About us
Sofanatics is an amazing Social TV service for sport fans. Our virtual stadiums are the best places to go crazy during the matches.
Sofanatics was born from a private need to share emotions while watching sport on TV. "It's a bit odd to cheer alone", as the founders noted.
It's all about the match time experience: Real matches - Real people - Real time.
Please send us lots of feedback!
You'll Never Watch Alone™
Partners
Contact
General inquiries
Toni Laturi
CEO, Co-Founder
@tlaturi
+358 40 7395 234
toni@sofanatics.com
Press inquiries
Sami Kuusela
Co-Founder
@deepsami
+358 44 3234 323
sami@sofanatics.com
Media
Techcrunch
"...my favourite is from the mad people at Sofanatics who rendered me senseless by vodka when I recently visited Helsinki and in doing so proved the point that getting a journalist drunk always pays dividends in the form of column inches. The company runs an online chat service for soccer fans, but the cool aspect of that service is that fans can interact by merely shaking their iPhone or iPad during a game..."
ArcticStartup
"...Sofanatics is definitely on a good track here. If they're able to create an attractive service for football clubs, it would be easy to sell it for a monthly fee. There aren't too many services similar to their so they have a good chance pulling this through - especially with the board and group of advisors they've attracted around the company..."
VentureBeat
"...One thing I’ve learned as a reporter is that there’s a huge demographic of sports fans who’ve figured out Facebook and Twitter without ever coming near VentureBeat, Mashable or TechCrunch. They’re on the other side of the geek/jock firewall. Sofanatics does sports fans the favor of sticking to talking about the game, without gushing about how awesome Twitter downtime is. That’s my job..."
Team
This is our team. We are located in Helsinki, Finland. Come to visit us!
Toni Laturi
CEO, Co-Founder
779 Check-ins
4020 Messages
Fan of 68 teams
761 Result guesses
Toni is responsible of the business side of Sofanatics. He makes sure Sofanatics keeps growing fast, we have money on our account and everyone around us is happy.
Toni has a solid management background. He loves watching sports and playing floorball with his friends.
Sami Kuusela
Co-Founder
1177 Check-ins
8776 Messages
Fan of 249 teams
1167 Result guesses
Sami takes care of the community, marketing and press relations.
Sami has a 20 year career in both traditional and digital media as a journalist and entrepreneur and he's proud to say that he went to school with the greatest European midfielder Jari Litmanen. Sami trains martial arts.
Kai Hannonen
CTO
632 Check-ins
2482 Messages
Fan of 108 teams
586 Result guesses
Kai's job is to make sure our tech is excellent and it scales nicely when more and more fans join Sofanatics.
Kai is an architect and developer with strong background in web and mobile development. He can also skateboard like a boss.
Elmo Saukko
Senior Developer
173 Check-ins
333 Messages
Fan of 72 teams
155 Result guesses
Elmo handles tech and design, and builds new stuff for Sofanatics.
Elmo has been producing web communities for 10 years. He also loves to DJ and travel - and play football of course!
Asmo Halinen / Chairman of the Board, Petteri Koponen / Advisor and Board Member, Mikael Jungner / Board Member, Peter Nyman / Board Member, Tuomas Artman / Chief Engineer, Jaakko Hyvärinen / Art Director, Jugi Kaartinen / User Experience Designer, Mikko Mannelin / Art Director, Aki Riihilahti / Advisor, Jyri Engeström / Advisor. Friends, families + many others.