San Francisco — (BUSINESS WIRE) — Guilded has raised another $7 million in Series A financing to provide the ultimate chat platform for gaming communities. The funding was led by Matrix Partners, with participation from Initialized Capital, Susa Ventures, and Sterling.VC.
Ilya Sukhar, general partner at Matrix Partners, joined the Board of Directors as part of the investment.
Guilded says it will use the capital to strategically expand the company’s team, build out new features and functionality, and create strategic partnerships with games publishers and developers, as well as esports teams and organizations.
Guilded has already built features for gaming communities into the platform, including voice and video chat, group calendars and scheduling tools, and more. In June, Guilded will launch its Tournaments feature, bringing integration with its suite of collaborative tools to the world of esports leagues and tournament management.
Guilded was founded in 2017 by Eli Brown, a former pro gamer who played an integral role on Instagram’s Growth Team and Microsoft’s Xbox team, Guilded serves the world’s top professional esports teams and over 50,000 high school, collegiate, casual and semi-pro teams.
The company is backed by Y Combinator, Matrix Partners, Initialized Capital, Susa Ventures, Sterling.VC, ZhenFund, and Liquid 2 ventures.
For more information, see www.guilded.gg.
Contacts
Chase Colasonno
guilded@fortyseven.com
