Retro Arcade and Gaming Center

What Retro Arcade and Gaming Center does

Retro Arcade and Gaming Center is a small, private for-profit company founded in 2008 and headquartered in San Francisco, California. Per the input data, the company operates with 1-10 employees and is led by founder Jurell Jordan. Its stated mission, as captured in firmographic metadata, is "to empower people to unite around ideas and together make those ideas come to life." The company's web presence is represented by an Indiegogo project page (indiegogo.com/projects/retro-arcade-and-gaming-center--2), suggesting the firm may be leveraging a crowdfunding channel for capital formation or community validation.

The source data does not provide substantive detail on Retro Arcade and Gaming Center's products, technology stack, revenue model, customer base, pricing, or operational performance. The vast majority of the input content describes the Indiegogo crowdfunding platform (campaign mechanics, Pledge Manager, Late Pledge, StretchPay, payment methods, marketing services, enterprise solutions, and named platform users such as Ozlo Sleep and PetSnowy), rather than Retro Arcade and Gaming Center itself. Consequently, no core products, proprietary features, revenue streams, pricing models, customer segments, partnerships, awards, management team beyond the founder, funding rounds, or geographic footprint can be attributed to Retro Arcade and Gaming Center with confidence. The investment-relevant characterization of this entity is therefore limited to its firmographic profile: a micro-cap, founder-led, privately held San Francisco company of roughly 1-10 employees, founded in 2008, whose only documented public-facing artifact is an Indiegogo project listing.

Name

Retro Arcade and Gaming Center

Website

https://indiegogo.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2008

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Retro Arcade and Gaming Center is a privately held, for-profit company founded in 2008 in San Francisco. With 1-10 employees and founder Jurell Jordan, it maintains an Indiegogo project page as its primary web presence; no product, revenue, or operational details are documented in the source data.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Arcade Entertainment

NAICS

Amusement Arcades (713120), Amusement Parks and Arcades (7131)

SIC

Services-Amusement & Recreation Services (7900), Services-Miscellaneous Amusement & Recreation (7990)

akta.pro primary industry

Gaming Café/Bar Hybrid Venues (Food & Beverage + Competitive Play) (MPAFALAD)

Keywords

• Retro arcade gaming
• Gaming center operations
• Video gaming entertainment
• Arcade venue services
• Classic gaming experiences

Headquarters

HQ city

San Francisco

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Revenue model

1. Platform Fees (Crowdfunding Commission): Indiegogo charges fees on successfully funded campaigns. Specific fee percentages are accessible on the platform's Fees page.
2. Marketing Services: Performance marketing support and paid promotional strategy services offered to creators for an additional fee, including priority access to free placements across Indiegogo's owned marketing channels.
3. Enterprise Solutions: Dedicated enterprise-level solutions for larger organizations seeking custom crowdfunding arrangements via enterprise.indiegogo.com.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Retro Arcade and Gaming Center operates a physical retro-themed arcade and gaming entertainment venue in San Francisco, offering classic and retro video gaming experiences to individual consumers. The business is currently running a public crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo to raise capital in support of its establishment or expansion. The company was founded in 2008 and operates as a small for-profit private entity with 1-10 employees.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• Creators have raised over $4 million for films (Michael Mahal) and $8.1M+ for sleep technology products (Ozlo Sleep)
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature9 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Kickstarter (Competitive Reference)minorOthersKickstarter is referenced as a direct competitor in Indiegogo's feature comparison page. Indiegogo highlights advantages over Kickstarter including 21 payment methods vs 5, availability of StretchPay installments across all phases, EU/UK VAT handling, and broader homepage project visibility. This is informational/comparative positioning rather than a formal partnership.

Scale indicators8 records

Emerging players

• Activate: Chain of active gaming venues combining physical challenges with digital scoring. Comparable as a next-generation gaming entertainment venue targeting the same adult social-gamer segment.
• Two Bit Circus: Micro-entertainment venue combining retro and modern arcade games with food and drink. Comparable as a hybrid gaming-and-hospitality venue targeting similar nostalgic gamer demographics.
• King's Dining & Entertainment: Bowling-and-arcade dining entertainment chain with full bar service. Comparable as a multi-revenue-stream gaming venue combining gaming machines with food and beverage operations.

Broad incumbents

• Dave & Buster's: National chain of entertainment centers combining arcade and sports games with full food and bar service. Comparable as a scaled operator in the same gaming-venue category, though with a broader modern entertainment focus.
• Main Event Entertainment: Large-format family entertainment centers featuring arcade games alongside bowling, laser tag, and food. Comparable incumbent in the gaming-venue category, but at significantly larger scale and family-oriented.

Direct peers

• Ground Kontrol: Portland-based retro arcade bar combining classic arcade and pinball machines with a full bar. Direct comparable to Retro Arcade and Gaming Center's retro arcade and gaming venue concept.
• Barcade: New York-founded chain of arcade bars featuring classic video games and pinball alongside craft beer. Closest multi-location analogue to a retro arcade and gaming center concept.
• Free Play Arcade: Retro arcade bar with locations in multiple U.S. cities offering pay-one-price access to classic arcade and pinball machines. Directly comparable venue format to Retro Arcade and Gaming Center.
• 1UP Arcade Bar: Multi-city arcade bar focused on retro and classic video games. Directly comparable concept combining gaming machines with bar service for an adult demographic.

Regional players

• Pacific Pinball Museum: San Francisco Bay Area institution dedicated to pinball and arcade game history. Comparable as a regional, retro-gaming-focused entertainment venue in the same geography as Retro Arcade and Gaming Center.

Market position

Strengths3 records

Weaknesses3 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights4 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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