Seed round is open
We brought the best of gamebooks into one platform: editor, apps, monetization, and AI. The product is live and the audience is growing. This round funds scale — not building from zero.
$500k
round size
10%
company equity
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Why now, and why us
- The best tools in one place
- We don't claim to be the "first complete platform." We took the best practices and tools for gamebooks and combined them into a coherent product for authors and readers.
- Product in production
- The platform is fully live: editor, mobile apps, monetization, AI tools. Capital goes into growth — not building the product from scratch.
- Clear go-to-market
- We bring in authors who already have an audience. They bring readers — and some readers become authors. Self-reinforcing growth without unpredictable CAC.
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Use of funds
41%
Growth: authors & marketing
Known and emerging author program ($135k) plus growth channels and performance ($70k). Authors with audiences bring readers — some readers become authors.
50%
Team & product
Founders, staged hiring (engineering, growth, creator partnerships, producers) and taxes ($225k), plus flexible product contractors ($25k).
9%
Infra, legal & reserve
Infrastructure ($12k), legal/translation/international ($12k), and an operating reserve released against quarterly milestones ($21k).
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Product Hunt — market validation
Top 8
Product Hunt
At launch, Forgeon landed in Product Hunt's Top 8. An early signal: the market responds to the product without a marketing budget.
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Next step
Full product overview, metrics, strategy, and round terms — in the Forgeon pitch deck.