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The Betting Startups Podcast

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Sports Betting
Igaming
Real Money Gaming
Affiliate Marketing
Prediction Markets
Esports
Fantasy Sports
Fantasy Football
NFL
Poker
Entrepreneurship
Igaming Industry
Gambly
Startups
Gaming Industry
Griddy
SBC Summit
Gamification
Artificial Intelligence
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Meet the people building the most promising startups competing for a piece of the multi-billion dollar real-money gaming industry. Presented by Optimove.

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Ep. 235 features Daniel and Elad, Co-Founders of Sparley Interactive, to discuss their journey from longtime iGaming professionals to startup founders and their mission to bring faster, more social multiplayer experiences to online gaming.

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Ep. 234 features Thomas Koller, Founder of Quiz2Coin, to discuss the evolution of the platform from a free-to-play quiz game into a real-money, skill-based tournament product, its fan-focused approach to engagement, and its plans to scale globally.

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Ep. 233 features Val Makovetskii from Maincard, to discuss his entrepreneurial journey, Maincard’s evolution into a full-stack platform for launching gaming brands, its recently announced $7 million oversubscribed seed round, and its vision to expand... more

Ep. 232 features Viktor Atanasovski, Founder of B2Bux, to discuss the rise of pack ripping and mystery boxes as emerging real-money gaming verticals, how B2Bux helps operators launch these experiences, and the company’s plans for growth through B2B p... more

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Recent Guests

Thomas Koller
Founder of Quiz2Coin with a background in consumer goods and entrepreneurship
Quiz2Coin
Episode: Ep. 234: Activating global fandoms through skill-based cash quizzes w/ Thomas Koller from Quiz2Coin
Val Makovetskii
Entrepreneur and founder of Maincard
Maincard
Episode: Ep. 233: Raising $7m to build "the Shopify for iGaming" w/ Val Makovetskii from Maincard
Viktor Atanasovski
Founder of B2Bux with a decade of experience in iGaming and serial entrepreneurship
B2Bux
Episode: Ep. 232: Turnkey tech for the $4B digital pack-ripping market w/ Viktor Atanasovski from B2Bux
Sandra Wong
Founder of Lucky Lady Games and builder of the Volt AI-powered gaming platform
Lucky Lady Games
Episode: Ep. 231: Pioneering the "Studio as a service" model w/ Sandra Wong from Lucky Lady Games
Hakon Magnusson
Co-founder of GMonitor
GMonitor
Episode: Ep. 230: Automating competitive market intelligence for iGaming operators w/ Hakon & Rishin from Gmonitor
Gino Donati
Founder/CEO of BetOpenly and OpenMarkets
BetOpenly/OpenMarkets
Episode: Ep. 229: Inside the raise to build "Expedia for sports betting" w/ Gino Donati from BetOpenly and OpenMarkets
Maksim Afanasev
Founder/CEO of Pixl.Bet
Pixl.Bet
Episode: Ep. 228: Reinventing free-to-play prediction games "without the bill" w/ Maksim Afanasev from Pixl.Bet
Justin Herzig
Co-founder of PredictQ, prediction market entrepreneur
PredictQ
Episode: Ep. 226: Empowering prediction market traders w/ Justin & Cam from PredictQ
Amar Rao
Founder/CEO of SportsStack
SportsStack
Episode: Ep. 225: Unifying the messy sports data ecosystem w/ Amar Rao from SportsStack

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Jesse
Host of The Betting Startups Podcast

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    3 years ago
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Ep. 233: Raising $7m to build "the Shopify for iGaming" w/ Val Makovetskii from Maincard
Q: What are your best tips or lessons learned that you could share with our audience here?
He recommends testing ideas as cheaply as possible, starting lean, not depending on raising capital, tracking marketing efficiency, and proving a concept before preparing an investment deck.
Ep. 233: Raising $7m to build "the Shopify for iGaming" w/ Val Makovetskii from Maincard
Q: What ultimately makes Maincard different from a lot of these incumbents that we're used to seeing on the show floors at the major exhibitions?
Makovetskii says Maincard prioritizes responsiveness and rapid customization, builds features based on operator requests, and shares revenue with partners, giving it an incentive to help them succeed.
Ep. 234: Activating global fandoms through skill-based cash quizzes w/ Thomas Koller from Quiz2Coin
Q: How are you monetizing them ultimately? How do you make money as a business?
Koller lists automated advertising, sponsorships, a 25 to 30 percent rake on cash-game entry fees, and affiliate partnerships. He says vouchers and partner links have produced redemption rates above 20 percent.
Ep. 234: Activating global fandoms through skill-based cash quizzes w/ Thomas Koller from Quiz2Coin
Q: How is this different from HQ Trivia, and how are you thinking about the HQ Trivia case study to inform your own decision making about how you take this product to market and hopefully avoid the failures that they encountered?
Koller says HQ Trivia appealed broadly with general-knowledge quizzes and relied on sponsors and venture capital, but struggled to sustain engagement. Quiz2Coin instead targets established fan communities whose interests can bring them back repeatedly.
Ep. 232: Turnkey tech for the $4B digital pack-ripping market w/ Viktor Atanasovski from B2Bux
Q: What have both your successes and failures taught you, and how have those learnings shaped how you're approaching building B2B now?
Atanasovski says founders need to create real value, solve problems, choose partners and collaborators wisely, protect their time, understand their value in investor discussions, and listen humbly to experienced mentors.

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This show centers on the people building startups inside the real-money gaming and betting tech ecosystem. Across recent episodes, the conversations span live prediction markets, affiliate and partnerships programs, AI-powered data and compliance tools, payments orchestration, responsible gaming, and how startups collaborate with large operators and media brands. A recurring thread is moving complex betting and gaming concepts toward practical, scalable products, with a strong emphasis on go-to-market strategy, regulatory navigation, community-building, and strategic partnerships. Notably, guests tend to be founders or senior leaders from fintech, gambling tech, and data-driven platforms, often sharing actionable lessons from fundraising, p... more

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2. Val Makovetskii
3. Viktor Atanasovski
4. Sandra Wong
5. Hakon Magnusson
6. Gino Donati
7. Maksim Afanasev
8. Justin Herzig

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