Raqt is a sports tech startup from Stockholm, Sweden, aimed at solving a very specific challenge within the fast-growing pickleball community. Their platform empowers tournament organizers, club owners, and players by providing a mobile-first digital solution that allows them to manage, run, and participate in tournaments — all from their mobile phones. The mobile app became the essential piece of tech infrastructure for this active user base.
A key differentiator of the platform is its built-in chat system, enabling real-time communication between players, organizers, and match moderators - something previously missing from existing tools on the market.
Raqt came to ProCoders with a clear and ambitious goal:
There were no comparable solutions in the market – a significant opportunity but also a challenge to invent a new category of product from scratch.
Raqt provided pre-validated UI/UX designs – minimalistic, functional, and Scandinavian in spirit, reflecting the founder’s strong understanding of the sport and its culture. ProCoders assembled a cross-functional team to build and launch both mobile and web interfaces.
This team operated in agile 2-week sprints, working in close alignment with Raqt’s co-founders to keep delivery tight and vision-aligned.
With validated Figma designs provided by Raqt, our focus was on implementation, performance, and usability. Given the dynamic and physical nature of pickleball, all primary user flows – match participation, check-in, score input, chat – had to be accessible with just a few taps.
Key priorities:
The web portal was developed primarily for tournament organizers and club administrators. It offered:
From day one, the product was built using GDPR-compliant architecture and third-party services. Sensitive user data and payment information were handled securely through encrypted services and vetted APIs.
Given startup constraints, heavy performance testing was introduced after the initial launch. Once the product gained traction, the team added performance monitoring and scalability upgrades based on real-world usage metrics.
Raqt’s collaboration with ProCoders transformed a visionary idea into a fully functioning mobile-first tournament platform. With no direct competition in the space, the solution has set a new standard for how technology can serve emerging sports communities. The Raqt team is now focused on expanding into new markets while ProCoders provides ongoing support and infrastructure scaling.
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