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Techstars '22Carlsbad, US · 3 known investors
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MegaFans is a competitive mobile gaming and esports platform offering tournaments, an eSports SDK and white label licensing.
Also known as MegaFans Ltd · Mobile eSports Games Fanatics
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Funding
SEC filings, press & company announcements- Undisclosed amountPre-Seed and SeedNov 2021
Alphabit (lead), Launchpool Labs
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Company profile
researched Sep 2026MegaFans (Mobile eSports Games Fanatics) is a competitive mobile gaming and mobile esports marketing platform. It publishes hyper-casual and midcore games, hosts tournaments intended exclusively for mobile gamers, and provides a mobile eSports engine that other developers can embed in their own games through a software development kit in order to offer tournament play to their users.
The platform later incorporated blockchain, cryptocurrency and NFT elements in a play-to-earn environment aimed at gamers and collectors. Competitive prize pools scale up with community participation, and winning players receive virtual tokens that can be exchanged for other cryptocurrencies, NFTs, gift cards or cash. Alongside its own titles, the company licenses a white label version of the solution to mobile game publishers and developers, positioning it as a tool to improve monetization and player retention by enriching the player experience.
Founding story
Co-founder Jeff Donnelley publicly framed the company's purpose as making mobile games a serious force in eSports, arguing that mobile gamers deserve the same quality of competitive experience as PC and console players and that women and other under-recognized demographics, who make up the majority of mobile gamers, should have full representation in eSports.
Business model
MegaFans operates a competitive mobile gaming platform and publishes hyper-casual and midcore games, while also licensing its tournament technology to third parties. Game developers can embed the company's SDK, or mobile eSports engine, into their own titles to add tournament functionality; a white label version of the platform is licensed to mobile game publishers and developers as a way to increase monetization and player retention. Prize pools scale as community participation grows, and players win virtual tokens exchangeable for other cryptocurrencies, NFTs, gift cards or cash.
Revenue is tied to game publishing, tournaments, and licensing of the eSports engine and white label platform to mobile game publishers and developers, with a stated 75/25 revenue split favoring developers over the first full year of development and sales for designers building on the platform or using the engine.
▸Full profile — market position, technology, go-to-market, geography, history
Market position
MegaFans describes itself as one of the few gaming companies challenging the hierarchy in eSports that places PC highest and mobile lowest, and presents itself as a disrupter focused on mobile competitive gaming and play-to-earn mechanics.
MegaFans positions itself around mobile-first competitive gaming, arguing that mobile titles are ranked below PC and console in eSports because of economics, platform access and the perception that mobile games are not challenging. The company has stated that it offers game designers developing on its platform or using its mobile eSports engine a 75/25 revenue split over the first full year of development and sales, with the majority going to the developer, which it describes as unique in the industry.
Technology
MegaFans provides a mobile eSports engine delivered as an embeddable SDK for third-party mobile games, plus a tournament platform that uses blockchain, cryptocurrency and NFTs in a play-to-earn environment where players earn virtual tokens redeemable for cryptocurrencies, NFTs, gift cards or cash.
Go-to-market
The company reaches players directly through its own published hyper-casual and midcore games and hosted tournaments, and reaches developers through SDK integration and a white label licensing offering. It also uses blog articles and social media posts to communicate its mission, and participated in the Launchpool Labs incubator to build its community.
Mobile gamers, including women and other demographics the company says make up the majority of mobile players, plus crypto and NFT collectors; on the supply side, mobile game developers, designers and publishers who embed the SDK or license the white label platform.
Geography
The company was identified as Carlsbad, California-based in 2019 press materials, and MegaFans Ltd was described in 2021 as based in Road Town, British Virgin Islands, serving a global gaming community.
History
The company was presented in June 2019 as a Carlsbad, California mobile gaming startup focused on elevating mobile titles within eSports, at which point it had released its first full-scale mobile tournament game and launched its portable eSports engine. By 2021 the business was described as a Road Town, British Virgin Islands-based mobile esports marketing company operating as MegaFans Ltd; it joined the Launchpool Labs incubator in September 2021 and announced $500K in pre-seed and seed funding in November 2021, led by Alphabit with participation from Launchpool Labs, with proceeds earmarked for accelerating growth and expanding operations.
Compiled by commissioned research from 2 cited public sources — announcements, filings, and press listed under research sources below.
Timeline · 2
launches, deals, and filingsMegaFans Ltd entered Launchpool Labs' 90-day intensive incubator program for blockchain-sector startups, receiving strategic and technical support to grow its gaming community.
MegaFans announced the release of its first full-scale mobile tournament game, upcoming tournament events, and the launch of its portable mobile eSports engine, which developers can embed via an SDK.
Dated company events from announcements, filings, and press; legal rows summarize public dockets and regulator releases.
In the news
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- MegaFans Raises $500K in Pre-Seed and Seed Funding - FinSMEsfinsmes.com · web
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Frequently asked questions
- What does MegaFans do?
- MegaFans is a competitive mobile gaming and esports platform offering tournaments, an eSports SDK and white label licensing.
- Who are MegaFans's investors?
- MegaFans's investors include Alphabit Fund, Techstars.
- Where is MegaFans headquartered?
- MegaFans is headquartered in Carlsbad, US.