New York-based Bunch has raised $20 million in venture funding for its mission of helping friends party up with each other in multiplayer mobile games. The mission of Bunch is to create a social layer that keeps people coming back.
Venture capital firm General Catalyst led the round with participation from top game developers including Electronic Arts, Take-Two Interactive Software, Krafton, Ubisoft, Mixi, Miniclip, Colopl, Riot Games, Ubisoft, Supercell, and others. That’s a rare moment of broad support from game publishers who are pitching in to make mobile games more sticky.
During the pandemic, the company has seen its user base grow from thousands to millions, Bunch CEO Selcuk Atli said in an interview with GamesBeat. Since the beginning of March 2020, Bunch has seen its monthly active users grow 50 times. About 60% of its millennial players are female, and its base is…
