Mobcrush, founded in 2014 and based in Santa Monica, CA, is a mobile-first live streaming platform that enables on-device game broadcasting from iOS and Android. The company completed a $20M Series B and has raised $35.9M in total since founding. The round was led by Los Angeles-based Evolution Media with participation from Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Raine Ventures, Lowercase Capital, First Round Capital and others. Mobcrush plans to use the funds to grow active users and hire more engineers. Its free app (Apple App Store and Google Play) lets gamers broadcast mobile gameplay, watch live and on-demand mobile gaming videos, and chat with other players. Engagement highlights include Critical Ops generating more than 5,000 broadcasts and over 2 million minutes watched on the platform prior to the game’s release. Mobcrush is a mobile video streaming company that enables mobile users to broadcast, watch and chat about games as they play and stream in real time. Based in Santa Monica, California, the company offers a one‑tap mobile game streaming solution that requires no additional equipment or software. At the time of the article Mobcrush was in beta for iOS and MacOSX with Android and Windows coming soon and planned a full cross‑platform launch in the coming months. The company has been building community and content partnerships (for example, an exclusive arrangement with TouchArcade) and hired industry experts from Google Play, Apple App Store and Xbox to grow engagement and partnerships, plus influencers producing regular streams. Mobcrush said it will use the funding to accelerate its mission of supporting, entertaining and connecting the world’s 1 billion mobile gamers. Financially, the company reported raising more than $11M in the Series A and stated it has raised more than $15M in total from backers including KPCB, Raine, First Round, Lowercase, CrunchFund, Lionsgate, Advancit, CAA and others. Mobcrush is a mobile video streaming company that enables mobile users to broadcast, watch and chat about games as they play and stream in real-time. The platform is currently in private beta for iOS and Android and has gained early traction with mobile gaming guilds and players of Clash of Clans, Vainglory, Modern Combat and Minecraft. The team organized the first live mobile eSports tournament played and streamed natively from mobile devices. Mobcrush says it aims to support, entertain and connect the world’s one billion mobile gamers and to deliver innovation to the mobile gaming community. The company has raised $4.9M in seed funding to scale the platform. CEO Royce Disini and the team emphasize delivering value and building community-focused streaming, competitions and tournaments.

Total raised

$36M

Funding rounds

3

Latest round

Series B

Latest activity

Oct 2016