Ex-Moovit Engineer Builds Global Sports Prediction App BeTeam Solo
Laid off from Moovit, Israeli developer Ran Kopchovsky launched BeTeam, a global sports prediction app reaching 132 countries entirely as a solo founder.
The wave of layoffs sweeping through the Israeli tech sector left many professionals at a crossroads, but for Ran Kopchovsky, it became the opportunity of a lifetime. Until a few months ago, he served as a Data Engineering Team Lead at Moovit before finding himself out of a job. Instead of sending out resumes for a similar role, he decided to build his own product from scratch, creating BeTeam as a solo founder.
Operating as a one-man army, Kopchovsky single-handedly manages software development, user experience design, marketing, data analysis, and product management. Modern development tools enabled a single individual to launch and operate a global-scale product without a dedicated team or heavy venture capital backing.
BeTeam brings a social and competitive element to sports viewing without real-money gambling or in-app purchases. Users can create private prediction leagues, share links directly via WhatsApp, and predict match outcomes before kickoff. Leaderboards update automatically following every fixture.
The platform covers over 11,000 leagues and competitions globally, ranging from the UEFA Champions League and the NBA to local lower-tier tournaments. Beyond private groups among friends, the platform serves commercial venues like bars displaying live leaderboards on screens and corporate workplaces replacing traditional office pools with digital dashboards.
Available for free on iOS and Android across 19 languages, the app has drawn roughly 6,700 users from 132 countries, with strong traction in the USA, the UK, and Israel. Supporting seven major sports disciplines, the platform has processed over 270,000 match predictions to date.
Kopchovsky is currently focusing on local market expansion with localized corporate leagues in Hebrew, English, and German. Concurrently, he is developing a dedicated feature for sports content creators and bloggers to launch branded leagues for their communities.
