BeBopBee raises $4M to build mobile game brands that inspire real-world connections
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BebopBee has raised $4 million to build mobile game brands that inspire real-world connections.
The investment comes from Bitkraft Ventures, Courtside Ventures, Andover, and GOAL Ventures. Angel investors participating in the round include Akin Babaygit, cofounder of TripleDot Studios; Affan Butt, founding partner at Aream.co; and Charles Chapman, founder of First Touch Games. The capital will be used to grow the player base and build out the data science and creative marketing teams, all focused on delivering incredible experiences for the audience.
Alongside the investment, BebopBee is announcing the hiring of new key talent to grow data science, liveops, marketing and community team members.
Tess Thormodsgaard, formerly vice president of marketing at mobile entertainment company Seriously, is the company’s new head of marketing.
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Founded by former TinyCo, Zynga, and Jam City veterans Rajeev Nagpal and Cristian Zanier, the company is fully focused on its expertly crafted, globe-trotting title Travel Crush. Travel Crush (formerly What a Wonderful World) brings people together across cultures and locations, introducing the audience to a new global destination every month, like in the upcoming “Mayor’s League” where, for the first time, players will compete in the city of Amsterdam. The BebopBee team is also proud to launch Social features like Team Chat with real-time text translations, ice-breakers and sharing of cultural tidbits.
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