants). 5,000 teams is 25% of 19,928 NCAA championship-sport teams.
NFHS 2024–25. NCAA participation release, Sep 2025. NAIA’s 87,299 athletes not yet counted.
1.5M paid athletes × $239.88 = $360M
25,000 orgs × $3,600 = $90M
$500M services GMV × 12% take = $60M
Against 265M global footballers (22M youth) and $40B+ annual U.S. family youth-sports spend, 1.5M paid identities is a small share of one sport.
FIFA Big Count; FIFA Professional Football Report 2023 (128,694 pros, 3,986 clubs); Aspen Institute 2025.
Get coaches to publish real opportunities first. Athletes follow the work.
Verify coaches and programs
Publish real roster needs
Onboard athletes around those needs
Turn successful programs into partners
Repeat by sport and geography
| Category | Examples | Primary focus | Scale / value signal | Gap Ryval fills |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Video and scouting | Hudl, Wyscout | Film, analysis, professional scouting | 300k+ teams, 180 countries · >$767M implied¹ | Film attached to identity, needs and applications |
| College recruiting | NCSA (IMG Academy), SportsRecruits | College placement and paid advisory | IMG Academy sold for $1.25B (2023) | Software network, not a high-touch sales package |
| Team operations | Teamworks | Ops and performance software for elite teams | $1B+ valuation · $235M Series F (2025) | The athlete-facing network and open recruiting market |
| Social identity | LinkedIn, Instagram | Identity, content, networking | 1.3B+ members · $26.2B acquisition (2016) | Recruiting workflow and roster software for sport |
| Ryval | Ryval | Global identity, discovery, recruiting workflow, marketplace path | The open seat | One graph across the full career, not one cycle |
¹ Nelnet 10-K 2024: ~22% preferred stake carried at $168.7M, fair value “significantly greater.” Other figures: Reuters, Endeavor, Microsoft.
Andrew Jayyosi
Founder & CEO
Division I and Division II playing experience.
Played in France. Understands international placement.
Has sat with athletes, families and coaches on the placement side.
Used to building pipelines, not just product surfaces.
Athletes, coaches and international contacts already in motion.
Product architecture, backend reliability, data systems and AI still need a committed technical lead.
Working number for 18 months of product and distribution. Lock it to actual burn before circulating.
Next financing after liquidity: verified programs, complete profiles, monthly opportunities, outcomes and initial MRR.
Athletes get discovered. Teams build their next roster.
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