Stats Perform has acquired the assets of Phenix Real Time Solutions for a fee of approximately $7m (£5.2m), according to reports.
Last June, venture capital firm KB Partners announced assets of the real-time streaming technology company were up for sale, due to the firm losing approximately $10m in 2023.
Customers of Phenix include Sports Information Services (SIS). The platform was put up for sale at the start of June 2025 with a deadline for interested bidders of 24 June 2025. The minimum bid at the time was set at $7.9m.
As per Streaming Media, Stats Perform has now acquired the platform as well as 21 patents. On top of that, around 10 employees have been rehired and joined Stats Perform as part of the deal.
Phenix’s tech has since been relaunched into Stats Perform’s platform.
As well as the acquisition of Phenix Real Time Solutions, Stats Perform announced it has become FIFA’s first official worldwide betting data and betting streaming rights distributor.
Starting at this summer’s World Cup in the US, Canada and Mexico, operators will be able to live stream matches on their platforms.
This service will also be available at summer 2027’sWomen’s World Cup, hosted in Brazil.
The deal will see the supplier’s RunningBall sports data team collect and distribute official FIFA betting data to licensed operators for “modelling, trading, settlement and in-play frontend use”.
Romy Gai, FIFA chief business officer, said: “We are delighted to partner with Stats Perform, a global leader in sports data. This innovative partnership will create great opportunities to deliver official products for the benefit of the game and its fans.”
Carl Mergele, Stats Perform CEO, added: “FIFA competitions represent the pinnacle of the world’s biggest game.
“Our clients will be delighted we’re able to add FIFA competitions to our Opta and RunningBall official betting data portfolio and our innovative, AI-enriched Bet LiveStreams service.
“We share FIFA’s vision to help the magic of the beautiful game be felt more deeply, by more fans, worldwide.”
Stats Perform declined to comment on the Phenix Real Time Solutions transaction when contacted.
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Phenix Real Time Solutions’ ultra-low-latency platform integrated into supplier, as Stats Perform becomes FIFA’s official betting data and betting streaming rights holder
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