About Moonrise
The home for sports competitions.
Moonrise Sports gives sports teams, athletes, charities and organisations their own customised competitions platform, helping them turn their audiences and sporting assets into engagement, revenue and valuable first-party data.
Rather than competitions being posted once on social media and quickly disappearing, Moonrise gives them a permanent home where fans can regularly discover and enter competitions to win signed merchandise, tickets, hospitality and money-can’t-buy sporting experiences.
For sports organisations, every competition becomes an opportunity to better understand their fans, build their own first-party database, generate new revenue and create measurable activation opportunities for commercial partners.
Moonrise manages the technology and competitions, while public competitions can also be brought together across the wider Moonrise marketplace, helping organisations reach sports fans beyond their existing audiences.
Social media creates the attention. Moonrise gives that attention somewhere to go, converting it into engagement, data and revenue.
Get in touch to learn more.
info@moonrisesports.com
The history of Moonrise
2017
Professional contract terminatedAt the end of the summer in 2017, our CEO and founder Charlie Hartley had his professional contract for Kent CCC terminated after four years playing for the club. Although not the longest career, throughout this time he noticed the huge impact that a short conversation can have on loyal sports fans. He said "I want to give everyone the opportunities I had to learn from the best in the world through entertaining online experiences". Charlie spent a few years working outside of sport before realising that his desire to be back involved in sport was too strong to be ignored.
2020
COVID 19The year the world stood still. Moonrise was born when Charlie noticed the impact that Covid had on sports fans world wide. No longer able to go to their local ground or watch their favourite team train, he wanted to create a site that made it accessible and affordable for everyone, anywhere in the world to engage with their favourite sport star, regardless of potential financial or geographical barriers. Charlie created a concept site that was well received and created opportunities all over the world with 100s of international sports stars engaging with loyal fans.
2023
Early InvestmentMoonrise Sports gathered momentum with investors from around the world to build a custom platform for sports teams.
A one stop shop for sports fans experinces.
2025
V1 LAUNCHSeptember 2025 the new Moonrise Sports site went live bringing all sports competitions and content to one place.
At the moment, most clubs run competitions through their own social media to their own audience. Our goal is to aggregate all of those experiences into one platform and promote competitions to a wider sports audience.
Its free to sign up... what are you waiting for?
2026
Competitions Launch2026 saw Moonrise Sports launch its dedicated competitions platform, giving sports teams, athletes, charities and organisations their own customised home for competitions.
Every competition can now help organisations generate engagement, capture valuable first-party fan data and create new revenue and sponsor opportunities, while giving fans one place to discover incredible prizes and experiences across sport.
The Moonrise leadership team
Charlie Hartley
FounderCharlie played professional cricket for Kent CCC for four and a half years. During his time as a professional cricketer, he was passionate about giving back to fans and making sure he made an impact on the next generation.
Charlie knows firsthand the life-changing power engaging with elite sports people can have and is committed to making sure every sports fan in the world has the opportunity to be inspired like he was. Charlie also has huge ambitions to create innovative commercial opportunities within women's sport and he believes Moonrise will be the catalyst for positive change for female athletes and fans everywhere.
John Paul Thwaytes
FinanceJohn Paul Thwaytes began his career as chief Trader on the Derivatives Market of Liffe.
He went on to become Founder and Chairman of ODL Securities and grew the business to become the fourth largest FX Trading house in London, processing £250bn per month with global staff of 240.
John Paul is an angel investor in multiple innovative startups including Currency Cloud, Bloc Hotels, a disruptive Pensions business and degradable products. He has acted as chairman to oversee the Boards of financial businesses among many other achievements.
Andrew Ford
LegalAndrew is a highly experienced and talented solicitor. Bringing with him experience from magic circle firms, Andrew’s personal and conscientious approach is suited to the needs of those facing criminal allegations. Conscious that each client has much at stake, Andrew has an enviable record of avoiding charges being brought against his clients by virtue of his pre-charge advice and skillful representation.
Working exclusively with those who can privately fund their own representation, Andrew’s clients include professional sportspeople, medical professionals, and those of high net worth. Andrew is considered a ‘rising star’ in both criminal and sports law.
Frequently asked questions
View all FAQsMoonrise Sports is a digital competitions platform that gives sports teams, athletes, charities and organisations their own customised home for competitions, giveaways and fan experiences.
Organisations provide the prizes and experiences, while Moonrise provides the technology and supports the management of the competitions, entries and winner selection.
Prizes vary across each organisation and can include signed merchandise, tickets, hospitality, sporting experiences and money-can’t-buy opportunities.
No. Your Moonrise account allows you to discover and enter eligible competitions from teams, athletes and organisations across the platform.
Moonrise helps organisations give back to their fans while generating engagement, building valuable first-party fan data, creating revenue opportunities and providing new ways for commercial partners to connect with supporters.