What Gamefound does

Gamefound is a Poland-based crowdfunding platform purpose-built for the tabletop gaming vertical, serving board game, card game, and role-playing game publishers and creators. Founded in 2018 (per company history source) and headquartered in Warsaw, the platform hosts crowdfunding campaigns and provides supporting services including pledge manager functionality, late-pledge operations, and marketing support. In 2024, Gamefound's platform facilitated approximately $85 million in initial campaign funding — a roughly 52% year-over-year increase — with total platform volume including late-pledge and pledge manager operations reaching approximately $165 million. The platform hosted 6 of the 10 most-funded tabletop campaigns across all major platforms that year, with average campaign earnings of $395,349 versus a stated competitor average of $41,400.

The platform's technology stack centers on core crowdfunding infrastructure — payment processing, campaign management, and backer engagement tools — augmented by differentiated proprietary features. These include Stretch Pay (installment payment capability for backers), multilingual support for global accessibility, instant payments to creators upon campaign completion, AdFound (an advertising tool introduced in 2024 for campaign promotion), and integrations with PayPal and region-specific local payment methods. Gamefound operates on a transaction-fee revenue model, taking a percentage of funds raised during crowdfunding campaigns, with no publicly disclosed pricing schedule.

In July 2025, Gamefound executed a transformative acquisition of Indiegogo, a crowdfunding pioneer with 38 million members and nearly $3 billion raised historically. The deal integrates Gamefound's technology with Indiegogo's broader creator-backer community spanning technology, design, and arts categories beyond tabletop gaming. Following the acquisition, Gamefound's infrastructure was used to relaunch Indiegogo's platform in October 2025 with new campaign management tools, flexible payment options, standardized funding model, and simplified fee structure. The company is led by CEO Marcin Świerkot and operates with 101-250 employees, positioning itself to challenge Kickstarter's tabletop funding dominance by 2025.

Name

Gamefound

Legal name

Gamefound

Website

https://gamefound.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2018

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Gamefound is a Poland-based crowdfunding platform specializing in tabletop game campaigns, serving board game publishers and creators with transaction-fee monetization. Following its 2025 acquisition of Indiegogo, the platform expanded into tech, design, and arts categories, reaching 38 million members.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Crowdfunding Platform

NAICS

Hobby, Toy, and Game Retailers (45912)

SIC

Retail-Hobby, Toy & Game Shops (5945), Services-Miscellaneous Amusement & Recreation (7990)

akta.pro primary industry

Creator Monetization & Fan Funding (Subscriptions, Tips, Memberships, Patronage) (MPAFAEAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Hobby Games & Miniatures Retail (Tabletop RPGs, Wargaming) (CRALAFAH), Miniatures Games & Tabletop Skirmish Games Retail (CRALALAH)

Keywords

• Tabletop crowdfunding
• Crowdfunding platform
• Pledge management
• Indie game publishing
• Campaign funding

Headquarters

HQ city

Wroclaw

HQ country

Poland

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Crowdfunding Platform Fees: Gamefound charges fees on campaigns hosted on its platform, taking a percentage of funds raised during crowdfunding campaigns. The platform generates revenue through transaction-based fees on successful campaigns.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Gamefound operates a crowdfunding platform purpose-built for tabletop gaming, enabling board game, card game, and RPG publishers and creators to launch, manage, and fulfill funding campaigns. The platform provides integrated payment infrastructure, pledge management, and advertising tools tailored to the tabletop gaming market. In July 2025 Gamefound acquired Indiegogo, extending its scope into consumer technology, hardware, and broader creative project crowdfunding.

Product overview

Gamefound operates as a crowdfunding platform ecosystem with a primary focus on tabletop gaming. The core offering is the Gamefound Platform itself—a tabletop crowdfunding platform supporting campaigns with features like Stretch Pay, multilingual support, instant payments, PayPal, and local payment options. Following the 2025 acquisition of Indiegogo, the portfolio expanded to include the Indiegogo platform (now rebuilt on Gamefound's technology), which broadens reach into tech, design, and the arts. Additional offerings include AdFound, an integrated advertising tool for campaign promotion. The platform competes directly with Kickstarter and has set ambitious targets to become the number one tabletop crowdfunding platform.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Gamefound Crowdfunding Platform End-to-end crowdfunding service for tabletop game publishers and creators, covering campaign launch, payment collection, pledge management, and post-campaign fulfillment. Built around features such as Stretch Pay, AdFound, PayPal, and local payment methods.
• Next-Generation Indiegogo Platform Re-platformed Indiegogo crowdfunding marketplace, now running on Gamefound's technology stack, serving creators of consumer technology, hardware, design, gaming, and broader creative products.
• AdFound Integrated in-platform advertising and campaign promotion tool that lets creators and publishers run paid promotion of their crowdfunding campaigns directly within the Gamefound ecosystem.

Quantifiable outcome

• 52% year-over-year growth in initial funding (2024)
• +4 more outcomes

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core, flagship and minor.

• IndiegogocoreTechnology or Integration · 24 July 2025Gamefound acquired Indiegogo, a crowdfunding pioneer with 38 million members and nearly $3 billion raised historically. The acquisition integrates Gamefound's technology—including Stretch Pay, multilingual support, and instant payments—with Indiegogo's global community. Gamefound will continue as the leading tabletop crowdfunding platform while Indiegogo broadens its reach across tech, design, and arts.
• CMONflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerGamefound signed an exclusivity agreement with publisher CMON, bringing two campaigns to the platform that might have otherwise launched on Kickstarter. This partnership highlights Gamefound's strategy of targeting professional publishers seeking stability and reliable partnerships.
• Wizards of the CoastminorOthersWizards of the Coast licenses Dungeons & Dragons properties to creators like EXG Pro, who launch officially licensed crowdfunding campaigns on Gamefound. The Xanathar Cable Guy campaign demonstrates third-party creators using Gamefound for licensed tabletop collectibles.

Scale indicators11 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Kickstarter: The dominant reward-based crowdfunding platform and Gamefound's primary competitor, especially in tabletop gaming where Kickstarter has historically raised 2–3x Gamefound's volume. Direct overlap in board game, card game, and RPG campaign categories with near-identical creator and backer funnels.
• Indiegogo: General-purpose crowdfunding pioneer with 38M members and ~$3B historically raised; now a wholly owned subsidiary of Gamefound following the July 2025 acquisition. Operates the same reward-based crowdfunding model with broader category reach (tech, design, arts).
• BackerKit: Pledge manager and post-campaign fulfillment platform deeply embedded in the tabletop crowdfunding ecosystem, used by many of the same publishers that also launch on Gamefound. Competes with Gamefound's pledge manager capabilities and targets overlapping creator workflows.
• Patreon: Subscription-based creator monetization platform representing an alternative funding model that competes for the same creators' audience relationships and platform-fee wallet share, particularly in the broader games and creative categories.

Emerging players

• The Game Crafter: Print-on-demand and component-sourcing platform for independent tabletop game creators, offering an alternative path to market that bypasses crowdfunding entirely. Comparable audience of indie tabletop creators but different monetization model.
• Wefunder: Equity crowdfunding platform enabling anyone to invest in startups for as little as $100. Comparable two-sided marketplace mechanics (creators + backers) but focused on regulated securities offerings rather than rewards.
• Ko-fi: Tip, membership, and shop platform for creators, offering a low-fee alternative to Patreon and a possible substitute for ongoing backer monetization outside of campaign launches.

Broad incumbents

• GoFundMe: The largest personal-cause and community crowdfunding platform, demonstrating the scale potential of crowdfunding marketplaces. Limited product overlap with Gamefound but serves as the benchmark for mainstream crowdfunding brand recognition.
• Republic: Multi-asset class online investment platform offering equity, debt, and reward-based crowdfunding. Operates a different regulatory model but competes for the same 'alternative funding' budget of creators and small businesses.
• StartEngine: Equity crowdfunding platform with broad consumer reach and a publicly listed parent (StartEngine Crowdfunding, Inc.). Different product (securities) but competes for creators considering non-traditional funding routes.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/gamefound

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A1 record

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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