Kevin Wimer
Building things

Kevin Wimer

Entrepreneur, builder, and angel investor. For more than two decades, I’ve turned curiosity into products, companies, and hard-earned lessons—while staying grounded as a husband and father.

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Career Standouts

The two defining company-building chapters of my career—different paths, both built from the ground up.

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Rivalry.com Co-founder, CMO & COO
2018–2025

Helped take an esports startup from launch to the public markets.

Led marketing and operations as Rivalry grew beyond 150 people, generated tens of millions in revenue, and became a publicly listed company. The financial outcome wasn’t the one I hoped for, but the scale, complexity, and hard-earned lessons reshaped how I build.

150+ people Tens of millions in revenue Publicly listed
02
JamPlay.com Co-founder
2006–2018

Bootstrapped an idea into a multimillion-dollar business.

Helped build JamPlay from its first line of code and first customer, leading development and marketing as the online education company grew from zero revenue into a profitable, multimillion-dollar business. I later exited by selling my ownership stake.

Bootstrapped $0 → millions Lead developer & marketer
Angel Investing
A rocket launching above a glowing frontier-technology landscape

Angel Investor

330+ Investments

More than 330 early and growth-stage investments across defense, space, consumer, and developer tools.

Anduril SpaceX Tesla GitLab Stoke Space Anti Fund Y Combinator Launch Fund 500 Startups Dollar Shave Club Brilliant.org LeadIQ Density + more
Independent Ventures

Ventures I built or own—some newly launched, others operating with little day-to-day involvement from me.

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Kevin Automates

Founder & Automation Builder

A hands-on service that turns repetitive business work into reliable automated systems. Bring the annoying task—not a technology wish list.

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Nature Says When

Founder & Developer

Pick an activity and find your best time outside. Checks weather, air quality, smoke, daylight, and official alerts across the full activity window.

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ScreenSignals

Founder & Original Developer

A private YouTube history analyzer for parents. Turn recent viewing into a clear report of patterns, interests, signals worth a closer look, and useful next steps—without monitoring software.

Operating independently
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Astro Stack

Founder & Original Developer

Map the commercial space industry across five capability layers. Explore the companies, supply-chain relationships, programs, and technologies behind each mission.

Operating independently
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Drift — Sleep Coach

Founder & Original Developer

An iOS app that connects your daily activities to your actual sleep data. Personalized plans, real insights — no generic advice. Works with Apple Watch, Oura Ring, Whoop, and Garmin.

Operating independently
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Woods Office Suites

Owner

A 10,000 sq ft office property in Beavercreek, Ohio, where a property manager handles day-to-day operations for local small-business tenants.

Operating independently
Formative Chapters

The unconventional early chapters that shaped my instincts before the bigger companies came along.

01
Professional Gamer 1998–2014

Turned competitive gaming into a passport.

Ranked top 10 in Red Alert and Unreal Tournament, reached Rank S in StarCraft, competed internationally, and later played StarCraft II in Korea. Sponsors paid me to travel the world, and tournament finishes brought in thousands in prize money.

International competition Top 10 rankings Paid world travel
02
The Early Internet Era Started 1998

Learned the internet by building before there was a playbook.

At 14, I built joke sites, game-cheat databases, and emulator and ROM communities in Notepad over dial-up. With no playbook and almost no supervision, those projects generated hundreds of thousands in profit and became the foundation for everything that followed.

Started at 14 $100Ks in profit Notepad + dial-up
Side Projects

Small experiments I build for curiosity, learning, or the simple joy of making something work.

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Personal experiment

Cyberdeck

A cinematic, read-only view of real drive replays, charging stories, cabin-temperature changes, and powertrain signals recorded from my Cybertruck.
Past Projects

Earlier websites and businesses where I learned to build, market, operate, and exit.

Founder

Yikers.com

Acquired · 2005

Built at 17 from my parents’ house, grew into an early video-entertainment destination before YouTube, and sold for a mid-six-figure exit.

Owner

Gravity Spa

Sold · 2026

Owned and operated a flotation and massage therapy spa in Dayton, Ohio.

CEO

LootLeague.com

2018

An esports competition platform that became the starting point for Rivalry.

CEO

LootCase.gg

2017

A case-opening platform for CS:GO and Dota 2 items.

CEO

LootMarket.com

2017

A marketplace for buying and selling CS:GO and Dota 2 items.

Owner

Limo Ace

Sold · 2012

Owned and operated a limousine rental business built around a 14-passenger H2 Hummer limousine.

Partner

LegalMedsOnline.com

Sold · 2005

An online prescription-fulfillment business that served more than 100,000 customers and generated over $10 million in revenue.

What’s Next
Open to opportunities

The next thing is still unwritten.

I’m open to starting something from zero, joining something already in motion, or collaborating on a promising idea. I’m equally at home building independently or alongside a sharp, curious team. I’m waiting for the problem, people, or idea I can’t stop thinking about.

Have something in mind? Let’s talk