Omaze
Los Angeles, US · Founded 2012 · Delaware corporation · 23 known investors
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Omaze runs prize draws where its community can win luxury homes, supercars, and cash prizes while raising money for charity partners. It operates as an entertainment company with a social purpose, serving consumers in the UK and Germany.
Also known as Omaze · Omaze Inc. · Omaze UK Limited
Founders & leadership
Omaze was founded in 2012 by Matt Pohlson.
Board


Investors · 23
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Also in the syndicate · 7
Reported raises · per SEC filings
Form D private placements$27.7M disclosed across 1 of 3 rounds · 2020–2021
▶$27.7MraisedOct 2020 · 20 investors · OtherRule 506(b)
- Matthew PohlsonExecutive Officer, Director
- Wyc GrousbeckDirector
- Penni ThowDirector
- Nina SenExecutive Officer
- Richard HeitzmannDirector
- Offering amount
- $27.7M
- Amount sold
- $27.7M
- Proceeds to insiders
- $3.5M
- First sale
- Mar 2020
- Incorporated
- Corporation, Delaware
- Federal exemptions
- 06b
Source: SEC EDGAR Form D. Amounts as filed; amended filings shown once at their latest values.
Company profile
researched Aug 2026Omaze is an entertainment company with a social purpose that operates prize draws in which participants can win luxury homes, supercars and cash prizes while funds are raised for charity partners. Its flagship product is the Omaze Million Pound House Draw, which awards multi-million-pound residential properties that winners may occupy, rent out or sell mortgage-free, alongside secondary formats such as the Early Bird Prize Draw and the Monthly Millionaire Draw.
The company states it has operated since 2012 and has produced thousands of winners, including more than 50 millionaires through the Million Pound House Draw. Named prize outcomes publicised by the company include house draws in the Lake District, Yorkshire, Bath, London and Sussex in the UK, a Plauer See house draw in Germany, and vehicle prizes such as a Lotus Emira and a Porsche 911.
Business model
Consumer prize-draw entries around high-value prizes (homes, cars, cash), with a portion of proceeds directed to charity partners; the company describes itself as an entertainment company with a social purpose.
Traction
The company reports raising more than $250M for charities since 2012, thousands of prize winners and more than 50 millionaires created via the Million Pound House Draw. It also cites over $6M raised for Age UK, over $16M pledged to Great Ormond Street Hospital Charity and over $5M raised for the British Heart Foundation.
Latest developments
Current draw programmes include the Omaze Million Pound House Draw in the UK and Germany, the Early Bird Prize Draw and the Monthly Millionaire Draw.
▸Full profile — market position, go-to-market, geography, history
Market position
Positions itself as a long-running charity prize-draw operator, citing over a decade of operations and a pledge of more than $50M a year to UK charity partners.
Go-to-market
Consumers in the UK and Germany who enter prize draws and want to support charitable causes.
Geography
Draws are offered to communities in the UK and Germany; charity beneficiaries include UK, German and US-based organisations.
History
Omaze states it has been giving its community the chance to win prizes and support causes since 2012; its first advertised winner was Ian, a retired police officer.
Compiled by commissioned research from 7 cited public sources — announcements, filings, and press listed under research sources below.
Key figures
latest reportedCompany-reported or press-reported figures, each dated to when it was claimed — not independently audited.
Timeline · 13
launches, deals, and filingsOmaze launched in Germany, guaranteeing charity partners a minimum of €500,000 per draw, with homes raffled in Dorfen, Flensburg Fjord and the Mecklenburg Lake District.
Former Uniswap Labs Chief Legal Officer joined Omaze as Chief Legal Officer in 2025.
Former Amazon AWS CFO and later CFO of Snap, Ford and Farfetch joined Omaze as CFO in 2025.
Omaze gave away a £5,000,000 warehouse conversion in Victoria Park, Hackney, London.
Omaze paused its US business and relocated its headquarters from Los Angeles to London while continuing UK operations.
The company laid off 103 employees ahead of pausing US operations.
Culver City-based Omaze Inc. announced an $85 million Series C round, more than tripling total funding to $127 million, to expand its platform into international markets.
$85M source ↗
James McIntyre, then senior managing director and COO of Moore Strategic Ventures, joined the Omaze board of directors in connection with the Series C.
Omaze introduced its UK house draw model; the inaugural draw featured a £1 million property in Cheshire and raised £250,000 for the Teenage Cancer Trust.
Ryan Cummins left the company in 2018; Matthew Pohlson remained CEO.
Dated company events from announcements, filings, and press; legal rows summarize public dockets and regulator releases.
Legal entities · 1
corporate structure▸Research sources · 7
primary sources listed
- Investedomaze.com · web
- Omaze Raises $85 Million for Fundraising Platform - Los Angeles Business Journallabusinessjournal.com · web
7 public sources were cited for this profile; the first-party ones are listed here.
Frequently asked questions
- What does Omaze do?
- Omaze runs charity prize draws in the UK and Germany offering luxury homes, supercars and cash prizes.
- Who founded Omaze?
- Omaze was founded by Matt Pohlson in 2012.
- Who are Omaze's investors?
- Omaze's investors include FirstMark Capital, Causeway Partners, Crosscut Ventures, Evolution VC Partners, Ff Venture Capital, FJ Labs, Hemisphere Ventures LLC, RSE Ventures and 8 more.
- How much funding has Omaze raised?
- Omaze has disclosed $27.7M raised across 1 of its 3 known rounds.
- Where is Omaze headquartered?
- Omaze is headquartered in Los Angeles, US.










