SPONSOR.ME has hit 1 million active users worldwide
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SPONSOR.ME has hit 1 million active users worldwide

It has been three years since Ola Akselberg and Otto Kalvø started SPONSOR.me. After a quiet start, SPONSOR.ME crowdfunding platform has really taken off. 

Today, we are proudly serving 1 million athletes all over the world! 

We focus only on sports. From young and ambitious to proud and accomplished, we are serving athletes of all levels and professional tracks.To celebrate our 1-million-userversary (yes, we made this word up), we have prepared a list of some of the most inspiring stories we had the honor to be a part of at SPONSOR.ME.

1. The youngest Norwegian woman on Everest 

On May 14th, SPONSOR.ME officially became the 1st sports crowdfunding platform to enable the youngest ever Norwegian mountaineer to conquer Mount Everest. A 24-year old Moa Hundseid has become the youngest Norwegian and the 5th youngest woman in the world to ever get to the summit of Mount Everest. After reaching 236% of her crowdfunding goal on SPONSOR.ME, she made it to 8848 meters and made us all proud. 

A day after Moa’s expedition was over, a 23-year old man got to the summit, making Moa the 2nd youngest person from Norway on top of the world.

  • SPONSOR.ME campaign: http://bit.ly/2KZOvW3
  • Fundraised on SPONSOR.ME: 70,659 NOK from 49 sponsors
  • Country: Norway
  • Sports: Mountaineering

2. The 6-year old motocross racer 

Lyndon was putting in all the work to prepare for the race in August, but with his dad’s injury and him being off of work, Lyndon needed additional support to help get him there. Lyndon collected more than $1000 on SPONSOR.ME from 12 sponsors. 

Lyndon wants to finish on the podium this year at the Canadian Grand National Amateur Championships.

  • SPONSOR.Me campaign: http://bit.ly/2LkJIho
  • Fundraised on SPONSOR.ME: 1,032 USD from 12 sponsors
  • Country: Canada
  • Sports: Motocross

3. Tennis champion training for Deaflympics

Vinchon is a 20-year old man from France. He started his campaign on SPONSOR.ME to ask fans and friends to help him afford the costs of training for Deaflympics 2021 and travel. 

Vinchon has a rare genetic condition called Franceschetti syndrome, but neither his disease nor the pain of numerous reconstruction surgeries is going to stop him from pursuing his dream to participate at Deaflympics. Vinchon is a vice-champion of France in table tennis – the sport he’s been playing for more than 7 years. 

  • SPONSOR.ME campaign: http://bit.ly/2sOYaXh
  • Fundraised on SPONSOR.ME: 1,040 USD from 36 sponsors
  • Country: France
  • Sports: Tennis

4. The brave 12-year old sailor with a lung capacity of 20% (Denmark)

This 12-year old man has a lung capacity of 20% and a courage capacity of 100,000%. Sailing on an equal footing with healthy children, Magnus has qualified for the World Cup in Cyprus. His SPONSOR.ME fundraiser received more money than requested (185% of the goal), and we’re rooting for Magnus together with 66 sponsors who voted for him with their money!

  • SPONSOR.ME campaign: http://bit.ly/2Mkula1
  • Fundraised on SPONSOR.ME: 18,500 NOK from 66 sponsors.
  • Country: Denmark
  • Sports: Sailing

5. Blind hockey players with the passion for the game

Blind Hockey is the same exhilarating, fast-paced game that gets spectators out of their seats with only one main difference – all players are legally blind! Meet St. Louis Blues Blind Hockey Club. They are a team of 20 people with the passion for the game, and they started their SPONSOR.ME campaign because they were missing much-needed funding to pay for additional practice ice. Their funding goal was just $500, and even though they didn’t get 100% of their goal, they found 3 sponsors who funded almost 30% of their campaign.

  • SPONSOR.ME campaign: http://bit.ly/2kwbpIH
  • Fundraised on SPONSOR.ME: 145 USD from 3 sponsors
  • Country: United States
  • Sport: Hockey

6. The boxing champion reaching her funding goal in 24 hours

Reaching 100% of the funding goal on SPONSOR.ME in 24 hours was not a problem for this Swedish boxing champion. Marianne is going to represent Sweden at the European championship in June this year. With such accomplishments, the next logical step is the Olympics. 

  • SPONSOR.ME campaign: http://bit.ly/2rFqQ4d
  • Fundraised on SPONSOR.ME: 20,850 from 55 sponsors
  • Country: Sweden
  • Sport: Boxing

Marianne reached her funding goal on SPONSOR.ME in 24 hours and got 209% of her initial goal: 20,850 SEK out of requested 10,000.7. Danish Deaf Handball Team is a Linguistic minority

In their SPONSOR.ME campaign, the Danish Deaf Handball National Team clearly stated that they don’t want to call themselves disabled. Instead, they called themselves a linguistic minority. Their ambition to win the World Deaf Handball Championships in Brazil brought them 18,000 DKK on SPONSOR.ME.

  • SPONSOR.ME campaign: http://bit.ly/2wqgKdt
  • Fundraised on SPONSOR.ME: 18,000 DKK from 52 sponsors
  • Country: Denmark
  • Sport: Handball

8. The snowboarder without a leg

A motorbike accident took Alessandro’s wife and his left leg, but it couldn’t take away his joy and passion for snowboarding. Alessandro is crowdfunding to buy a prosthesis for his lost limb to keep performing at a top level. He shot for the moon with the ambitious crowdfunding goal and ended up among the stars with the collected $2,015 from 93 sponsors.

  • SPONSOR.ME campaign: http://bit.ly/2KoPLSk
  • Fundraised on SPONSOR.ME: 2,015 USD from 93 sponsors
  • Country: Italy
  • Sport: Snowboarding

9. The skier with the “athlete heart”

Anna’s heart condition could’ve stopped her skiing career, but without alpine skiing, her “athlete heart” would’ve stopped instead. Anna persevered and got ready to begin training for Beijing 2022 Olympics.

“I was told that I was suffering from a heart condition and had to put down my career,” she wrote in her SPONSOR.ME campaign. “After some time, many hospital visits and, thanks to new research studies and medicine, there was still a possibility for me to continue my alpine investment and to follow my dreams.” 

10. The fighter who kicks bad odds in the guts

Doctors claimed 80% certainty that he will never walk again, but It took him only 3 years after the surgery to learn to walk again. Today, Alen Rahimic is an aspiring boxer who dreams of winning Gold in the Mediterranean Games. He started his SPONSOR.ME fundraiser to get support and focus on his boxing career.

11. The Olympic athlete crowdfunding for the next Olympics

Meet David – a short track athlete of the Italian ice skating national team, who inspired us by his competitiveness and the level of professionalism. David participated in the Olympic Games in Sochi in 2014 and decided to turn to SPONSOR.ME to crowdfund his path to the Olympics in Bejing 2022. 

12. The athlete with cerebral palsy who is creating possibilities

Where can the drive and courage bring a 24-year old female? What if she can’t walk and was born with cerebral palsy? We’ll tell you: at least 6,882 ft high – to the summit of Kebnekaise! 

Josephine started her SPONSOR.ME fundraiser to follow her dream to become the first person with cerebral palsy to reach the top of Sweden’s highest mountain. Josephine is managing her own Facebook page where she is redefining living CP (cerebral palsy) as living a life of Creating Possibilities.

13. This athlete with the willpower made of steel

How much mental strength does it take to NOT play by the rules that the universe made for you? 

Ask Harald Riise, a 33-year old athlete who started his SPONSOR.ME fundraiser to collect money for his dream to pull himself and his wheelchair up the top of the 60 m – high Holmenkollen ski jump. “I consider the wheelchair a symbol of my disability, and I will not allow it to tie me down,” he said. 

14. This gymnastics athlete training for Tokyo 2020 Olympics

Meet Akash Modi, a US National Team Member for the sports of gymnastics. Akash studied at Stanford University, which did an amazing job supporting him during the 4 years of his being a collegiate student. But when Akash graduated, he got to pay his own bills. Expenses included travel to competitions, medical expenses, equipment and many other things. Akash’s SPONSOR.ME campaign brought him $2,500 from 41 sponsors.

He is now training for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.

  • SPONSOR.ME campaign: https://sponsor.me/akashmodi
  • Fundraised on SPONSOR.ME: $2,500 from 41 sponsors
  • Country: United States
  • Sport: Gymnastics

15. This speed-skating phenomenon

Allan Dahl Johansson is a speed skating phenomenon. He started his SPONSOR.ME fundraiser in 2016 with the goal to win Gold in Junior WC in Salt Lake City 2018! And you know what? He did it two years later! There is even a Wikipedia page about him: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allan_Dahl_Johansson

Allan got 91% of his fundraising goal, and that was enough to fuel his dreams. 

  • SPONSOR.ME campaign: https://sponsor.me/allan
  • Fundraised on SPONSOR.ME: 13,686 from 32 sponsors
  • Country: Norway
  • Sport: Speed Skating

SPONSOR.ME always lets athletes collect all their funds, regardless of whether the campaign was 100% funded or not.

To sum upSince September of 2017, the number of active campaigns on SPONSOR.ME has been doubling from month to month. From February to March this year, it increased by 400% in the United States. 

At SPONSOR.ME, we are proud to be protecting and harnessing the dreams of a million athletes around the world. It is a great honor and a great responsibility for us. Every day, we see fantastic stories from people of all ages and ambition levels. Write your own story on SPONSOR.ME. Start your fundraiser today!

Together, we build the world of sports.