From the Bench develops social sports video games for mobile platforms (iPhone, iPad, Android and Amazon), including titles that let users act as virtual coach for La Liga and NBA teams. The company also develops Be a Legend!, a freemium game in which players can purchase virtual products via micropayments to accelerate progress. Founded in 2008 and based in Alicante, Spain, the studio is led by CEO José David Poveda and CTO Felipe Alonso Simarro. It currently has 35 employees. The company intends to use the new funding to continue to grow operations and to position itself as a world leader in the development of sports mobile games. No revenue or user metrics were disclosed in the article.

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