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GamerPay

AcquiredYC S21

Copenhagen, DK · Founded 2020 · 6 employees · 6 known investors

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2,100 people in our graph share verified history with the GamerPay team — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.

Akshat Goenkaunlockedknows Morten Byskov · together at Y Combinator (overlapped)
knows the team · via DTU - Technical University of Denmark
×4knows the team · via Y Combinator
knows the team · via Sumup
×2knows the team · via Booz & Company
×2knows the team · via HKUST Business School

GamerPay operates a marketplace where gamers can buy and sell in-game skins and digital assets with built-in fraud prevention through game integrations. The platform includes parental consent features to allow underage users to trade legally, addressing a gap in the market where minors previously relied on unregulated social media transactions.

ConsumerFintechGamingMarketplacesMarketplaceDenmarkEurope

Founders & leadership· Y Combinator alumni (S21)

GamerPay was founded in 2020 by Martin Lykke Suhr, Morten Byskov, Peter Haldbæk, and Mathias Hermansen.

MLMartin Lykke Suhr
Martin Lykke SuhrinFounderMartin Lykke Suhr is a co-founder of GamerPay and previously co-founded Trendsales, a Danish marketplace that grew to over one million users and $40+ million in gross merchandise value.
MBMorten Byskov
Morten Byskovin𝕏Co-founder & COO2021–2025He has worked as a broker at Maersk and as a product owner at SumUp, and is a graduate of Y Combinator's 2017 Startup School.
PHPeter Haldbæk
Peter Haldbækin𝕏Lead Developer and Co-founder2021–2025Peter Haldbæk is a co-founder at GamerPay with over two decades of development experience spanning web applications, backend systems, desktop clients, and mobile apps across corporate and startup environments. His industry background includes banking, shipping, public sector, and marketplace platforms.
MHMathias Hermansen
Mathias HermanseninCo-Founder2021–2025He has worked on marketplace platforms since 2013 in business and product management roles, including COO and Chief Product Officer positions at Denmark's largest transactional marketplace, which he helped scale to $40 million in GMV.

Investors · 6

FundersClubSan Francisco · $250K – $5M
Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K
FCVCreportedSan Francisco
PSVreported · 2 sourcesKongens Lyngby · $75.6K – $864K

Also in the syndicate · 2

FoundersClubSkyfall

Funding

SEC filings, press & company announcements

$2M disclosed across 1 round · 2021

Source: company announcements and press reports — follow each round's link for the claim.

Competitors · 2

by search overlap
Steamcommunity1306 shared keywordsSteam Community is the online hub and social platform for Steam, the PC gaming distribution service operated by Valve, where players discuss games, share content, and connect with other users.
Dmarket1014 shared keywordsDMarket is an online marketplace for buying, selling, and trading in-game skins and virtual items for games such as CS2, Team Fortress 2, and Rust. It offers a catalog of over 1.3 million skins, multiple payment methods, and a trading API for automated trading and real-time market data.

Companies competing with GamerPay for the same Google search keywords, organic and paid, via search-intersection analysis.

In the news

GamerPay In-Game Ev.io NFTs Crypto Can’t Buy | Hypemoonhypemoon.com · Dec 2022GamerPay Funding | $0-5M Revenue | Complete Analysis | Extruct AIextruct.ai · Oct 2021GamerPay Raises $2 Million and Enters Partnership With Esport Team Ninjas in Pyjamas to Fight ... | AP Newsapnews.com · Oct 2021GamerPay Raises $2 Million and Enters Partnership With Esport Team Ninjas in Pyjamas to Fight Scamming for Millions of Dollarsfinance.yahoo.com · Oct 2021GamerPay closed a seed round of $2 million backed by FundersClub, PreSeed Ventures, Skyfall and angel investors. | Nordic 9nordic9.com · Oct 2021GamerPay accepted in Y Combinator, so what is next?computerworld.dk · Aug 2021

Frequently asked questions

What does GamerPay do?
GamerPay operates a marketplace where gamers can buy and sell in-game skins and digital assets with built-in fraud prevention through game integrations. The platform includes parental consent features to allow underage users to trade legally, addressing a gap in the market where minors previously relied on unregulated social media transactions.
Who founded GamerPay?
GamerPay was founded by Martin Lykke Suhr, Morten Byskov, Peter Haldbæk, Mathias Hermansen in 2020.
Who are GamerPay's investors?
GamerPay's investors include FundersClub, Y Combinator, FCVC, PSV.
How much funding has GamerPay raised?
GamerPay has disclosed $2M raised across 1 round.
Where is GamerPay headquartered?
GamerPay is headquartered in Copenhagen, DK.