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Studio 9+ hatches its first startup: Online sweepstakes platform TinySpark

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Startup TinySpark is announcing today that it’s building a sweepstakes platform that other companies can use to implement prize contests in all 50 states with sizable monetary rewards for mobile apps.

The startup is one of the first 10 companies to enroll in YouWeb founder Peter Relan’s new startup accelerator/incubator, Studio 9+. The accelerator recently described all of its initial class members of mobile-focused entrants. TinySpark wants to enable mobile app makers to offer sweepstakes rewards without the headache of organizing it. TinySpark will offload the task of doing the sweepstakes and setting up a large prize pool.

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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.