GamerPay
AcquiredYC S21Copenhagen, DK · Founded 2020 · 6 employees · 4 known investors
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.
Founders & leadership· Y Combinator alumni (S21)
GamerPay was founded in 2020 by Martin Lykke Suhr, Morten Byskov, Peter Haldbæk, and Mathias Hermansen.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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 · 4
Competitors · 2
by search overlapSteamcommunity1306 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.
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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.
- Where is GamerPay headquartered?
- GamerPay is headquartered in Copenhagen, DK.