Tech Company Financing Transactions
PlayFab Funding Round
Benchmark Capital, private investors and Madrona Venture Group participated in a funding round for PlayFab. The round was announced on 2/27/2015.
Transaction Overview
Company Name
Announced On
2/27/2015
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
Unknown
Round
Undisclosed
Investors
Benchmark Capital (Lead Investor) (Mitch Lasky)
private investors (Barney Harford)
private investors (Jason Kapalka)
Proceeds Purpose
PlayFab will use the funds to accelerate growth and expand its world-class team of backend engineers.
Company Information
Company Status
Acquired or Merged
Industry
Digital Media & VR & AR
Mailing Address
1601 2nd Ave. 700
Seattle, WA 98101
USA
Seattle, WA 98101
USA
Phone
Website
Email Address
Overview
PlayFab provides the industry's most comprehensive back-end service for building and managing online games. The company was founded by James Gwertzman, PlayFab CEO who previously served as vice president of PopCap, where he built a profitable online, free-to-play business for the company in China.
Profile
Social Media
Company News
Facebook
YouTube
Management Team
Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
James Gwertzman
Chief Technical Officer
Matt Augustine
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