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Jared Geller and the rules behind the game
Before co-founding Triumph, Jared Geller studied the mathematics of winning and losing. His next problem was making real-money competition work beyond the game itself.
Saucony
Saucony is one of America's oldest athletic footwear brands, founded in 1898 in Kutztown, Pennsylvania, and named after the nearby Saucony Creek. A subsidiary of Wolverine World Wide, the company designs performance running shoes and apparel for runners of every level, from race-day carbon-plated racers to everyday trainers and rugged trail shoes. Known for cushioning technologies like PWRRUN, PWRRUN PB and EVERUN and for the popular Endorphin, Triumph, Kinvara and Peregrine franchises, Saucony pairs a 125-plus-year manufacturing heritage with modern biomechanical design, while heritage models like the Jazz and Shadow have crossed over into streetwear and lifestyle fashion.
Jake Brooks
Jake Brooks is the co-founder and co-CEO of Triumph, a San Francisco company that gives mobile game developers a drop-in SDK to add real-money, skill-based tournaments to their games. He dropped out of Stanford during the pandemic to build it, and in 2023 the company launched with $14.1M in seed and Series A funding led by General Catalyst. Triumph handles the hard parts - payments, KYC, anti-fraud, matchmaking and state-by-state compliance - so developers can monetize beyond ads. Brooks pitches real-money competition as a third pillar of game revenue alongside advertising and in-app purchases.