Brian Montgomery
CEO & Co-Founder
Leads company vision, partnerships, and long-term strategy— keeping Pixelpay grounded in operator reality, not just shiny demos.
Our story.
Built in arcades.
Ready for any venue.
Pixelpay started with a question from local arcades: “Can we modernize payments without ripping out the machines that already work?” That question turned into hardware, dashboards, and a roadmap for every machine-based venue.
Today we’re focused on making it easy to accept QR payments, track performance, and understand what’s happening on every cabinet, washer, or vending machine from one dashboard.
Real-time view
See plays & revenue per machine.
Cashless by default
QR, cards, and mobile wallets.
Multi-venue ready
Arcades, vending, laundromats.
Why we built Pixelpay
Most payment systems in arcades and self-serve venues weren’t built for how people pay today or how operators actually work. They’re expensive to install, clunky to manage, and hide the data that matters.
Pixelpay takes a different approach. We designed hardware to slide into existing machines with minimal downtime, and dashboards that show real plays, real revenue, and real tickets without needing a data team to interpret it.
Arcades first, not arcades only
We started with arcades and FECs, where jams and down machines are loud and expensive. The same tools are built to extend into vending, laundromats, and other unattended venues without rethinking your whole stack.
Clear ROI on every install
Transparent pricing and simple device installs help you see payback per machine instead of treating cashless as a black box line item.
Meet the Pixelpay team
We’re a small, hands-on team with backgrounds in hospitality, arcades, events, and software. Early partners work directly with us to shape installs, features, and roadmap.
The goal is simple: help operators run healthier venues with less friction and keep machines fun for the guests using them.
Branson
Co-Founder & COO
Lives at the intersection of installs, logistics, and hardware. Makes sure what we design can actually be deployed in real venues.
Monique Montgomery
Marketing & Sales
Shares the story, builds relationships with operators, and keeps the product aligned with what venues actually need.
Heath Horton
Lead Developer
Owns the firmware, APIs, and dashboards focused on reliability, clean UX, and connecting all the parts under the hood.
Hannah
CFO
Keeps the numbers honest overseeing financial modeling, pricing, and sustainable growth for both Pixelpay and our partners.
From “there has to be a better way” to live machines
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2023 — seeing the struggle
Late nights in restaurants and arcades made the problem impossible to ignore: guests without cash, broken readers, and owners guessing which machines were actually making money.
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2024 — building the idea and team
We sketched the first version of Pixelpay, pulled together the founding team, and started turning “what if we just…” conversations into real hardware, flows, and a roadmap.
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2025 — C-corp, patents, and first installs
Pixelpay became a C-corp, we locked in our patent strategy, and installed the first devices in real arcades proving the hardware, the guest flow, and the economics in the wild.
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2026 — expanding beyond arcades
With arcades stable, we extend Pixelpay into vending, laundromats, and other self-serve venues one platform that can follow operators wherever they place their next machine.
Principles we build by
These are the filters we run product decisions through as Pixelpay grows.
Operator-first design
Features are measured against one question: does this actually make life easier for operators and staff?
Transparent economics
Clear install pricing, simple subscriptions, and data you can export and understand without hidden rules.
Real human support
When you reach out, you’re talking to people who’ve actually installed the hardware not just a help center article.
Ready to modernize your machines?
Start with a handful of devices or plan a full rollout. We’ll walk you through hardware, setup, and how to read the data.