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Esports Championship in Year One! Bishop Carroll Esports was a huge success in the first year of the program, including our Rocket League Team bringing home the championship. Read about the team and the goals for the future.
VentureBeat. Founded in 2012, Skillz is headquartered in San Francisco and backed by leading venture capitalists as well as the owners of the New England Patriots, Milwaukee Bucks, New York Mets and Sacramento Kings. Skillz raised $25 million in December 2017.
In December 2017, Skillz’s growth rate was 50,000%. In the same year, Skillz hired its one hundredth full-time employee. As of September 2017, 33% of Skillz’s engineering team were women. Developers are able to use the Skillz platform to turn a mobile game into an eSport.
Through different rounds of funding, Skillz has raised $53 million from venture capitalists including Liberty Global, Telstra, Accomplice, Wildcat Capital, as well as the owners of the New England Patriots, Milwaukee Bucks, New York Mets, and Sacramento Kings. By June 2015, Skillz had launched 550 games and partnered with 1,100 game studios.
Skillz has previously raised more than $28 million prior to the Series C round, which included receipt of money from the owners of the New England Patriots, New York Mets and Milwaukee Bucks. Its Series B round from September 2015 resulted in $15 million raised, with Wildcat Capital Management leading the effort.