Swoops is a blockchain and NFT-powered basketball strategy simulation game and fantasy league that was co-founded by Manish Sinha, who served as CEO, and David Goldberg. Swoops's Twitter Score is 15 out of 1000 as of August 2026, ranking #62,792 among 483,944 tracked accounts.
Swoops was built on Polygon, an Ethereum sidechain, with its initial NFT mint planned for the Ethereum mainnet, and its ERC-721 collection is identifiable by contract address 0xc211506d58861857c3158af449e832cc5e1e7e7b. The platform allowed players to own in-game basketball athletes as NFTs and compete in a simulation league structured around real ownership. Per Dealroom, Swoops is currently classified as closed, and the official playswoops.com domain now resolves to a parked server.
Swoops raised $3.5 million in a funding round announced in April 2022, led by Courtside Ventures and Alpaca VC, with participation from Gary Vaynerchuk and DraftKings CEO Jason Robins. Additional backers included Slow Ventures and Red Beard Ventures. Swoops has been mentioned by 34 accounts, with 507 total mentions, and has published 9,372 posts, accumulating 7,588 followers as of August 2026.
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Swoops attracts a following from across the crypto and gaming space. The accounts that follow Swoops include 55 founders, 14 angel investors, 35 influencers and 6 VCs, among them Mario Nawfal, Nick ONeill, Jane Lippencott, Andrew Steinwold, Josh Ong and Roham.