# Triumph

> Triumph (Triumph Labs) is a San Francisco company that turns ordinary mobile games into real-money skill tournaments. Its plug-and-play SDK lets developers add cash competitions with a single line of code, while Triumph handles the hard parts behind the scenes: payments, KYC identity checks, state-by-state legal compliance, geolocation, matchmaking, anti-cheat, and payouts. Founded in 2021 by Stanford dropouts Jake Brooks and Jared Geller, the company raised $14.1M (a $10.2M Series A led by General Catalyst plus a $3.9M seed) and also runs its own consumer apps - Triumph Arcade for skill games and Rips for card collectibles.

- **Founded:** 2021
- **Headquarters:** San Francisco, United States
- **Founders:** Jake Brooks (Co-Founder & Co-CEO), Jared Geller (Co-Founder & Co-CEO)
- **Team size:** ~50-59 employees (started lean, ~10 at launch)
- **Products:** Triumph SDK, Triumph Arcade, Rips
- **Notable:** Raised $14.1M total, including a $10.2M Series A led by General Catalyst, Reports paying out over $100M to players in a single year, Real-money engine increases average monthly playtime 3.6x

## Products & services

- **Triumph SDK** — A plug-and-play SDK (iOS/Swift and Unity) that lets developers add real-money skill tournaments to their games. It manages player matching, payments, arbitration, KYC, geolocation, anti-cheat, and state-by-state compliance. Free to integrate; Triumph takes a cut of tournament fees.
- **Triumph Arcade** — Triumph's own consumer app of 18+ skill-based games - puzzles, trivia and strategy titles - played in 1v1 or tournament formats for cash prizes.
- **Rips** — A consumer app for premier card collectibles, extending Triumph's real-money mechanics into digital collecting.

## Achievements

- Raised $14.1M total, including a $10.2M Series A led by General Catalyst
- Reports paying out over $100M to players in a single year
- Real-money engine increases average monthly playtime 3.6x
- Drives an average of $54 monthly revenue per player per game
- Available across 37 U.S. states plus Washington, D.C. via geolocation-gated compliance
- Published an open iOS SDK and developer docs for one-line integration

## Latest updates

- **2023-05** — Triumph launches publicly with $14.1M in funding, led by a $10.2M Series A from General Catalyst.
- **2025-01** — Triumph Arcade scales its consumer app to 18+ skill games and reports over $100M paid out to players.
- **2026-05** — Ongoing app updates and the expansion of Rips, Triumph's card-collectibles product, under the Triumph Labs umbrella.

## Links

- Website: https://triumpharcade.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/triumphlabs
- GitHub: https://github.com/triumpharcade
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/triumpharcade/

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