GameGround is a New York-based developer of a personalized gaming app and service that connects players of all types. The company has publicly launched an open beta of its app and service at www.gameground.com, supporting web games, Facebook games and PC games. At launch the platform offers missions, rewards, high-score incentives and ways to share success among friends. GameGround plans to add support for Xbox 360 in an upcoming release. The company raised $5.3M in a Series B to build out service and app features. In conjunction with the financing, Ron Fisher, Managing Director of Softbank, joined GameGround’s board of directors. GameGround develops a client-side "agent" for Mac and PC intended to add online functionality to existing games rather than building games itself. The company says the agent will expand how the Internet ties into computer games and provide integrated features with minimal developer work. Exact capabilities remain unclear from public reports, though coverage speculated about social features and score sharing. GameGround’s website describes a Personalized Command Center that aggregates web-wide gaming activity into a single online destination. The team includes founders Shaul Olmert, Guy Margolin and Itzik Ben‑Bassat, and Ben‑Bassat serves as chairman with prior Blizzard experience. Financially, the company has completed a new financing after an earlier seed round.

Total raised

$9M

Funding rounds

2

Latest round

Series B

Latest activity

Nov 2010