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Newcope

Newcope

Building a YC-backed real-time auction platform in Silicon Valley

Co-founder & CTO2009 - 2010Gaming / MarketplaceVisit site

The Problem

Browser-based games lacked effective monetization through virtual goods trading. Existing solutions were clunky, slow, and couldn't handle the real-time bidding dynamics needed for engaging penny auctions. Game developers needed an embeddable, customizable solution.

The Approach

Co-founded Newcope and led both front-end and back-end development teams through Y Combinator's W2010 batch. Built a real-time penny auction platform as an embeddable iframe that game developers could customize and integrate. Engineered the system for low-latency bidding using Node.js and MongoDB, one of the earliest production uses of this stack.

Tech Stack

Node.jsMongoDBJavaScriptReal-time WebSocketsiframe API

Co-founders

Peter Tegelaar
Peter TegelaarCEO & Co-founder
Coen Stevens
Coen StevensCTO & Co-founder

Results

  • Accepted into Y Combinator W2010 batch
  • First YC company founded by Dutch nationals
  • Featured in Businessweek
  • Built real-time auction engine handling concurrent bidding at scale
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