Thursday, December 17, 2015

Matcherino Scores $1.25M For eSports Crowdfunding

Seattle-based Matcherino, an online crowdfunding startup focused on eSports, said today that it has raised $1.25M in a funding round. The funding was led by Madrona Venture Group, and also included Vulcan Capital and angels. Matcherino, whcih is led by Grant Farwell and Mario Gutierrez, allows fans to crowd fund matches between professional videogame players, creating crowdfunded prize pools for those players. The company says it has now raised $1.4M in total. Matcherino was part of the most recent TechStars Seattle class. More information »