#44 Sports

Tailgate

Social sports prediction app — 'Winning Is Always Better With Friends' — built by OverHerd with Privy wallet infrastructure and Alliance accelerator backing, bringing tail-the-pick mechanics to Polymarket.

$ 3.74M 1m volume
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Quick facts

Team
1-10
Funding
Accelerator (Alliance) · $500K raised
Alliance (alliance.xyz)
Pricing
Free app (likely transaction-fee economics) · Free tier
Chains
Polygon
Venues
Polymarket
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#44
$3.74M
365 active users
On-chain attribution

builderCode

The 32-byte hash Polymarket uses to attribute volume to this builder on-chain.

0x03d53e4e8daed156c80448931d72b3b6b0b57e1565bfa2855fca74a055f24c08
Profile

What is Tailgate?

Tailgate (trytailgate.com) is a social sports-prediction app that brings tail-the-handicapper-pick mechanics to Polymarket sports markets. Users follow handicappers, tail their picks, and earn when others follow back — the homepage tagline reads 'Winning Is Always Better With Friends.' The product is built by OverHerd (the developer name on Google Play, com.tailgate.xyz) and uses Privy.io for embedded wallet infrastructure; Tailgate received undisclosed backing from the Alliance accelerator. On the Polymarket Builder leaderboard, Tailgate ranks #44 all-time by cumulative volume at $3.74M routed across 365 lifetime users — a strong retail-shaped traction profile (vs the whale-routing builders ranked above it). 30-day metrics were not displayed in the manifest snapshot, indicating either a leaderboard reporting gap or a temporary inactivity window. Available on Android (Google Play) with iOS distribution unconfirmed. Founders, exact funding round size, and launch date have not been publicly disclosed beyond the Alliance accelerator backing.

Tailgate (trytailgate.com) is a social sports-prediction app that imports tail-the-handicapper mechanics from traditional handicapper communities into Polymarket sports markets. The homepage tagline — 'Winning Is Always Better With Friends' — captures the wedge: this is a Polymarket builder targeting social/group sports betting rather than solo prediction-trading.

The product surface is mobile-first: there is an Android app on Google Play (package com.tailgate.xyz) developed by OverHerd, and Tailgate uses Privy.io for embedded wallet infrastructure (Privy's own blog and X posts have name-checked Tailgate as a portfolio integration). The user flow lets people follow handicappers, tail their picks on Polymarket sports markets, and earn rewards when others follow them — a referral-and-influence economy on top of Polymarket's settlement layer.

On the Polymarket Builder leaderboard, Tailgate sits at a strong #44 all-time by cumulative volume at $3.74M routed across 365 lifetime users. That ratio — roughly $10,250 per lifetime user — is consistent with a real retail product with meaningful per-user activity, very different from the institutional-tunnel builders ranked above it (Gate at 6 lifetime users, Phemex at 1). The manifest snapshot showed null values for monthly volume and active users, indicating either a leaderboard reporting gap during the snapshot or a temporary slowdown in user activity.

Tailgate received undisclosed backing from the Alliance crypto accelerator (confirmed via the Chainstory builder census April 2026). Founders' names, the exact funding round size, and the precise launch date have not been publicly disclosed. Direct WebFetch of trytailgate.com and /about returned mostly thin/empty content (the site is likely a JS-rendered SPA), which is why deeper feature documentation isn't included here.

Editorial assessment: Tailgate is a verified, accelerator-backed, retail-shaped Polymarket builder with one of the highest user-counts and cumulative volumes in this slice. URL correction (null → trytailgate.com) is the most consequential finding in this batch.

Product

Key features

Backing

Funding & investors

Stage
Accelerator (Alliance)
Total raised
$500,000
Investors
Alliance (alliance.xyz)
Announcement
https://alliance.xyz/companies
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How to verify Tailgate

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  2. Polymarket's own verification — $Tailgate carries the official ✓ verified flag in the data API.
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About Tailgate 07 answers

FAQ

01 What is Tailgate?

Tailgate (trytailgate.com) is a social sports-prediction app that brings tail-the-handicapper-pick mechanics to Polymarket sports markets. Users follow handicappers, tail their picks, and earn when others follow back — the homepage tagline reads 'Winning Is Always Better With Friends.' The product is built by OverHerd (the developer name on Google Play, com.tailgate.xyz) and uses Privy.io for embedded wallet infrastructure; Tailgate received undisclosed backing from the Alliance accelerator. On the Polymarket Builder leaderboard, Tailgate ranks #44 all-time by cumulative volume at $3.74M routed across 365 lifetime users — a strong retail-shaped traction profile (vs the whale-routing builders ranked above it). 30-day metrics were not displayed in the manifest snapshot, indicating either a leaderboard reporting gap or a temporary inactivity window. Available on Android (Google Play) with iOS distribution unconfirmed. Founders, exact funding round size, and launch date have not been publicly disclosed beyond the Alliance accelerator backing.

02 What is the official website of Tailgate?

Tailgate's official site is https://trytailgate.com/. We verified the URL by visiting the homepage and confirming it references Polymarket or prediction markets directly. If you believe this URL is incorrect, email [email protected].

03 Is Tailgate verified by Polymarket?

Yes — Tailgate carries Polymarket's official ✓ verified flag (returned by their data API as `verified: true`). This indicates Polymarket has reviewed the builder; it's not a guarantee of product quality or financial outcomes.

04 Has Tailgate raised funding?

Accelerator (Alliance); $500K raised; investors include Alliance (alliance.xyz). Announcement: https://alliance.xyz/companies.

05 How much does Tailgate cost?

pricing model: Free app (likely transaction-fee economics); free tier available; App is free to install on Google Play; on-chain economics likely captured via Polymarket builderCode attribution and a referral layer.. Sourced from the official site at the time of research; verify the current pricing on the builder's website before subscribing.

06 What are Tailgate's key features?

Social tail-the-pick mechanics on Polymarket sports markets; Privy.io embedded wallet infrastructure (no MetaMask required); Android app on Google Play (com.tailgate.xyz); Influencer/handicapper referral economy; Backed by the Alliance crypto accelerator. Sourced from the official site/homepage at the time of research.

07 How does Tailgate compare to similar builders?

Tailgate is ranked #44 all-time, with similar-category peers including Sharkbetting.com, WagerUpPilot, PredictiFi. The leaderboard reorders daily — see the history chart for Tailgate's rank trajectory.