Skillz (company)
Mobile gaming platform connecting players and developers
Skillz is an online mobile multiplayer video game competition platform that is integrated into a number of iOS and Android games. The Skillz platform helps developers create franchises by enabling social competition in their games. Skillz has over 14,000 game developers who launched a game integration on the platform. Skillz hosts billions of casual esports tournaments for millions of mobile players worldwide.
The company is headquartered in Las Vegas and has offices in San Mateo, Seattle, Vancouver and Los Angeles. Skillz organized over 2 billion tournament entries for 30 million mobile players worldwide, and distributes over $60 million in prizes each month. In 2020, the company became the first publicly traded mobile esports platform.
History
Skillz was founded in 2012 by Andrew Paradise and Casey Chafkin in Boston, though the company's headquarters is now located in Las Vegas.
Through different rounds of funding, Skillz has raised $53 million from venture capitalists including Liberty Global, Telstra, Accomplice, Wildcat Capital, as well as the owners of the New England Patriots, Milwaukee Bucks, New York Mets, and Sacramento Kings.
In 2016, the company launched bracketed tournaments on the platform.
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