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GawkBox raises $3.7 million to let fans tip streamers by engaging with mobile apps

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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GawkBox has raised $3.7 million to enable a new form of tipping for streamers. It enables fans to tip livestreamers by getting the fan to download a sponsored mobile app and engage with the app for a certain amount of time.

It’s part of what you might call the tipping economy, which has enabled livestreamers to make a lot of money playing games and streaming other content. On Twitch and with services like Streamlabs, streamers can reap a lot of revenue through tips.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.