Booster

What Booster does

Booster, founded in 2013 and headquartered in Washington, United States, operates a custom t-shirt fundraising platform that has been rebranded under the Custom Ink name. The company enables individuals, community groups, schools, and nonprofit organizations to launch fundraising campaigns by designing custom apparel, sharing campaign stories, and collecting online donations — with the company handling design, printing, and fulfillment on a no-upfront-cost basis for organizers. Booster operates as a sub-brand within CustomInk, LLC, the parent custom apparel entity.

The core product, Custom Ink Fundraising, is a self-service platform that combines a custom apparel design tool with campaign pages, progress tracking, and integrated order fulfillment. Organizers do not manage inventory or bear financial risk; the company produces and ships shirts only after orders are collected, then remits proceeds to the campaign organizer. Documented campaigns on the platform range from small school fundraisers raising approximately $1,800 to larger nonprofit efforts raising over $117,000, spanning verticals including education, animal rescue, health research, environmental restoration, and community causes. Customer testimonials demonstrate both small-scale school campaigns (126 shirts, 54 days) and large nonprofit operations (3,777 shirts, 24 days).

The business model is volume-based: revenue is generated from the spread on custom t-shirt sales rather than fees charged to organizers, and the company relies on the parent's existing production and distribution infrastructure. Booster has not raised external funding, has a founder-led structure with Antonio Saus as founder, and employs between 11 and 50 people. Two dedicated support lines (855-845-3008 for organizers, 855-862-8756 for supporters) indicate an operationally hands-on service model.

Name

Booster

Legal name

CustomInk, LLC

Website

https://booster.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2013

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Booster operates Custom Ink Fundraising, a no-upfront-cost custom t-shirt fundraising platform serving individuals, schools, nonprofits, and community groups across the United States, handling design, printing, and fulfillment on behalf of campaign organizers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Custom Apparel Fundraising

NAICS

Direct Mail Advertising (54186)

SIC

Coating, Engraving & Allied Services (3470)

akta.pro primary industry

Custom Printing & Decoration Services (Screen Print, Embroidery, Laser) (BPAFAMAL)

akta.pro secondary industry

Premiums, On-Pack & Pack-In Promotions (BPAFAMAJ)

Keywords

• Custom t-shirt fundraising
• Online fundraising platform
• Custom apparel campaigns
• Group fundraising tools
• Nonprofit merchandise sales

Headquarters

HQ city

Washington

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Core offering

Booster operates Custom Ink Fundraising, a custom t-shirt fundraising platform that lets individuals, schools, groups, and nonprofits design apparel, launch an online campaign page to tell their story, and sell shirts to supporters without purchasing inventory upfront. The company handles design, screen printing, and order fulfillment, and remits the proceeds from the campaign back to the organizer. Booster was rebranded to Custom Ink while continuing the same fundraising service.

Product overview

Custom Ink Fundraising (formerly Booster) is a single, unified t-shirt fundraising platform. The offering consists of the core Custom Ink Fundraising service, which allows users to design custom shirts, set up campaign pages to tell their story, track fundraising progress, and receive fulfilled orders without needing to manage inventory or upfront costs. Booster has been rebranded as Custom Ink.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Custom Ink Fundraising An online custom t-shirt fundraising platform that lets organizers design apparel, launch a campaign page to tell their story, track fundraising progress, and collect funds from shirt sales without holding inventory or paying upfront. Custom Ink handles screen printing, fulfillment, and shipping of orders to organizers or buyers.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• QualcommcoreTechnology or Integration · 13 January 2026Booster is part of Qualcomm's full-stack robotics ecosystem announced at CES 2026. Qualcomm is building a comprehensive robotics architecture combining hardware, software and AI, with Booster as one of the ecosystem partners including Figure, Kuka Robotics, VinMotion, Advantech and Robotec.ai. Qualcomm positions itself as a central silicon and software supplier for the next generation of physical AI systems.

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Bonfire: Bonfire is the closest direct competitor — a custom apparel fundraising platform serving nonprofits, schools, teams, and causes with a no-upfront-cost model. Same product/customer fit as Custom Ink Fundraising/Booster.
• Spreadshirt: Spreadshirt offers a custom apparel marketplace and fundraising/group-order tools, with European roots and global reach. Comparable on no-minimum custom apparel sales and group/campaign workflows.
• Spring (formerly TeeSpring): Spring/TeeSpring pioneered zero-inventory custom apparel selling for creators and causes. Same made-to-order merch model aimed at organizer-led campaigns.
• Fundly: Fundly is a crowdfunding platform tailored to nonprofits, teams, and personal causes. Comparable on organizer-led cause campaigns even though merchandise is not the core vehicle.

Broad incumbents

• Custom Ink: Custom Ink is the parent brand into which Booster was rebranded; it operates a much broader custom apparel platform for groups, businesses, and events. Directly comparable on production/fulfillment and increasingly overlapping on the fundraising product line.
• Bonterra (Network for Good): Bonterra's Network for Good provides nonprofit fundraising software, donation forms, and CRM. Comparable as an incumbent fundraising-tech suite competing for the same nonprofit organizer relationship.

Emerging players

• Printful: Printful is a print-on-demand fulfillment platform powering many custom apparel stores and fundraising campaigns. Comparable as the underlying production layer for similar no-inventory custom apparel offerings.
• Printify: Printify is a print-on-demand marketplace used by organizers and creators to launch custom apparel campaigns without inventory. Comparable on the production and e-commerce stack behind similar fundraising storefronts.
• Givebutter: Givebutter is a modern fundraising platform for nonprofits offering donations, peer-to-peer campaigns, and ticketing. Comparable on the organizer/campaign workflow; competes for the same nonprofit wallet share though not apparel-based.
• Designhill: Designhill is a custom design and print marketplace including apparel and fundraising-adjacent products. Comparable on custom apparel production tooling and access to designers for organizer-led campaigns.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors

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M&A

Investments1 record

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