$1 million bucks, that is how a great deal 5.000 avid gamers have been scammed for in trades for gaming outfits and property and with 3.2 billion gamers around the globe this is just the idea of the iceberg. That is the dilemma GamerPay is hoping to remedy globally by supplying a harmless market.
Press Release
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Oct 27, 2021 10:00 CEST
COPENHAGEN, Denmark,
October 27, 2021(Newswire.com) –
“Game titles are for several becoming the substitute for social media. We expended much more and much more hours actively playing games with our buddies on the web each day. It has led to a increase in income of electronic outfits, known as skins. You have to take into consideration it as shopping for dresses in the genuine planet. If you want to stand out you might purchase Balmain in the true planet and a so-termed Dragon Lore when you are on the server at dwelling in the bed room. Regretably on the web scamming is much less difficult than in the genuine environment,” claims Martin Lykke Suhr, co-founder of GamerPay.
GamerPay launched their marketplace in May perhaps, exactly where it is probable to trade skins safely also if you are a insignificant underneath 18. The to start with recreation to provide is Counter-Strike, a major esport title and much more titles are coming. “We previously see that we are making a variance for the gamers. Witnessing all the good suggestions and positivity from the Counter-Strike local community is actually fuelling the crew to establish some thing extraordinary. Coupled with a strong fundraising effort and hard work, in which we experienced to convert down investors as we oversubscribed so rapidly, is making us incredibly excited for the potential. With this team and our new traders on board we believe that inside of 5-7 a long time a yearly earnings mark of 100 million pounds is achievable,“ Martin Lykke Suhr carries on.
In acknowledgement of the dimensions of the challenge and the likely of the group, Gamerpay was accepted into Y Combinator (incl. an expenditure), a well known American accelerator identified for creating unicorns like Airbnb, Stripe, Coinbase, Twitch and far more. As managing companion, Michael Seibel states “When I first listened to how lots of players get scammed when buying and selling gaming skins and property I was involved. That is why I was so energized to spend in GamerPay and have them participate in the YC Summer time 2021 batch.”
Next Y Combinator, GamerPay has shut their seed round of $2 million pounds from VCs which include FoundersClub (US), PreSeed Ventures (DK), Skyfall (NO) and in addition a vary of well known angel buyers like Aleksander Leonard Larsen co-founder Axie Infinity, Heini Zachariassen co-founder of Vivino and much more.
On the industrial side, GamerPay entered a formal partnership with Ninjas In Pyjamas (NIP), a foremost esport group, who like GamerPay has substantial ambitions to eradicate scamming from gaming so that grown ups and children beneath 18 can properly buy and promote skins with no the fear of monetary loss.
“The scam issue encompassing skin trading has existed in Counter-Strike for numerous years. It truly is harmful to our communities, and adds a adverse impression on how esports as a entire is perceived when new followers and followers try out to get associated. Partnering up with GamerPay to more press the agenda of protected and honest skin investing, is an absolute no-brainer for us. We have a shared ethos of performing very good for esports as a entire, and they are forged from an amazingly passionate and potent community of persons, who genuinely desire for positive modify. It is a best match, and one thing we’re extremely enthusiastic about executing alongside one another,” suggests Jonas Gundersen, COO at Ninjas in Pyjamas.
Get hold of Human being:
Martin Lykke Suhr
Co-founder GamerPay
Telephone: 004551942669
E-mail: [email protected]
Source: GamerPay