What is Fanpath?

World Cup 2026 is the largest sporting event in human history: 3 countries, 16 cities, 48 teams, 104 matches, 6 million cross-border fans. The average fan traveling solo spends $10,000+ in accommodation, flights, tickets, and transport — and still has an inferior experience compared to a coordinated group.

Before Fanpath, there was no coordination infrastructure for traveling fans. Every fan was solving the same expensive, chaotic logistics puzzle alone — using WhatsApp groups, Reddit threads, Facebook events, and Instagram DMs. This scattered approach led to overpaying on every line item, missing out on nation-matched community, and falling prey to ticket scams.

Fanpath brings the coordination infrastructure together in one platform — purpose-built for the World Cup.

Tournament Simulator

Simulate all 10,000+ possible World Cup 2026 tournament paths for any of the 48 qualifying nations. Use the drag-and-drop bracket to explore scenarios — plan which cities you'd need to visit if your team reaches the quarterfinals, the semifinals, or the final. This is the foundation for smart trip planning.

Nation Communities (The Club)

Verified, nation-based fan communities for all 48 qualifying nations. Join your country's community to connect with fans traveling to the same matches, share accommodation, coordinate travel, and access nation-specific intel and events.

Group Housing

Match with verified nation-mates to share accommodation. The average Fanpath housing coordination saves $5,600 per fan compared to solo hotel bookings — the single biggest cost reduction available.

Fan Events

Discover and RSVP to fan rallies, watch parties, and carpools across all 16 host cities. Host your own nation community events and find fans from your country in every city.

Ticket Matching

Peer-to-peer ticket matchmaking inside verified communities. No scalpers. Every seller is identity-verified. The $20 transfer verification fee covers transaction security. Face-value tickets, safely exchanged between verified fans.

My Path (AI Trip Planner)

Enter your team, budget, travel style, and number of matches. Get a full personalized trip plan with city routing based on your team's tournament path, estimated costs, housing and event recommendations from your nation community.

Squads

Form or join a verified travel group with fans from your nation. Coordinate housing, match attendance, and logistics as a unit. Squads have a readiness score, shared match attendance plans, and a Fan Passport that logs every match attended together.

Real-Time Intel

Official updates from federation sources, city safety advisories, transport alerts, and fan-sourced reports — all in one feed per nation community.

Fanpath Free — The core platform is free. Tournament simulator, browse housing/events/tickets, join nation communities, view fan passport, access official intel. No credit card required.

Fanpath+ — $30 per tournament. Includes: verified member badge, post housing and tickets, Priority DMs, unlimited scenario planning, Star Player Badges Pack. For fans who want to actively coordinate — post housing listings, sell or exchange tickets, and be recognized as a verified community member.

Fanpath was founded by Karn Saxena. Previously, Karn built Rage Effect — India and Web3's first cross-play shooter — to 400,000+ users, backed by Solana Foundation, MIXI, Nazara, Epic Games, PlayStation, Xbox, Samsung, and Huawei.

Fanpath is headquartered in San Francisco and is raising a $1.5M pre-seed round to power growth for World Cup 2026.