- Guilded announced it has raised $7 million in Series A financing led by Matrix Partners
Guilded announced it has raised $7 million in Series A financing to provide the ultimate chat platform for gaming communities. This funding round was led by Matrix Partners with participation from Initialized Capital, Susa Ventures, and Sterling.VC. And Ilya Sukhar, general partner at Matrix Partners, joined the Board of Directors as part of the investment.
With the capital, Guilded will strategically expand the company’s team, build out powerful features and functionality, and create strategic partnerships with top game publishers and developers as well as esports teams and organizations.
Guilded has already built an array of powerful features for gaming communities into the platform, including robust voice and video chat, group calendars and scheduling tools, and more. And in June, Guilded will launch its highly-anticipated Tournaments feature, bringing integration with its full suite of advanced collaborative tools to the world of esports leagues and tournament management.
Launched 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.
Key Quotes:
“Today, gaming communities use a variety of tools to chat and to organize, but none of them are built for them. We’re building the world’s best platform for connecting communities – and we’re building it specifically for gamers.”
-Eli Brown, founder and CEO, Guilded
“Eli and Guilded are building the gaming community tools I wish I had when I was a teenager with an Everquest guild. We’re excited to support them on the next phase of their journey as they start to support tournaments, voice, video, and more.”
-Alexis Ohanian, managing partner at Initialized Capital
“We are very excited about Guilded and Eli’s mission. Guilded is already a superb product, and it has the potential to become the go-to platform for gamers of all stripes, from casual gaming communities to esports teams.”
-Ilya Sukhar, general partner at Matrix Partners
