CardNexus announced an over $4 million (converted from Euros) pre-seed capital raise, which will be used to expand and develop their online TCG marketplace platform.
This round of fund raising was led by Piton Capital, and included participation from Motier, FSJ, OPRTRS, Kima Ventures, Aquiti, and a group of TCG content creators. The platform was originally built by members of French entrepreneurial group WeMaintain, and was launched in 2025. The site is a combination peer-to-peer marketplace and collection management platform that has an AI-powered card scanning function. It also has unique tools for inventory tracking, real-time valuations of cards, and smart trade matching.
The features on the online platform are also brought together on easy-to-use mobile app, creating a unified platform from web to mobile. The site currently supports over a dozen TCGs, including Magic: The Gathering, Pokemon TCG, Riftbound TCG, and One Piece CG. Beyond the top five best-selling TCGs, it supports some of the other popular TCGs, such as Flesh and Blood, Star Wars Unlimited, Grand Archive, and others.
The site aims to fill a gap in the TCG space that has existed ever since eBay Inc. purchased TCGplayer in 2022 (see “TCGplayer Acquisition“). Prominent independent online TCG-centric marketplaces with peer-to-peer sales functions have been few and far between since that acquisition (outside of actual auction houses). The eBay/TCGplayer combined company has more or less been the dominant platform in that space for close to four years now (a platform that is built on layers of legacy technology).
As both the TCG market and the AI revolution continues to pick up steam, start-up sites featuring brand-new software will inevitably pop up to challenge eBay’s dominance in this space; perhaps taking a piece of the TCG singles sales pie and opening up more options for retailers to sell their cards online.
Source: ICv2
